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I. INTRODUCTION General The purpose of the Future Land Use Element is the designation of Future Land Use patterns in a manner that is supported by the data and analysis, and reflected in the goals, objectives, and policies of the various City of Casselberry Comprehensive Plan Elements. A special significance is placed upon the distribution of land use in the urban environment. Land use plans are the focal point of a community's comprehensive planning and design effort. Among the many objectives of the land use element, the protection of neighborhoods, the insurance of economic viability for the community, and the recognition and protection of natural resources and environmentally sensitive lands are the most important. The Future Land Use Element and Future Land Use Plan must ultimately be implemented by the land development regulatory framework. The _comprehensive plan must provide the basis for the community's program of land development regulation. It should not be thought of as the final determinate of specific activities in specific locations, but rather as the basis for such decisions to be made. The land development regulation update required by state law encourages innovation in the use of such final regulatory techniques. Chapter 163.3177U(a), sets forth the minimum criteria for development of a comprehensive plan future land use element. Areas of responsibility include: a) standards on the density and intensity of land use, b) the amount of land needed to accommodate projected population, and amount of vacant undeveloped land, c) the availability of public services as identified in other elements, d) the protection of natural resources, floodplains, wetland areas, and wildlife habitat, e) discouraging urban sprawl, f) the need for redevelopment and iob creation, andg) the elimination of non -conforming uses. Terms and Concepts When reviewing the Future Land Use Element of the City of Casselberry, the following terms and definitions apply: Administrative Official. The Administrative Official shall be the Director of the Community Development Department, or designee. Arterial Road. Roadway providing service which is relatively continuous and of relatively high traffic volume, long trip length, and high operating speed. In addition, every numbered United States highway is an arterial road. Principal and Minor Arterials have been designated within the City of Casselberry and are illustrated by map MMTE-M1 in the Multi -modal Transportation Element. Collector Road. Roadway providing service which is of relatively moderate traffic volume, trip length, and operating speed. Collector roads collect and distribute traffic between local roads or arterial roads. Collector roads are illustrated by map MMTE-M1 in the Multi -modal Transportation Element. Conservation Uses. Activities within land areas, including the Conservation future land use, designated for the purpose of conserving or protecting natural resources or environmental quality that includes areas designated for such purposes as flood control, protection of quality or quantity of groundwater or surface water, floodplain City of Casselberry Comprehensive Plan 2018 — 2028 FLUE -v Future Land Use Element (September 25, 2017)