23-3350 Legislation in Progress for Buffer Legislation in Progress regarding the Buffer and Accessway Requirements in Section 3-13.7 of the Unified Land Development Regulations

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RESOLUTION 23-3350 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, RECOGNIZING AND CONFIRMING LEGISLATION IN PROGRESS REGARDING THE BUFFER AND ACCESSWAY REQUIREMENTS IN SECTION 3-13.7 OF THE UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR PROPERTY ZONED RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE; PROVIDING FOR LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; RECOGNIZING LEGISLATION IN PROGRESS; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, via Resolution 19-3118, the City of Casselberry adopted the Casselberry Healthy Community Complete Streets Policy and Design Guidelines, which set a bold goal to become the most walkable, rollable, and bikeable City in Central Florida by 2040; and WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry's 2017 Parks, Recreation, Pathways, and Open Spaces Master Plan identified the need for improved connectivity to City parks for people walking; and WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry's Healthy Communities Element in its Comprehensive Plan stresses the importance of well-planned parks, sidewalk systems, greenways and other amenities to help address key health issues; and WHEREAS, via Resolution 19-3109, the City has committed to the "10 -minute walk" campaign with a goal to have all residents within the City of Casselberry be within a 10 -minute safe and comfortable walk of a park; and WHEREAS, through a voter -approved parks bond referendum, the City of Casselberry has committed to major improvements for multiple City parks; and WHEREAS, the Unified Land Development Regulations' (ULDRs') buffer requirements do not include a specific category for Recreation and Open Space zoned property (including parks) nor specific consideration to allow placement of sidewalks or shared use paths within landscape buffers within property zoned as Recreation and Open Space; and WHEREAS, geometric constraints within parks can result in challenges to achieve both the overall community vision for a park's features while also providing sufficient sidewalk and shared use path connectivity, safety, and comfort to achieve the City's goals; and WHEREAS, the City finds that a Code change to ULDR Section 3-13.7 is desirable to allow for more flexibility in the buffer requirements for Recreation and Open Space zoned property in order to permit improved connectivity to and within parks while still sufficiently buffering from adjacent land uses; and WHEREAS, specifically, the City finds that a Code change to ULDR Table 3-13.7.(C1) Resolution 23- 3350 1