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Waterfronts Florida Program

Waterfronts Florida Program . Preserving Recreational & Commercial Working Waterfronts. Presentation . Working Waterfronts in Florida- definitions and planning requirements Waterfronts Florida Program Planning Strategies to preserve working waterfronts . Definitions.

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Waterfronts Florida Program

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  1. Waterfronts Florida Program Preserving Recreational & Commercial Working Waterfronts

  2. Presentation • Working Waterfronts in Florida- definitions and planning requirements • Waterfronts Florida Program • Planning Strategies to preserve working waterfronts

  3. Definitions "recreational and commercial working waterfront“ parcels of real property that provide access for water-dependent commercial activities, including hotels and motels. . . The term includes water-dependent facilities that are open to the public and offer public access by vessels to the waters of the state or that support facilities for recreational, commercial, research, or governmental vessels. . . Seaports are excluded from the definition.

  4. Planning Requirements • All coastal local government required to : • Include strategies to preserve recreational and commercial working waterfronts in the local comprehensive plan. • Include waterways in their comprehensive system of public and private sites for recreation (applies to all local governments) • Include criteria for prioritizing water-dependent land uses along the shoreline

  5. Waterfronts Florida Program • Established in section 342.201 F.S. to provide technical assistance, support, training, and financial assistance to waterfront communities to revitalize the local waterfront through addressing four priority areas: • Hazard Mitigation • Cultural & Natural Resource Preservation • Public Access • Enhancing the traditional economy

  6. Designation Cycle The program works with designated partnership communities to prepare a community-driven vision for waterfront revitalization. • 21 “graduate” communities • 2 new communities • Millville • Fort Myers

  7. Designation Program First Year: Technical assistance to: • Help communities build a local partnership organization • Create a vision plan for waterfront redevelopment • Implement small-scale projects to build momentum

  8. Designation Cycle Second Year and Beyond • Implement local vision through: • Revisions to the comprehensive plan and land development code • Project implementation

  9. Best Planning Practice • Model Planning Ordinance to Preserve Working Waterfronts • Maritime Infrastructure Planning Project • Post Disaster Redevelopment Planning Initiative • Ongoing project to provide guidance on climate resiliency planning

  10. Cortez Village

  11. Vilano Beach

  12. Port Salerno

  13. Other Forms of Technical Assistance Waterfronts Florida Webpages Publications Program Managers’ Meetings

  14. Questions? Elisabeth Salinas Elisabeth.Salinas@dca.state.fl.us 850-922-1772

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