Growth Management Legislative Discussion March 20, 2012

Discussion Topics 1.Planning Overview / Comprehensive Plan Amendment Review 2.Concurrent Plan Amendment / Rezoning and Small Scale Amendments 3.Urban Service Area Expansions, Urban Sprawl, Needs Analysis 4.Financial Feasibility: Funding Infrastructure and Services 5.Concurrency: Transportation 6.Concurrency: Schools and Parks 7.Developments of Regional Impact 8.Sector Plans and New Towns Growth Management Series

Discussion Topics 1.Planning Overview / Comprehensive Plan Amendment Review 2.Concurrent Plan Amendment / Rezoning and Small Scale Amendments 3.Urban Service Area Expansions, Urban Sprawl, Needs Analysis 4.Financial Feasibility: Funding Infrastructure and Services 5.Concurrency: Transportation 6.Concurrency: Schools and Parks 7.Developments of Regional Impact 8.Sector Plans and New Towns Growth Management Series

 Provide background / history – Urban Service Area in the Comprehensive Plan  Discuss how the Plan addresses urban sprawl and determination of need  Ask for Board direction to amend applicable Comprehensive Plan policies to address legislative changes Purpose of Today’s Discussion

 Urban Service Area  Determination of Need  Urban Sprawl  Evaluating Development Impacts  Staff Recommendation Presentation Outline

 Urban Service Area  Determination of Need  Urban Sprawl  Evaluating Development Impacts  Staff Recommendation Presentation Outline

1991 – Urban Service Area as a Growth Management Tool  Direct growth to USA  Ensure provision of services  Protect the environment  Plan recognized inefficient growth pattern, even within the USA  Adopted a development framework to address inefficiency Urban Service Area 1980 GMP 1991 CPP 2009 CP – Plan updated; focus was on infill and redevelopment 1980 – Urban Service Area adopted into the Growth Management Plan  Area where County provides full range of services  Services existed or were planned to be available by the year 2000  Policy: Replacement and maintenance of facilities/services in the USA should have priority over infrastructure investments in new growth areas  Central water and sewer  Transportation  Drainage  Fire protection  Schools  Libraries  Recreation Development Framework  Urban Service Area  Activity Centers  Rural Settlements  Growth Centers  Rural Service Area Plan Goals  Provide services more efficiently  Increase transit viability  Preserve and revitalize existing neighborhoods  Take advantage of existing, underutilized infrastructure  Protect the environment USA multiplier: 2.25 USA multiplier: 2.4 USA multiplier: 1.5

Comprehensive Plan Goals / Policies Goal – Establish an urban framework:  Provide services in a cost effective manner  Create the desired development pattern Policies  County is responsible for providing infrastructure and services in the Urban Service Area (USA)  Direct growth to the USA  Guide how County sets the size of the USA  Set criteria and process for expansion Urban Service Area

1991 Urban Service Area

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Urban Service Area 1991 Urban Service Area Horizon West City Expansion

Urban Service Area 2011 Urban Service Area

 Urban Service Area  Determination of Need  Urban Sprawl  Evaluating Development Impacts  Staff Recommendation Presentation Outline

 Currently  Plan includes land needed to accommodate growth through 2030  Need based on population growth and Plan goals  Includes a surplus of land to allow real estate market to operate Determination of Need

New Legislation Requires: USA must have “at least the minimum amount of land required” to accommodate growth based on state projections “for at least a 10-year planning period” Provide a mix of land uses with allowance for real estate markets Sector plans, new towns, and rural land stewardship areas not required to demonstrate need.. ? Determination of Need

 Urban Service Area  Determination of Need  Urban Sprawl  Evaluating Development Impacts  Staff Recommendation Presentation Outline

Urban Sprawl  What sprawl is  How the law changed  Effect on Orange County

Urban Sprawl What is Sprawl? Before HB 7207  No single definition  Criteria in law describing development characteristics that negatively impact the community HB 7207 – Definition: A development pattern characterized by low density, automobile-dependent development with either a single use or multiple uses that are not functionally related, requiring the extension of public facilities and services in an inefficient manner, and failing to provide a clear separation between urban and rural uses.

Before HB 7207  13 criteria in state law  Criteria included in Comprehensive Plan Legislative changes  Added definition  13 criteria remained  8 new criteria added Urban Sprawl

Before HB 7207 – 13 indicators  Low-density/intensity, single-use  Poor connectivity  Isolated, ribbon-like or strip development  Development in rural areas far from urban areas  Results in inefficient provision of facilities and services  Discourages infill development and redevelopment  Fails to protect natural resources and agricultural areas  Results in loss of open space Urban Sprawl “The primary indicators that a plan or plan amendment does not discourage the proliferation of urban sprawl...”

Urban Sprawl New Criteria in Legislation 1.Does not adversely impact natural resources 2.Efficient provision of public infrastructure and services 3.Compact mixed use development 4.Promotes conservation 5.Preserves agricultural areas 6.Preserves open space and natural lands 7.Creates a balance of land uses 8.Innovative development “The future land use element or plan amendment shall be determined to discourage the proliferation of urban sprawl if it incorporates a development pattern or urban form that achieves four or more of the following…”

Urban Sprawl New Criteria in Legislation 1.Does not adversely impact natural resources 2.Efficient provision of public infrastructure and services 3.Compact mixed use development 4.Promotes conservation 5.Preserves agricultural areas 6.Preserves open space and natural lands 7.Creates a balance of land uses 8.Innovative development

 Urban Service Area  Determination of Need  Urban Sprawl  Evaluating Development Impacts  Staff Recommendation Presentation Outline

Evaluating Development How do we evaluate development proposals? 1.Impacts on providing services 2.Financial feasibility (short-term and long-term) 3.Impacts on County’s ability to meet Plan goals

Evaluating Development

Transit

Evaluating Development Impact on County’s ability to meet Plan goals  Preserve existing neighborhoods  Maximize use of existing, underutilized infrastructure  Provide services efficiently  Protect natural resources Choices and opportunity costs – how to best use limited resources

 Urban Service Area  Determination of Need  Urban Sprawl  Evaluating Development Impacts  Staff Recommendation Presentation Outline

Draft Policy Amendments  Focus on impacts, not sprawl  Strategies to maintain existing communities  Contribution to economic and environmental sustainability  Furthering Comprehensive Plan goals  Impacts on public infrastructure and adopted levels of service  Develop review criteria for Sector Plans, New Towns, and Rural Land Stewardship Areas  Financial feasibility (short-term and long-term) Staff Recommendation

Growth Management Legislative Discussion March 20, 2012