Example Details

Example:

Designate areas for redevelopment and use redevelopment funding from Broward County as a replacement for tax increment financing

Objective:

Economic Vitality

Strategy Category:

Use policy and regulatory tools to incentivize economic development

Strategy:

(V.B.1) Utilize CRA or other branding techniques to promote economic development

Originators:

City of Oakland Park

Implementors:

City of Oakland Park

Timeframe:

Current

Applies Systemwide?:

Comments:

The City of Oakland Park is actively working to redevelop property within the Local Activity Center, which is the downtown Culinary District. This area is part of the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), and is getting redevelopment funding from Broward County, as a replacement for tax increment financing. The City is currently updating the Downtown Mixed Use land development regulations to support this redevelopment effort.

Example last updated August 2017

Contact: Rick Buckeye, City of Oakland Park Planning and Zoning Division

Ex. ID 437

Place Types and Functions What is this?

Multimodal Districts & Nodes
Primary Function:	Concentration of activities in transit-oriented setting. Focus area for job and population growth
General Land Use Context:	Generally a mix of uses with high population and employment density (More than 15 jobs + people per acre)