Example Details

Example:

Adopt a LIRP Conversion Ordinance to allow insertion of housing into areas originally planned as major employment centers

Objective:

Accessibility

Strategy Category:

Land Use: Encourage smart growth through land use planning and development approval processes

Strategy:

(II.D.01) Encourage a mix of uses to make destinations closer and within walking distance, especially within Multimodal Districts

Originators:

City of Boca Raton

Implementors:

City of Boca Raton

Timeframe:

Current

Applies Systemwide?:

Comments:

The City of Boca Raton allows residential development in the Light Industrial Research Park (LIRP) zoning district in Planned Mobility Developments (PMDs).

[Link to the City's land development regulations that allows PMD in LIRP zoning districts) (https://www.municode.com/library/fl/bocaraton/codes/codeofordinances?nodeId=VOIICH28ZOARTXIIINDIDIV2LILIINREPADI_S28-986PLMODEPM)

Example last updated August 2017

Contact: Ingrid Allen, City of Boca Raton Planning & Zoning

Ex. ID 191

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)
Lower Intensity Mixed Use
General Land Use Context:	Lower density mix of retail, office and residential