Example Details

Example:

Allow exceptions to concurrency mitigation requirements for TODs

Objective:

Accessibility

Strategy Category:

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

Strategy:

(II.D.07) Encourage development to focus growth in transit-supportive nodal patterns including future premium transit station areas

Originators:

Palm Beach County

Implementors:

Palm Beach County

Timeframe:

Completed

Applies Systemwide?:

Comments:

Palm Beach County's Traffic Performance Standards (Land Development Code Article 12, Chapter L) allow local governments to grant exception from transportation concurrency requirements for projects that promote public transportation, including mixed use development around rail transit stations.

Palm Beach County Comprehensive Plan

Example last updated August 2017

Contact: George Webb, Palm Beach County Traffic Engineering

Ex. ID 235

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)
Transit:	Areas served by premium or frequent fixed route service