Example Details

Example:

Incentivize redevelopment through FEMA's national flood insurance program's premium discounts

Objective:

Economic Vitality

Strategy Category:

Use policy and regulatory tools to incentivize economic development

Strategy:

(V.B.3) Use other policy tools to incentivize redevelopment

Originators:

City of Oakland Park

Implementors:

City of Oakland Park

Timeframe:

Current

Applies Systemwide?:

Yes

Comments:

The City revised its FEMA flood insurance maps so that 51 percent of the City’s properties are no longer within the flood insurance areas.

As of 2016, FEMA is helping the City to build a water management system.

Example last updated August 2017

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

Ex. ID 444

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)