The Broward County Planning Council worked with the City of Fort Lauderdale to add 5,000 dwelling units to the allowable residential density cap in the Downtown Fort Lauderdale Regional Activity Center (RAC). This amendment further concentrates development in the downtown. To evaluate the transportation impacts of the increased density, the BCPC did not limit the transportation analysis to trip projections and roadway level of service; it worked with the City on a multimodal level of service analysis. The County is requiring ongoing monitoring of the transportation impacts of the amendment. The City provided extensive information about projected ridership on the Wave Streetcar and made assumptions about the internal trip capture in the Downtown RAC, to demonstrate the transportation impacts would be lower than the results of a traditional traffic impact analysis. While the initially proposed 70% trip reduction rate was considered to be too high, the City and County Planning Council worked together to agree upon an alternative method of analysis and reasonable trip reduction rate. The City agreed to monitor the trips and traffic impacts within the RAC as the additional 5,000 units are constructed to evaluate the accuracy of the assumptions. The City also agreed on a 15% set aside for affordable housing, and the City may not allocate more than half of the 5,000 units before the affordable units are constructed.
The increased allowable residential density cap went into effect in 2015. As of July 2017, the new units have not been constructed.
Link to Downtown Fort Lauderdale amendment package
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Example last updated August 2017
Contact: Pete Schwarz, BCPC; Karen Warfel, City of Fort Lauderdale Transportation and Mobility Department
Ex. ID 524, 525
| Primary Multimodal | |
|---|---|
| Primary Function: | Primary circulation within and between multimodal districts |
| General Land Use Context: | Mixed use - higher intensity, downtowns, and destination corridors |
| Transit: | Premium service |
| Walking & Biking: | Emphasized with generous facilities for walking & biking |
| Multimodal Districts & Nodes | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Walking & Biking: | Right-of-way has balance for walk/bike facilities and transit/auto. Focus on connectivity to transit stations |