BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS LEON COUNTY, FLORIDA

PCT130111 Policy Cleanup
Policy 2.2.10 [L]
CENTRAL CORE (Effective 1/19/02; Revision Effective 7/26/06; Renumbered 3/14/0; Revision
Effective 1/7/10)
The current Central Core of Tallahassee has a strong government presence. However, the character of this
area has changed since 2002 to a more mixed use center with new office, commercial, retail and
residential uses. The Central Core of Tallahassee is intended to expand into a vibrant 18-hour urban
activity center with quality development. The emphasis in this area is intended to shift from cars to
pedestrian, bike and transit modes of transportation. The development regulations within the Central Core
area have to be amended to allow for a more urban kind of development where the primary emphasis is
on pedestrian, bike and transit modes of transportation. The Central Core area is within the Downtown
Overlay. The City of Tallahassee intends to promote mix of uses and higher densities and intensities
within its Central core, while promoting multiple modes of transportation. The City shall establish Design
Guidelines for this area in order to allow for more mixed use, pedestrian, bike and transit oriented
development. Residential development may be permitted up to 150 units per acre. Any development with
density of more than 10 dwelling units per acre shall be consistent with the design standards identified in
Policy 2.1.5 [T] 1.1.10 [M] subject to further clarification in the Land Development Code.
The future expansion of the Central Core FLUM will be limited to only those parcels within the
Downtown Overlay District when:
The proposed parcels are contiguous to existing central core FLUM area;
The proposed parcel has all the infrastructure available;
The proposed parcel has to exhibit a need for the expansion (eg: parcel of sufficient size not
available in the Central Core FLUM for the proposed development).
D. APPLICANT’S REASON FOR THE AMENDMENT:
This is a cleanup amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. The amendment updates and removes
outdated language in policy 1.1.10 [M], 2.1.8 [L] and 2.2.10 [L] to make the policies consistent
with the Mobility and the Land Use Elements.
E. STAFF ANALYSIS
The Comprehensive Plan currently contains language in Land Use Policy 2.1.8 and 2.2.10 and
Mobility Policy 1.1.10 that is not pertinent and needs to be updated. This amendment requests
the cleanup of text in these policies by removing the references to the deleted Central Core
policies and by referencing the Mobility Element Policy that replaced one of the deleted Central
Core Policies (formerly LU Policy 12.2.2). It also correctly identifies the policy guidance to
receive a density bonus in the Mobility District. The three specific changes in this amendment
are discussed below.
Change #1
In 2011, the City adopted the Community Code, which includes design standards for all lands in
the Mobility District. As all areas designated Central Core occur within the Mobility District, the
language in Policy 1.1.10 [M] requiring design standards in the Central Core is no longer needed.
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