Basis of Design Book 2 - City of St. Petersburg

DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
The Downtown Waterfront Master Plan (DWMP) is intended to provide an overall vision of
the City’s downtown waterfront and to establish a policy framework of overarching Guiding
Principles for future decision making. The Downtown Waterfront Master Plan will be
used as an umbrella policy document and is not intended to provide specific details for
projects that are developed within individual park, facility and transportation plan elements.
Capital improvement projects are implemented through the City’s Capital Improvement
Program. Future public and private development proposals and proposed significant
physical changes to the character of the downtown waterfront will be reviewed
for consistency with the Downtown Waterfront Master Plan that will be adopted as required
by the City Charter. In addition, as the City’s individual park and facility master
plans are updated in the future, they will be reviewed for consistency with the Charter
based Downtown Waterfront Master Plan.
It is anticipated that the City’s current master plans and waterfront facilities will be reviewed
for consistency with the Downtown Waterfront Master Plan (“DWMP”) as it is being
prepared, in accordance with the following schedule:
● Council Approves Ordinance with Plan Criteria-on or before July 1, 2012
● Municipal Pier 2012—2014
● Port 2012—2014
● Airport 2012—2014
● Transportation 2012—2015
● Municipal Marina 2014—2015
● Parks 2014—2015
● Downtown Waterfront Master Plan Adoption-on or before July 1, 2015
Individual specific plans will be periodically updated prior to each 7 year update of the
DWMP, as required by the City Charter.
The above schedule and referendum approved criteria/plan adoption activities will require
appropriate resources as allocated by City Council. Revisions to the above schedule
may be required due to resource limitations, financial constraints, or the need to readjust
priorities due to circumstances that may occur in the future. However, updates to the
DWMP will be completed every seven years to ensure compliance with the City Charter.
Citizen Participation/Input Process
Note: This process will be documented in the ordinance that sets forth criteria for the development
of the Charter mandated DWMP; and, will be described more fully as the
Downtown Waterfront Master Planning process evolves.
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