FEMA Approved LMS Plan - Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council

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Policy 3.1.2
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Policy 3.1.3
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development, thus limiting population growth, consistent with the
Future Land Use Map.
Ensures that the City will limit public expenditures in the coastal high
hazard area where possible.
The Hurricane Evacuation Plan will set forth hurricane clearance
times which will either be maintained or reduced.
Ensures an on-going effort to reduce evacuation times.
The risk of exposure of human life and public and private property to
natural disasters shall be reduced through preparedness planning and
implementation of hazard mitigation measures.
Ensures a continuous effort to work towards hazard mitigation
measures.
Policy 3.1.4
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Policy 4.1.1
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Policy 4.1.2
The City shall coordinate plans for evacuation of coastal area
populations with appropriate local or regional hurricane evacuation
plans.
Ensures intergovernmental coordination of hurricane planning
The City shall adopt and implement land development regulations
which recognize the limitations of development on a barrier island,
including its location in the 100-year flood plain, its vulnerability to
tropical storms, and its topography and soil conditions.
Ensures that the land development regulations recognize the need to
include regulations appropriate to hazard mitigation.
The City shall adopt and implement land development regulations that
contain specific and detailed provisions required to implement this
comprehensive plan, as amended, which, at a minimum shall:
- Regulate the subdivision of land:
- Protect the limited amount of marine wetlands remaining in the
community and those lands designated as Preservation on the
Future Land Use Map;
- Regulate signs
- Ensure that all future development is consistent with
Federal Emergency Management Agency regulation
- Ensure that all future development is consistent with any
coastal construction control regulations as may be adopted
and/or amended by the State of Florida, Pinellas County, or
the City of St. Pete Beach
- Ensure the compatibility of adjacent land uses by requiring
adequate and appropriate buffering between potentially
incompatible uses
- Ensure that development permits are issued only when it has
been documented that such development is consistent with
the level of service standards for the affected public facilities
adopted by this comprehensive plan
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