Ybor City - Hillsborough Community College

Hillsborough Community College: Ybor Campus
The City also indicated that the area within the delineated Ybor City Community Redevelopment
Area is exempt from the city's stormwater treatment and attenuation requirements. Since the
area outfalls directly into the Bay, there is no requirement for attenuation by the Southwest
Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD). SWFWMD may require treatment volume for
new developments.
See Map 2-D Existing Conditions Stormwater
2.4.3 Sanitary Sewer
The original sanitary sewer system in the Ybor City area was built of terracotta or vitrified clay and
dates back to the turn of the century. The entire system in this area is gravity fed and there are
no force mains serving Ybor City. The only new lines constructed in recent decades have been
added along Palm Avenue in the early 1970's when the Ybor City Campus was built. These
newer lines consist of 8 inch vitrified clay pipe. Although vitrified clay pipe is no longer widely
used, the City indicated that tapping into the existing pipes as well as joining existing VCP to
PVC pipe is routine. The City also indicated that development of additional classroom capacity
is unlikely to add significantly to the existing demand on the system and that the existing
system is working fine.
See Map 2-E Existing Conditions Sanitary Sewer
2.4.4 Water Infrastructure
Palm Avenue currently has an 8-inch water main on each side of the road. A 20-inch water main
is located under 13 th Street, and a 12-inch water main is located under 14 th Street. Each northsouth
street in Ybor City has a water main with the vast majority of these mains being 8 inches
or larger. Water pressure in the currently low-rise buildings of Ybor City has, according to Tampa
Public Works personnel, never been known to be a problem. In view of the ample capacity of the
water supply network in the area, water supply to any likely future commercial, residential and
institutional development would not be a problem.
See Map 2-F Existing Conditions Water Infrastructure
2.4.5 Electrical
Electrical power to most of Ybor City is supplied by the Tampa Electric Co. via the 11 th Avenue
substation located at 11 th Avenue and 28 th Street Substation grids are interconnected with the
campus area receiving power via the 14 th Street system originating at 14 th Street and 26 th
Avenue, far north of Interstate-4. Local electrical transmission in Ybor City is primarily overhead,
with some underground facilities along 7 th Avenue and Palm Avenue.
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