TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, City Manager
TITLE: Ordinance 2018-05, First Reading, Petition No. TXT 16-217, North Port Complete Streets Ordinance, Amending Article 4 of Chapter 37 of the City of North Port Unified Land Development Code,
Recommended Action
That the North Port City Commission Continue with Amendments, Ordinance 2018-05, Petition No. TXT-16-217 North Port Complete Streets Ordinance Amending Article 4 of Chapter 37 of the City of North Port Unified Land Development Code to a second reading on March 27, 2018.
Background Information
At the time that the City of North Port was originally designed (late 1950's to early 1960's), the prevailing pattern for development provided for single-use Euclidian zoning, with large pockets of residential development and limited areas for commercial and office development located mostly along arterial roadways or at the intersection of arterial and collector roadways. An additional trait that was prevalent at that time, particularly in newer communities, was the limited inclusion of facilities serving non-automobile traffic. This continues to be an issue in many platted lands communities, including North Port, where hundreds of miles of local roadways were built mainly within neighborhoods, anticipating development that did not occur until many of the roadways were at the end of their useful life. An additional issue that is particular to North Port and many other platted lands communities in coastal areas is the disconnection of neighborhoods from one another and from what are now known as Activity Centers due to the extensive network of canals that serve the community's stormwater conveyance needs.
As the City has grown, the amount of traffic using the limited roadway network has become an increasing concern for residents, due to the way that the City's roadway network and drainage system were designed by General Development Corporation, the orig...
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