Florida Administrative Code › 27 - EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR › 27E - Comprehensive Planning › Chapter 27E-5 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE PERTAINING TO STRATEGIC REGIONAL POLICY PLANS › Section 27E-5.004 - Content and Format

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
Each regional planning council shall adopt a strategic
				  regional policy plan which shall contain the following components:
(1) Executive Summary. Each plan shall
				contain an executive summary that briefly describes the plan's vision statement
				(if provided), strategic regional subject areas and selected goals and policies
				of specific concern to the region. In addition, important elements of the
				trends and conditions statements may be summarized along with other vital plan
				components.
(2) Vision Statement.
				An optional statement which describes the intended future physical appearance
				and the qualities of the region, developed through a collaborative planning
				process with meaningful public participation.
(3) Strategic Regional Subject Areas. Each
				council shall identify and address subject areas that from a regional
				perspective have potential to affect the region's significant physical
				characteristics or the quality of life within the region. These subject areas
				shall include affordable housing, economic development, emergency preparedness,
				natural resources of regional significance, and regional transportation.
				Regional plans shall identify and address significant regional resources and
				facilities. Additional subject areas which relate to the particular needs and
				circumstances of the region or which represent major regional problems or
				opportunities may be included as strategic regional subject areas. In
				identifying strategic regional subject areas, the council shall consider
				existing requirements in other planning or regulatory programs of state,
				federal, or regional agencies within the region. Strategic regional subject
				areas related to natural resources of regional significance and regional
				transportation shall address the following:
(a) Natural Resources of Regional
				Significance. Each council shall address natural resources of regional
				significance through the development of goals and policies and identify these
				resources by specific geographic location and not solely by generic type using
				the best and most recent data and information available. These resources shall
				be identified on maps at a scale of 1 to 100, 000. These maps and identified
				natural resources of regional significance should be used for planning purposes
				only, and shall be amended, updated, or revised as new areas are identified or
				new data becomes available.
(b)
				Regional Transportation. The plan may recommend minimum density guidelines for
				development along designated public transportation corridors and identify
				investment strategies for providing transportation infrastructure where growth
				is desired, rather than focusing primarily on relieving congestion in areas
				where growth is discouraged. This provision is not intended to inhibit regional
				or local mass transit activities and efforts to revitalize urban
				areas.