A. - Purpose and intent.

Sites generally within one (1) mile of the Kelly Park Interchange (see black line in Figure -1, red line in Figure 2) are subject to the form-based standards contained in this document. Where a property straddles this line, the property owner may select to bring the portion outside the property into the Form-Base Code area. Properties outside the 1-mile radius line are not eligible to use the regulations contained in this document, unless an amendment to the future land use element and a zoning map amendment are approved by the City Council.

The purpose of the Kelly Park Interchange form-based standards is to guide future development within one mile of the interchange for the creation of a sustainable community that:

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Supports regional markets dependent on the Wekiva Parkway's function to move people and goods (light industry and warehousing, hotels/motels, restaurants, gas stations, truck stops, and convenience stores);

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Promotes economic growth and diversity;

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Is designed to complement the surrounding area; and

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Manages and protects water and wildlife resources.

Form-based regulations use physical form, rather than separation of land uses, as their organizing principle of a community. The primary intent of the form-based regulations is to shape the public realm by addressing elements such as street design, public open space, and building form and placement. The regulations are intended to encourage design diversity and variation, while ensuring a compact and dense urban form concentrated at two major intersection nodes (Kelly Park Road/Golden Gem Road and Kelly Park Road/Plymouth-Sorrento Road) with a gradual transition to a less dense urban form at the edges of the interchange study area.

Figure 1. Kelly Park Interchange Form-Based Code Area