Hillsborough Corridor Planning & Preservation Best Practices

Table 6. Tallahassee-Leon County Corridor Management Policies, Continued

Policy 1.6.2: [M]

Acquire and maintain sufficient right-of-way when building new roads or widening old facilities in order to protect waterbodies, wetlands, and flood plains. Plan corridor alignments to avoid environmentally sensitive areas and where this is not possible, acquire wide roadside buffers and prohibit driveways by purchase of access rights, as necessary, to prevent development from occurring within the environmentally sensitive area, as a result of the roadway availability. Future right-of-way needs for selected transportation corridors designated for improvement in the Tallahassee-Leon County Comprehensive Plan are generally depicted in the table below (see Table 7) and in the Future Right-of-Way Needs Map and the Long Range Transportation Plan. All proposed development plans on designated future transportation corridors shall be reviewed for consistency with the Future Right-of-Way Needs Map, the Long Range Transportation Plan, and any specific alignment or engineering studies and shall be consistent with identified right-of-way needs for designated future transportation corridors as a condition of development approval. The Future Right-of-Way Needs Map shall be reviewed, and updated if necessary, every 5 years concurrent with the Long Range Transportation Plan update, or more frequently as necessary to address the growth and mobility needs of the local government. City and County Staff shall consult with FDOT in determining conceptual alignments, acquiring future right-of-way, and reviewing proposed development that substantially impacts state highways designated for improvement in the Tallahassee-Leon County Comprehensive Plan to ensure that local decisions are consistent with state and federal policy, and to ensure that development activity does not substantially impair the viability of the future state transportation corridor.

Policy 1.6.3: [M]

Policy 1.6.4: [M]

Policy 1.6.5: [M]

Policy 1.6.6: [M]

Policy 1.6.7: [M]

Explore land banking policies, procedures and funding options to facilitate early acquisition of right-of-way for designated future transportation corridors.

Policy 1.6.8: [M]

Right-of-way acquisition shall be facilitated by the establishment of a program to identify, prioritize, and acquire needed right-of-way consistent with the Right-of-Way Needs Map and Capital Improvements Element. Where needed right-of-way is identified in the energy efficiency district connectivity plans, such projects shall also be included on the Right-of-Way Needs Map and/or in the Long Range Transportation Plan.

Policy 1.6.9: [M]

Source: Tallahassee Leon County Comprehensive Plan, p. 178-180 and 182.

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