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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE OF INTENT TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Collier County Board of
County Commissioners (BCC) at 9:00 A.M. on October 14, 2025, in the Board of County
Commissioners Meeting Room, third floor, Collier Government Center, 3299 Tamiami Trail East,
Naples,FL to consider:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY,
FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 04-41, AS AMENDED, THE
COLLIER COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH INCLUDES THE
COMPREHENSIVE LAND REGULATIONS FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO IMPLEMENT RURAL LANDS STEWARDSHIP AREA
OVERLAY PROVISIONS OF THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE COLLIER
COUNTY GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN, BY PROVIDING FOR: SECTION ONE,
RECITALS; SECTION TWO, FINDINGS OF FACT; SECTION THREE, ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, MORE SPECIFICALLY
AMENDING THE FOLLOWING: CHAPTER FOUR — SITE DESIGN AND
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, INCLUDING SECTION 4.08.01 SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS
APPLICABLE TO THE RLSA DISTRICT, SECTION 4.08.04
IMPLEMENTATION OF STEWARDSHIP CREDITS, SECTION 4.08.05
BASELINE STANDARDS, SECTION 4.08.06 SSA DESIGNATION, AND SECTION
4.08.07 SRA DESIGNATION; SECTION FOUR, CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY;
SECTION FIVE, INCLUSION IN THE COLLIER COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE;
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A copy of the proposed Ordinance is on file with the Clerk to the Board and is available for inspection.All interested
parties are invited to attend and be heard.
All persons wishing to speak on any agenda item must register with the County Manager prior to presentation of the
agenda item to be addressed.Individual speakers will be limited to three(3)minutes on any item.The selection of any
individual to speak on behalf of an organization or group is encouraged.If recognized by the Chairman,a spokesperson
for a group or organization may be allotted ten (10)minutes to speak on an item. Written materials intended to be
considered by the Board shall be submitted to the appropriate County staff a minimum of seven(7)days prior to the
public hearing.All materials used in presentations before the Board will become a permanent part of the record.
As part of an ongoing initiative to encourage public involvement, the public will have the opportunity to provide
public comments remotely, as well as in person, during this proceeding. Individuals who would like to participate
remotely should register through the link provided within the specific event/meeting entry on the Calendar of Events
on the County website at www.colliercountyfl.gov/our-county/visitors/calendar-of-events after the agenda is posted
on the County website.Registration should be done in advance of the public meeting,or any deadline specified within
the public meeting notice. Individuals who register will receive an email in advance of the public hearing detailing
how they can participate remotely in this meeting.Remote participation is provided as a courtesy and is at the user's
risk. The County is not responsible for technical issues. For additional information about the meeting, please call
Geoffrey Wittig at 252-8369 or email to Geoffrey.Willigc colliercountvfl.gov.
Any person who decides to appeal any decision of the Board will need a record of the proceedings pertaining thereto
and therefore, may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the
testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is based.
If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding,you are
entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the Collier County Facilities
Management Division, located at 3335 Tamiami Trail East, Suite 101,Naples,FL 34112-5356, (239)252-8380,at
least two(2)days prior to the meeting.Assisted listening devices for the hearing impaired are available in the Board
of County Commissioners Office.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY,FLORIDA
BURT L.SAUNDERS,CHAIRMAN
CRYSTAL K.KINZEL,
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT AND COMPTROLLER
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Business Impact Estimate
This form should be included in the agenda packet for the item under which the proposed
ordinance is to be considered and must be posted on the County's website by the time notice of
the proposed ordinance is published.
Published on County website by: 10/14/2025 [expected legal advertising date]
Proposed ordinance's Short Title:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY,
FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 04-41, AS AMENDED, THE COLLIER
COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH INCLUDES THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND
REGULATIONS FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO
IMPLEMENT RURAL LANDS STEWARDSHIP AREA OVERLAY PROVISIONS OF THE
FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE COLLIER COUNTY GROWTH MANAGEMENT
PLAN, BY PROVIDING FOR: SECTION ONE, RECITALS; SECTION TWO, FINDINGS OF
FACT; SECTION THREE, ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT
CODE, MORE SPECIFICALLY AMENDING THE FOLLOWING: CHAPTER FOUR — SITE
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, INCLUDING SECTION 4.08.01 SPECIFIC
DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE RLSA DISTRICT, SECTION 4.08.04 IMPLEMENTATION
OF STEWARDSHIP CREDITS, SECTION 4.08.05 BASELINE STANDARDS, SECTION 4.08.06
SSA DESIGNATION, AND SECTION 4.08.07 SRA DESIGNATION; SECTION FOUR,
CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY; SECTION FIVE, INCLUSION IN THE COLLIER COUNTY
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE; AND SECTION SIX, EFFECTIVE DATE. [PL20220003445]
This Business Impact Estimate is provided in accordance with section 125.66(3), Florida
Statutes. If one or more boxes are checked below, this means the County is of the view
that a business impact estimate is not required by state law' for the proposed ordinance,
but the County is, nevertheless, providing this Business Impact Estimate as a courtesy
and to avoid any procedural issues that could impact the enactment of the proposed
ordinance. This Business Impact Estimate may be revised following its initial posting.
❑ The proposed ordinance is required for compliance with Federal or State law or
regulation;
❑ The proposed ordinance relates to the issuance or refinancing of debt;
❑ The proposed ordinance relates to the adoption of budgets or budget
amendments, including revenue sources necessary to fund the budget;
❑ The proposed ordinance is required to implement a contract or an agreement,
including, but not limited to, any Federal, State, local, or private grant or other
financial assistance accepted by the county government;
❑ The proposed ordinance is an emergency ordinance;
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❑ The proposed ordinance is enacted to implement the following:
a. Development orders and development permits, as those terms are defined in
Section 163.3164, and development agreements, as authorized by the Florida
Local Government Development Agreement Act under Sections 163-3220-
163.3243;
b. Comprehensive Plan amendments and land development regulation
amendments initiated by application by a private party other than Collier
County;
c. Sections 190.005 and 190.046, Florida Statutes, regarding community
development districts;
d. Section 553.73, Florida Statutes, relating to the Florida Building Code; or
e. Section 633.202, Florida Statutes, relating to the Florida Fire Prevention Code.
In accordance with the provisions of controlling law, even notwithstanding the fact that
an exemption noted above may apply, the County hereby publishes the following
information:
1. Summary of the proposed ordinance (must include a statement of the public purpose,
such as serving the public health, safety, morals and welfare):
This Land Development Code (LDC) amendment will update the Rural Land Stewardship
Area Zoning Overlay District (RLSA District) Standards and Procedures to ensure
consistency with the adopted changes that were made to the Rural Lands Stewardship
Area Overlay in the Future Land Use Element (FLUE) of the GMP, pursuant to Ordinance
2021-28.
The Rural Lands Stewardship Area Overlay offers a voluntary program to allow owners to
place land in permanent agricultural use or conservation in exchange for development on
other land. This ordinance implements the policies in the GMP by adding more options to
create stewardship credits for Stewardship Sending Areas, providing for conditional
Stewardship Sending Areas, providing for mobility in Stewardship Receiving Areas and
removing hamlets as a form of Stewardship Receiving Area.
2. An estimate of the direct economic impact of the proposed ordinance on private, for-
profit businesses in the County, if any:
(a) An estimate of direct compliance costs that businesses may reasonably incur;
(b) Any new charge or fee imposed by the proposed ordinance or for which businesses
will be financially responsible; and
(c) An estimate of the County's regulatory costs, including estimated revenues from any
new charges or fees to cover such costs.
There will be little to no direct economic impact from the proposed ordinance, in that no
new fees or taxes will result from the adoption of this ordinance.
3. Good faith estimate of the number of businesses likely to be impacted by the proposed
ordinance:
No businesses will be negatively impacted by this ordinance.
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4. Additional information the governing body deems useful (if any):
[You may wish to include in this section the methodology or data used to prepare the Business
Impact Estimate. For example: County staff solicited comments from businesses in the County
as to the potential impact of the proposed ordinance by contacting the chamber of commerce,
social media posting, direct mail or direct email, posting on County website, public workshop, etc.
You may also wish to include efforts made to reduce the potential fiscal impact on businesses.
You may also wish to state here that the proposed ordinance is a generally applicable ordinance
that applies to all persons similarly situated(individuals as well as businesses) and, therefore, the
proposed ordinance does not affect only businesses.]
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ORDINANCE NO. 2025 —
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 04-
41, AS AMENDED, THE COLLIER COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT
CODE, WHICH INCLUDES THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND
REGULATIONS FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF COLLIER
COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO IMPLEMENT RURAL LANDS STEWARDSHIP
AREA OVERLAY PROVISIONS OF THE FUTURE LAND USE
ELEMENT OF THE COLLIER COUNTY GROWTH MANAGEMENT
PLAN, BY PROVIDING FOR: SECTION ONE, RECITALS; SECTION
TWO, FINDINGS OF FACT; SECTION THREE, ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, MORE
SPECIFICALLY AMENDING THE FOLLOWING: CHAPTER FOUR —
SITE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, INCLUDING
SECTION 4.08.01 SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE
RLSA DISTRICT, SECTION 4.08.04 IMPLEMENTATION OF
STEWARDSHIP CREDITS, SECTION 4.08.05 BASELINE STANDARDS,
SECTION 4.08.06 SSA DESIGNATION, AND SECTION 4.08.07 SRA
DESIGNATION; SECTION FOUR, CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY;
SECTION FIVE, INCLUSION IN THE COLLIER COUNTY LAND
DEVELOPMENT CODE; AND SECTION SIX, EFFECTIVE DATE.
(PL20220003445)
Recitals
WHEREAS, on October 30, 1991, the Collier County Board of County Commissioners
adopted Ordinance No. 91-102, the Collier County Land Development Code (hereinafter LDC),
which was subsequently amended; and
WHEREAS, the Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Board) on June 22,
2004, adopted Ordinance No. 04-41, which repealed and superseded Ordinance No. 91-102, as
amended, the Collier County Land Development Code, which had an effective date of October
18, 2004; and
WHEREAS, on March 18, 1997, the Board adopted Resolution 97-177 establishing local
requirements and procedures for amending the LDC; and
WHEREAS, all requirements of Resolution 97-177 have been met; and
WHEREAS, the Collier County Planning Commission, sitting as the land planning
agency, did hold an advertised public hearing on , 2025, and reviewed the
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proposed amendments for consistency with the Comprehensive Plan and did recommend
approval; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners, in a manner prescribed by law, did
hold an advertised public hearing on , 2025, and did take action concerning
these amendments to the LDC; and
WHEREAS, the subject amendments to the LDC are hereby determined by this Board to
be consistent with and to implement the Collier County Growth Management Plan as required
by Subsections 163.3194 (1) and 163.3202 (1), Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance is adopted in compliance with and pursuant to the
Community Planning Act (F.S. § 163.3161 etseq.), and F.S. § 125.01(1)(t) and (1)(w); and
WHEREAS, this ordinance is adopted pursuant to the constitutional and home rule
powers of Fla. Const. Art. VIII, § 1(g); and
WHEREAS, all applicable substantive and procedural requirements of the law have
otherwise been met.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Collier County, Florida, that:
SECTION ONE: RECITALS
The foregoing Recitals are true and correct and incorporated by reference herein as if
fully set forth.
SECTION TWO: FINDINGS OF FACT
The Board of Commissioners of Collier County, Florida, hereby makes the following
findings of fact:
1. Collier County, pursuant to § 163.3161, et seq., F.S., the Florida Community
Planning Act (herein after the "Act"), is required to prepare and adopt a comprehensive plan.
2. After adoption of the Comprehensive Plan, the Act and in particular §
163.3202(1). F.S., mandates that Collier County adopt land development regulations that are
consistent with and implement the adopted comprehensive plan.
3. Section 163.3201, F.S., provides that it is the intent of the Act that the adoption
and enforcement by Collier County of land development regulations for the total unincorporated
area shall be based on, be related to, and be a means of implementation for, the adopted
comprehensive plan.
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4. Section 163.3194(1)(b), F.S., requires that all land development regulations
enacted or amended by Collier County be consistent with the adopted comprehensive plan, or
element or portion thereof, and any land regulations existing at the time of adoption which are
not consistent with the adopted comprehensive plan, or element or portion thereof, shall be
amended so as to be consistent.
5. Section 163.3202(3), F.S., states that the Act shall be construed to encourage
the use of innovative land development regulations.
6. On January 10, 1989, Collier County adopted the Collier County Growth
Management Plan (hereinafter the "Growth Management Plan" or "GMP") as its comprehensive
plan pursuant to the requirements of§ 163.3161 et seq., F.S.
7. Section 163.3194(1)(a), F.S., mandates that after a comprehensive plan, or
element or portion thereof, has been adopted in conformity with the Act, all development
undertaken by, and all actions taken in regard to development orders by, governmental
agencies in regard to land covered by such comprehensive plan or element shall be consistent
with such comprehensive plan or element as adopted.
8. Pursuant to § 163.3194(3)(a), F.S., a development order or land development
regulation shall be consistent with the comprehensive plan if the land uses, densities or
intensities, and other aspects of development are compatible with, and further the objectives,
policies, land uses, densities, or intensities in the comprehensive plan and if it meets all other
criteria enumerated by the local government.
9. Section 163.3194(3)(b), F.S., states that a development approved or undertaken
by a local government shall be consistent with the comprehensive plan if the land uses,
densities or intensities, capacity or size, timing, and other aspects of development are
compatible with, and further the objectives, policies, land uses, densities, or intensities in the
comprehensive plan and if it meets all other criteria enumerated by the local government.
10. On October 30, 1991, Collier County adopted the Collier County Land
Development Code, which became effective on November 13, 1991. The Land Development
Code adopted in Ordinance 91-102 was recodified and superseded by Ordinance 04-41.
11. Collier County finds that the Land Development Code is intended and necessary
to preserve and enhance the present advantages that exist in Collier County; to encourage the
most appropriate use of land, water and resources consistent with the public interest; to
overcome present handicaps; and to deal effectively with future problems that may result from
the use and development of land within the total unincorporated area of Collier County and it is
intended that this Land Development Code preserve, promote, protect and improve the public
health, safety, comfort, good order, appearance, convenience and general welfare of Collier
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County; to prevent the overcrowding of land and avoid the undue concentration of population; to
facilitate the adequate and efficient provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools,
parks, recreational facilities, housing and other requirements and services; to conserve,
develop, utilize and protect natural resources within the jurisdiction of Collier County; to protect
human, environmental, social and economic resources; and to maintain through orderly growth
and development, the character and stability of present and future land uses and development
in Collier County.
12. It is the intent of the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County to
implement the Land Development Code in accordance with the provisions of the Collier County
Comprehensive Plan, Chapter 125, Fla. Stat., and Chapter 163, Fla. Stat., and through these
amendments to the Code.
SECTION THREE: ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
SUBSECTION 3.A. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 4.08.01 SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS
APPLICABLE TO THE RLSA DISTRICT
Section 4.08.01 Specific Definitions Applicable to the RLSA District, of Ordinance 04-41, as
amended, the Collier County Land Development Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 4.08.01 Specific Definitions Applicable to the RLSA District
As used in the RLSA District Regulations, the terms below shall have the following
meanings, set forth below, to the exclusion of any meanings ascribed to such terms in section
1.08.00:
A. Accessory dwelling unit. A dwelling unit that is supplemental and subordinate to a
primary dwelling on the same premises, limited to 900 square feet.
B. Baseline Standards. Baseline Standards are the allowable uses, density, intensity and
other land development regulations assigned to land within the RLSA District by the
GMP, Collier County Land development Regulations and Collier County Zoning
Regulations in effect prior to July 25, 2000, and subject to the further provisions of
section 4.08.05.
C. Building Height. Refers to the vertical extent of a building. Building height is measured in
Stories.
D. Building Height to Street Width Ratio. The maximum height of the tallest building divided
by the width of the street. The street width is the distance between two building fagades.
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E. Civic and Institutional Uses. Structures developed for and/or used by established
organizations or foundations dedicated to public service or cultural activities including
the arts, education, government and religion.
F. Compact Rural Delevelopment (CRD). Compact Rural Development is a form of SRA
that is intended to support and further Collier County's valued attributes of agriculture,
natural resources, and economic diversity. A CRD shall include uses associated with
and needed to support research, education, convenience retail, tourism, or recreation. A
CRD may include but is not required to have permanent residential housing and the
services and facilities to support permanent residents. Compact Rural developments arc
a form of SRA that provide flexibility with respect to the mix of uses and design
standards, hall-ether e mpl„ with th„ standards of a Hamlet or Village. A CRD
may include, but is not required to have permanent residential housing and the services
support services different from a traditional residential village. It would contain transient
lodging facilities and services appropriate to eco tourists, but may not provide for the
range of services necessary to support permanent residents.
G. Context Zones. Areas that establish the use, intensity and diversity within a town; or
village or hamlet. Context zones specify permitted land uses, FARs, building height,
setbacks, and other regulating elements to guide the establishment of the urban to rural
continuum.
H. Designation. Application of the SSA or SRA concepts through a formal application,
review, and approval process as described in the RLSA District Regulations.
FSA - Flow way Stewardship Area. Privately owned lands delineated on the RLSA
Overlay Map, which primarily include privately owned wetlands that are located within
the Camp Keais Strand and Okaloacoochee Slough. FSAs form the primary wetland flow
way systems in the RLSA District.
J. Hamlet. Hamlets arc a form of SRA and are small rural residential areas with primarily
single family housing and a limited 2 of convenience oriented services Hamlets
currently allowed in the Baseline Standards.
J44. HSA- Habitat Stewardship Area. Privately owned lands delineated on the RLSA Overlay
Map, which include both areas with natural characteristics that make them suitable
habitat for listed species and areas without these characteristics. These latter areas are
included because they are located contiguous to habitat with natural characteristics, thus
forming a continuum of landscape that can augment habitat values.
Kb. Incidental Clearing. Clearing of no more than 1% of the area of an SSA, which is
conducted to accommodate the ability to convert from one Ag 1 use to another Ag 1 use
and which connects existing Ag 1 acres, squares up existing Ag 1 farm fields, or
provides access to or from Ag 1 areas.
LM. Landmark building. A prominent civic or institutional building that creates a significant
community feature, focal point, or terminating vista.
MN. Land Use - Land Cover Indices. One of the indices comprising the Natural Resource
Index Value of land, with values assigned based upon land use and land cover
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characteristics as mapped using the Florida Land Use, Cover, and Forms Classification
System (FLUCFCS) (FDOT 1999). For purposes of assigning values, land use and land
cover codes are grouped as follows: Group 1 (Codes 617, 6172, 621, 6218, 6219, 624,
630, 641, 643); Group 2 (Codes 321, 411, 4119, 425, 434, 439, 428); Group 3 (211, 212,
213, 214, 221, 222, 241, 242, 243, 250, 260, 261, 310, 329, 330, 422, 510, 521, 523,
533, 534); and Group 4 (all others).
NQ. Land Use Layer (Layer). Permitted and conditional land uses within the Baseline
Standards that are of a similar type or intensity and that are grouped together in the
same column on the Land Use Matrix.
OR Land Use Matrix (Matrix). The tabulation of the permitted and conditional land uses
within the Baseline Standards set forth in Section 4.08.06 B.4., with each Land Use
Layer displayed as a single column.
PQ. Listed Species Habitat Indices. One of the indices comprising the Natural Resource
Index Value, with values assigned based upon the habitat value of the land for listed
species. Index values are based on documentation of occupied habitat as established by
the intersect of documented and verifiable observations of listed species with land cover
identified as preferred or tolerated habitat for that species. Land mapped, using
FLUCFCS, as 310, 321, 411, 425, 428, 434, 617, 6172, 621, 6218, 6219, 624, and 630
is deemed to be preferred or tolerated habitat for panthers for the purpose of assigning a
value for these indices. An intersection of at least one data point establishing the
presence of a listed species within a geographic information system (GIS) polygon of
preferred or tolerated habitat for that species shall result in the entire polygon being
scored as occupied habitat.
Q. Micromobility. Any small, low-speed, human- or electric-powered transportation device,
including bicycles, scooters, electric-assist bicycles, electric scooters (a.k.a. e-scooters),
and other small, lightweight, wheeled conveyances.
R. Natural Resource Index (Index). A measurement system that establishes the relative
natural resource value of each acre of land by objectively measuring six different
characteristics of land and assigning an index factor based on each characteristic. The
sum of these six factors is the Index value for the land. The six characteristics measured
are: Stewardship Overlay Delineation, Proximity, Listed Species Habitat, Soils/Surface
Water, Restoration Potential, and Land Use/Land Cover.
S. Natural Resource Index Map Series (Index Maps). The Rural Lands Study Area Natural
Resource Index Map Series adopted as part of the GMP.
T. Natural Resource Index Value (Index Value). The sum of the values assigned to each
acre, derived through the calculation of the values assigned to each of the six (6)
characteristics included in the Index.
U. Neighborhood Edge. A defining Context Zone that includes the least intensity and
diversity within the town; or village or hamlet. The zone is predominantly single-family
residential and recreational uses. The Neighborhood Edge may be used to provide a
transition to adjoining rural land uses.
V. Neighborhood General. A defining Context Zone that creates community diversity with
the inclusion of a mix of single and multi-family housing, neighborhood scale goods and
services, schools, parks and other recreational uses, and open space.
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W. Neighborhood Goods and Services Zone. Zone located within the Neighborhood
General Context Zone. These zones are intended to provide convenient neighborhood
scale retail and office use within proximity to the residential uses in order to support
community walkability.
X. Open space. Open space includes active and passive recreational areas such as parks,
playgrounds, ball fields, golf courses, lakes, waterways, lagoons, flood plains, nature
trails, native vegetation preserves, landscape areas, public and private conservation
lands, agricultural areas (not including structures), and water retention and management
areas. Buildings shall not be counted as part of any open space calculation. Vehicular
use surface areas of streets, alleys, driveways, and off-street parking and loading areas
shall not be counted as part of any open space calculation.
Y. Park-and-Ride site. Means a parking lot, garage, parking structure, or other off-street
parking area that constitutes either a principal or accessory use of the property and
serves a bus station/depot or a bus stop on a transit route whereby a user leaves their
automobile/vehicle and travels via bus, carpool, vanpool, or bicycle. A park-and-ride is a
type of automobile parking establishment (SIC 7521).
Za . Pathway. A defined corridor for the primary use of non-motorized travel.
AAZ. Post Secondary Institution Ancillary Uses. Any use or facility owned by a public or
private post secondary institution that is of a type commonly found on public or private
post secondary institution campuses.
BBAA. Proximity Indices. One of the indices comprising the Natural Resource Index Value of
land, with values assigned based upon the proximity of the land to areas designated on
the RLSA Overlay Map as FSA, HSA, or WRA and to either public or private preserve
lands. No additional value shall be added under the Proximity Indices for land that is
within an FSA, HSA, WRA, or public or private preserve.
CCI . Restoration Potential Indices. One of the indices comprising the Natural Resource Index
Value of land, with values assigned based both upon the potential for restoration and the
historic use or character of the land as a large mammal corridor, connector wetlands and
flow way, wading bird habitat, or other listed species habitat.
DDCC.Restoration Area Zonc. Privately owned lands delineated on the RLSA Overlay Map that
are located within 500 feet of an FSA, but are not otherwise included in an HSA or WRA.
EEBD. RLSA District, also called Rural Lands Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District. The
area generally depicted on the Future Land Use Map and specifically depicted on the
Official Zoning Atlas Map as the Rural Lands Stewardship Area Overlay, including lands
within the Immokalee Area Study boundary of the Collier County Rural and Agricultural
Area Assessment referred to in the State of Florida Administration Commission Final
Order No. AC-99-002. The RLSA District generally includes rural lands in northeast
Collier County lying north and east of Golden Gate Estates, north of the Florida Panther
National Wildlife Refuge and Big Cypress National Preserve, south of the Lee County
Line, and south and west of the Hendry County Line.
FFEE. RLSA Overlay Map. The map entitled "Collier County Rural & Agricultural Area
Assessment Stewardship Overlay Map," which identifies those areas delineated as FSA,
HSA, WRA, Restoration Zone, and Open in the GMP.
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GG€ . RLSA District Regulations. LDC Section 4.08.00.
HHGG.Soils/Surface Water Indices. One of the indices comprising the Natural Resource Index
Value of land, with values assigned based upon soil types classified using the following
Natural Soils Landscape Positions (NSLP) categories: Open Water and Muck
Depression Soils (NSLP Categories 1 and 5); Sand Depression Soils (NSLP Category
6); Flats Soils (NSLP Category 7); and Non-Hydric Soils (NSLP Categories 8, 9, and 11).
IIHH. Special Districts. An area dedicated for certain uses that cannot be incorporated into one
of the Context Zones. Special Districts provide for the inclusion of unique uses and
development standards not otherwise defined in a context zone.
JJ41. SRA - Stewardship Receiving Area. A designated area within the RLSA District that has
been approved for the development of a Hamlet, Village, Town, Village, or CRD and that
requires the consumption of Stewardship Credits.
KK4d. SSA - Stewardship Sending Area. A designated area within the RLSA District that has
been approved for the generation of Stewardship Credits in exchange for the elimination
of one or more Land Use Layers.
LLKK. Stewardship Credit (SSA Credit). A transferable unit of measure generated by an SSA
and consumed by an SRA. Where SSA Credits were created from an SSA approved
prior to July 13, 2021, eight Eight credits are transferred to an SRA in exchange for the
development of one acre of land as provided in LDC Ssection 4.08.06 B. Where such
SSA Credits were created from an SSA approved after July 13, 2021, 10 credits are
transferred to an SRA in exchange for the development of one acre of land as provided
in LDC section 4.08.06 B.
MMLL. Stewardship Credit Database. A database maintained by the County that keeps track of
all of the credit transactions (generation of Credits through SSA designation and the
consumption of credits through SRA designation) approved by the County.
NNMM.Stewardship Credit System. A system that creates incentives to protect and preserve
natural resources and agricultural areas in exchange for the generating and use of
credits to entitle compact forms of rural development. The greater the value of the
natural resources being preserved and the higher the degree of preservation, the greater
the number of credits that can be generated. Credits are generated through the
designation of SSAs and consumed through the designation of SRAs.
OONN.Stewardship Credit Worksheet. An analytical tool that manually describes the
Stewardship Credit calculation process including the Natural Resource Index and Land
Use Layer components. The worksheet can be used to document proposed changes to
the Index component during the SSA and SRA designation processes.
PP99.Stewardship Overlay Designation. One of the indices comprising the Natural Resource
Index Value of land, with values assigned based upon the designation of the land on the
RLSA Overlay Map as FSA, HSA, WRA, er ACSC, or; Restoration Area where Land Use
Layers 1 through 43 are eliminated removed, Restoration Zone. Land that is designated
as ACSC, as well as FSA, HSA, or WRA shall receive value for the designation with the
higher value but shall not receive value for both designations.
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QQPP.Story. That portion of a building included between a floor which is calculated as part of
the building's habitable floor area and the floor or roof next above it.
RRQQ.Story, half. The designation of a space on the upper level of a building in which the walls
at the eaves are zero to four feet.
SSRR. Town. Towns are a form of SRA and are the largest and most diverse form of SRA, with
a full range of housing types and mix of uses. Towns have urban level services and
infrastructure which support development that is compact, mixed use, human scale, and
provides a balance of land uses to reduce automobile trips and increase livability. Towns
are comprised of several Villages and/or neighborhoods that have individual identity and
character.
TTSS. Town Center. A defining Context Zone that is intended to provide a wide range of uses,
including daily goods and services, culture and entertainment, and residential uses
within a Town. The Town Center is an extension of the Town Core, however the intensity
is less as the Town Center serves as a transition to surrounding neighborhoods.
UUTT. Town Core. A defining Context Zone within a Town. The Town Core is the most dense
and diverse Context Zone with a full range of uses. The Town Core is the most active
area within the Town with uses mixed vertically and horizontally.
VVUU. Village. Villages are a form of SRA and are primarily residential communities with a
diversity of housing types and mix of uses appropriate to the scale and character of the
particular village. Villages are comprised of residential neighborhoods and shall include
a mixed-use village center to serve as the focal point for the community's support
services and facilities.
WWVV.Village center. A defining Context Zone within a Village that is intended to provide a
wide range of uses including daily goods and services, culture and entertainment, and
residential uses.
XX. Walkability. The suitability for pedestrians to walk safely and comfortably within a
community or distinct neighborhood to a destination, generally within a quarter-mile
radius. Walkable communities are typically characterized by sidewalks and curbs and/or
roadways designed to protect pedestrians from moving traffic, including the use of street
trees separating the street from the sidewalk.
YYWW.WRA - Water Retention Area. Privately owned lands delineated on the RLSA Overlay
Map, that have been permitted by the SFWMD to function as agricultural water retention
areas and that provide surface water quality and other natural resource value.
SUBSECTION 3.B. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 4.08.04 IMPLEMENTATION OF
STEWARDSHIP CREDITS
Section 4.08.04 Implementation of Stewardship Credits, of Ordinance 04-41, as amended, the
Collier County Land Development Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:
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Section 4.08.04 Implementation of Stewardship Credits
A. Establishment of a Stewardship Credit Database. As part of the initial implementation of
the RLSA Overlay, the County Manager or designee shall cause to be developed a
Stewardship Credit Database to track the generation (by SSAs) and consumption (by
SRAs) of Stewardship Credits within the RLSA District. The database shall be in an
electronic form that can be linked to the RLSA Overlay Map and can readily produce
reports that will afford convenient access to the data by the public. The database shall
be updated upon approval of an SSA or SRA Designation Application and Credit
Agreement.
B. Authorization to Establish a Stewardship Credit Trust. As part of the implementation of
the RLSA Overlay, the County may elect to acquire Credits through a publicly funded
program. Should the County pursue this option, the County shall establish a Stewardship
Credit Trust to receive and hold Credits until such time as they are sold, transferred or
otherwise used to implement uses within SRAs. Nothing herein shall preclude the
County from permanently "retiring" those credits received or held.
C. Density. Except as provided4R herein, there shall be no change to the underlying
density and intensity of permitted uses of land within the RLSA District, as set forth in the
Baseline Standards, until a property owner elects to utilize the provisions of the
Stewardship Credit System pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.08.04. No part of the
Stewardship Credit System shall be imposed upon a property owner without that owner's
written consent. It is the intent of the RLSA District Regulations that a property owner will
be compensated consistent with Policy 3.8 of the RLSA Overlay for the voluntary
stewardship and protection of important agricultural and natural resources. The Baseline
Standards will remain in effect for all land not subject to the transfer or receipt of
Stewardship Credits.
D. Creation of Stewardship Credits/General. Stewardship Credits (Credits) may be created
from any lands within the RLSA District from which one or more Land Use Layers are
eliminated removed. These lands will be identified as SSAs. All privately owned lands
within the RLSA District are candidates for designation as an SSA. Land becomes
designated as an SSA upon petition by the property owner seeking such designation as
outlined herein. A Stewardship Credit Agreement shall be developed that identifies those
land uses, which have been eliminated removed. Once land is designated as an SSA
and Credits or other compensation is granted to the owner, no increase in density or
additional uses that are not expressly identified in the Stewardship Credit Agreement
shall be allowed on such property.
E. Transfer of Stewardship Credits/General. Credits can be transferred only to lands within
the RLSA District that meet the defined suitability criteria and standards set forth in
Section 4.08.07 A.1. and that have been designated as SRAs. The procedures for the
establishment and transfer of Credits and SRA designation are set forth herein.
Stewardship Credits will be exchanged for additional residential or non-residential
entitlements in an SRA on a per acre basis. SRA density and intensity will thereafter
differ from the Baseline Standards.
F. Allocation of Stewardship Credits/General. Stewardship Credits generated from one
SSA may be allocated to one or more SRAs, and an SRA may utilize receive
Stewardship Credits generated from one or more SSAs.
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G. Seven Five Year Comprehensive Review.
1. Many of the tools, techniques, and strategies of the RLSA Overlay are new,
innovative, and incentive-based_ and have yet to be tested in actual
deemed appropriate by the BCC, the The County shall prepare and submit to
DCA for review a comprehensive analysis of the RLSA Overlay every seven
years, beginning on July 13, 2021, to assess the participation and effectiveness
of the RLSA Overlay implementation in meeting the Goals, Objectives, and
Policies of the RLSA Overlay by utilizing the measures of review delineated in
Policy 1.22 1.21 of the FLUE. The County shall encourage public participation in
the review process through publicly noticed workshops and meetings and
through the solicitation of public input.
2. Subsequent to the seven-year June 2008 review, the RLSA Overlay and RLSA
District Regulations may be amended in response to the County's assessment
and evaluation of the participation in and effectiveness of the Stewardship Credit
System.
3. The value, exchange rate, and use of Stewardship Credits shall be governed by
the RLSA Overlay and RLSA District Regulations in effect at the time the SSA
from which those credits are generated is approved. The Restoration
Stewardship Credits shall be governed by the RLSA Overlay and RLSA District
Regulations in effect at the time that such Restoration Stewardship Credits are
authorized by the BCC.
H. Stewardship Credit Cap. The total number of Stewardship Credits shall be capped at
404,000 to entitle no more than 45,000 acres of Stewardship Receiving Areas.
Generating Stewardship Credits does not presume approval of Stewardship Receiving
Areas.
SUBSECTION 3.C. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 4.08.05 BASELINE STANDARDS
Section 4.08.05 Baseline Standards, of Ordinance 04-41, as amended, the Collier County Land
Development Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 4.08.05 Baseline Standards
All lands within the RLSA District have been delineated on the RLSA Overlay Map.
Unless and until designated as an SSA or SRA, lands within the RLSA District shall remain
subject to the Baseline Standards.
A. Purpose and intent. These Baseline Standards will remain in effect for all land within the
RLSA District unless or until such land becomes subject to the transfer or receipt of
Stewardship Credits, except as to those agricultural uses subject to sections
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163.3162.Q(4)- and 823.14(6), Florida Statutes. The Baseline Standards are intended to
protect water quality and quantity, maintain the natural water regime, and protect listed
animal and plant species or species of special concern as defined by the Florida Fish
and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC) and their habitats on land that has not
been designated as an SSA or SRA. The opportunity to voluntarily participate in the
Stewardship Credit Program, as well as the right to sell conservation easements or a fee
or lesser interest in the land, shall constitute compensation for the loss of any
development rights related to these standards.
B. Applicability of code. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this section 4.05.00,
those provisions of this Code in effect as of July 25, 2000, shall apply to all land within
the RLSA District unless or until such lands become subject to the transfer or receipt of
Stewardship Credits.
C. Private lands delineated FSAs, HSAs, and WRAs, and Restoration Areas. Lands
delineated FSA, HSA, Of WRA, or Restoration Areas on the RLSA Overlay Map overlay
map have been identified through data and analysis as having a higher quality natural
resource value than those lands not delineated. Although any land within the RLSA
District can be designated as an SSA, generally those lands delineated FSAs, HSAs,
and WRAs are the most likely candidates for designation because of the higher credit
values applied to lands with those delineations.
D. Private lands delineated as open. Lands not otherwise classified as FSA, HSA, ec WRA,
or Restoration Areas are delineated as "open" on the RLSA Overlay Map overlay map
and are generally of a lower natural resource quality. Open lands may be designated as
either SSAs or SRAs.
E. Area of critical state concern (ACSC). The RLSA District includes lands that are within
the ACSC. Those ACSC lands are depicted on the RLSA Overlay Map overlay map and
are eligible for designation as SRAs, subject to additional standards set forth in
subsection 4.08.07 A.2. All ACSC regulations continue to apply to ACSC lands within the
RLSA_District regardless of designation.
F. Public or private conservation lands. Those lands within the RLSA District that are held
in public ownership or in private ownership as conservation lands may be delineated on
the RLSA Overlay Map overlay map as FSA, HSA, or WRA but are not eligible for
designation as either an SSA or SRA.
G. No increase in density or intensity within the RLSA District is permitted beyond the
Baseline Standards except in areas designated as SRAs. Within SRAs, density and
intensity may be increased through the provisions of the Stewardship Credit System
and, where applicable, through the affordable housing density Bonus as referenced in
the density Rating System of the FLUE, and the density and intensity blending provision
of the Immokalee Area Master Plan.
H. Allowable uses. The permitted, accessory, and conditional uses allowed shall be those
set forth in LDC section 2.03.00 in effect as of July 25, 2000, with the following
exceptions:
1. Residential Uses, General conditional uses, Earth Mining and Processing Uses,
and Recreational Uses (layers 1-4) as listed in the Matrix at in LDC section
4.08.00 shall be eliminated in all FSAs and designated Restoration Areas, as
provided in LDC section 4.08.00.
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2. Conditional use essential services and governmental essential services, except
those necessary to serve permitted uses or for public safety as described in LDC
section 2.01.03 G.2, shall not be allowed in FSAs with an Index value of 1.2 or
less, as provided in section 4.08.00.
3. Directional-drilling techniques and/or previously cleared or disturbed areas shall
be utilized for oil and gas exploration and oil and gas field development and
production activities in FSAs and HSAs in order to minimize impacts to native
habitats, when determined to be practicable. This requirement shall be deemed
satisfied upon issuance of a state permit in compliance with the criteria
established in Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, F.A.C., regardless of whether the
activity occurs within the Big Cypress Watershed, as defined in section 377.42,
F.S. Rule 62C 30.001(2), F.A.C. All applicable Collier County environmental
permitting requirements shall be considered satisfied by evidence of the issuance
of all applicable federal and/or state oil and gas permits for proposed oil and gas
activities in Collier County, so long as the state permits comply with the
requirements of Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, F.A.C. For those areas of
Collier County outside the boundary of the Big Cypress Watershed, the applicant
shall be responsible for convening the Big Cypress Swamp Advisory Committee
as set forth in Section 377.42, F.S., to assure compliance with Chapter 62C-25
through 62C-30, F.A.C., even if outside the defined Big Cypress Watershed. All
oil and gas access roads shall be constructed and protected from unauthorized
uses according to the standards established in Rule 62-30.005(2)(a) 1 through
12, F.A.C.
4. Asphaltic and concrete batch making plants shall be prohibited in areas mapped
as HSAs.
Standards applicable inside the ACSC. RLSA District lands within the ACSC shall be
subject to all ACSC regulatory standards, including those that strictly limit non-
agricultural clearing.
J. Standards applicable outside the ACSC. Except to the extent superseded superceded
by L. or M. below, the following standards shall apply to all development within those
areas of the RLSA District that are outside of the ACSC, other than agricultural
operations that fall within the scope of sections 163.316201 (1) and 823.14(6), F.S., and
single family residential dwellings, unless or until such lands are subject to transmittal or
receipt of Stewardship Credits:
1. A wildlife survey, as set forth in Chapter 10, shall be required for all parcels when
listed species are known to inhabit biological communities similar to those
existing on site or where listed species are directly observed on the site.
2. If listed species are directly observed on the utilizing a site of the project or are
indicated by evidence, such as denning, foraging, or other indications, first
priority shall be given to preserving the habitat of such listed species. A a
minimum of 40% of native vegetation on site shall be retained, with the exception
of clearing for agricultural incidental purposes.
3. If the wildlife survey indicates that listed species are utilizing the site, or the site is
capable of supporting and is likely to support listed species, a wildlife habitat
management plan shall be prepared and submitted to the County.
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a. The wildlife habitat management plan within the RLSA District shall
include the following techniques to protect listed species from the
negative impacts of development:
Open space and vegetation preservation requirements shall be
used to establish h ffer ar s h t ildlif h bit t -d
ar as dominated by human activities.
i+. Fencing, walls, other obstructions, or other provisions shall be
used to minimize development impacts to the listed species and to
encourage wildlife to use wildlife corridors.
Roadways crossings, underpasses, and signage shall be used
where roads must cross wildlife corridors as determined by the
authorities governing crossing locations.
b. The wildlife habitat management plan shall also incorporate the following:
A description of the techniques used to direct incompatible land
uses away from listed species and their habitats and to comply
with the criteria identified in 1 and 2 above, as applicable.;
ii. Identification of appropriate lighting controls for permitted uses
including, outdoor lighting that is designed to protect the nighttime
environment, conserve energy, and enhance safety and security,
and a consideration of the opportunity to utilize prescribed burning
to maintain fire-adapted preserved vegetation communities and
provide browse for white-tailed deer, consistent with the USFWS
South Florida Multi-Species Recovery Plan, May 1999, except as
recommended otherwise by the USFWS or FFWCC_;and
+fi If the development will be larger than 10 acres, a monitoring
program.
iii. A description of provisions to minimize human and wildlife
interactions based on the most current FFWCC guidelines and
regulations on techniques to reduce human-wildlife contact,
consistent with the baseline standards provided in LDC section
4.08.05 J.3.a. Low intensity land uses, such as lakes, parks, or
passive recreation areas, vegetation preserves, and agriculture
shall be used to establish buffer areas between wildlife habitat and
areas dominated by human activities.
iv. The methods to be used for disseminating information to local
residents, visitors, and businesses about the presence of wildlife
and practices that enable coexistence and minimized interaction
such as appropriate waste disposal practices.
v. Mitigation for impacting listed species habitat shall be considered
in the management plan, as appropriate.
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vi. A monitoring program if the development will be greater than 10
acres.
c. The most current and completed data and local, state, and federal
guidelines and regulations shall be utilized to prepare the required
management plans. Management guidelines contained in publications
used by the FFWCC and USFWS for technical assistance shall be used
for developing required management plans, and the County shall
consider any other techniques recommended by the FFWCC and the
USFWS, consistent with LDC section 4.08.05 J.4. The following
references shall be used, as appropriate, to-prep o wildlife habitat
management plan:
ii. Habitat Management Guidelines for the Bald Eagle in the
Southeast Region, USFWS, 1987.
iii. Ecology and Habitat Protection Needs of Gopher Tortoise
Larger-Scale development-gin F Technical-F epor* —4,
Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, 1987.
iv. Ecology anrt development_Related Habitat Requirement of th
e
No. 8, Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission,
1991 v Ecology and Habitat Protection Needs of the Southey tern
American Kestrel (Falco Sparverius Paulus) on Large scale
development Sites in Florida, Nongame Technical Report No. 13,
Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, 1993.
v. Ecology and Habitat Protection Needs of the Southeastern
American Kestrel (Falco Sparverius Paulus) on Large
scale development Sites in Florida, Nongame Technical Report
No. 13, Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, 1993.
d. The foll wing-species specif,,ic provisions shal�ll-be i luded wit re
ildlife habitat management plan}-if t e wildlife esth �
iden iiffied-pecie�lzesthe site or the site is capable of supporting and
is likely to support such species:
i. Gopher tortoi�—For—parcels cont g gopher for ises
(Gopherus polyphemus), priority shall be given to protecting the
largest, most contiguous gopher tortoise habitat with the greatest
number of active burrows, and for providing a connection to off
site adjacent gopher tortoise preserves.
(Aphelocoma coerulescens) shall conform to the guidelines
contained in Technical Report No. 8, Florida Game and Fresh
Water Fish Commission, 1991. A maintenance program shall be
established, which shall specify appropriate fire or mechanical
protocols to maintain the natural scrub community. A public
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awareness program to educate residents about the on site
preserve and the need to maintain the scrub vegetation shall be
developed. These requirements shall be consistent with the
USFWS South Florida Multi Species Recovery Plan, May 1999.
iii. Bald eagle. For the bald agle (Haliacctus leucocephalus), the
required habitat management plans shall establish protective
zones around the agle nest restricting certain activities. The
plans shall also address restricting certain types of activities
during the nest season. These requirements shall be consistent
1999.
iv. Red cockaded woodpecker. For the red cockaded woodpecker
(Ipicoides borealis), the required habitat protection plan shall
outline measures to avoid adyer a impact to active nl i ter and
to minimize impacts to foraging habitat. Where adverse effects
cannot-be-avoided, measures shallrl be takes; ;,izti e
disturbance and compensate or mitigate for impacts that remain.
These requirements shall be consistent with the USFWS South
Florida Multi Species Recovery Plan, May 1999.v.Florida black
bear. In areas erg Florida blank hoar ( lrc americans i
floridanus) may be present, the management plans shall require
that garbage be placed-in-bear proof containers, at one or more
central locations. The management plan shall also identify
methods te-inform local residents oft concern elated to
interaction between black bears and humans. Mitigation for
impacting habitat suitable for black b ar shall be considered in the
management plan.
vi. Panther. For projects located in Priority I or Priority II Panther
Habitat areas, the management plan shall discourage the
destruction o undisturbed e-habitats that are preferred by
the Florida panther (Fells concolor coryi) by directing intensive
land uses te s rrently rusturbed a Preferred habitats inch c e
pine flatwoods and hardwood hammocks. In turn, these ar as
shall be buffered from the most intense land uses of the project by
Using low intensity land uses (e.g., parks, passive recreational
or as, golf courses).
4. On property where the wildlife survey establishes that listed species are utilizing
the site or where the site is capable of supporting listed species and such listed
species can be anticipated to potentially occupy the site, the County shall,
consistent with the RLSA Overlay of the GMP, consider and utilize
recommendations and letters of technical assistance from the FFWCC State of
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and recommendations from
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in issuing development orders. It is recognized
that these agency recommendations, on a case-by-case basis may strengthen
change the requirements contained herein and any such change shall be
deemed consistent with this Code. However, no reduction of the wildlife
protection standards herein will be considered as these constitute minimum
standards for wildlife protection.
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K. Golf course standards. Except as otherwise required by L. or M. below, all golf courses
within the RLSA District that are not within an SRA shall be subject to the following
requirements:
1. Golf courses shall be designed, constructed, and managed in accordance with
the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program (ACSP) for Golf Courses Armen
International's Gold Signature Program. The project shall demonstrate that the
ACSP's Environment Management Practices for Golf Courses Principles for
Resource Management required by the Gold Signature Program (Site Specific
A"segment, Habitat Sensitivity, Native and Naturalized Plants and Natural
Landscaping, Water Conservation, Waste Management. Energy Conservation &
Renewable Energy Sources, Transportation, Green pace and Corridors,
Agriculture, and Building Design). have been incorporated into the golf course's
design and operational procedures. In addition to addressing these requirements,
golf courses shall meet the following specific criteria:
a. In order to prevent the contamination of soil, surface water and ground
water by the materials stored and handled by golf course maintenance
operations, golf courses shall comply with the Best Management
Practices for Enhancement of Environmental Quality on Florida Golf
Courses Maintenance Departments, prepared by the Florida Department
of Environmental Protection, September 2012, as amended May 1995.
b. To protect ground and surface water quality from fertilizer and pesticide
usage, golf courses shall demonstrate the following management
practices:
The use of slow release nitrogen sources;
ii. The use of soil and plant tissue analysis to adjust timing and
amount of fertilization applications;
iii. The use of an integrated pest management program using both
biological and chemical agents to control various pests;
iv. The coordination of pesticide applications with the timing and
application of irrigation water; and
v. The use of the procedure contained in IFAS Circular 1011,
Managing Pesticides for Golf Course Maintenance and Water
Quality Protection, May 1991 (revised 1995) to select pesticides
that will have a minimum adverse impact on water quality in
compliance with Best Management Practices for the
Enhancement of Environmental Quality on Florida Golf Courses,
FDEP, September 2012, as amended.
2. To ensure water conservation, golf courses shall incorporate the following in their
design and operation:
a. Irrigation systems shall be designed to use weather station information
and moisture-sensing systems to determine the optimum amount of
irrigation water needed considering soil moisture and evapotranspiration
rates.
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b. As available, golf courses shall utilize treated effluent reuse water
consistent with Public Facilities Element of the Growth Management Plan
(GMP), Sanitary Sewer Sub Element Objective 1-4 and its policies,;
c. Native plants shall be used exclusively except for special purpose areas
such as golf greens, fairways, and building sites. Within these excepted
areas, landscaping plans shall require that at least 75% of the trees and
50% of the shrubs be freeze-tolerant native Floridian species. At least
75% of the required native trees and shrubs shall also be drought tolerant
species.
3. Stormwater management ponds shall be designed to mimic the functions of
natural systems: by establishing shorelines that are sinuous in configuration in
order to provide increased length and diversity of the littoral zone. A Littoral shelf
shall be established to provide a feeding area for water dependent avian species.
The combined length of vertical and rip-rapped walls shall be limited to 25% of
the shoreline. Credits to the site preservation area requirements, on an acre-to-
acre basis, shall be given for littoral shelves that exceed these littoral shelf area
requirements.
L. Standards applicable in FSAs, HSAs, and WRAs that are outside of the ACSC. The
provisions of Chapters 3, 4, and 10 in effect as of July 25, 2000, shall apply to FSAs,
HSAs, and WRAs outside of the ACSC, with the following exceptions:
1. Site clearing and alteration shall be limited to 20% of the property and
nonpermeable surfaces shall not exceed 50% of any such area.
2. Except for roads and lakes, any nonpermeable surface greater than one acre
shall provide for release of surface water run off, collected or uncollected, in a
manner approximating the natural surface water flow regime of the surrounding
area.
3. Roads shall be designed to allow the passage of surface water flows through the
use of equalizer pipes, interceptor spreader systems or performance equivalent
structures.
4. Revegetation and landscaping of cleared areas shall be accomplished with
predominantly native species and planting of undesirable exotic species shall be
prohibited.
M. Standards applicable to wetlands outside of FSAs, HSAs, WRAs, and the ACSC.
Wetlands located outside of FSAs, HSAs, WRAs, and the ACSC shall be preserved in
accord with the following criteria:
1. The vegetative preservation requirement set forth in J.2. above shall first be met
through preservation of wetlands having a functionality assessment score of 0.65
or greater. Applicants shall establish the wetland functionality score of wetlands
using the South Florida Water Management District's Unified Wetland Mitigation
Assessment Method, F.A.C. 62-345. Upland vegetative communities may be
utilized to meet the vegetative, open space, and site preservation requirements
when the wetland functional assessment score of on-site wetlands is less than
0.65.
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2. Wetlands and contiguous upland buffers that are utilized by listed species or
serving as corridors for the movement of listed species shall be preserved on
site.
3. Wetland flowway functions through the project shall be maintained.
4. Ground water table drawdowns or diversions shall not adversely change the
hydroperiod of preserved wetlands on or off-site and detention and control
elevations shall be set to protect surrounding wetlands and be consistent with
surrounding land and project control elevations and water tables. In order to meet
these requirements, projects shall be designed in accordance with the current
SFWMD Basis of Review Sections /1.2.2.1.6.11 and 6.12 of SFWMD's Basis of
Review, January 2001.
5. All direct impacts shall be mitigated for as required by applicable federal or state
agencies and in the same manner as set forth in section 4.06.04 of this Code.
6. Single family residences shall follow the requirements contained within Policy
6.2.7 of the Conservation and Coastal Management Element of the GMP.
7. Appropriate buffering shall be provided to separate preserved wetlands from
other land uses. A minimum 50-foot vegetated upland buffer is required adjacent
to a natural water body and for other wetlands a minimum 25-foot vegetated
upland buffer adjacent to the wetland. A structural buffer, consisting of a stem-
wall, a berm, or a vegetative hedge with suitable fencing, may be used in
conjunction with a vegetative buffer that would reduce the vegetative buffer width
by 50%. A structural buffer shall be required adjacent to wetlands where direct
impacts are allowed. Wetland buffers shall conform to the following standards:
a. The buffer shall be measured landward from the approved jurisdictional
line.
b. The buffer zone shall consist of preserved native vegetation. Where
native vegetation does not exist, native vegetation compatible with the
existing soils and expected hydrologic conditions shall be planted.
c. The buffer shall be maintained free of Category I Exotics.
d. The following land uses are considered to be compatible with wetland
functions and are allowed within the buffer:
Passive recreational areas, boardwalks and recreational shelters;
ii. Pervious nature trails;
iii. Water management structures;
iv. Mitigation areas;
v. Any other conservation and related open space activity or use
which is comparable in nature with the foregoing uses.
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8. Mitigation rRequirements. Mitigation shall be required for direct impacts to
wetlands, such that the wetland functional score of the mitigation equals or
exceeds the wetland functional score of the impacted wetlands.
a. Priority shall be given to mitigation within FSAs and HSAs.
b. Loss of storage or conveyance volume resulting from direct impacts to
wetlands shall be compensated for by providing an equal amount of
storage or conveyance capacity on site and within or adjacent to the
impacted wetland.
c. Protection shall be provided for preserved or created wetland or upland
vegetative communities offered as mitigation by placing a conservation
easement over the land in perpetuity, providing for initial exotic plant
removal (Class I invasive exotic plants defined by the Florida Exotic Plant
Council) and continuing exotic plant maintenance, or by appropriate
ownership transfer to a state or federal agency along with sufficient
funding for perpetual management activities.
9. Prior to issuance of any final development order that authorizes site alteration,
the applicant shall demonstrate compliance with paragraphs LDC section 4.08.05
M.8.a. through LDC section 4.08.05 M.8.c. above, as applicable, and SFWMD
standards. If state or federal agency permits have not provided mitigation
consistent with paragraphs LDC section 4.08.05 M.8 above, the County shall
require mitigation exceeding that of the jurisdictional agencies.
10. Wetland preservation, buffer areas, and mitigation areas shall be identified or
platted as separate tracts. In the case of a Planned Unit Development (PUD),
these areas shall also be depicted on the PUD Master Plan. These areas shall
be maintained free from trash and debris and from Category I Exotics. Land uses
allowed in these areas shall be limited to those identified in LDC section 4.08.05
M.7.d. above.
N. Outdoor lighting. Any development proposed in the RLSA District shall be compatible
with surrounding land uses and implement appropriate lighting controls for permitted
uses, including outdoor lighting that is designed to protect and preserve the nighttime
environment by minimizing light pollution and glare while reducing energy consumption
and upholding safety and security. Except for when the County Manager or designee
determines otherwise to protect the health, safety, and welfare, permanent outdoor
lighting shall comply with the following:
1. All outdoor freestanding lighting facilities shall be limited to a maximum of 25 feet
in height. This height limitation shall also be applicable to streetlights located
within private and public rights-of-way. However, any lighting from a non-
residential use, excluding rights-of-way, and located within 50 feet of a residential
property line shall be limited to 15 feet in height.
2. All off-street parking, loading, and other vehicular use areas shall utilize lighting
fixtures that are fully shielded and directs lighting downward. This includes the
top-level/roof areas of parking garages.
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3. All lighting fixtures shall be fully shielded when affixed to walls of non-residential
uses, multi-family buildings, and related accessory structures. Any mounted to
soffits for these uses shall be recessed into the soffit or otherwise fully shielded.
4. Lighting shall not be aimed onto adjacent properties without consent, except in
cases of shared parking, shared pedestrian pathways, coordinated development
sites spanning multiple parcels, or to otherwise comply with LDC section 6.06.03.
5. Lighting used for outdoor athletic fields, courts, or tracks shall be shielded to the
maximum extent possible to reduce glare, safety hazards, light trespass, and
light pollution. These lights shall be extinguished within one hour at the end of
active use.
6. For pedestrian pathway lighting, if bollard-type lighting facilities are used, they
shall be fully shielded and painted dark colors, such as black, dark gray, dark
brown, or dark earth tones.
7. Pedestrian walkway lighting shall use shatterproof lamp coverings.
SUBSECTION 3.D. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 4.08.06 SSA DESIGNATION
Section 4.08.06 SSA Designation, of Ordinance 04-41, as amended, the Collier County Land
Development Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 4.08.06 SSA Designation
Lands within the RLSA District may be designated as SSAs subject to the following regulations:
A. Lands Within the RLSA District that can be Designated as SSAs. Any privately held land
within the RLSA District delineated on the RLSA Overlay Map as FSA, HSA, WRA,
Restoration Area, or Open, may be designated as an SSA, including lands within the
ACSC.
1. May be within an SRA Boundary. A WRA, whether designated as an SSA or not,
may be contiguous to or surrounded by an SRA. Should a WRA be used to
provide water retention for an SRA, the provisions of LDC section 4.08.06 A.4.b.
shall apply.
2. FSA Delineated Lands.
a. In the case where lands delineated as FSA are designated as an SSA, at
a minimum, Residential uses, General conditional uses, Earth Mining and
Processing Uses, and Recreational Uses (layers 1-4) as listed in the Land
Use Matrix shall be eliminated as permitted land uses.
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b. Conditional use essential services and governmental essential services,
other than those necessary to serve permitted uses or for public safety as
described in LDC section 2.01.03 G.2., shall only be allowed in FSAs with
a Natural Resource Stewardship Index value of 1.2 or less.
c. Directional-drilling techniques and/or previously cleared or disturbed
areas shall be utilized for oil and gas exploration and oil and gas field
development, and production activities in FSAs in order to minimize
impacts to native habitats when determined to be practicable. This
requirement shall be deemed satisfied upon issuance of a state permit
requiring compliance with the criteria established in Chapter 62C-25
through 62C-30, F.A.C., as those rules existed on June 16, 2005,
regardless of whether the activity occurs within the Big Cypress Swamp
as defined in section 377.42, F.S. Rule 62C 30.001(2), F.A.C. All
applicable Collier County environmental permitting requirements shall be
considered satisfied by evidence of the issuance of all applicable federal
and/or state permits for proposed oil and gas activities in Collier County,
so long as the state permits comply with the requirements of Chapter
62C-25 through 62C-30, FAC. For those areas of Collier County outside
the boundary of the Big Cypress Watershed, the applicant shall be
responsible for convening the Big Cypress Swamp Advisory Committee
as set forth in Section 377.42, F.S., to assure compliance with the Florida
Statutes and Florida Administrative Code Chapter 62C 25 th h 62C
30, F.A.C. even if outside the defined Big Cypress Watershed. All oil and
gas access roads shall be constructed and protect from unauthorized
uses according to the standards established in Rule 62C-30.005(2)(a)1
through 12, FAC. Nothing contained herein alters the requirement to
obtain conditional use permits for oil and gas field development and
production activities. Directional-drilling techniques and/or previously
cleared or disturbed areas shall be utilized for oil and gas exploration and
oil and gas field development and production activities in FSAs in order to
minimize impacts to native habitats when determined to be practicable.
This requirement shall be deemed satisfied upon issuance of a state
permit requiring compliance with the criteria established in the Florida
Statutes and Florida Administrative Code Chapter 62C 25 through 62C
30, F.A.C., as those rules existed on January 14, 2005, regardless of
whether the FSA in which oil and gas exploration and oil and gas field
development and production activities is within the Big Cypress Swamp
as defined in section 377.42, F.S. Rule 62C 30.001(2), F.A.G. For those
areas of Collier County outside the boundary of the Big Cypress Swamp
Advisory Committee as set forth in Section 377.42, F.S., to assure
compliance with the Florida Statutes and Florida Administrative Code
Chapter 62C 25 through 62C 30, F.A.C. even if outside the defined Big
Cypress Watershed. Nothing contained herein alters the requirement to
obtain conditional use permits for oil and gas field development and
production activities.
d. The elimination of the Earth Mining layer (Layer 3) shall not preclude the
excavation of lakes or other water bodies if such use is an integral part of
a restoration or mitigation program within an FSA.
e. Once land in an FSA is designated as an SSA, no expansion of
Agriculture Group 1 (Layer 5) or Agriculture Group 2 (Layer 7) and no
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conversion of Agriculture Group 2 to Agriculture Group 1 shall be allowed
beyond those land uses in existence or allowed by applicable permits as
of the date that the SSA designation is approved other than incidental
clearing as set forth in f. below.
f. Incidental clearing is permitted, provided that the Ag 1 Land Use Layer
has been retained on the areas to be incidentally cleared and the Natural
Resource Index Value score has been adjusted to reflect the proposed
change in land cover. In the event said incidental clearing impacts lands
having a Natural Resource Index Value in excess of 1.2, appropriate
mitigation shall be provided.
3. HSA Delineated Lands.
a. In the case where lands delineated as HSA are designated as an SSA, at
a minimum, Residential Land Uses (Layer 1), as listed in the Matrix, shall
be eliminated.
b. General conditional uses, Earth Mining and Processing Uses, and
Recreational Uses shall be allowed only on HSA lands with a Natural
Resource Stewardship Index value of 1.2 or less.
c. In addition to the requirements imposed in the LDC for approval of a
conditional use, uses listed in b. above will only be approved upon
submittal of Environmental Data an EIS which demonstrates that clearing
of native vegetation has been minimized, the use will not significantly and
adversely impact listed species and their habitats and the use will not
significantly and adversely impact aquifers. This demonstration shall be
made by establishing the following:
(�) Clearing of native vegetation shall not exceed 15% of the
native vegetation on the parcel.
ii. (-a} Priority shall be given to utilizing contiguous areas of
previously cleared land before native vegetated areas.
(3) Buffering to Conservation Land shall comply with LDC
section Section 4.08.07 1.5.d.iiJ.6.10.
iv. (4) Stormwater Management design shall base water control
elevations on seasonal high water elevations of adjacent wetlands
to protect wetland hydroperiods in accord with the SFWMD Basis
of Review.
v. (5) The area has a Listed Species Habitat Indices Value of 0.4
or less and no state or federal direct impact take permit is required
for the use.
vi. (-64 Activities that are the subject of an approved SFWMD
Environmental Resource Permit or Consumptive Use Permit and
that utilize best management practices designed to protect
groundwater from contamination from allowable land uses are
deemed not to significantly and adversely impact aquifers.
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d. As an alternative to the submittal of the Environmental Data required in
LDC section 4.08.06 A.3.c. an EIS, the applicant may demonstrate that
such use is an integral part of a State or Federally approved restoration
plan or mitigation program.
e. Conditional use essential services and governmental essential services,
other than those necessary to serve permitted uses or for public as
described in LDC section 2.01.03 G.2.shall only be allowed in HSAs with
a Natural Resource Stewardship Index value of 1.2 or less.
f. Asphaltic and concrete batch making plants are prohibited in all HSAs.
g. Directional-drilling techniques and/or previously cleared or disturbed
areas shall be utilized for oil and gas exploration and oil and gas field
development, and production activities in HSAs in order to minimize
impacts to native habitats when determined to be practicable. This
requirement shall be deemed satisfied upon issuance of a state permit
requiring compliance with the criteria established in Chapter 62C-25
through 62C-30, F.A.C., as those rules existed on June 16, 2005,
regardless of whether the activity occurs within the Big Cypress Swamp
as defined in section 377.42, F.S. Rule 62C 30.001(2), F.A.C. All
applicable Collier County environmental permitting requirements shall be
considered satisfied by evidence of the issuance of all applicable federal
and/or state oil and gas permits for proposed oil and gas activities in
Collier County, so long as the state permits comply with the requirements
of Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, FAC. For those areas of Collier
County outside the boundary of the Big Cypress Watershed, the applicant
shall be responsible for convening the Big Cypress Swamp Advisory
Committee as set forth in Section 377.42, F.S., to assure compliance with
Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, F.A.C. even if outside the defined Big
Cypress Watershed. All oil and gas access roads shall be constructed
and protected from unauthorized uses according to the standards
established in Rule 62C-30.005(2)(a)1 through 12, FAC. Nothing
contained herein alters the requirement to obtain conditional use permits
for oil and gas field development and production activities.
h. Golf Course design, construction, and operation in any HSA shall comply
with the best management practices of Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary
International's Gold Program for Golf and the Florida DEP, which
standards shall be adopted by December 13, 2003.
Once land in an HSA is designated as an SSA, no expansion of
Agriculture Group 1 (Layer 5) or Agriculture Group 2 (Layer 7) and no
conversion of Agriculture Group 2 to Agriculture Group 1 shall be allowed
beyond those land uses in existence or allowed by applicable permits as
of the date that the SSA designation is approved other than incidental
clearing as set forth in j. below.
j. Incidental clearing is permitted, provided that the Ag 1 Land Use Layer
has been retained on the areas to be incidentally cleared and the Natural
Resource Index Value score has been adjusted to reflect the proposed
change in land cover. In the event said incidental clearing impacts lands
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having a Natural Resource Index Value in excess of 1.2, appropriate
mitigation shall be provided.
4. WRA Delineated Lands.
a. In the case where lands delineated as WRA are designated as an SSA, at
a minimum, Residential Land Uses (Layer 1), as listed in the Matrix, shall
be eliminated as permitted land uses.
b. During permitting to serve new uses within an SRA, additions and
modifications to WRAs may be required, including but not limited to
changes to control elevations, discharge rates, storm water pre-treatment,
grading, excavation or fill. Such additions and modifications shall be
allowed subject to review and approval by the SFWMD in accordance
with best management practices. Such additions and modifications to
WRAs shall be designed to ensure that there is no net loss of habitat
function within the WRAs unless there is compensating mitigation or
restoration in other areas of the RLSA District that will provide
comparable habitat function. Compensating mitigation or restoration for
an impact to a WRA contiguous to the Camp Keais Strand or
Okaloacoochee Slough shall be provided within or contiguous to that
Strand or Slough.
5. Restoration Zone Delineated Lands. To further direct other uses away from and
to provide additional incentive for the protection, enhancement, and restoration of
the Okaloacoochee Slough and Camp Keais Strand, when lands within a
Restoration Zone are designated as an SSA and at least Land Use Layers 1
through 2--4 are eliminated as permitted uses, such Restoration Zone shall
receive a Stewardship Overlay Designation value of 0.6.
B. SSA Credit Generation - Stewardship Credit System. Stewardship Credits (Credits) are
created from any lands within the RLSA District from which one or more Land Use
Layers are eliminated removed and that are designated as SSAs. Once land is
designated as an SSA and Credits or other compensation consistent with Policy 3.8 of
the RLSA Overlay is granted to the owner, no increase in density or additional uses not
expressly identified in the Stewardship Agreement shall be allowed on such property. A
methodology has been adopted in the GMP for the calculation of credits based upon: 1)
the Natural Resource Index Value of the land being designated as an SSA, and 2) the
number of land use layers being eliminated.
1. Early Entry bonus credits. Early Entry bonus credits were arc hereby established
to encourage the voluntary designation of SSAs within the RLSA District. The
bonus shall be was in the form of an additional one Stewardship Credit per acre
of land designated as an SSA that is within an HSA located outside of the ACSC
and one-half Stewardship Credit per acre of land designated as an SSA that is
within an HSA located inside the ACSC.
a. The early entry bonus was shall be available until January 30, 2009.
b. The early designation of SSAs and the resultant generation of
Stewardship Credits do not require the establishment of SRAs or
otherwise require the early use of Credits.
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be. Credits generated under the early entry bonus may be used after the
termination of the bonus period.
d. The maximum number of Credits that can be generated under the early
entry bonus is 27,000.
ce. Early Entry bonus credits shall not be transferred into or otherwise used
to entitle an SRA within the ACSC.
2. Agricultural Stewardship Area (ASA). Open Lands are eligible for designation as
Agricultural Stewardship Areas. To qualify as an ASA, all non-agriculture uses
shall be eliminated from the property and the remaining uses shall be limited to
agricultural Land Use Layers 5, 6 and 7 on the Land Use Matrix. In lieu of
applying the Natural Resource Index, lands designated as ASAs shall be
awarded two (2.0) Stewardship Credits per acre.
32. The Stewardship Credit Worksheet, adopted as Attachment "A" of the GMP
RLSA Goals, Objectives, and Policies, sets out the mathematical formula that
shall be used to determine the number of credits available for each acre of land
being considered for an SSA.
43. Natural Resource Indices and Values. A set of Natural Resource Indices has
been established as part of the Stewardship Credit Worksheet.
a. Natural Resource Indices.
Stewardship Overlay Designation
Proximity Indices
Listed Species Habitat Indices
Soils/Surface Water Indices
Restoration Potential Indices
Land Use- Land Cover Indices
b. Index Values. During the RLSA Study, based upon data and analysis,
each acre within the RLSA District was assigned a value for each Index
except for the Restoration Potential Index. The Restoration Potential
Index is assigned during the SSA designation process if appropriate, and
credit adjustments are made at that time.
c. Restoration Areas Slough/Strand Index Score Upgrade. An index score
upgrade is hereby established as an incentive for the protection,
enhancement and restoration of the Okaloacoochee Slough and Camp
Keais Strand. All lands within 500 feet of the delineated FSAs as shown
on the RLSA Overlay Map that comprise the Slough or Strand that are not
otherwise included in an HSA or WRA shall receive the same natural
index score (0.6) that an HSA receives, if such property is designated as
an SSA and retains only agricultural, recreational and/or conservation,
restoration, and natural resource layers of land use (Layers 5-8 on the
Land Use Matrix).
d. Index Map. A Natural Resource Index Map adopted as a part of the RLSA
Overlay, indicates the Natural Resource Stewardship Index Value for all
land within the RLSA District. Credits from any lands designated as
SSAs, shall be based upon the Natural Resource Index values in effect at
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the time of designation. At the time of designation, the Natural Resource
Index Assessment required in Section 4.08.06 C.3. shall document any
necessary adjustments to the index values reflected on the Index Map.
Any change in the characteristics of land due to alteration of the land prior
to the designation of an SSA that either increases or decreases any Index
Value shall result in a corresponding adjustment in the credit value.
e. Restoration Potential Index Value. If the applicant asserts that the land
being designated as an SSA has a Restoration Potential Index Value of
greater than zero (0), an evaluation of the restoration potential of the land
being designated shall be prepared by a qualified environmental
consultant (per Chapter 344 of the LDC) on behalf of the applicant and
submitted as part of the SSA Designation Application Package. In the
event that restoration potential is identified, the appropriate Restoration
Potential Index Value shall be determined in accord with the Credit
Worksheet. The credit value of each acre to which the Restoration
Potential Index Value is applied shall be recalculated by adding the
Restoration Potential Index Value to that acre's total Index Value.
5. f- Restoration Stewardship Credits. Restoration Stewardship Credits are
hereby established in addition to the Restoration Potential Index Value. In certain
locations there may be the opportunity for flow way or habitat restoration such as
locations where flow ways have been constricted or otherwise impeded by past
activities or where additional land is needed to enhance wildlife corridors.
Restoration Stewardship Credits shall be applied to an SSA subject to the
following regulations.= Credits shall only be approved for one type of restoration
per acre and in no case shall more than 10 Credits be awarded per acre.
a. Panther corridor credits. As generally illustrated in the RLSA Overlay
Map, there may be opportunities to create, restore, and enhance a
northern panther corridor connection and a southern panther corridor
connection. Should a property owner in a federally approved corridor
designate the required property for such corridor, then two Stewardship
Credits shall be awarded for each acre of land so designated. Should an
owner also effectively complete the corridor restoration, this shall be
awarded with eight additional Credits per acre of restored land upon
demonstration that the restoration met applicable success criteria as
determined by the federal permit agency authorizing said restoration. The
awarding of the eight (8) restoration implementation credits may be
phased to coincide with a phased implementation process in accordance
with the federal permit.
b. Wetland Wading Bird Habitat Restoration Credits. Designation of any
area for seasonal wetland restoration inside an FSA, HSA, or WRA shall
be awarded two (2) additional Credits per acre. The dedication shall be by
conveyance or restrictive covenant. Should the landowner successfully
complete the restoration, an additional eight (8) Credits per acre shall be
awarded.
c. Other restoration credits.
Should a property owner designate land for restoration activities
within an FSA or HSA, one (1) additional Stewardship Credit shall
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be awarded for each acre of land so dedicated and identified as
Restoration I (R I) within each individually submitted SSA.
ii. Completion of restoration. Upon completion of the restoration
improvements, the owner shall be awarded additional stewardship
credits identified as R2 Restoration within each individually
submitted SSA, as follows:
(a) Caracara restoration credits at two (2) credits per acre.
(b) Exotic controlled burning at five (5) credits per acre.
(c) Flow way restoration credits at five (5) credits per acre.
(d) Native habitat restoration credits at seven (7) credits per
acre.
Stewardship Credits shall be generated for each acre of land
dedicated by the applicant for resteratien activities within any of
HSAs, or those portions of the Restoration Zone depicted on the
RLSA Overlay Map that are contiguous to the Camp Keais Strand.
(2) Two (2) additional Stewardship Credits shall be generated for
ach acre of land dedicated for restoration activities within the
Okaloacoochee Slough, contiguous HSAs, or those portions of the
Restoration Zone depi ed on that are contiguous to the
Okaloacoochee Slough.
(3) The actual implementation of restoration improvements is
not required for the owner to receive such credits referenced in
LDC 4.08.06 B.5.c.i. (1) and (2) above.
iv. (4) On lands Lands designated "Restorations' Land Use
Layers 1 through 6 must be eliminated and allowable uses shall
be limited restricted to Agriculture - Group 2 and conservation
uses and all natural areas shall be maintained in their existing
natural condition until such time as restoration activities occur.
Upon completion of restoration, the land shall be managed in
accordance with the applicable restoration permit conditions,
which may impose further restriction on the allowed use of the
property.
{5) If the applicant agrees to complete the restoration improvements
and the eligibility criteria below arc satisfied, four (4) additional
Stewardship Credits shall be thorize� + +h
p icu �i iaii oc a'rci ivi i=c arc a time of SSA designafier�
but shall not b000cne available for transfer until such time as it has been
demonstrated that th + +'
_ i arrile-r�c6farlon aetivltle6 babe met-applioahe,
criteria as determined by the permitting or commenting agency
al thorizing said res+ora+inn One or more of+he folln inn eligibilit '+eria
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shall peed in evaluating an,applicant's request for fhes� ddition
Restoration Stewardship Credits:
v. One or more of the following eligibility criteria shall be used in
evaluating an applicant's request for these additional Restoration
Stewardship Credits:
(a) FSA and/or HSA lands where restoration would increase
the width of flow way and/or habitat corridors along the
Camp Keais Strand or Okaloacoochee Slough so that, in
the opinion of the applicant's environmental consultant and
County environmental or natural resources staff, there will
be functional enhancement of the flow way or wildlife
corridor;
(b) FSA and/or HSA lands where restoration would increase
the width of flow way and/or habitat corridors within two
miles of existing public lands so that, in the opinion of the
applicant's environmental consultant and County
environmental or natural resources staff, there will be a
functional enhancement of the flow way or wildlife corridor;
(c) Documentation of state or federal listed species utilizing
the land or a contiguous parcel;
(d) Lands that could be restored and managed to provide
habitats for specific listed species (e.g., gopher tortoise,
Big Cypress fox squirrel, red-cockaded woodpecker, etc.),
or;
(e) Occurrence of a land parcel within foraging distance from a
wading bird rookery or other listed bird species colony,
where restoration and proper management could increase
foraging opportunities (e.g., wood storks).
64. Land Use Layers to be Eliminated. A set of Land Use Layers has been
established as part of the Stewardship Credit Worksheet and adopted as the
Land Use Matrix set forth below. Each Layer incorporates a number of the
permitted or conditional uses allowed under the Baseline Standards. Each Layer
listed below has an established credit value (percentage of a base credit)
developed during the RLSA Study. At the time of designation application, a
landowner wishing to have his/her land designated as an SSA determines how
many of the Land Use Layers are to be eliminated removed from the designated
lands. A Land Use Layer can only be eliminated removed in its entirety (all
associated activities/land use are eliminated removed), and Layers shall be
eliminated removed sequentially and cumulatively in the order listed below.
a. Land Use Layers.
1 - Residential Land Uses
2- General conditional uses
3- Earth Mining and Processing Uses
4 - Recreational Uses
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5-Agriculture- Group 1
6-Agriculture- Support Uses
7-Agriculture- Group 2
8- Conservation, Restoration and Natural Resources
b. Land Use Matrix
Laver 1 Laver 2 Laver 3 Laver 4 Laver 5 Laver 6 Layer 7 Laver 8
Earth Mining Conservation,
General Agriculture
Residential and Recreational Agriculture Agriculture Restoration and
Land Uses Conditional Processing Uses Group 1 Support Group 2 Natural
Uses Uses Uses Resources
Single-family Family care Excavation, Golf courses Crop raising; Farm labor Unimproved Wildlife
dwelling, facilities(P) extraction or and/or golf horticulture; housing(A) pasture and management,
incl. Mobile earthmining driving ranges fruit and nut grazing, plant and wildlife
Home(P) and related (CU) production; forestry(P) conservancies,
processing and groves; refuges and
production nurseries; sanctuaries(P)
(CU) improved
pasture(P)
Mobile Collection Asphaltic and Sports Animal Retail sale of Ranching; Water
homes[(P) and transfer concrete batch instructional breeding fresh, livestock management,
in MH sites for making plants schools and (other than unprocessed raising(P) groundwater
Overlay; (A) resource (CU) camps(CU) livestock), agricultural recharge(P)
as temporary recovery raising, products;
use] (CU) training, grown
stabling or primarily on
kenneling the property
(P) (A)
Private Veterinary Sporting and Dairying, Retail plant Hunting Restoration,
boathouses clinic(CU) recreational beekeeping; nurseries cabins(CU) mitigation(P)
and docks camps(CU) poultry and (CU)
on lake, egg
canal or production;
waterway milk
lots(A) production
(P)
Recreational Child care Aquaculture Packinghous Cultural, Water supply,
facilities centers and for native e or similar educational, wellfields(P); oil
integral to adult day cpccies(P) agricultural or and gas
residential care centers and non processing recreational exploration(P)
development native of farm facilities and
,e.g.,golf species{ ) products their related
course, produced on modes of
clubhouse, the property transporting
community (A) participants,
center viewers or
building and patrons;tour
tennis operations,
facilities, such as, but
parks, not limited to
playgrounds airboats,
and swamp
playfields(A) buggies,
horses and
similar
modes of
transportatio
n (CU)
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Guesthouses Zoo, The Sawmills Excavation Boardwalks,
(A) aquarium, commercial (CU) and related nature trails(P)
aviary, production, processing
botanical raising or incidental to
garden, or breeding or Ag(A)
other similar exotic
uses(CU) animals
(CU)
Churches Wholesale Natural resources
and other reptile not otherwise
places of breeding listed(P)
worship and raising-
(CU) non-
venomous
(P)and
venomous
(CU)
Communicat Essential services
ions towers (P and CU)
(P)(CU)
Social and Oil and gas field
fraternal development and
organization production(CU)
s(CU)
Private
landing
strips for
general
aviation
(CU)
Cemeteries
(CU)
Schools
(CU)
Group care
facilities,
ALF(CU)
Uses as listed in LDC-Rural Agricultural District
(P) principal use,
(aA) accessory use,
(CU) conditional use
c. Any development proposed in the RLSA District shall be compatible with
surrounding land uses and implement appropriate lighting controls for
permitted uses, including outdoor lighting that is designed to protect the
nighttime environment, conserve energy, and enhance safety and
security. Except for when the County Manager or designee determines
otherwise to protect the health, safety, and welfare, permanent outdoor
lighting shall comply with the criteria listed in LDC section 4.08.05 N.
75. Matrix Calculation. The maximum number of credits generated through
designation as an SSA is established in a matrix calculation that multiplies each
Natural Resource Index Value by the value of each Land Use Layer, thereby
establishing a credit value for each acre in the RLSA Overlay, weighted by the
quality of its natural resources. As Land Use Layers are eliminated rcmoved, the
sum of the percentages of those Layers eliminated rcmoved is multiplied by the
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Natural Resource Index Values to determine the Stewardship Credits to be
generated by each acre being designated as an SSA.
C. SSA Designation Application Package. A request to designate lands(s) within the RLSA
District as an SSA shall be made pursuant to the regulations of this Section. An SSA
Application Package shall include the following:
1. SSA Designation Application. A landowner or his/her agent, hereafter "applicant,"
shall submit a request for the designation of SSA for lands within the RLS District
to the County Manager or Ns designee, on an approved application form. The
application shall be accompanied by the documentation as required by this
Section.
2. Application Fee. An application fee shall accompany the application.
3. Natural Resource Index Assessment. The applicant shall prepare and submit as
part of the SSA Designation Application a report entitled Natural Resource Index
Assessment that documents the Natural Resource Index Value scores. The
Assessment shall include a summary analysis that quantifies the number of
acres by Index Values, the level of conservation being proposed, and the
resulting number of Credits being generated. The Assessment shall:
a. Verify that the Index Value scores assigned during the RLSA Study are
still valid through recent aerial photography or satellite imagery, agency-
approved mapping, or other documentation, as verified by field
inspections.
b. If if this Assessment establishes that the Index Value scores assigned
during the RLSA Study are no longer valid, document the Index Value of
the land as of the date of the SSA Designation Application.
c. Establish the suggested "Restoration Potential" Index Value for any acres
as appropriate and provide evidence/documentation supporting the
suggested Index Value;
d. Quantify the acreage of agricultural lands, by type, being preserved;
e. Quantify the acreage of non-agricultural acreage, by type, being
preserved;
f. Quantify the acreage of all lands by type within the proposed SSA that
have an Index Value greater than 1.2; and
g. Quantify all lands, by type, being designated as SSA within the ACSC, if
any.
4. Support Documentation. In addition, the following support documentation shall be
provided for each SSA being designated:
a. Legal description, including sketch or survey;
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b. Acreage calculations, e.g., acres of FSAs, HSAs, and WRAs, etc., being
put into the SSA;
c. RLSA Overlay Map delineating the area of the RLSA District being
designated as an SSA;
d. Aerial photograph(s) having a scale of one (1) inch equal to at least 200
feet when available from the County, otherwise, a scale of at least one (1)
inch equal to 400 feet is acceptable, delineating the area being
designated as an SSA;
e. Natural Resource Index Map of area being designated as an SSA;
f. FDOT Florida Land Use Cover and Forms Classification System
(FLUCFCS) map(s) delineating the area being designated as an SSA on
an aerial photograph having a scale of one (1) inch equal to at least 200
feet when available from the County, otherwise, a scale of at least one (1)
inch equal to 400 feet is acceptable;
g. Listed species occurrence map(s) from United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC)
Florida Fish Wildlife Conservation Commission, and Florida Natural Areas
Inventory, delineating the area being designated as an SSA;
h. United States Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation
Service (USDA-NRCS) Soils map(s) delineating the area being
designated as an SSA;
Documentation to support a change in the related Natural Resource Index
Value(s), if appropriate; and
j. Calculations that quantify the number of acres by Index Values, the level
of conservation being offered, and the resulting number of credits being
generated.
5. SSA Credit Agreement. Any landowner petitioning to have all or a portion of land
owned within the RLSA District designated as an SSA and who is to obtain SSA
credits for the land so designated shall enter into a SSA Credit Agreement with
the County. SSA Credit Agreements entered into by and between a landowner
and the County shall contain the following:
a. The number of acres, and a legal description of all lands subject to the
SSA Credit Agreement;
b. A map or plan (drawn at a scale of 1"= 500') of the land subject to the
agreement which depicts any lands designated FSAs, HSAs, or WRAs
and the acreage of lands so designated;
c. A narrative description of all land uses, including conditional uses, if any,
that shall be eliminated removed from the land upon approval of the SSA
Credit Agreement;
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d. Calculations that support the total number of SSA credits that result from
the Natural Resource Index Assessment;
e. A copy of the Stewardship easement, (or deed if a fee simple transfer is
proposed) applicable to the land, which shall be granted in perpetuity and
shall be recorded by the County upon approval of the SSA Credit
Agreement;
f. Land management measures;
g. Provisions requiring that, upon designation of land as an SSA, the owner
shall not seek or request, and the County shall not grant or approve, any
increase in density or any additional uses beyond those specified in the
SSA Credit Agreement on the land;
h. Provisions requiring that, upon designation of land within either an FSA or
an HSA as an SSA, the owner shall not thereafter seek or request, and
the County shall not thereafter grant or approve any expansion or
conversion of agricultural land uses in violation of sections 4.08.06 A.2
and A.3.;
Provisions regarding and ensuring the enforceability of the SSA Credit
Agreement; and
j. If applicable, the number of credits to be granted for restoration
(Restoration Credits), together with the following information:
(4} A legal description of lands to be designated for
restoration;
ii. ( 4 A map depicting the land being designated as SSA, with
the lands to be dedicated for restoration, but which the applicant
makes no commitment to undertake restoration, identified as
Restoration I (-'R I-'); and the lands dedicated for restoration and
for which the applicant has committed to carry out the restoration
identified as Restoration II (2R II-');
(3} The number of Restoration Credits to be granted for the
lands designated R I and R II;
iv. (44 A Restoration Analysis and Report, which shall include a
written evaluation of the restoration area's existing
ecological/habitat value and the necessary restoration efforts
required to reestablish original conditions; enhance the
functionality of wetlands or wildlife habitat; or remove exotics so
as to enhance the continued viability of native vegetation and
wetlands; and
v. (5} When the restoration is to be undertaken by the applicant,
a Restoration Plan that addresses, at a minimum, the following
elements:
(a) Restoration goals or species potentially affected;
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(b) Description of the work to be performed;
(c) Identification of the entity responsible for performing the
work;
(d) Work Schedule;
(e) Success Criteria; and
(f) Annual management, maintenance and monitoring.
6. Public Hearing for Credit Agreement. The SSA Credit Agreement shall be
approved by a resolution of the BCC at an advertised public meeting by majority
vote.
7. Recording of SSA Memorandum. Following approval by the County, an SSA
Memorandum shall be prepared and recorded in the public records, together with
the following portions or exhibits of the SSA Credit Agreement as attachments:
a. The legal description of the lands subject to the SSA Credit Agreement
and the number of SSA Credits assigned to the land designated as SSA,
including lands designated for restoration, if any, and the Restoration
Credits assigned to such land;
b. The Stewardship Easement ascment Agreement on the SSA lands,
describing the land uses remaining on the land;
c. A summary of the Restoration Plan, if restoration is to be undertaken by
the applicant, to include the elements set forth in Section 4.08.06 C.5.
8. Conditional Stewardship Easement easement Agreement or Deed. The applicant
shall prepare anal s bmit a Stewardship Easement easement Agreement i all
cases except when the property is being deeded in fee simple to a
"conservation/preservation agency."
a. The applicant shall prepare and submit a Conditional Stewardship
Easement Agreement with the SSA application in all cases except when
the property is being deeded in fee simple to a conservation land trust
accredited by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission.
b. Upon the initial approval of an SSA, a Conditional Stewardship Easement
shall be established for a term of five years (hereinafter referred to as
"Conditional Period"). All conditions and restrictions related to
maintaining the existing property conditions, including all management
obligations of the owner of the SSA lands, shall be full force during the
Conditional Period.
c.a- The Conditional Stewardship Easement Agreement shall impose a
restrictive covenant or grant a perpetual restrictive easement that shall be
recorded for each SSAT. The Conditional Stewardship Easement shall
run with the land and & a I be in favor of Collier County and FFWCC and
include one or more of the following: Florida DEP, Florida Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services, SFWMD, or a recognized land trust
accredited by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission.
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d.b The Conditional Stewardship Easement ascment Agreement shall
identify the specific land management measures that will be undertaken
and the party responsible for such measures.
e.e- In the event that the land being designated as an SSA is being
transferred to a conservation entity by fee simple title, a deed shall be
submitted in lieu of the Conditional Stewardship Easement ascment
Agreement.
f. Termination of the Conditional Stewardship Easement shall be done in
compliance with LDC section 4.08.06 F.
D. SSA Application Review Process.
1. Pre-application Conference with County Staff. Prior to the submission of a formal
application for SSA designation, the applicant shall attend a pre-application
conference with the County Manager or #+s designee and other county staff,
agencies, and officials involved in the review and processing of such applications
and related materials. If an SRA designation application is to be filed concurrent
with an SSA application, only one pre-application conference shall be required.
This pre-application conference should address, but not be limited to, such
matters as:
a. Conformity of the proposed SSA with the goals, objectives, and policies of
the GMP;
b. Review of the Stewardship Credit Worksheet and Natural Resource Index
Assessment for the property;
c. Identification of the recognized entity to be named in the covenant or
perpetual restrictive easement, and;
d. Identification of the proposed land management measures that will be
undertaken and the party responsible for such measures.
2. Application Package Submittal and Processing Fees. The required number of
copies of each SSA Application and the associated processing fee shall be
submitted to the County Manager or Ii+s designee. The contents of said
application package shall be in accordance with Section 4.08.06 C.
3. Application Deemed Sufficient for Review. Within fifteen (15) working days of
receipt of the SSA Application, the County Manager or#is designee shall advise
the applicant in writing that the application is complete and sufficient for agency
review or advise what additional information is needed to find the application
sufficient. If required, the applicant shall submit additional information. Within ten
(10) working days of receipt of the additional information, the County Manager or
his designee shall advise the applicant in writing that the application is complete,
or, if additional or revised information is required, the County Mmanager shall
again inform the applicant what information is needed, and the timeframe
outlined herein shall occur until the application is found sufficient for review.
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4. Review by County Reviewing Agencies: Once the SSA application is deemed
sufficient, the County Manager or his designee will distribute it to specific County
staff for their review.
5. Designation Review. Within sixty (60) days of receipt of a sufficient application,
county staff shall review the submittal documents and provide written comments,
questions, and clarification items to the applicant. If deemed necessary by county
staff or the applicant, a meeting shall be held to resolve outstanding issues and
confirm public hearing dates.
6. Designation Report. Within ninety (90) days from the receipt of a sufficient
application, county staff shall prepare a written report containing their review
findings and a recommendation of approval, approval with conditions or denial.
This timeframe may be extended upon written agreement by the applicant.
E. SSA Application Approval Process.
1. Public Hearing. The BCC shall hold an advertised public hearing on the proposed
resolution approving an SSA Application and SSA Credit Agreement. Notice of
the Board's intention to consider the Application and proposed SSA Credit
Agreement shall be given at least fifteen (15) days prior to said hearing by
publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the County. A copy of such
notice shall be kept available for public inspection during regular business hours
of the Office of Clerk to the BCC. The notice of proposed hearing shall state the
date, time and place of the meeting, the title of the proposed resolution, and the
place or places within the County where the proposed resolution and agreement
may be inspected by the public. The notice shall provide a general description
and a map or sketch of the affected land and shall advise that interested parties
may appear at the meeting and be heard with respect to the proposed resolution.
The BCC shall review the staff report and recommendations and, if it finds that all
requirements for designation have been met, shall, by resolution, approve the
application. If it finds that one or more of the requirements for designation have
not been met, it shall either deny the application or approve it with conditions
mandating compliance with all unmet requirements. Approval of such resolution
shall require a majority vote by the BCC.
2. Legal Description. Following the BCC's approval of the SSA Application and SSA
Credit Agreement, a legal description of the land designated SSA, the SSA
credits granted, and the Stewardship easement applicable to such lands, shall be
provided to the Collier County Property Appraiser and the applicant, and shall be
recorded within thirty (30) days by the applicant in the public records.
3. Update the RLSA Overlay Map and Official Zoning Atlas. The Official Zoning
Atlas shall be updated to reflect the designation of the SSA. Sufficient information
shall be included on the updated zoning maps so as to direct interested parties to
the appropriate public records associated with the designation, including but not
limited to Resolution number and SSA Designation Application number. The
RLSA Overlay Map shall be updated to reflect the SSA designation during a
regular growth management cycle no later that twelve months from the effective
date of the Stewardship Credit Agreement SSA Agreement.
F. Permanent Stewardship Easement and extensions and terminations of Conditional
Stewardship Easement Agreements.
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1. Permanent Stewardship Easement. The Conditional Stewardship Easement
shall become permanent and be recorded in the Official Land Records if any of
the following occurs:
a. The Stewardship Credits from the SSA have been assigned to entitle an
approved SRA and such SRA has received all necessary, final, and non-
appealable development orders, permits, or other discretionary approvals,
which are necessary to commence construction, including Final
Subdivision Plat and/or Site Development Plan approval but excluding
building permits. If Stewardship Credits from the SSA have been
assigned to more than one SRA, then the receipt of all necessary
governmental final and non-appealable development orders, permits, or
other discretionary approvals necessary to commence construction of any
SRA shall automatically cause the Stewardship Easement to become
permanent.
b. The owner of the SSA lands sells or transfers Stewardship Credits to
another person, entity, or Stewardship Credit Trust, and such owner
receives the Stewardship Credits from the sale or transfer of the credits
with or without consideration due from the sale or transfer of Conditional
Stewardship Credits. However, this expressly excludes the following:
A sale or transfer of the Stewardship Credits ancillary to the sale
or transfer of the underlying fee title to the SSA lands.
ii. An instance when a landowner establishes an SSA for a specific
SRA, whether the SRA is owned or developed by a separate or
related entity, and the Stewardship Credits are transferred to
entitle the SRA as required by GMP, LDC, or SRA approval.
c. The owner of the SSA lands receives other compensation from local,
state, federal, or private revenues, in exchange for the preservation of the
SSA lands.
d. The owner does not record a Notice of Termination in accordance with
LDC section 4.08.06 F.3. within 180 days of the expiration date as
extended in the Conditional Easement Agreement.
2. Extension of Conditional Period.
a. The owner may extend the Conditional Period for one additional year, by
providing written notice to the County Manager or designee prior to the
expiration of the Conditional Period and before the Conditional Easement
becomes permanent in accordance with LDC section 4.08.06 F.1.
b. If a challenge and/ or appeal of a necessary development order, permit,
or other discretionary approval is filed, and the challenge or appeal is not
resolved such that the construction may commence under terms
acceptable to the owner of the SSA lands, the owner of the SSA lands
may record a Notice of Termination within 180 days of the final disposition
of the challenge or appeal.
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3. Termination of Conditional Stewardship Easement Agreements.
a. The owner of SSA lands may terminate the Stewardship Easement by
recording a Notice of Termination within 180 days before the last day of
the Conditional Period and before the Conditional Stewardship Easement
becomes a Permanent Stewardship Easement in accordance with LDC
section 4.08.06 F.
b. In the event that the Stewardship Credits from an SSA have been used to
obtain one or more SRA approvals, but none of the events in LDC section
4.08.06 F.1. has occurred during the Conditional Period, then the Notice
of Termination shall also provide for termination of any SRAs that have
been assigned credits from the SSA, unless the SRA owner has obtained
sufficient Stewardship Credits from another source and such Stewardship
Credits have been applied to the SRA. In the event that a Notice of
Termination does terminate an SRA, the owner of the SRA lands shall
join in the Notice of Termination.
c. Upon the recording of such Notice of Termination, the Stewardship
Easement and corresponding Stewardship Credit Agreement shall expire
and terminate, the Stewardship Credits generated by the SSA shall cease
to exist, the rights and obligations set forth in the Stewardship Easement
shall no longer constitute an encumbrance on the property, and the SSA
Memorandum shall be revised accordingly. The owner of the SSA lands
shall provide a copy of the Notice of Termination to the County.
d. Once a Stewardship Easement is terminated, all benefits, rights,
privileges, restrictions, and obligations associated with the SSA shall be
null and void, and the land shall be governed by it underlying
classification, free and clear of any encumbrance from the Stewardship
Easement and SSA Credit Agreement.
e. If requested by the owner of the SSA lands, Collier County and the other
grantees under the Stewardship Easement shall provide a written release
and termination of easement and credit agreements for recording in the
public records within 15 days of request from the owner of the SSA lands.
f. Collier County shall update the Official Zoning Atlas Map to reflect the
termination of any SSA or SRA.
Gg. SSA Amendments. Collier County shall consider an amendment to an approved SSA in
the same manner described in this Section for the designation of an SSA.
Amendment(s) to approved SSAs shall only be considered if the application eliminates
removes one or more additional Land Use Layers from the existing SSA. Under no
circumstances shall Land Use Layers, once eliminated removed as part of an SSA
designation, be added back to the SSA. The application to amend the SSA may be
submitted as part of an application to designate a new SSA provided such lands are
contiguous to the previously approved SSA and are under the same ownership.
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SUBSECTION 3.E. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 4.08.07 SRA DESIGNATION
Section 4.08.07 SRA Designation, of Ordinance 04-41, as amended, the Collier County Land
Development Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 4.08.07 SRA Designation
SRA designation is intended to encourage and facilitate uses that enable economic
prosperity and diversification of the economic base of the RLSA District, and encourage
development that utilizes creative land use planning techniques and facilitates a compact form
of development to accommodate population growth by the establishment of SRAs. Stewardship
Credits generated from SSAs are exchanged for additional residential or non-residential
entitlements in an SRA on a per acre basis as set forth herein. Density and intensity within the
RLSA District shall not be increased beyond the Baseline Standards except through the
provisions of the Stewardship Credit System, the affordable housing density Bonus as
referenced in the density Rating System of the FLUE, and the density and intensity blending
provision of the Immokalee Area Master Plan. The procedures for the establishment and
transfer of Credits and SRA designation are set forth herein. Credits can be transferred only to
lands within the RLSA District that meet the defined suitability criteria and standards set forth
herein. Land becomes designated as an SRA on the date that the SRA Credit Agreement
becomes effective pursuant to Section 4.08.07 D.4412. Any change in the residential density or
non-residential intensity of land use on a parcel of land located within an SRA shall be specified
in the resolution, which shall reflect the total number of transferable Credits assigned to the
parcel of land.
A. Lands Within the RLSA District that can be Designated as SRAs. All privately owned
lands within the RLSA District that meet the suitability criteria contained herein may be
designated as SRA, except lands delineated on the RLSA Overlay Map as FSA, HSA, or
WRA, or lands already designated as an SSA. WRAs may be located within the
boundaries of an SRA and may be incorporated into an SRA Master Plan to provide
water management functions for properties within such SRA, subject to all necessary
permitting requirements. If all or part of the WRA provides stormwater quality treatment
for an SRA, the pro rata acreage of the WRA shall be required to consume SRA credits
and shall be included within the SRA acreage.
1. Suitability Criteria. The following suitability criteria are established to ensure
consistency with the Goals, Objectives, and Policies of the RLSA Overlay.
a. An SRA must contain sufficient suitable land to accommodate the
planned development. Any development proposed in the RLSA District
shall be compatible with surrounding land uses and implement
appropriate lighting controls for permitted uses, including outdoor lighting
that is designed to protect and preserve the nighttime environment by
minimizing light pollution and glare while reducing energy consumption
and upholding safety and security. Except for when the County Manager
or designee determines otherwise to protect the health, safety, and
welfare, permanent outdoor lighting shall comply with the criteria listed in
LDC section 4.08.05 N.
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b. Residential, commercial, manufacturing/light industrial, group housing,
and transient housing, institutional, civic and community service uses
within an SRA shall not be sited on lands that receive a Natural Resource
Index value of greater than 1.2.
c. Conditional use essential services and governmental essential services,
with the exception of those necessary to serve permitted uses and for
public safety, as described in LDC section 2.01.03 G.2., shall not be sited
on land that receives a Natural Resource Index value of greater than 1.2,
regardless of the size of the land or parcel.
d. Lands or parcels that are greater than one acre and have an Index Value
greater than 1.2 shall be retained as open space and maintained in a
predominantly natural vegetated state.
e. Open space shall also comprise a minimum of thirty-five percent of the
gross acreage of an individual SRA Town orT Village, or those CRDs
exceeding 100 acre. Gross acreage includes only that area of
development within the SRA that requires the consumption of
Stewardship Credits.
f. As an incentive to encourage open space, open space on lands within an
SRA located outside of the ACSC that exceeds the required thirty five
percent retained open space shall not be required to consume
Stewardship Credits.
f g. An SRA may be contiguous to an FSA or HSA, but shall not encroach into
such areas, and shall buffer such areas as described in Section 4.08.07
I_5 . An SRA may be contiguous to, or encompass a WRA. However, if
all or part of the WRA provides stormwater quality treatment for an SRA,
the pro rata acreage of the WRA that is used to meet the water quality
treatment water volume shall be required to consume SRA credits and
shall be included within the SRA acreage.
o#. The SRA must have either direct access to a County collector or arterial
road or indirect access via a road provided by the developer that has
adequate capacity to accommodate the proposed development in
accordance with accepted transportation planning standards.
2. SRAs Within the ACSC. SRAs are permitted within the ACSC subject to
limitations on the number, size, location, and form of SRA described herein.
Nothing within this Section shall be construed as an exemption of an SRA from
any and all limitations and regulations applicable to lands within the ACSC.
Lands within the ACSC that meet all SRA suitability criteria shall also be
restricted such that credits used to entitle an SRA in the ACSC must be
generated exclusively from SSAs within the ACSC. No early entry bonus credits
generated prior to the termination of the bonus period can be used to entitle an
SRA within the ACSC.
a. The only forms of SRAs allowed in the ACSC east of the Okaloacoochee
Slough shall be Hamlets and CRDs of 100 acres or less, and the only
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forms of SRAs allowed in the ACSC west of the Okaloacoochee Slough
shall be CRDs and Villages and CRDs of not more than 300 acres a td
Hamlets. The total acreage of SRA development within the ACSC shall
be 1,000 acres, Provided, however, two SRAs, consisting of any
combination of Villages--or CRDs of not mor th „ 500 r s eac
exclusive of any lakes created prior to the effective date of this
amendment as a June 30, 2002, and which were the result of mining
operations. The SRA development within the ACSC must have, shall be
allowed in ar as that have a frontage on State Road 29 and that, as of
the effective date of the RLSA Overlay, had have been predominantly
cleared as a result of Ag Group I (Layer 5) or Earth Mining or Processing
Uses (Layer 3) activities.
b. The Town form of an SRA shall not be located within the ACSC.
B. Establishment and Transfer of Stewardship Credits. The procedures for the
establishment and transfer of Credits and SRA designation are set forth herein.
Stewardship Credits will be exchanged for additional residential or non-residential
entitlements in an SRA on a per acre basis, as described in Section 4.08.07 B.2.
Stewardship density and intensity will thereafter differ from the Baseline Standards.
1. Transfer of Credits. The transfer or use of Stewardship Credits shall only be in a
manner as provided for herein.
a. Stewardship Credits generated from any SSA may be transferred to
entitle any SRA, except where the SRA is within the ACSC, in which case
only Stewardship Credits that have been generated from an SSA within
the ACSC can be used to entitle such SRA. No early entry bonus credits
generated prior to the termination of the bonus period can be used to
entitle an SRA within the ACSC.
b. Credits can be transferred only to lands within the RLSA District that meet
the defined suitability criteria and standards set forth herein.
c. Stewardship Credits may be transferred between different parcels or
within a single parcel, subject to compliance with all applicable provisions
of these policies. Residential clustering shall only occur within the RLSA
District through the use of the Stewardship Credit System, and other
forms of residential clustering shall not be permitted.
d. Stewardship Credits may be acquired from any credit holder and
transferred to an SRA subject to the limitations contained in this Section.
e. Stewardship Credits may be acquired from a Stewardship Credit Trust
established pursuant to Section 4.08.04 B., and transferred to an SRA
subject to the limitations contained in this Section.
2. Stewardship Credit Exchange. Stewardship Credits shall be exchanged for
additional residential or non-residential entitlements in an SRA on a per acre
basis at a rate of eight (8) Stewardship Credits per gross acre where credits were
created for an SSA submitted for review or approved prior to July 13, 2021, and a
rate of ten (10) Stewardship Credits per gross acre for SSA/Credits where such
Credits were created from any other SSA. Lands within an SRA greater than one
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acre, with Index Values of greater than 1.2, shall be retained as open space and
maintained in a predominantly natural, vegetated state.
SRA_located_outside oof the ACSG exceeding the reed-thirty-five ( ercent
3. Public Benefit Uses. The acreage within an SRA devoted to a public benefit use
shall not be required to consume Stewardship Credits and but shall not count
toward the maximum acreage limits of an SRA unless such public benefit uses
were approved as part of an SRA approved prior to July 13, 2021, in which case
such public benefit uses shall continue to be excluded from the maximum
acreage limitation pursuant to the policy in effect at the time of approval. For the
purpose of this Section, public benefit uses are limited to the following: affordable
housing, public schools (preK-12)1 and public or private post-secondary
institutions and ancillary uses, Post Secondary Institution Ancillary Uses,
community parks exceeding the minimum requirement,. of 200 square feet per
dwelling unit, municipal golf courses, regional parks, and governmental facilities
excluding es,ential services as defined in the LDC.
4. Mixed Land Use Entitlements. In order to promote compact, mixed use
development and provide the necessary support facilities and services to
residents of rural areas, the SRA designation and the transfer of the Stewardship
Credits allows for a full range of uses, accessory uses and associated uses that
provide a mix of services to and are supportive to the residential population of an
SRA and the RLSA District. SRAs are intended to be mixed use and shall be
allowed the full range of uses permitted by the Urban Designation of the FLUE,
as modified by Policies 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.7.3, 4.7.4 and RLSA Overlay
Attachment C. Depending on the size, scale, and character of an SRA, it shall be
designed to include an appropriate mix of retail, office, recreational, civic,
governmental, and institutional uses, in addition to residential uses.
5. Towns and Villages shall be the preferred locations for business and industry,
including environmental research, agricultural research, aviation and aerospace,
health and life sciences, corporate headquarters, computer hardware, software
and services, information technology, manufacturing, research and development,
wholesale trade and distribution and similar uses, including Florida Qualified
Target Industries.
6. Affordable Housing. To address the accommodation of Affordable Housing in a
Town or Village, the SRA applicant shall utilize one of the following options:
a. Affordable Housing Land Reservation.
Reservation of one or more site(s) within the SRA or within a
proximal SRA in the RLSA District with densities and development
standards that accommodate Affordable Housing residential uses
at a minimum density of 10 units per acre, for acquisition by
Collier County, a community land trust, a private developer, or any
other affordable housing provider.
ii. The aggregate acreage of such site(s) shall be equal to or greater
than two and one-half percent (2.5%) of the gross area of the
SRA.
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iii. The acreage of land reserved for Affordable Housing will be
considered as a Public Benefit Use.
iv. The County shall verify the site(s) is/are appropriate and approve
the site(s) at time of SRA approval.
v. Affordable Housing units shall be excluded from the Traffic Impact
Statement or trip cap for the SRA in which they are located.
b. Alternatives proposed by the SRA Applicant. Other options may be
proposed by the SRA applicant and approved by the BCC to address
housing affordability in the subject SRA.
C. Forms of SRA developments. SRA developments are a compact form of development,
which accommodate and promote uses that utilize creative land use planning
techniques. SRAs shall be used to facilitate the implementation of innovative planning
and flexible development strategies described in section 163.3248§163.3177 (11), F.S.
and Rulc 9J 5.006(5)(I), F.A.C. These planning strategies and techniques are intended
to minimize the conversion of rural and agricultural lands to other uses while
discouraging urban sprawl, protecting environmentally sensitive areas, maintaining the
economic viability of agricultural and other predominantly rural land uses, and,- providing
for the cost-efficient delivery of public facilities and services. Only the following four
specific forms of rural development in SRAs are permitted within the RLSA District.
1. Towns. Towns are the largest and most diverse form of SRA, with a full range of
housing types and mix of uses. Towns have urban level services and
infrastructure which support development that is compact, mixed use, human
scale, and provides a balance of land uses to reduce automobile trips and
increase livability. The mixture of land uses shall accommodate services that
would increase internal capture and reduce trip length and long-distance travel.
Towns shall be greater than 1,500 acres not Icc.c than 1,000 acres or more than
/1,000 acres and are comprised of several villages and/or neighborhoods that
have individual identity and character. Towns shall have a mixed-use town center
that will serve as a focal point for community facilities and support services.
Towns shall be designed to encourage pedestrian and bicycle circulation by
including an interconnected sidewalk and pathway system serving all residential
neighborhoods. The Town transportation network shall be based upon a Mobility
Plan in accordance with LDC section 4.08.07 D.10. and shall include a transfer
station or park-and-ride area that is appropriately located within the Town to
serve the connection point for internal and external public transportation. Towns
shall have at least one community park with a minimum size of 200 square feet
per dwelling unit in the Town, subject to Level of Service Requirements. Towns
shall also have parks or public green spaces within neighborhoods. Towns shall
include both community and neighborhood scaled retail and office uses, in a ratio
as provided in Section 4.08.07 14.1. Towns may also include those compatible
corporate office, research and development companies, and light industrial uses,
such as those included in Policy 4.7.4 permitted in the Business Park and
Res arch and Technology Park Subdistricts of the FLUE. Towns shall be the
preferred location for the full range of schools, and to the extent possible, schools
and parks shall be located adjacent to each other to allow for the sharing of
recreational facilities. Towns shall not be located within the ACSC.
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2. Villages. Villages are primarily residential communities with a diversity of housing
types and mix of uses appropriate to the scale and character of the particular
village. Villages shall be greater than 300 acres but not more than 1,500 acres,
except that if any portion is designated ACSC, the maximum size shall be no
more than 1,000 acres net less than 100 acres er mere—th - 000 efes
Villages are comprised of residential neighborhoods and shall include a mixed-
use village center to serve as the focal point for the community's support services
and facilities. Villages shall be designed to encourage pedestrian and bicycle
circulation by including an interconnected sidewalk and pathway system serving
all residential neighborhoods. Villages shall have parks or public green spaces
within neighborhoods. Villages shall include neighborhood scaled retail and office
uses, in a ratio as provided in Section 4.08.07 14.1. Villages may contain
appropriately scaled uses that are permitted in CRDs. Villages are an
appropriate location for a full range of schools. To the extent possible, schools
and parks shall be located adjacent to each other to allow for the sharing of
recreational facilities. The Village form of rural land development is permitted
within the ACSC subject to the limitations of Section 4.08.07 A.2. Villages
greater than 500 acres shall require a Mobility Plan in accordance with LDC
section 4.08.07 D.10., to include either a transfer station or park-and-ride area
that is appropriately located within the village to serve as the connection point for
internal and external public transportation.
less than 40 or mere than 1-0-0 acres. Hamlets will serve as a more compact
alternative to traditional five acre lot rural subsections currently allowed in the
Hamlets i„du de convenience retail u ^ „ rati„ d Section 4.08.07
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schools. The Hamlet form of rural land development is permitted within the ACSC
subject to the limitations of Section 4.08.07 A.2.
34. Compact Rural developments (CRDs). Compact Rural development (CRD) is a
form of SRA that is a maximum of 300 acres and intended to support and further
Collier County's valued attributes of agriculture, natural resources, and economic
diversity. Primary CRD uses shall be those associated with and needed to
support research, education, convenience retail, tourism or recreation will-provide
flexibility with r espe to the mix of uses and design standards, but Shall
otherwise comply with the standards of a Hamlet or Village. A CRD may include;
but is not required to have permanent residential housing and the services and
facilities that support permanent residents. The number of residential units shall
be equivalent with the demand generated by the primary CRD use but shall not
exceed two units per gross acre. Except as described above, a CRD shall w+l1
conform to the characteristics of a Village or Hamlet as set forth in Section
4.08.07 14.1. based on the size of the CRD. As residential units are not a required
use, those goods and services that support residents such as retail, office, civic,
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services listed above shall be provided in accordance with the standards for the
Size of CRDs limited. TheFe-e-h-all-be-Fle-m-e-Fe-then-five-(54-GRIDa-dif-mere
than 100 acres in size.
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a. CRDs within the ACSC. The CRD form of rural land development is
permitted within the ACSC subject to the limitations of Section 4.08.07
A.2.
46. Proportion of Hamlets and CRDs to Villages and Towns. In order to maintain the
correct proportion of Hamlets and CRDs of 300 1-00 acres or less to the number
of Villages and Towns approved as SRAs, not more than five (5) of any
combination of Hamlets and CRDs of 300 4-00 acres or less may be approved
prior to the approval of a Village or Town. In order to maintain that same
proportion thereafter, not more than five ( ) additional
Hamlets and CRDs of 300 4-00 acres or less may be approved prior to fef each
subsequent Village or Town approved.
6. SRAs as Part of a development of Regional Impact (DRI). SRAs are permitted as
par_t_of a DRI c bj ct to the provisions „f § 389 06, F S and the RLSA District
a cn�i oav cvc cv ❑ic ivvivivii v r
Regulations.
a. An SRA Designation Application may be submitted simultaneously with a
farm of SRA development shall be deter ed by the characteristi
the DRI project as described in the AD
b. The DRI may encompass more than a single SRA Designation
Application. It is the intent of this Section to allow for the future
designations of SRAs within a DRI as demonstrated by the DRI phasing
schedule.
c. A DRI applicant is required to demonstrate that:
(1) The applicant has the nccecsary Stewardship Credits to entitle the
DRI as part of subsequent SRA Designation Applications, or
(2) The applicant owns or has a contract with an owner of enough
land that would qualify as SSAs to entitle the DRI as part of
subsequent SRA Designation Applications, or has the ability to
obtain the necessary Stewardship Credits to entitle the entire DRI
as part of subsequent SRA Designation Applications.
D. SRA Designation Application Package. A Designation Application Package to support a
request to designate land(s) within the RLSA District as an SRA shall be made pursuant
to the regulations of the RLSA District Regulations. The SRA Application Package shall
include the following:
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7. SRA Public Facilities Impact Assessment Report. An Impact Assessment Report
shall be prepared and submitted by the applicant as part of the SRA Application
for Designation of a SRA. The SRA Impact Assessment Report shall address the
requirements of Section 4.08.07 J14.
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8. SRA Economic Assessment Report. An Economic Assessment Report shall be
prepared and submitted by the applicant as part of the SRA Application for
Designation of an SRA. The SRA Economic Assessment Report shall address
the requirements of Section 4.08.07 Kl.
9. Stewardship Credit Use and Reconciliation Application. A Credit Use and
Reconciliation Application shall be submitted as part of an SRA Designation
Application in order to track the transfer of credits from SSA(s) to SRA(s). The
Stewardship Credit Use and Reconciliation Application shall be in a form
provided by the County Manager, or Ns designee. The application package shall
contain the following:
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h. Number of acres to which credits are to be transferred (consumed)
multiplied by eight (8) Credits / acre equals the number of Credits to be
transferred (consumed) or 10 credits per acre, as applicable;
A descriptive reference to one (1) or more approved or pending SSA
Designation Applications from which the Stewardship Credits are being
obtained. Copies of the reference documents, e.g., SSA Stewardship
Credit Agreement, etc., shall be provided, including:
(-1-) SSA application number;
ii. (2} Pending companion SRA application number;
((} SSA Designation Resolution (or Resolution Number);
iv. ('1} SSA Credit Agreement (Stewardship Credit Agreement);
v. (5) Stewardship Credits Database Report.
j. A descriptive reference to any previously approved Stewardship Credit
Use and Reconciliation Applications that pertain to the referenced SSA(s)
from which the Stewardship Credits are being obtained; and
k. A summary table in a form provided by Collier County that identifies the
exchange of all Stewardship Credits that involve the SRA and all of the
associated SSAs from which the Stewardship Credits are being obtained.
10. SRA Mobility Plan.
a. An SRA mobility plan shall be submitted by the applicant as part of the
SRA designation.
b. Applicability. Regardless of development size, each mobility plan shall be
required to address the strategies found in the mobility plan checklist.
c. Mobility plan checklist. The mobility plan checklist provides a framework
for which mobility strategies are identified and detailed. Along with the
writeup on each mobility element, the checklist shall be included in the
text portion of the required mobility plan.
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Table 1. Mobility Plan Checklist
Mobility Plan Checklist
Mobility Strategies Accommodated? Described Strategy Details
Pedestrian
Micromobility
Bicycle
Public Transit
Vehicular
School Connectivity
Internal Circulators and
Connectivity
External Connectivity
LRTP Roadway and Pathway
Needs
LRTP Transit Needs
d. Mobility map strategies.
Pedestrian. Each SRA shall be designed to accommodate
pedestrians to encourage mobility and promote internal and
external circulation. Each SRA shall provide an interconnected
continuous sidewalk and multi-use pathway network. This
sidewalk and pathway network shall provide a high-level of
connectivity between land uses, which include, but are not limited
to neighborhoods/residential areas, town cores, village centers,
employment centers, public uses, green/open spaces, and
commercial areas. The SRA shall utilize traffic calming strategies
and recommendations as identified by the Neighborhood Traffic
Management Program (NTMP) to improve safety and comfort for
the pedestrian in turn increasing the overall walkability, as
applicable. All constructed sidewalks and multi-use pathways shall
be built in accordance with LDC section 6.06.02.
ii. Micromobility. SRAs shall encourage the use of micromobility
infrastructure such as but not limited to charging stations or
mobility corrals or hubs within the development, as applicable. If
charging stations, shared bike, or mobility corrals/hubs are
incorporated into the project, a reduction in three required parking
spaces per charging station or corral/hub from the total required
parking space requirement may be utilized. It is encouraged that
all multi-use pathways, roadways, and sidewalks be constructed
to accommodate micromobility.
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iii. Bicycle.
a) Each SRA shall ensure that a comfortable and safe
environment for bicycling is provided.
b) Each SRA shall provide protected, buffered, or separated
bicycling lanes on roadways with travel speeds that exceed
30 m.p.h. Bicycle lanes may utilize various separation
types, including but not limited to bollards, delineator posts,
solid barriers, raised medians or lanes, parked vehicles,
other types of infrastructure, or a combination thereof, as
determined by the County Manager or designee.
c) Local roadways and urban centers within the SRA may
utilize shared travel lanes.
iv. Public Transit. Public transit shall be considered an integral part
of the transportation system and fully integrated into the road
network. All transit plans and enhancements shall be planned for
and designed in accordance with the MPO Long Range
Transportation Plan (LRTP) and coordinated with Collier Area
Transit (CAT), to ensure proposed transit system enhancements
are appropriate and needed. All transit stations and stops, as well
as park-and-ride facilities, shall follow all county design standards
and regulations, as applicable. All Towns or Villages shall have a
Transit Station or a Park-and-Ride Facility.
v. Vehicular. All development shall comply with LDC section 4.04.00
and street system design standards in LDC section 4.08.07 and
LDC section 6.06.00. It is encouraged to integrate innovative
intersections within the development which allow for effective
multimodal use with a high emphasis on safety.
vi. School connectivity. SRAs that are required to include a school
site shall, in coordination with Collier County Public School
planning staff, connect the site to the multi-modal internal and
external transportation system. All sidewalks and multiuse
pathways shall ultimately connect to the school site, allowing
students from residential and mixed-use areas to access the
school. The school site shall be a main destination and fully
integrated into the sidewalk and multiuse pathway network.
vii. Internal circulators. Each SRA street system shall be designed
in such a manner to allow for optimum internal vehicular
circulation. Gated and non-gated neighborhoods shall have
multiple internal access connections if the neighborhood has
direct access to a collector and arterial street. Direct connection
between neighborhoods is encouraged to reduce traffic
congestion at neighborhood entrances and enhance internal
circulation. The use of cul-de-sacs shall be minimized to greatest
extent possible when designing neighborhood street systems as
to encourage walkability and circulation.
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viii. External connectivity. External connections between adjacent
towns, villages, and CRD's shall be identified on the mobility plan.
These shall include sidewalks, multiuse pathways, transit, and
vehicular access. The applicant shall work with County
transportation planning staff and identify needs within the LRTP to
establish connections that further the County's transportation
needs, future plans, and increase connectivity.
ix. LRTP roadway and pathway needs. SRAs shall work with the
MPO and County transportation planning staff to identify roadway
and pathway needs as presented within the LRTP. Each SRA
shall address how their proposal enhances the County roadway
and pathway network.
x. LRTP transit needs. SRAs shall work with the MPO and Collier
Area Transit (CAT) staff to identity transit system needs. Each
SRA shall address how their proposal enhances the overall transit
system.
e. Additional information. Each mobility plan shall include a mobility plan
graphic as part of the SRA Master Plan.
11. Wildlife plan. A wildlife management plan shall include provisions for minimizing
human and wildlife interactions, including the baseline standards techniques in
LDC section 4.08.05 J.3.a. Low intensity land uses (e.q., parks, passive
recreation areas, golf courses) and vegetation preservation requirements,
including agriculture, shall be used to establish buffer areas between wildlife
habitat areas and areas dominated by human activities. Consideration shall be
given to the most current Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
(FFWCC) guidelines and regulations on techniques to reduce human wildlife
conflict. The management plans shall also require the dissemination of
information to local residents, businesses, and governmental services about the
presence of wildlife and practices, such as appropriate waste disposal methods,
that enable responsible coexistence with wildlife, while minimizing opportunities
for negative interaction, such as appropriate waste disposal practices. Wildlife
management plans shall contain a monitoring program for developments greater
than 10 acres.
124-0. Conditional SRA Designation. If at the time of the approval of the SRA
Designation Application, the applicant has not acquired the number of credits
needed to entitle the SRA, then the SRA Designation approval shall be
conditional. The applicant shall have sixty (60) days from the date of the
conditional approval to provide documentation of the acquisition of the required
number of Stewardship Credits. If the applicant does not provide such
documentation within sixty (60) days, the conditional SRA Designation approval
shall be null and void. The Stewardship Credit Use and Reconciliation
Application shall be amended to accurately reflect the transfer of credits that
occurred following the conditional approval of the SRA.
1344. SRA Credit Agreement.
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a. Any applicant for designation of an SRA shall enter into an SRA Credit
Agreement with the County.
b. The SRA Credit Agreement shall contain the following information:
(�} The number of SSA credits the applicant for an SRA
designation is utilizing and which shall be applied to the SRA land
in order to carry out the plan of development on the acreage
proposed in the SRA development Documents;
ii. (2} A legal description of the SRA land and the number of
acres;
(3} The SRA master plan depicting the land uses and
identifying the number of residential dwelling units, gross leasable
area of retail and office square footage and other land uses
depicted on the master plan;
iv. (4} A description of the SSA credits that are needed to entitle
the SRA land and the anticipated source of said credits;
v. (5} The applicant's acknowledgement that development of
SRA land may not commence until the applicant has recorded an
SRA Credit Agreement Memorandum with the Collier County
Clerk of Courts; and
vi. (6} The applicant's commitments, if any, regarding
conservation, or any other restriction on development on any
lands, including wetlands, within the SRA, as may be depicted on
the SRA Master Plan for special treatment.
c. The SRA Credit Agreement shall be effective on the latest of the following
dates:
(1} The date that the County approves the SRA Application;
ii. (2} The date that documentation of the applicant's acquisition
of the Stewardship Credits to be utilized for the SRA is found by
the County to be sufficient; or
(3} Five (5) working days after the date on which the applicant
submits documentation of the acquisition of the Stewardship
Credits to be utilized, if the County fails to make a sufficiency
determination prior to that date.
d. Following approval of the SRA Application, the applicant shall record a
SRA Credit Agreement Memorandum, which shall include the following:
(�} A cross reference to the recorded SSA Credit Agreement
Memorandum or Memoranda for the SSA lands from which the
credits being utilized are generated and identification of the
number of credits derived from each SSA; and
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ii. (2} A a legal description of the SRA lands.
e. If the development provided for within an SRA constitutes, or will
constitute, a development of regional impact ("DRI") pursuant to sections
§ 380.06 and 380.0651, F.S., and if the applicant has obtained a
preliminary development agreement ("PDA") from the Florida Department
of Community Affairs for a portion of the SRA land, the applicant may
request the County to enter into a Preliminary SRA Credit Agreement for
those Stewardship Credits needed in order to develop the PDA
authorized development. Commencement of the PDA authorized
development may not proceed until the applicant has recorded a
Preliminary SRA Credit Agreement Memorandum. The Preliminary SRA
Credit Agreement and Preliminary SRA Credit Agreement shall include
the same information and documentation as is required for an SRA Credit
Agreement and an SRA Credit Agreement Memorandum.
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F. SRA Application Approval Process.
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4. SRA Amendments. Amendments to the SRA shall be considered in the same
manner as described in this Section for the establishment of an SRA, except as
follows:
a. Waiver of Required SRA Application Package Component(s). A waiver
may be granted by the County Manager or his designee, if at the time of
the pre-application conference, in the determination of the County
Manager or designee, the original SRA Designation Application
component(s) is (are) not materially altered by the amendment or an
updated component is not needed to evaluate the amendment. The
County Manager or designee shall determine what application
components and associated documentation are required in order to
adequately evaluate the amendment request.
b. Substantial changes. Any substantial change(s) to an SRA Master Plan or
Development Document shall require the review and recommendation of
the Planning Commission and approval by the Board of County
Commissioners as an SRA amendment prior to implementation.
Applicants shall be required to submit and process a new application
complete with pertinent supporting data, as set forth in the Administrative
Code. For the purpose of this section, a substantial change shall be
deemed to exist where:
(-1-} A proposed change in the boundary of the SRA;
ii. {2} A proposed increase in the total number of dwelling units
or intensity of land use or height of buildings within the
development;
{3} A proposed decrease in preservation, conservation,
recreation or open space areas within the development not to
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exceed 5 percent of the total acreage previously designated as
such, or 5 acres in area;
iv. (4) A proposed increase in the size of areas used for
nonresidential uses, to include institutional, commercial and
industrial land uses (excluding preservation, conservation nor
open spaces), or a proposed relocation of nonresidential land
uses;
v. (5) A substantial increase in the impacts of the development
which may include, but are not limited to, increases in traffic
generation; changes in traffic circulation; or impacts on other
public facilities;
vi. (�) A change that will result in land use activities that generate
a higher level of vehicular traffic based upon the Trip Generation
Manual published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers;
vii. (7) A change that will result in a requirement for increased
stormwater retention, or will otherwise increase stormwater
discharges;
viii. (8) A change that will bring about a relationship to an abutting
land use that would be incompatible with an adjacent land use;
ix. ( ) Any modification to the SRA master plan or SRA document
which is inconsistent with the Future Land Use Element or other
element of the Growth Management Plan or which modification
would increase the density or intensity of the permitted land uses;
x. (10) Any modification in the SRA master plan or SRA document
which impact(s) any consideration deemed to be a substantial
modification as described under this LDC section 4.08.07.
c. Insubstantial change determination. An insubstantial change includes any
change that is not considered a substantial or minor change. An
insubstantial change to an approved SRA Development Document or
master plan shall be based upon an evaluation of LDC subsection
4.08.07 F.4.b., above and shall require the review and approval of the
Hearing Examiner or Planning Commission. The approval shall be based
on the findings and criteria used for the original application and be an
action taken at a regularly scheduled meeting.
(4-) The applicant shall provide the Planning and Zoning
Department Director documentation which adequately describes
the proposed changes as described in the Administrative Code.
d. Approval of Minor Changes by County Manager or Designee. County
Manager shall be authorized to approve minor changes and refinements
to an SRA Master Plan or Development Document upon written request
of the applicant. Minor changes and refinements shall be reviewed by
appropriate County staff to ensure that said changes and refinements are
otherwise in compliance with all applicable County ordinances and
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regulations prior to the County Manager or designee's consideration for
approval. The following limitations shall apply to such requests:
(1) The minor change or refinement shall be consistent with
the RLSA Overlay, the RLSA District Regulations, and the SRA
development Document's amendment provisions.
ii. (2) The minor change or refinement shall be compatible with
and sf not create detrimental impacts to
abutting land uses, water management facilities, and conservation
areas within or external to the SRA.
(3) Minor changes or refinements, include but are not limited
to:
(a) Reconfiguration of lakes, ponds, canals, or other water
management facilities where such changes are consistent
with the criteria of the SFWMD and Collier County;
(b) Internal realignment of rights-of-way, other than a
relocation of access points to the SRA itself, where water
management facilities, preservation areas, or required
easements are not adversely affected; and
(c) Reconfiguration of parcels when there is no encroachment
into the conservation areas or lands with an Index Value of
1.2 or higher.
e. Relationship to Subdivision or site Development Approval. Approval by
the County Manager or designee of a minor change or refinement may
occur independently from, and prior to, any application for subdivision or
Site Development Document approval. However, such approval shall not
constitute an authorization for development or implementation of the
minor change or refinement without first obtaining all other necessary
County permits and approvals.
G. Master Plan. To address the specifics of each SRA, a master plan of each SRA will be
prepared and submitted to Collier County as a part of the petition for designation as an
SRA. The master plan will demonstrate that the SRA complies with all applicable GMP
policies and the RLSA District and is designed so that incompatible land uses are
directed away from lands identified as FSAs, HSAs, WRAs, and Conservation Lands on
the RLSA Overlay Map.
1. Master Plan Requirements. A master plan shall accompany an SRA Designation
Application to address the specifics of each SRA. The master plan shall
demonstrate that the SRA is designed so that incompatible land uses are
directed away from lands identified as FSAs, HSAs, WRAs and Conservation
Lands on the RSLA Overlay Map. The plan shall be designed by an urban
planner who possesses an AICP certification, together with at least one of the
following:
a. A professional engineer (P.E.) with expertise in the area of civil
engineering licensed by the State of Florida;
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b. A qualified environmental consultant per Chapter 10 of the LDC; orc.A
practicing architect licensed by the State of Florida.
2. Master Plan Content. At a minimum, the master plan shall be consistent with the
County's then-adopted Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) and Access
Management procedures and include the following elements:
a. The title of the project and name of the developer;
b. Scale, date, north arrow;
c. Location map that identifies the relationship of the SRA to the entire
RLSA_ District, including other designated SRAs;
d. Boundaries of the subject property, all existing roadways within and
adjacent to the site, watercourses, easements, section lines, and other
important physical features within and adjoining the proposed
development;
e. Identification of all proposed tracts or increments within the SRA such as,
but not limited to: residential, commercial, industrial, institutional,
conservation/ preservation, lakes and/or other water management
facilities, the location and function of all areas proposed for dedication or
to be reserved for community and/or public use, and areas proposed for
recreational uses including golf courses and related facilities;
f. Identification, location and quantification of all wetland preservation,
buffer areas, and open space areas;
g. The location and size (as appropriate) of all proposed drainage, water,
sewer, and other utility provisions;
h. The location of all proposed major internal rights of way and pedestrian
access ways;
Typical cross sections for all arterial, collector, and local streets, public or
private, within the proposed SRA;
j. Identification of any WRAs that are contiguous to or incorporated within
the boundaries of the SRA, and any part of a WRA that provides
stormwater quality treatment for the SRA; and
k. Documentation or attestation of professional credentials of individuals
preparing the master plan-i
A mobility plan graphic.
H. Development Document. Data supporting the SRA Master Plan, and describing the SRA
application, shall be in the form of a Development Document that shall consist of the
information listed below, unless determined at the required pre-application conference to
be unnecessary to describe the development strategy.
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2. The document shall identify, locate, and quantify the full range of uses, including
accessory uses that provide the mix of services to, and are supportive of, the
residential population of an SRA or the RSLA District, and shall include, as
applicable, the following:
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k. Design standards for each type of land use proposed within the SRA.
Design standards shall be consistent with the Design Criteria contained in
Section 4.08.07 IJ.;
The Development Document, including any amendments, may request
deviations from the LDC. The Development Document application shall
identify all proposed deviations and include justification and any proposed
alternatives. See LDC section 4.08.07 1.7.d-8 for the deviation
requirements and criteria.
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u. Development Document amendment provisions; an€
v. An inventory of historic or cultural resources identified within the RLSA
District, and in conjunction with the Florida Division of Historic Resources,
an assessment of their historic or cultural significance in accordance with
LDC section 2.03.07 E., and proposed strategies to promote educational
and public awareness regarding those significant resources; and
wv. Documentation or attestation of professional credentials of individuals
preparing the development document.
DRI Master Plan. If applicable, the DRI master plan shall be included as part of the SRA
desigynated and any u previos) d + d SRA ithi th DRI
I�. Design Criteria. Criteria are hereby established to guide the design and development of
SRAs to include innovative planning and development strategies as set forth in §§
section 163.3248163.3177 (11), F.S. and Chapter 9J 5,096 . The size and
base density of each form of SRA shall be consistent with the standards set forth below.
The maximum base residential density as specified herein for each form of SRA may
only be exceeded through the density blending process as set forth in density and
intensity blending provision of the Immokalee Area Master Plan or through the affordable
housing density bonus as referenced in the Density Rating System of the Future Land
Use Element. The base residential density is calculated by dividing the total number of
residential units in an SRA by the acreage therein that is entitled through Stewardship
Credits. The base residential density does not restrict net residential density of parcels
within an SRA. The location, size and density of each SRA will be determined on an
individual basis, subject to the regulations below, during the SRA designation review and
approval process.
1. SRA Characteristics. Characteristics for SRAs designated within the RLSA
District have been established in the Goals, Objectives, and Policies, of the
RLSA Overlay. All SRAs designated pursuant to this Section shall be consistent
with the characteristics identified on the Collier County RLSA Overlay SRA
Characteristics Chart and the design criteria set forth in 2. through 56. below.
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a. SRA Characteristics Chart consists of the following Tables: A - Town, B -
Village, C Hamlet, D.1 - Compact Rural Development: 100 Grose Acres
ess and B•
Acres.
Table A —Town
Typical Town
Characteristics (Towns are prohibited within the ACSC, per LDC section 4.08.07 A.2.b.)
Size (Gross Acres) 1,000 '1,000 Greater than 1,500 acres
Residential Units 1-4 DUs per gross acre
(Density can be increased beyond the base density through the affordable
(DUs) per gross !.workforce housing density bonus or through the density blending
provision,
acre base density per RLSA policy 4.7414 of the FLUE of the GMP.)
Required Uses Uses Allowed But Not
Required
Residential Full range of single family and multi-family
Housing Styles housing types, styles, lot sizes
Manufacturing/Light
Retail & Office - .5 Industrial and Research
and Development
Maximum Floor Companies - .45
Area Ratio or
Intensity per use Group Housing - .45
Civic/Governmental/Institution - .6 Transient Lodging 26
9 p -
upa net
Town Center with Community and
Neighborhood Goods and Services in Town Corporate Office,
Goods and and Village Centers: Minimum 65 170 SF gross Manufacturing and Light
Services building area per DU; Corporate Office, Industrial and Research
and Development
Manufacturing and Light Industrial and Companies
research companies.
Water and Centralized or decentralized community Interim Well and Septic
Wastewater treatment system
Community Parks (200 SF/DU), subject to level Active Recreation/Golf
Recreation and of service requirements Courses
Open Space
Parks & Public Green Spaces w/n
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Typical Town
Characteristics (Towns are prohibited within the ACSC, per LDC section 4.08.07 A.2.b.)
Neighborhoods
Lakes
Open Space Minimum 35% of SRA
Civic, Full Range of Schools
Governmental and Wide Range of Services- minimum 15 SF of
Institutional gross land area /DU
Services
Auto - interconnected system of collector and
local roads; required connection to collector or
arterial
Transportation Interconnected sidewalk and pathway system
County Transit Acccsc area station or a park-
and-ride facility
Table B—Village
Typical Village
Characteristics
Greater than 300 acres but not more than 1,500 acres, except that if any
portion is designated ACSC, the maximum size shall be no more than
Size (Gross Acres) 1,000 acres
(Villages within the ACSC are subject to location and size limitations per
LDC section 4.08.07.A.2. and are subject to Chapter 28-25, FAC.)
1-4 DUs per gross acre
Residential Units (Density can be increased beyond the base density through the
(DUs) per gross acre affordable workforce housing density bonus or through the density
base density blending provision, per RLSA Policy policy 4.7 of the FLUE of the
GMP.)
Required Uses Uses Allowed But Not
Required
Residential Housing Diversity of single family and multi-family
Styles housing types, styles, lot sizes
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Typical
Characteristics Village
Maximum Floor Area Retail & Office - .5 Group Housing - .45
Ratio or Intensity per Civic/Governmental/Institution - .6 Transient Lodging - 26 upa
use
net
Village Center with Neighborhood Goods Corporate Office,
and Services in Village Centers: Minimum Manufacturing and Light
2-5 53 SF gross building area per DU Industrial and Research and
Goods and Services Development Companies:
appropriately scaled
Water and Centralized or decentralized community Interim Well and Septic
Wastewater ,treatment system
Parks & Public Green Spaces w/n Active Recreation/Golf
Neighborhoods (minimum 1% of gross Courses
Recreation and acres)
Open Space (Lakes
Open Space Minimum 35% of SRA
Civic, Governmental Moderate Range of Services - minimum Full Range of Schools
and 10 SF/DU
Institutional Services
Auto - interconnected system of collector Equestrian Trails
and local roads; required connection to County Transit Access
collector or arterial
Transportation Interconnected sidewalk and pathway
system
County Transit station or a park-and-ride
facility
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Table C -Hamlet
TYPicral
ac
�h..r•.nCGTties
Cl Ira1
/10 100 acres
Size (Gro"s Acres)
Residential Units 1/2 2 DUs per gross acre
(Densycan be incre_sed bey nd he base density hr .gh„ he{DUs) per groc.s acre
base density affordable workforce housing density bonus or through the density
blending provision, per RLSA policy 4.7 in the FLUE of the G
Required Uses Uses Allowed But Not Required
Residential Housing
Styles Single Family Limited Multi family
Civic/Governmental/Institution .6
Maximum Floor ^rea
Ratio or Retail & Office .5 Group Housing .15
Intensity
Transient Ledging 26 u r net
Convenience Goods and
Goods and Services Services: Minimum 10 SF gros,
building ar a per DU
Water and Individual Well and Septic Centralized or decentralized
Wastewater gYstem community treatment system
Recreation and Open Public Green Space for
Space Neighborhoods (minimum 1%
of gross acres)
Civic, Governmental 7 Limited Services
e
Institutional Services Pre K through Elementary Schools
Transportation Auto interconnected system of Equestrian Trails
local roads
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Table C i - Compact Rural Development-3001-00 Gross Acres or Less In Size
Typical
Characteristics Compact Rural Development-300 Gross Acres or Less
(Compact Rural developments within the ACSC are subject to location
Size and size limitations, LDC section 4.08.07.A.2. of this Code, and are
subject to Chapter 28-25, FAC.)
Residential Units If residential, '/2-2 DUs per gross acre
(Density can he increased be rl th h e rl '+ th h h ffn d ble
(DUs) per gross ' a +
acre base density (workforce housing density bonus or through the density blending
Required Uses Uses Allowed But Not Required
Single Family and limited multi-family
Residential Housing (Those CRDs that include single or multi-
Styles family residential uses shall include
proportionate support services.)
Business, industry and uses Retail & Office - .5
Non-Residential associated with and needed
Use and Maximum to support research, Civic/Governmental/Institution - .6
Floor Area Ratio or education, tourism or
Intensity
recreation .5 Group Housing - .45
Transient Lodging - 26 upa net
Convenience Goods and
Services: Minimum 10 SF
gross building area per DU *
Business, industry and uses
Goods and Services associated with and needed
to support research,
education, convenience retail,
tourism, or recreation,
appropriately scaled
Water and Individual Well and Septic Centralized or decentralized community
Wastewater System treatment system
Recreation and Public Green Space for
Open Space Neighborhoods (minimum 1%
of gross acres) *
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Typical
Characteristics Compact Rural Development-300 4-00-Gross Acres or Less
Civic, Governmental Limited Services
and
Institutional Pre-K through Elementary Schools
Services
Auto - interconnected system Equestrian Trails
of local roads
Transportation -
Pedestrian Pathways County Transit station or a park-and-ride
facility
* In conjunction with residential units proposed within the CRD.
Table Q 2 Compact Rural Development Great Th 100 G oss Acres In Size
TYPisal
Characteristics
Comp m act Rural Developent Greater Than 400-Gross Acres
(Compact Rural developments within the ACSC are subject to location
and size lip citations, [DC section11.90-O7.A.2. of this ,a„a�e
subject to Chapter 28 25, FAC.)
Residential Units 1 4 DUs per gros acre
(Density an be in^ram aced yd th beone bac densi+ th h the ff d ble
(DUs) per gross ' ' y
workforce housing density bonus or through the density blending
acre base density
provision er RLSA policy ^.7 he-FLUE of+he GMP
Required Uses Uses Allowed But Not Required
Single Family and limited multi family
Residential Housing (Those CRDs that include single or multi
Styles family residential uses shall include
proportionate support services.)
Retail & Office .5
Maximum Floor Civic/Governmental/Institution .6
Area Ratio or
Intensity Group Housing A5
Transient Lodging 26 upa net
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Village Center with
Neighborhood Goods and
Goods and Services Services in Village Centers:
Minimum 25 SF gross
building area per DU
Centralized er decentra zed Interim Well and Septic System
Water and ""
�ni- +o��, +or community tr atment
o v-ast�vater
system
Parks & Public Green Active Recreation/Golf Courses
Spaces w/n Neighborhoods
{minimum 1°/a of gross
Recreation and acres)
Open Space
Lakes
Open Space Minimum 35%,
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Civic, Governmental Moderate Range of Services minimum 10
and Institutional SF/DU
Services Pre K through Elementary Schools
Auto interconnected Equestrian Trails
cystem of collector and
local roads; required
Transportation connection to collector or
arterial
Interconnected sidewalk County Transit Access
and pathway system
b. Streets within SRAs shall be designed in accord with the cross-sections
set forth in Figures 1-18 below, as more specifically provided in1.2.
through d-51.4. Alternatively, Collier County Transportation Services may
approve additional cross-sections as needed to meet the design
objectives. Deviations from the cross sections set forth in Figures 1-18
may be requested in the SRA Development Document or an amendment
to the SRA Development Document. Please see LDC section 4.08.07
1.7. h-g for the deviation requirements and criteria.
{1) Figure 1: Town Core/Center-
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
ii. (2) Figure 2: Town Core/Center-
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iii. ( } Figure 3: alley: Town Core/Center-
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iv. (4} Figure 4: Town Core/Center
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v. (-5-} Figure 5: Neighborhood General
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vi. (6-} Figure 6: Neighborhood General
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vii. (7} Figure 7: Neighborhood General-
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
viii. (6} Figure 8: Neighborhood General-
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
ix. (9-) Figure 9: Neighborhood Edge-
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x. (10) Figure 10: Neighborhood General-
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
xi. (11) Figure 11: Neighborhood Edge-
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xii. {12) Figure 12: Neighborhood Edge
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xiii. (13) Figure 13: Collector street: Neighborhood Edge-
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
xiv. {14) Figure 14: Neighborhood Edge-
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
xv. (15) Figure 15: Neighborhood Edge-
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xvi. (16) Figure 16: Neighborhood Edge-
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xvii. (17) Figure 17: Neighborhood Edge-
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xviii. (18) Figure 18: Neighborhood Edge-
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2. Town Design Criteria.
a. General design criteria.
* * * * * * * * * *
x. Shall include a minimum of three Gcontext Zzones: Town Core,
Town Center and Neighborhood General, each of which shall
blend into the other without the requirements of buffers;_
xi. May include the Gcontext zone of Neighborhood Edge -and
xii. Shall allow signs typically permitted in support of residential uses
including for sale, for rent, model home, and temporary
construction signs. Specific design and development standards
shall be set forth in the SRA document for such signs permitted in
residential areas or in conjunction with residential uses.
xiii. To the extent that section 5.05.08 is applicable within the Urban
designated area, SRA Architectural Design Standards shall
comply with the provisions of section 5.05.08, unless additional or
different design standards that deviate from section 5.05.08, in
whole or part, are submitted to the County as part of the SRA
Development Document or any amendment to the SRA
Development Document. See LDC section 4.08.07 1.7.E-8 for the
deviation requirements and criteria.
xiv. To the extent that section 4.06.00 is applicable within the Urban
designated area, SRA Landscape Design and Installation
Standards shall comply with the provisions of section 4.06.00,
unless additional or different design and installation standards that
deviate from section 4.06.00, in whole or in part, are submitted to
the County as part of the SRA Development Document or any
amendment to the SRA Development Document. Please see LDC
section 4.08.07 1.7.d-8 for the deviation requirements and criteria.
b. Transportation Network.
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The transportation network shall provide for a high level of mobility
for all travelers residents through a design that respects the
pedestrian and accommodates a variety of travel modes the
automobile.
ii. The transportation network shall be designed in an interconnected
system of streets, sidewalks, and pathways.
iii. A transfer station or park-and-ride area shall be appropriately
located within the Town to serve the connection point for internal
and external public transportation.
iv. The SRA shall include vehicular, bicycle/pedestrian, public transit,
internal circulators, and other modes of travel/movement within
and between SRAs and areas outside development and land
uses.
v. Any mitigation measures required to offset an SRA's traffic
impacts, such as provisions for the construction and/or permitting
of wildlife crossings, environmental mitigation credits, right of way
dedication(s), water management and/or fill materials which may
be needed to expand the existing or proposed roadway network,
shall be memorialized in a developer contribution agreement.
Actions shall be considered within the area of significant influence
of the project traffic on existing or proposed roadways.
c. Open space and Parks.
Towns shall have a minimum of 35 percent%open space.
ii. Towns shall have community parks that include sports fields and
facilities with a minimum level of services of 200 square feet per
dwelling unit in the Town, subject to level of service requirements.
iii. Towns shall have passive or active parks, playgrounds, public
plazas or courtyards as appropriate within each Gcontext Zzone.
d. Context Zzones. Context Zzones are intended to guide the location of
uses and their intensity and diversity within a Town; and provide for the
establishment of the urban to rural continuum.
Town Core. The Town Core shall be the civic center of a Town. It
is the most dense and diverse zone, with a full range of uses
within walking distance. The Core shall be a primary pedestrian
zone with buildings positioned near the right-of-way, wide
sidewalks shall be shaded through streetscape planting, awnings
and other architectural elements. Parking shall be provided on
street and off street in the rear of buildings within lots or parking
structures. Signage shall be pedestrian scale and designed to
complement the building architecture. The following design criteria
shall apply within the Town Core, with the exception of civic or
institutional buildings, which shall not be subject to the building
height, building placement, building use, parking, and signage
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criteria below, but, instead, shall be subject to specific design
standards set forth in the SRA development Document and
approved by the BCC that address the perspective of these
buildings' creating focal points, terminating vistas and significant
community landmarks.
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o) Streets shall adhere to LDC section 4.08.07 14.1.b. and
Figures 1, 2, 3, or 4. At a minimum all proposed streets
shall include sidewalks on both sides of the street, parallel
to the right-of-way, and a five (5) foot streetscape area
between the back of curb and the sidewalk. In these areas,
sidewalk protection such as root barriers, a continuous tree
pit, and/or structural soils shall be provided. streets shall
maintain a minimum average building height to street width
ratio of 1:1, excluding landmark buildings.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
ii. Town Center. The Town Center shall provide a wide range of uses
including daily goods and services, culture and entertainment,
within walking distance. Like the Town Core, the Town Center is
the primary pedestrian zone, designed at human scale to support
the walking environment. It is the Main street area of the Town.
buildings shall be positioned near the right-of-way line, wide
sidewalks shall be shaded by street trees and architectural
elements. The following design criteria shall apply within the Town
Center, with the exception of civic or institutional buildings, which
shall not be subject to the height, building placement, building use,
parking, and signage criteria below, but, instead, shall be subject
to specific design standards that address these buildings' creating
focal points, terminating vistas, and significant community
landmarks and that are set forth in the SRA development
Document and approved by the BCC.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
n) Streets shall adhere to LDC section 4.08.07 I4.1.b. and
Figures 1, 2, 3, or 4. At a minimum all proposed streets
must include sidewalks on both sides of the street, parallel
to the right-of-way, and a 5 €afoot streetscape area
between the back of curb and the sidewalk. Sstreets shall
maintain a minimum average building height to street width
ratio of 1:1, excluding landmark buildings.
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iii. Neighborhood General. Neighborhood General is predominately
residential with a mix of single and multi-family housing.
Neighborhood scale goods and services, schools, parks and open
space diversify the neighborhoods. The interconnected street
pattern is maintained through the Neighborhood General to
disperse traffic. Sidewalks and streetscape support the pedestrian
environment. The following design criteria shall apply within
Neighborhood General:
* * * * * * * * * * * *
g) General signage requirements shall be as provided for in
LDC section 5.06.00.
h) Signage within Neighborhood Goods and Service Zones
shall be as provided for in section 5.06.00.
i) Streets shall adhere to LDC section 4.08.07 14.1.b and
Figures 5, 6, 7, 8, or 10. At a minimum all proposed streets
must include sidewalks on both sides of the street, parallel
to the right-of-way, and a 5 €Moot streetscape area
between the back of curb and the sidewalk.
iv. Neighborhood Edge (optional). Neighborhood Edge is
predominately a single-family residential neighborhood. This zone
has the least intensity and diversity within the Town. The mix of
uses is limited. Residential lots are larger and more open space is
evident. The Neighborhood Edge may be used to provide a
transition to adjoining rural land uses. The following standards
shall apply with the Neighborhood Edge:
* * * * * * * * * * * *
g) Streets shall adhere to LDC section 4.08.07 14.1.b. and to
Figures 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, or 18. At a minimum
all proposed streets must include a 10-foot pathway on
one side of the street with an 8-foot streetscape area
between the edge of curb and the pathway.
v. Special District (optional). The Special District is intended to
provide for uses and development standards not otherwise
provided for within the Gcontext Zzones. Special Districts would
be primarily single use districts, such as universities, business
parks, medical parks and resorts that require unique development
standards to ensure compatibility with surrounding neighborhoods.
The location of Special Districts shall be illustrated on the SRA
Master Plan, and uses and development standards shall be
defined in detail within the SRA development application for
review by Collier County staff. Special Districts could be for uses
such as Universities, business or industrial parks, retirement
communities, resorts, etc.
3. Village Design Criteria.
a. General criteria.
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viii. To the extent that LDC section 5.05.08 is applicable within the
Urban designated area, SRA Architectural Design Standards shall
comply with the provisions of section 5.05.08, unless additional or
different design standards that deviate from section 5.05.08, in
whole or part, are submitted to the County no later than when the
first SRA Site Development Document is submitted for approval.
ix. To the extent that LDC section 4.06.00 is applicable within the
Urban designated area, SRA Landscape Design and Installation
Standards shall comply with the provisions of section 4.06.00,
unless additional or different design and installation standards that
deviate from LDC section 4.06.00, in whole or in part, are
submitted to the County no later than when the first SRA Site
Development Document is submitted for approval.
b. Transportation Network. The transportation network for a Village shall
adhere to the same standards provided for within a Town in accordance
with LDC section 4.08.07 I.2.b.
c. Parks. A Village shall provide a range of active and passive parks,
squares and playgrounds as appropriate to be located within each
Gcontext Zzone and Special District.
d. Context Zzones.
General.
a) Villages shall be designed to include a minimum of two
Context Zones: Village Center and Neighborhood General.
b) Each Zone shall blend into the other without the
requirements of buffers.
c) Villages may include the Context Zone of Neighborhood
Edge.
d) Villages may include Special Districts to accommodate
uses that require use specific design standards not
otherwise provided for within the Gcontext Zzones.
e) The SRA Master Plan shall designate the location of each
Gcontext Zzone and each Special District. The village
center shall be designated in one location. Neighborhood
General, Neighborhood Edge and Special District may be
designated in multiple locations.
f) Context Zzones are intended to guide the location of uses
and their intensity and diversity within a Village, and
provide for the establishment of the urban to rural
continuum.
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ii. Village center.
a) The allowable uses within a village center are commercial,
manufacturing/light industrial, research and development
businesses, retail, office, civic, institutional, essential
services, parks, residential and schools and accessory
uses.
b) Uses may occur in shared use buildings or single use
buildings.
c) The floor area ratio of any use shall not exceed 2 for the
total building area within each block, shall not exceed 0.5
for retail and office uses per block shall not exceed 0.6 for
civic uses per block, manufacturing/light industrial, and
research and development businesses shall not exceed
0.45 per block.
d) Transient Lodging - 26 dwelling units per village center
gross acre
e) Maximum building height - 5 Stories, excluding roofs and
architectural features.
f) Minimum lot area: 1,000 SF
g) Block Perimeter: 2,500 Ft. max feet maximum
h) Front setbacks- 0 to 10 feet from the right-of-way line
i) Side setbacks - 0 feet
j) Rear setbacks - 0 feet
k) Overhead encroachments such as awnings, balconies,
arcades and the like, must maintain a clear distance of 9
feet above the sidewalk and 15 feet above the street.
I) Seating for outdoor dining shall be permitted to encroach
the public sidewalks and shall leave a minimum 6-foot
clear pedestrian way between the outdoor dining and the
streetscape planting area.
m) The design of civic or institutional buildings shall not be
subject to the specific standards of this subsection which
regulate building height, building placement, building use,
parking, and signage but, instead, shall be subject so
specific design standards that address the perspective of
these buildings' creating focal points, terminating vistas,
and significant community landmarks and that are set forth
in the SRA Development development Document and
approved by the BCC.
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n) Buildings within the village center shall be made
compatible through similar massing, volume, frontage,
scale and architectural features.
o) Streets shall adhere to I4.1.b. and Figures 1, 2, 3, or 4. At
a minimum all proposed streets shall include sidewalks on
both sides of the street, parallel to the right-of-way, and a 5
foot streetscape area between the back of curb and the
sidewalk. Streets ctrcct' shall maintain a minimum
average building height to street width ratio of 1:1,
excluding landmark buildings.
p) General parking criteria
i) On-street parking spaces within the limits of the
front property line, as projected into the right-of-
way, shall count towards the required number of
parking spaces.
ii) The majority of parking spaces shall be provided
off-street in the rear of buildings, or along the side
(secondary streets). Parking is prohibited in front of
buildings.
iii) Parking areas shall be organized into a series of
small bays delineated by landscape islands of
varied sized. A maximum spacing between
landscape islands shall be 10 spaces. Landscape
islands shall have a minimum of one canopy tree.
iv) Parking lots shall be accessed from alleys, service
lanes or secondary streets.
q) The majority of parking spaces shall be provided off-street
in the rear of buildings, or along the side (secondary
streets), organized into a series of small bays delineated
by landscape islands of varied sized. A maximum spacing
between landscape islands shall be 10 spaces. Landscape
islands and tree diamonds shall have a minimum of one
tree. Parking is prohibited in front of buildings, except
within the right-of-way. Parking lots shall be accessed from
alleys, service lanes or secondary streets. Parking
structures fronting on a primary street shall include ground
floor retail. Parking structures fronting on a secondary
street shall have a minimum 10 feet wide, densely
landscaped area at grade, including one tree per 250
square feet of landscaped area or twenty-five (25) lineal
feet on-center. The amount of required parking shall be
demonstrated through a shared parking analysis submitted
with an SRA designation application. Parking shall be
determined utilizing the modal splits and parking demands
for various uses recognized by ITE, ULI or other sources or
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studies. The analysis shall demonstrate the number of
parking spaces available to more than one use or function,
recognizing the required parking will vary depending on the
multiple functions or uses in close proximity which are
unlikely to require the spaces at the same time.
r) Landscaping minimums within the village center shall be
met by providing landscaping within parking lots as
described, and by providing a streetscape area between
the sidewalk and curb at a minimum of 5€Meet in width. In
these areas, sidewalk protection such as root barriers,
continuous three pits, and/or structural soils shall be
provided. Trees shall be planted forty (40) feet on-center.
The street tree pattern may be interrupted by architectural
elements such as arcades and columns.
s) Signage standards within the village center shall comply
with those provided in the Town Center.
iii. Neighborhood General. Design standards for the Neighborhood
General within a Village shall be the same as defined within a
Town.
iv. Neighborhood Edge (optional). Design standards for the
Neighborhood Edge within a Village shall be the same as defined
within a Town.
v. Special District (optional). The Special District is intended to
provide for uses and development standards not otherwise
provided for within the Ccontext Zzones. Uses and development
standards shall be defined in detail within the SRA development
application for review by Collier County staff.
4. Hamlet Design Criteria.
a. General.
i. Hamlets are small rural residential areas with primarily single
family housing and limited range of convenience oriented
cervices.
ii. Hamlets may include the Context Zones of Neighborhood Ceneral
and Neighborhood Edge.
iii. Non residential uses shall be provided in one location, such as a
crossroads and designed to incorporate the c nity g
b. Open spaces and parks. At a minimum, Hamlets shall provide a public
green equal to a minimum of 1% of the total Hamlet gross acreage.
p. Context Zones Context Zones a intended tog aide the location of
and their intensity and diversit„ within Haml and provide—for the
cstablichment of the urban to rural continuum.
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residential with a mix of single and multi family housing.
Neighborhood scale goods and services, schools, parks and open
space diversify the neighborhoods. The street grid is maintained
through the Neighborhood General to disperse traffic. sidewalks
and streetscape support the pedestrian environment. The design
a) Uses residential ighborhood scale ge d
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civic, institutional, parks and schools.
b) Building height 3.5 Stories
c) Block Perimeter: 3500 Ft. max. The maximum may be
greater if an alley or pathway pro ides through ccess or
the block includes water bodies or public facilities.
d) For single family residential uses:
i)Minimum lot area: 1,000 SF
ii) Setbacks and encroachments to be defined in the
SRA development Document
iii) Parking space—requirements and designer—the
same as in the Town Core, with provision for an
Unit is built.
iv) Landscaping Minimum of 60 Sq. Ft. of shrub
planting per lot Plantings shall be planting a
raiser) planters or planter boxed in the front of the
dwelling. Minimum of turf grass for the remainder of
the property.
c) For multi family residential uses:
i) Maximum lot area: 1 acres.
ii) Front yard setbacks 10 Ft.
iii) Minimum side yard setbacks 10 Ft.
iv) Minimum rear yard setbacks 20 Ft. for primary
structure, 5 Ft. for accec.„ory structures
v) Encroachments: ches, stoops, ;eys ys
canopies, balconies and overhangs may encroach
into the front yard 3 Ft. 6 In. These same elements
encroach 3 Ft nto side y ards but p element
may encroach into a side yard such that the
distance to the property line from the encroaching
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clement is loss than 3 Ft. 2 In. except that
overhangs may encroach 2 Ft. into any
the same as in the Town Corc.
vii) Landscaping Minimum of 100 Sq. Ft. of shrub
on tree per 1,000 Sq. Ft. of lot area, inclusive of
street trees. Plantings shall be in planting ar
raised planters planter boxes in the front of 414e
building. Minimum of turf grass for the remainder of
the property.
f) Non residential uses:
l) Location: at intersection corner. Mid block locations
are not allowed.
li) Maximum square footage per use is 5,000.
iii) Maximum square footage per location is 20,000.
lv) Min. lot area: No less than the min. lot ar a of the
smallest arliacent let
v) Front setbacks Equal to the smallest utilized
setback of the adjacent lot
vi) Side setbacks Equal to the smallest utilized
vii) R ar setbacks minimum 20 feet for the principal
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ow
viii) Parking. Parking space requirements and design
arc the same as in the Town Core. On street
parking must be provided along the lot street
frontage. No off street parking shall be permitted
between the front facade and the front property
line. All off street parking shall be screened from
the street and adjacent property by wall, fence
and/or landscaping.
lx) Landscaping. Minimum of 100 Sq. Ft. of shrub
planting per � 000 Sq Ft of building footprin+ and
on tree per 4,000 Sq. Ft. of lot area, inclusive of
street trees. Plantings shall be in planting areas,
raised planters, or planter boxes in the front of the
building. Minimum of turf grass for the remainder of
the property.
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x) Signage within Neighborhood General shall comply
with the standards provided in the Town
Neighborhood General.
xi) Streets shall adhere to J.1.b. and Figures 5, 6, 7, 8,
or 10. At a minimum all proposed streets must
include sidewalks on both sides of the street,
parallel to the right of_wa y and a 5 font street nape
arca between the back of curb and the sidewalk.
ii. Neighborhood Edge. Neighborhood Edge is predominately a
single family residential neighborhood. This zone has the least
intensity and diversity--The mix of uses is--li ed. Resiaential lots
are larger and more open space is evident. The Neighborhood
Edge may be used to provide a transition to adjoining rural land
uses.
a) Uses residential, parks, golf courses, schools, essential
services
b) Building height 2 Stories
c) Minimum lot area 5000 square feet
d) Setbacks to be further defined within the SRA
development Document
c) Block Perimeter: 5000 feet max. The maximum may be
greater if an alley or pathway pro ids through access or
the block includes water bodies or public facilities.
f) Parking. Parking space requirements and design arc the
same as in-the Town Core. Provision shall be made for
g) Landscaping. Minimum of 100 Sq. Ft. of shrub planting per
lot Plantings shall he in planting area rai ed planters or
planter boxed in the front of the dwelling. Minimum of turf
grass for the remainder of the property.
h) Streets shall adhere to J.1.b and Figures 9, 11, 12, 13, 1,1,
15, 16, 17, or 18. At a minimum all proposed streets must
include a 10 foot pathway on one side of the street with an
8 foot `treetscape a ea, between the edge of curb and the
pathway,
46. Compact Rural Development development Criteria.
a. General criteria.
Compact Rural Development development (CRD) is a form of
SRA that is a maximum of 300 acres and intended to support and
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further Collier County's valued attributes of agriculture, natural
resources, and economic diversity will provide flexibility with
resp rect to the m of and ele olopment standards h + h lI
otherwise comply with the design standards of a Hamlet or
Village.
ii. Primary CRD uses shall be those associated with and needed to
support agriculture, natural resources, research, education,
convenience retail, tourism, or recreation.
A CRD may include, but is not required to have permanent
residential housing and the services and facilities that support
permanent residents.
ivia+.
standarrds of a
Village or Hamlet as set forth herein e! t h se on he
size of the CRD. As residential units are not a required use, those
goods and services that support residents such as retail, office,
civic, governmental and institutional uses shall also not be
required, however for any CRD that does include permanent
residential housing, the proportionate support services shall be
provided in accordance with LDC section 04.08.07 1.1. An
example of a CRD is an ecotourism village that would have a
unique set of uses and support services different from a traditional
residential village. It would contain transient lodging facilities and
services appropriate to eco-tourists, but may not provide for the
range of services that are necessary to support permanent
residents.
b. Transportation Network. Example. An example of a CRD is an ecotourism
village that would have a unique set of uses and support services
different-from a traditional residential vilk. I+ ld taro tr +
lodging facilities and services appropriate to eco tourists, but may not
provide-for the range-ef services that neeossa-Fy-te-su p�rpermanont
residents.
The transportation network shall provide for a high level of mobility
for all travelers through a design that accommodates a variety of
travel modes.
ii. The transportation network shall be designed in an interconnected
system of local roads and pathways.
c. Parking.
Parking for non-residential uses may be provided on-street, off-
street, and within parking structures.
ii. Parking shall be determined utilizing the modal splits and parking
demands for various uses recognized by ITE, ULI or other sources
or studies. The analysis shall demonstrate the number of parking
spaces available to more than one use or function, recognizing the
required parking will vary depending on the multiple functions or
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uses in close proximity which are unlikely to require the spaces at
the same time.
d. Landscaping and buffering. Landscaping and buffering shall be provided
in accordance with LDC section 4.06.00, except a Type B Buffer shall
also be required around the perimeter of the CRD in accordance with
LDC section 4.06.02, unless additional or different design standards that
deviate from LDC section 4.06.02, in whole or part, approved by the
County as part of the SRA Development Document or any amendment to
the SRA Development Document.
e. General signage standards. Signage requirements shall be as provided
for in LDC section 5.06.00.
f. Open space.
For CRDs that include residential:
a) A minimum of 35 percent of the CRD must be provided as
open space within the CRD; and
b) A minimum of one percent of the CRD shall be provided as
public green within neighborhoods.
ii. For CRDs with only non-residential uses, a minimum of 30 percent
of the CRD must be provided as open space within the CRD.
q. Primary non-residential CRD uses shall adhere to the following:
Non-residential uses are limited to business, industry, and uses
associated with and needed to support agriculture, natural
resources, research, education, convenience retail, tourism, or
recreation.
ii, Civic, institutional, and governmental uses are permitted.
iii. Uses may occur in shared use buildings or single use buildings.
iv. See LDC section 4.08.07.1, Table C. for maximum floor area
ratios.
v. The maximum building height shall be 4 stories, excluding roofs
and architectural features.
vi. Setbacks and allowable encroachments shall be further defined
within the SRA Development Document.
h. Residential and supporting non-residential uses shall adhere to the
following:
If permanent residential housing is included in the CRD, the
number of residential units shall be limited to be equivalent with
the demand generated by a maximum of two (2) units per acre.
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ii. Retail and office uses may be permitted in conjunction with
residential uses in the CRD but shall not exceed a floor area ratio
of 0.5.
iii. Convenience goods and services may be permitted in conjunction
with residential uses in the CRD but shall be built at a minimum of
10 square feet of gross building area per residential dwelling unit
within the CRD. Such uses shall be located at intersection corners
or street bends and shall not be permitted at mid-block locations.
iv. The maximum building height shall be 3 stories, but no greater
than 35 feet.
v. Residential uses in the CRD shall be located abutting residentially
zoned land where feasible.
vi. Setbacks and allowable encroachments shall be based upon the
most similar residential zoning district to the proposed residential
use found in LDC section 04.02.01. For non-residential support
services, the minimum setbacks shall be consistent with the least
restrictive setbacks of the adjoining property.
56. Design Criteria Common to SRAs.
a. Parcels of one (1) acre or more, with a Natural Resource Index rating
greater than 1.2, must be preserved as open space and maintained in a
predominantly naturally vegetated state, except the infrastructure
necessary to serve the permitted uses may be exempt from this
restriction if such infrastructure is designed to minimize the impacts to any
such areas.
b. A minimum of thirty-five (35) percent of the SRA land designated as Town
or Village shall be kept in open space.
c. SRA design shall demonstrate that ground water table draw down or
diversion will not adversely impact the hydroperiods of adjacent FSA,
HSA, WRA or Conservation Land and will not adversely affect the water
use rights of either adjacent developments or adjacent agricultural
operations and will comply with the SFWMD Basis of Review. Detention
and control elevations shall be established to protect natural areas and be
consistent with surrounding land and project control elevations and water
tables.
d. Where an SRA adjoins an FSA, HSA, WRA or existing public or private
conservation land delineated on the RLSA Overlay Map, best
management and planning practices shall be applied to minimize adverse
impacts to such lands. Best management practices shall include the
following:
The perimeter of each SRA shall be designed to provide a
transition from higher density and intensity uses within the SRA to
lower density and intensity uses on adjoining property. The edges
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of SRAs shall be well defined and designed to be compatible with
the character of adjoining property. Techniques such as, but not
limited to setbacks, landscape buffers, and recreation/open space
placement may be used for this purpose.
ii. Open space within or contiguous to an SRA shall be used to
provide a buffer between the SRA and any adjoining FSA, HSA, or
existing public or private conservation land delineated on the
RLSA Overlay Map. Open open space contiguous to or within
300 feet of the boundary of an FSA, HSA, or existing public or
private conservation land may include: natural preserves, lakes,
golf courses provided no fairways or other turf areas are allowed
within the first 200 feet, passive recreational areas and parks,
required yard and set-back areas, and other natural or man-made
open space. Along the west boundary of the FSAs and HSAs that
comprise Camp Keais Strand, i.e., the area south of Immokalee
Road, this open space buffer shall be 500 feet wide and shall
preclude golf course fairways and other turf areas within the first
300 feet.
e. Where a WRA is incorporated into the stormwater system of an SRA, the
provisions of LDC section 4.08.06 A.4.b. Section 1.08.01 A.1.b. apply.
f. Where existing agricultural activity adjoins an SRA, the design of the SRA
must take this activity into account to allow for the continuation of the
agricultural activity and to minimize any conflict between agriculture and
SRA uses.
q. An SRA proposed to adjoin lands designated as Open Lands shall
provide the opportunity for direct vehicular and pedestrian connections
from said areas to the County's arterial/collector roadway network as
shown on MPO's Long Range Transportation Needs Plan.
h. Public and private roads within an SRA shall be maintained by the SRA it
serves. Signalized intersections within or adjacent to an SRA that serves
the SRA shall be maintained by the SRA it serves.
To the extent required to mitigate an SRA's traffic impacts, actions may
be taken to include, but shall not be limited to, provisions for the
construction and/or permitting of wildlife crossing, environmental
mitigation credits, right of way dedication(s), water management and/or fill
material which may be needed to expand the existing or proposed
roadway network. Any such actions to offset traffic impacts shall be
memorialized in a developer's contribution agreement. These actions
shall be considered within the area of significant influence of the project
traffic on existing or proposed roadways that are anticipated to be
expanded or constructed.
67. Infrastructure Required. An SRA shall have adequate infrastructure available to
serve the proposed development, or such infrastructure must be provided
concurrently with the demand as identified in Chapter 6 of the LDC. The level of
infrastructure required will depend on the type of development, accepted civil
engineering practices, and the requirements of this Section.
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a. The capacity of infrastructure serving the SRA must be demonstrated
during the SRA designation process in accordance with the provisions in
Chapter 6 of the LDC in effect at the time of SRA designation.
b. Infrastructure to be analyzed will include facilities for transportation,
potable water, wastewater, irrigation water, stormwater management, and
solid waste.
c. Centralized or decentralized community water and wastewater utilities are
required in Towns andT Villages, a„d those CRDs exceeding 100 acre
size. Centralized or decentralized community water and wastewater
utilities shall be constructed, owned, operated and maintained by a
private utility service, the developer, a Community D4evelopment District,
other special districts such as the Immokalee Water Sewer Service
District, Collier County Water and Sewer District, or other governmental
entity. This Section shall not prohibit innovative alternative water and
wastewater treatment systems such as decentralized community
treatment systems provided that they meet all applicable regulatory
criteria.
d. Individual potable water supply wells and septic systems, limited to a
maximum of 100 acres of any Town or; Village or CRD are permitted on
an interim basis until services from a centralized/decentralized community
system are available.
e. Individual potable water supply wells and septic systems are permitted in
Hamlets and may be permitted in CRDs of 100 acres or Ie&c in size.
78. Requests for Deviations from the LDC. The SRA Development Document or any
amendments to the SRA Development Document may provide for nonprocedural
deviations from the LDC, provided that all of the following are satisfied:
a. The deviations are consistent with the RLSA District Overlay; and
b. It can be demonstrated that the proposed deviation(s) further enhance the
tools, techniques and strategies based on principles of innovative
planning and development strategies, as set forth in §§section
163.3248163.3177 (11), F.S.
J44. SRA Public Facilities Impact Assessments. Impact assessments are intended to identify
methods to be utilized to meet the SRA generated impacts on public facilities and to
evaluate the self-sufficiency of the proposed SRA with respect to these public facilities.
Information provided within these assessments may also indicate the degree to which
the SRA is consistent with the fiscal neutrality requirements of Section 4.08.07 K4.
Impact assessments shall be prepared in the following infrastructure areas:
1. Transportation. A transportation impact assessment meeting the requirements of
Chapter 10 of the LDC or its successor regulation or procedure, shall be
prepared by the applicant as component of an Impact Assessment Report that is
submitted as part of an SRA Designation Application package.
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a. In addition to the standard requirements of the analyses required above,
the transportation impact assessment shall specifically consider, to the
extent applicable, the following issues related to the highway network:
i. (-4-) Impacts to the level of service of impacted roadways and
intersections, comparing the proposed SRA to the impacts of
conventional Baseline Standard development;
ii. (-2) Effect(s) of new roadway facilities planned as part of the
SRA Master Plan on the surrounding transportation system; and
(3) Impacts to agri-transport issues, especially the farm-to-
market movement of agricultural products.
b. The transportation impact assessment, in addition to considering the
impacts on the highway system, shall also consider vehicular,
bicycle/pedestrian, public transit, internal circulators, and other modes of
travel/movement within and between SRAs and areas outside
development and land uses
pedestrian issues to the extent applicable.
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6. Stormwater Management. A stormwater management impact assessment shall
be prepared by the applicant as a component of an Impact Assessment Report
that is submitted as a part of an SRA Designation Application Package. The
stormwater management impact assessment shall, at a minimum, provide the
following information:
a. An exhibit showing the boundary of the proposed SRA including the
following information:
(�) The location of any WRA delineated within the SRAi
ii. (-2) A generalized representation of the existing stormwater
flow patterns across the site including the location(s) of discharge
from the site to the downstream receiving waters;
( ) The land uses of adjoining properties and, if applicable, the
locations of stormwater discharge into the site of the proposed
SRA from the adjoining properties.
b. A narrative component to the report including the following information:
(�) The name of the receiving water or, if applicable, FSA or
WRA to which the stormwater discharge from the site will
ultimately outfall;
ii. (2) The peak allowable discharge rate (in cfs/acre) allowed for
the SRA per Collier County Ordinance No. 90-10 or its successor
regulation;
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(3) If applicable, a description of the provisions to be made to
accept stormwater flows from surrounding properties into, around,
or through the constructed surface water management system of
the proposed development;
iv. (4) The types of stormwater detention areas to be constructed
as part of the surface water management system of the proposed
development and water quality treatment to be provided prior to
discharge of the runoff from the site; and
v. (5) If a WRA has been incorporated into the stormwater
management system of an SRA, the report shall demonstrate
compliance with provisions of Section 4.08.8406 A.4.b.
7. Public Schools. The applicant shall coordinate with the Collier County School
Board to provide information and coordinate planning to accommodate any
impacts that the SRA has on public schools. As part of the SRA application, the
following information shall be provided:
a. School Impact Analysis (SIA) for a determination of school capacity only
(refer to section 10.04.09 for SIA requirements); and
b. The potential for locating a public educational facility or facilities within the
SRA, and the location(s) of any site(s) that may be dedicated or otherwise
made available for a public educational facility.
K�. SRA Economic Assessment. An Economic Assessment meeting the requirements of this
Section shall be prepared and submitted as part of the SRA Designation Application
Package. At a minimum, the analysis shall consider the following public facilities and
services: transportation, potable water, wastewater, irrigation water, stormwater
management, solid waste, parks, law enforcement, emergency medical services, fire,
and schools. Development phasing and funding mechanisms shall address any adverse
impacts to adopted minimum levels of service pursuant to Chapter 6 of the LDC.
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LM. The BCC may, as a condition of approval and adoption of an SRA development, require
that suitable areas for parks, schools, and other public facilities be set aside, improved,
and/or dedicated for public use. When the BCC requires such a set aside for one or
more public facilities, the set aside shall be subject to section 2.03.06, in the same
manner as are public facility dedications required as a condition of PUD rezonings.
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SECTION FOUR: CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY
In the event that any provisions of this ordinance should result in an unresolved conflict
with the provisions of the Land Development Code (LDC) or Growth Management Plan (GMP),
the applicable provisions of the LDC or GMP shall prevail. In the event this Ordinance conflicts
with any other Ordinance of Collier County or other applicable law, the more restrictive shall
apply. If any phrase or portion of this Ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional by any court
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of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent
provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion.
SECTION FIVE: INCLUSION IN THE COLLIER COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
The provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Land
Development Code of Collier County, Florida. The sections of the Ordinance may be
renumbered or re-lettered to accomplish such, and the word "ordinance" may be changed to
"section," "article," or any other appropriate word.
SECTION SIX: EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall become effective upon filing with the Florida Department of State.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier
County, Florida, this day of , 2025.
ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CRYSTAL K. KINZEL, CLERK OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
By: By:
, Deputy Clerk Burt L. Saunders, Chairman
Approved as to form and legality:
Heidi F. Ashton-Cicko 8-19-25
Managing Assistant County Attorney
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Business Impact Estimate 9/23/2025 1 7 A
PL20220003445
Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District
Legal Notices Website
rrom: vvcaiiva Ruuiiyuez <Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 10:44 AM
To: Legal Notice; Yanirda Fernandez
Cc: JohnsonEric; CrotteauKathynell; GMDZoningDivisionAds; PadronAilyn
Subject: RE: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web*Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay
District (LDCA) (PL20220003445)
Attachments: Business Impact Estimate - RLSAO LDC amendment - 9-23-25.pdf
Good morning,
This item also requires the publication of a Business Impact Estimate. Please publish the attached BIE
concurrently with the legal advertisement on Wednesday, September 3rd
Thank you,
Wanda Rodriguez, ACP, CT M
Office of the County Attorney
(239) 252-8400
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Business Impact Estimate
This form should be included in the agenda packet for the item under which the proposed
ordinance is to be considered and must be posted on the County's website by the time notice of
the proposed ordinance is published.
Published on County website by: 9/3/2025 [expected legal advertising date]
Proposed ordinance's Short Title:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY,
FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 04-41, AS AMENDED, THE COLLIER
COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH INCLUDES THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND
REGULATIONS FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO
IMPLEMENT RURAL LANDS STEWARDSHIP AREA OVERLAY PROVISIONS OF THE
FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE COLLIER COUNTY GROWTH MANAGEMENT
PLAN, BY PROVIDING FOR: SECTION ONE, RECITALS; SECTION TWO, FINDINGS OF
FACT; SECTION THREE, ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT
CODE, MORE SPECIFICALLY AMENDING THE FOLLOWING: CHAPTER FOUR — SITE
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, INCLUDING SECTION 4.08.01 SPECIFIC
DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE RLSA DISTRICT, SECTION 4.08.04 IMPLEMENTATION
OF STEWARDSHIP CREDITS, SECTION 4.08.05 BASELINE STANDARDS, SECTION 4.08.06
SSA DESIGNATION, AND SECTION 4.08.07 SRA DESIGNATION; SECTION FOUR,
CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY; SECTION FIVE, INCLUSION IN THE COLLIER COUNTY
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE; AND SECTION SIX, EFFECTIVE DATE. [PL20220003445]
This Business Impact Estimate is provided in accordance with section 125.66(3), Florida
Statutes. If one or more boxes are checked below, this means the County is of the view
that a business impact estimate is not required by state law' for the proposed ordinance,
but the County is, nevertheless, providing this Business Impact Estimate as a courtesy
and to avoid any procedural issues that could impact the enactment of the proposed
ordinance. This Business Impact Estimate may be revised following its initial posting.
❑ The proposed ordinance is required for compliance with Federal or State law or
regulation;
❑ The proposed ordinance relates to the issuance or refinancing of debt;
❑ The proposed ordinance relates to the adoption of budgets or budget
amendments, including revenue sources necessary to fund the budget;
❑ The proposed ordinance is required to implement a contract or an agreement,
including, but not limited to, any Federal, State, local, or private grant or other
financial assistance accepted by the county government;
❑ The proposed ordinance is an emergency ordinance;
1 See Section 125.66(3)(c), Florida Statutes.
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❑ The ordinance relates to procurement; or
❑ The proposed ordinance is enacted to implement the following:
a. Development orders and development permits, as those terms are defined in
Section 163.3164, and development agreements, as authorized by the Florida
Local Government Development Agreement Act under Sections 163-3220-
163.3243;
b. Comprehensive Plan amendments and land development regulation
amendments initiated by application by a private party other than Collier
County;
c. Sections 190.005 and 190.046, Florida Statutes, regarding community
development districts;
d. Section 553.73, Florida Statutes, relating to the Florida Building Code; or
e. Section 633.202, Florida Statutes, relating to the Florida Fire Prevention Code.
In accordance with the provisions of controlling law, even notwithstanding the fact that
an exemption noted above may apply, the County hereby publishes the following
information:
1. Summary of the proposed ordinance (must include a statement of the public purpose,
such as serving the public health, safety, morals and welfare):
This Land Development Code (LDC) amendment will update the Rural Land Stewardship
Area Zoning Overlay District (RLSA District) Standards and Procedures to ensure
consistency with the adopted changes that were made to the Rural Lands Stewardship
Area Overlay in the Future Land Use Element (FLUE) of the GMP, pursuant to Ordinance
2021-28.
The Rural Lands Stewardship Area Overlay offers a voluntary program to allow owners to
place land in permanent agricultural use or conservation in exchange for development on
other land. This ordinance implements the policies in the GMP by adding more options to
create stewardship credits for Stewardship Sending Areas, providing for conditional
Stewardship Sending Areas, providing for mobility in Stewardship Receiving Areas and
removing hamlets as a form of Stewardship Receiving Area.
2. An estimate of the direct economic impact of the proposed ordinance on private, for-
profit businesses in the County, if any:
(a) An estimate of direct compliance costs that businesses may reasonably incur;
(b) Any new charge or fee imposed by the proposed ordinance or for which businesses
will be financially responsible; and
(c) An estimate of the County's regulatory costs, including estimated revenues from any
new charges or fees to cover such costs.
There will be little to no direct economic impact from the proposed ordinance, in that no
new fees or taxes will result from the adoption of this ordinance.
3. Good faith estimate of the number of businesses likely to be impacted by the proposed
ordinance:
No businesses will be negatively impacted by this ordinance.
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4. Additional information the governing body deems useful (if any):
[You may wish to include in this section the methodology or data used to prepare the Business
Impact Estimate. For example: County staff solicited comments from businesses in the County
as to the potential impact of the proposed ordinance by contacting the chamber of commerce,
social media posting, direct mail or direct email, posting on County website, public workshop, etc.
You may also wish to include efforts made to reduce the potential fiscal impact on businesses.
You may also wish to state here that the proposed ordinance is a generally applicable ordinance
that applies to all persons similarly situated(individuals as well as businesses) and, therefore, the
proposed ordinance does not affect only businesses.]
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Jennifer Hansen
From: Wanda Rodriguez <Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2025 12:18 PM
To: Yanirda Fernandez; Legal Notice
Cc: JohnsonEric; CrotteauKathynell; GMDZoningDivisionAds; PadronAilyn; ashton_h
Subject: RE: - *Web*Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District (LDCA)
(PL20220003445) ***moved to 10-14-25 BCC***
Attachments: RE:for your approval - FW: RLSA;Ad Request RLSAO LDCA (PL20220003445) - moved
to 10-14-25 BCC.pdf; Business Impact Estimate - RLSAO LDC amendment-
10-14-25.pdf
Importance: High
Good afternoon Yani,
Per the attached email string, this agenda item is being moved from the 9/23/25 BCC meeting to the
10/14/25 agenda. Accordingly I am providing a revised legal ad and BIE (both revised ONLY as to the
hearing date). Please post these revised versions on the legal notice website on September 24, 2025,
instead of September 3rd as requested below. All other supporting materials such as ordinance and
approvals remain the same. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
'Wanda Rodriguez, ACP, CPN1
Office of the County Attorney
(239) 252-8400
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Sent: Wednesday,August 27, 2025 10:49 AM
To:Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>; Legal Notice<Iegalnotice@collierclerk.com>
Cc: Eric Johnson <Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>; Kathynell Crotteau<Kathynell.Crotteau@colliercountyfl.gov>;
GMDZoningDivisionAds<GMDZoningDivisionAds@colliercountyfl.gov>;Ailyn Padron
<Ailyn.Padron@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District(LDCA)
(PL20220003445)
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Good morning,Wanda-
Received and thank you!
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From:Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 10:44 AM
To: Legal Notice<legalnotice@collierclerk.com>; Yanirda Fernandez<yanirda.fernandez@collierclerk.com>
Cc:JohnsonEric<Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>; CrotteauKathynell <Kathynell.Crotteau@colliercountyfl.gov>;
GMDZoningDivisionAds<GMDZoningDivisionAds@colliercountyfl.gov>; PadronAilyn <Ailyn.Padron@colliercountvfl.gov>
Subject: RE: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District(LDCA)
(PL20220003445)
Good morning,
This item also requires the publication of a Business Impact Estimate. Please publish the attached BIE
concurrently with the legal advertisement on Wednesday, September 3rd
Thank you,
"Wanda Rodriguez, .ACP, CP.IvI
Office of the County .Attorney
(239) 252-8400
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From: Legal Notice<legalnotice@collierclerk.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2025 8:52 AM
To:Ailyn Padron<Ailyn.Padron@colliercountyfl.gov>; Legal Notice<legalnotice@collierclerk.com>
Cc: Eric Johnson<Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>; Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>;
Kathynell Crotteau<Kathynell.Crotteau@colliercountyfl.gov>; GMDZoningDivisionAds
<GMDZoningDivisionAds@colliercountyfl.gov>
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3299 Tamiami Trail East, Suite #401
Naples, FL 34112-5746
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From:Ailyn Padron<Ailyn.Padron@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Wednesday,August 20, 2025 7:02 AM
To: Minutes and Records<MinutesandRecords@collierclerk.com>; Legal Notice<legalnotice@collierclerk.com>
Cc:JohnsonEric<Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>; RodriguezWanda <Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>;
CrotteauKathynell<Kathynell.Crotteau@colliercountyfl.gov>; GMDZoningDivisionAds
<GMDZoningDivisionAds@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: FW: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District(LDCA)
(PL20220003445)
Good morning, M&R,
Please post the attached PDF Ad Request to the Collier Legal Notices webpage.The ad will need to be advertised no
later than September 3 and run through the hearing date. Staff approval is attached; CAO approval is below.
Please note:This is a county-initiated petition, the advertising fee is not applicable.
Thank you!
Ailyn Padron
Management Analyst I
Zoning
Office:239-252-5187 Collier Coun
2800 Horseshoe Dr. 0 16 I X, co I
Naples, Florida 34104
Ailyn.Padron(a�colliercountyfl.gov
From: Wanda Rodriguez Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov
Sent:Tuesday,August 19,2025 4:29 PM
To:Ailyn Padron Ailyn.Padron@colliercountyfl.gov; GMDZoningDivisionAds GMDZoningDivisionAds@colliercountyfl.gov
Cc: Kathynell Crotteau Kathynell.Crotteau@colliercountyfl.gov; Eric Johnson Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov
Subject: re: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District(LDCA)
(PL20220003445)
Attorney approval is below for this ad request.
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From: Heidi Ashton <Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Tuesday,August 19, 2025 3:04 PM
To:Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: FW: ad request for approval: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay
District (LDCA) (PL20220003445)
Wanda,
Approved. Thank you!
f-teCdi Ashtow-Ccl�o
Managing Assistant County Attorney
Office of the County Attorney
2800 North Horseshoe Drive, Suite 301
Naples, FL 34104
(239) 252-877 3
From: Kathynell Crotteau<Kathynell.Crotteau@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Tuesday,August 19,2025 2:48 PM
To: Heidi Ashton <Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: FW: ad request for approval: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay
District (LDCA) (PL20220003445)
Heidi:
The titles do not exactly match. The ad has a PL number at the end that we do not have on our 8-1-25 TO
ordinance title.
Xatliy Crotteau Legal.4ssistant/Paralegal
Office of the Collier County Attorney
2800 North Horseshoe Drive, Suite 301
Naples, FL 34104
Phone: (239) 252-6052
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From: Heidi Ashton<Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Tuesday, August 19, 2025 2:07 PM
To: Kathynell Crotteau<Kathynell.Crotteau@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: FW: ad request for approval: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay
District (LDCA) (PL20220003445)
Kathy,
Can you please check the ordinance title? Thank you!
I te�d�Ashtoin.-Ci.cleo
Managing Assistant County Attorney
Office of the County Attorney
2800 North Horseshoe Drive, Suite 301
Naples,FL 34104
(2.3j) 252-877-3
From:Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Tuesday,August 19,2025 1:39 PM
To: Heidi Ashton <Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Cc: Kathynell Crotteau<Kathynell.Crotteau@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject:ad request for approval: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web*Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay
District (LDCA) (PL20220003445)
Heidi,
For your approval.
Wanda Rodriguez, MCP, CPN1
Office of the County .Attorney
(239) 252-8400
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From: Eric Johnson<Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Tuesday,August 19,2025 1:37 PM
To:Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Cc:Ailyn Padron <Ailyn.Padron@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE: 9/23/25 BCC-*Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District(LDCA)
(PL20220003445)
Yes, we received direction from the Board to advertise the ordinance on June 24, 2025.
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Eric Johnson AICP, CFM, LEED Green Associate
Manager- Planning
Zoning 1 '
Office:239-252-2931 Collier Coun
2800 Horseshoe Drive N 113 I 0 i X. a
Naples, FL 34104
Eric.JohnsonCa�colliercountyfl.gov
From: Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Tuesday, August 19, 2025 1:30 PM
To: Eric Johnson<Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>
Cc:Ailyn Padron <Ailyn.Padron@colliercountvfl.gov>
Subject: RE: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District(LDCA)
(PL20220003445)
Eric,
Is this a BCC-directed item, or do we otherwise have direction to advertise?
'Wanda Rodriguez, ACP, CP3v1
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From:Ailyn Padron <Ailyn.Padron@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Tuesday,August 19, 2025 1:14 PM
To: Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Cc: Eric Johnson <Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>; Kathynell Crotteau<Kathynell.Crotteau@colliercountyfl.gov>;
GMDZoningDivisionAds<GMDZoningDivisionAds@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District(LDCA)
(PL20220003445)
Good afternoon, Wanda,
Attached is the *Web* Ad Request, Ordinance, and approval for the referenced petition.The ad will need to be
advertised no later than September 3 and run through the hearing date.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you.
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Ailyn Padron
Management Analyst I
Zonings
Office:239-252-5187 Collier +noun
2800 Horseshoe Dr. 0 iJ X CO
Naples, Florida 34104 h1
Ailyn.Padroncolliercountyfl.gov
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Jennifer Hansen
From: Michael Bosi <Michael.Bosi@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2025 11:41 AM
To: ashton_h;JohnsonEric; RodriguezWanda
Subject: RE:for your approval - FW: RLSA
Yes, Heidi I am.
mike
Michael Bosi AICP
Division Director- Planning & Zoning
Zoning
Office:239-252-1061 Collier Coun
Mobile:239-877-0705
2800 North Horseshoe drive 0 U X CO
Naples,.Florida 34104
Michael.Bosic colliercountyfl.gov
From: Heidi Ashton <Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Thursday,August 28, 2025 11:35 AM
To: Michael Bosi<Michael.Bosi@colliercountyfl.gov>; Eric Johnson <Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>; Wanda
Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE:for your approval - FW: RLSA
All,
I would like to delay the ad for the RLSA because one of the SB 180 limitations (Section 18)will expire on October 9,
2025, one year from when Milton made landfall. The RLSA LDC can be heard on Oct. 14. with less exposure. Are you in
agreement Mike? Thanks.
1-tei,o11,As litoln,--C1ZiZO
Managing Assistant County Attorney
Office of the County Attorney
2800 North Horseshoe Drive, Suite 301
Naples,FL 34104
(239) 252-8773
From: Michael Bosi<Michael.Bosi@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 12:09 PM
To: Eric Johnson <Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>; Heidi Ashton<Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>; Wanda
Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE: for your approval- FW: RLSA BIE
Yes, it is being eliminated.
mike
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Michael Bosi AICP
Division Director- Planning & Zoning
Zoning #ate
Office:239-252-1061oller Coun
Mobile:239-877-0705
2800 North Horseshoe drive 0 (D I X co
Naples, Florida 34104
Michael.Bosia,colliercountvfl.gov
From: Eric Johnson <Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Wednesday,August 27, 2025 11:31 AM
To: Heidi Ashton<Heidi.Ashton@colliercountvfl.gov>; Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez(a@colliercountyfl.gov>
Cc: Michael Bosi<Michael.Bosi@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE: for your approval - FW: RLSA BIE
If I recall correctly, we needed to eliminate it from the LDC to ensure compliance with the GMP.
Eric Johnson AICP, CFM, LEED Green Associate
Manager- Planning
Zoning
Office:239-252-2931 Collier Coup
2800 Horseshoe Drive N gip lI X D
Naples, FL 34104 �1
Eric.Johnsona,colliercountyfl.gov
From: Heidi Ashton <Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Wednesday,August 27, 2025 11:29 AM
To: Eric Johnson<Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>; Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Cc: Michael Bosi<Michael.Bosi@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE: for your approval- FW: RLSA BIE
Why are you eliminating it?
Reid Ashtow-CCclzo
Managing Assistant County Attorney
Office of the County Attorney
2800 North Horseshoe Drive, Suite 301
Naples, FL 34104
(239) 252-27 3
From: Eric Johnson<Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 10:45 AM
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To: Heidi Ashton<Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>; Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Cc: Michael Bosi<Michael.Bosi@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE:for your approval - FW: RLSA BIE
Heidi,
Is there any concern from a business point of view and the BIE that we are eliminating "Aquaculture for native
species (P) and non-native species (CU)," from layer 5 of the Land Use Matrix?
Eric Johnson AICP, CFM, LEED Green Associate
Manager- Planning
Zoning
Office:239-252-2931 Collier +noun
2800 Horseshoe Drive N 0 U X I
Naples, FL 34104
Eric.JohnsonCa�colliercountyfl.gov
From: Heidi Ashton<Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Wednesday, August 27, 2025 10:36 AM
To:Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Cc: Michael Bosi<Michael.Bosi@colliercountyfl.gov>; Eric Johnson<Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE:for your approval - FW: RLSA BIE
Wanda,
Please use the attached Business Impact Estimate. I made a few revisions. Thanks.
I-teidi,Ashtow-cCclzo
Managing Assistant County Attorney
Office of the County Attorney
2800 North Horseshoe Drive, Suite 301
Naples, FL 34104
(239) 252-2773
From:Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Wednesday,August 27, 2025 10:18 AM
To: Heidi Ashton<Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Cc: Michael Bosi<Michael.Bosi@colliercountyfl.gov>; Eric Johnson <Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE: for your approval - FW: RLSA BIE
Heidi,
I cleaned up his document, please review this version and advise if OK to publish.
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From: Eric Johnson<Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 10:11 AM
To: Heidi Ashton <Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Cc: Michael Bosi<Michael.Bosi@colliercountyfl.gov>; Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE: for your approval - FW: RLSA BIE
Heidi,
Please see attached. The BIE now contains both of your paragraphs. Thank you for sending them to me. I also
deleted the sentence below from #4, because we wouldn't have been able to do that anyway.
4. Additional information the governing body deems useful (if any):
[You may wish to include in this section the methodology or data used to prepare the Business
Impact Estimate. For example: County staff solicited comments from businesses in the County
as to the potential impact of the proposed ordinance by contacting the chamber of commerce,
social media posting, direct mail or direct email, posting on County website, public workshop, etc.
You may also wish to include efforts made to reduce the potential fiscal impact on businesses.
You may also wish to state here that the proposed ordinance is a generally applicable ordinance
that applies to all persons similarly situated(individuals as well as businesses) and, therefore, the
proposed ordinance does not affect only businesses.]
A Stewardship Receiving Area (SRA) is a designated area within the RLSA District that
allows for the development of Hamlets, Villages, Towns, or Compact Rural
Developments. One component of this proposed Ordinance is to eliminate the Hamlet
designated area, which is not an issue, because no Hamlets have been developed yet.
As of August 22, 2025, only two SRAs have been constructed in accordance with the
provisions of the RLSA District, and within these two, only one—the Ave Maria SRA—
contains a mixture of residential and commercial uses that have been constructed.
In the Ave Maria SRA, a total of 248 Business Tax Receipts have been issued and are
currently active. This total includes home-based businesses and excludes not-for-profit
organizations. With respect to the other SRA that has been constructed (i.e., Hyde Park
Village SRA), staff have not investigated if any BTRs were issued within the Sky Sail
subdivision, because this subdivision does not contain any commercial-only designated
areas. Furthermore, staff did not investigate if any BTRs have been issued on land
within the RI SA based nn the underlying zoning district
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Eric Johnson AICP, CFM, LEED Green Associate
Manager- Planning
Zoning Ire
Office:239-252-2931 Collier ' oun
2800 Horseshoe Drive N 0 I OI X, co I
Naples, FL 34104
Eric.Johnson(a,colliercountyfl.00v
From: Heidi Ashton <Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Tuesday, August 26,2025 8:24 AM
To: Eric Johnson<Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>
Cc: Michael Bosi<Michael.Bosi@colliercountyfl.gov>;Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountvfl.gov>
Subject: RE: for your approval - FW: RLSA BIE
Please use:
The Rural Lands Stewardship Area Overlay offers a voluntary program to allow owners to place lands in permanent
agricultural or conservation in exchange for development on other lands. This ordinance implements the policies in the
GMP by adding more options to create stewardship credits for Stewardship Sending Areas, providing for mobility in
Stewardship Receiving Areas, providing for conditional Stewardship Sending Areas, providing for mobility in
Stewardship Sending Areas and removing hamlets as a form of Stewardship Receiving Areas.
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Managing Assistant County Attorney
Office of the County Attorney
2800 North Horseshoe Drive, Suite 301
Naples, FL 34104
(239) 252-8773
From: Heidi Ashton
Sent:Tuesday,August 26, 2025 8:16 AM
To: Eric Johnson <Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>
Cc:Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE:for your approval - FW: RLSA BIE
Eric,
It doesn't say anything.The BIE section is a summary of the request.
I teidi Aslitow-C'cl,o
Managing Assistant County Attorney
Office of the County Attorney
2800 North Horseshoe Drive, Suite 301
Naples, FL 34104
(239) 252-877-3
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From: Eric Johnson<Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2025 5:04 PM
To: Heidi Ashton <Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Cc:Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE: for your approval- FW: RLSA BIE
Heidi,
I thought you wanted me to copy/paste it? I misunderstood.
I used the Whereas clauses from the Ordinance as the inspiration. I've used very similar text, if not the same
text, for other BIEs. I'm confused as to what is deficient or needs to be changed.
Eric Johnson AICP, CFM, LEED Green Associate
Manager- Planning
Zoning
Office:239-252-2931 Collier Coun
2800 Horseshoe Drive N 0 poi X a
Naples, FL 34104
Eric.Johnson(c�colliercountyfl.gov
From: Heidi Ashton <Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent: Monday,August 25, 2025 5:00 PM
To: Eric Johnson <Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>; Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE: for your approval- FW: RLSA BIE
What was changed?
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Managing Assistant County Attorney
Office of the County Attorney
2800 North Horseshoe Drive, Suite 301
Naples,FL 34104
(239) 252-877-3
From: Eric Johnson <Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent: Monday,August 25, 2025 4:59 PM
To: Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Cc: Heidi Ashton <Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE:for your approval - FW: RLSA BIE
Please see attached.
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Eric Johnson AICP, CFM, LEED Green Associate
Manager- Planning
Zoning (#��
Office:239-252-2931 Collier Coun
2800 Horseshoe Drive N 0101 X o I
Naples, FL 34104
Eric.Johnsonacolliercountyfl.gov
From:Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2025 4:52 PM
To: Eric Johnson <Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>
Cc: Heidi Ashton<Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE:for your approval - FW: RLSA BIE
Eric,
Please address Heidi's comments and send us a revised version for review.Thank you,
'Wanda Rodriguez, MCP, CRM
Office of the County .Attorney
(239) 252-8400
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From: Heidi Ashton <Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2025 4:49 PM
To: Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Cc: Eric Johnson<Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE:for your approval - FW: RLSA BIE
The second paragraph of section 1 needs to be rewritten.
The proposed Ordinance is intended and necessary to preserve and enhance the present advantages that exist in Collier
County; to encourage the most appropriate use of land, water and resources consistent with the public interest;to
overcome present handicaps; and to deal effectively with future problems that may result from the use and
development of land within the total unincorporated area of Collier County and it is intended that this Land
Development Code preserve, promote, protect and improve the public health, safety, comfort,good order, appearance,
convenience and general welfare of Collier County;to prevent the overcrowding of land and avoid the undue
concentration of population;to facilitate the adequate and efficient provision of transportation, water, sewerage,
schools, parks, recreational facilities, housing and other requirements and services; to conserve, develop, utilize and
protect natural resources within the jurisdiction of Collier County;to protect human, environmental, social and
economic resources; and to maintain through orderly growth and development,the character and stability of present
and future land uses and development in Collier County.
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Managing Assistant County Attorney
Office of the County Attorney
2800 North Horseshoe Drive, Suite 301
Naples, FL 34104
(239) 252-g7y 3
From:Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2025 4:45 PM
To: Heidi Ashton <Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Cc: Eric Johnson <Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject:for your approval- FW: RLSA BIE
Heidi,
Please advise if the attached BIE is approved for publication. You have already approved the advertising.
-Wanda Rodriguez, .ACP, CP.M
Office of the County .Attorney
(239) 252-8400
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From: Eric Johnson <Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent: Monday,August 25, 2025 4:36 PM
To:Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.RodriguezCWcolliercountyfl.gov>
Cc: Michael Bosi<Michael.Bosi@colliercountyfl.gov>;Jaime Cook<Jaime.Cook@colliercountyfl.gov>; Beth Yang
<Beth.Yang@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE: RLSA BIE
Wanda,
I haven't heard back from Beth yet. The attached is the best I can do for now.
I was struggling with answering with#3 for accuracy (need Mike Bosi and/or Jaime Cook to concur), and I
want Beth to provide me with more information for#4, because then I can find out all the zoning certificates
that have been issued within the RLSA (based on Parcel IDs).
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Eric Johnson AICP, CFM, LEED Green Associate
Manager- Planning
Zoning (1
Office:239-252-2931 Collier Coun
2800 Horseshoe Drive N 0 1p I X CI I
Naples, FL 34104
Eric.Johnson aC�,colliercountyfl.gov
From:Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2025 4:00 PM
To: Eric Johnson <Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE: RLSA BIE
If you haven't heard back from Beth yet, can you fill out the information without her input?
Wanda Rodriguez, .4CP, CP.M
Office of the County .Attorney
(239) 252-8400
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From: Eric Johnson<Eric.Johnsonc colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2025 8:51 AM
To: Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RLSA BIE
Hoping to hear back from Beth Yang today. Just wanted to give you an update and let you know that this task has not
been forgotten.
Eric Johnson AICP, CFM, LEED Green Associate
Manager- Planning
Zoning { i
Office:239-252-2931 Collier Coun
2800 Horseshoe Drive N 0 p p i X Q C
Naples, FL 34104
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Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning
Overlay District (LDCA) (PL20220003445)
Martha S. Vergara ***moved to 10-14-25 BCC*** &
Business Impact Esimate
From: Wanda Rodriguez <Wanda.RodrigueL`wuii .yv.,
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2025 1:24 PM
To: Legal Notice
Cc: Eric Johnson; GMDZoningDivisionAds;Ailyn Padron; Heidi Ashton
Subject: revised BIE - RE: - *Web*Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay
District (LDCA) (PL20220003445) ***moved to 10-14-25 BCC***
Attachments: Business Impact Estimate (2) - RLSAO LDC amendment - 10-14-25.pdf
Good afternoon,
The BIE to be posted with this legal ad has been revised. Please post the attached version of the BIE
instead of the version sent to you on 8/28/25.
Also, I just noticed that the confirming email below states that the posting will begin on 9r/25. Not sure
if that was just a typo or not, but we had requested the posting of the legal ad and BIE begin on
September (next Wednesday).
Wanda Rodriguez, MCP, CPN1
Office of the County Attorney
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address: wanda.rodriguez(c�collier.gov
From: Legal Notice<legalnotice@collierclerk.com>
Sent:Thursday,August 28, 2025 1:30 PM
To: Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>; Yanirda Fernandez
<yanirda.fernandez@collierclerk.com>; Legal Notice<Iegalnotice@collierclerk.com>
Cc: Eric Johnson <Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>; Kathynell Crotteau<Kathynell.Crotteau@colliercountyfl.gov>;
GMDZoningDivisionAds<GMDZoningDivisionAds@colliercountyfl.gov>; Ailyn Padron
<Ailyn.Padron@colliercountyfl.gov>; Heidi Ashton <Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE: - *Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District (LDCA) (PL20220003445)
***moved to 10-14-25 BCC***
Good afternoon,
Your ad request(Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District (LDCA) (PL20220003445) ***moved
to 10-14-25 BCC*** & Business Impact Estimate Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District
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(LDCA) (PL20220003445) ***moved to 10-14-25 BCC***) will be posted to the website on —
10/16/2025.
Thank you,
(�/ J I Jennifer Hansen
I° 01 7-`4 t1.1 BMR& VAB Deputy Clerk
Office: 239-252-8406
Fax: 239-252-8408
4U»COL , E-mail: jennifer.hansen@CollierClerk.com
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Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
1.911;14/ &Comptroller of Collier County
3299 Tamiami Trail E, Suite#401
* Naples, FL 34112
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From:Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Thursday,August 28, 2025 12:18 PM
To:Yanirda Fernandez<yanirda.fernandez@collierclerk.com>; Legal Notice<legalnotice@collierclerk.com>
Cc:JohnsonEric<Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>; CrotteauKathynell<Kathynell.Crotteau@colliercountyfl.gov>;
GMDZoningDivisionAds<GMDZoningDivisionAds@colliercountyfl.gov>; PadronAilyn
<Ailyn.Padron@colliercountyfl.gov>; ashton_h<Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE: - *Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District(LDCA) (PL20220003445)
***moved to 10-14-25 BCC***
Importance: High
Good afternoon Yani,
Per the attached email string, this agenda item is being moved from the 9/23/25 BCC meeting to the
10/14/25 agenda. Accordingly I am providing a revised legal ad and BIE (both revised ONLY as to the
hearing date). Please post these revised versions on the legal notice website on September 24, 2025,
instead of September 3rd as requested below. All other supporting materials such as ordinance and
approvals remain the same. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
'Wanda Rodriguez, MCP, CPN1
Office of the County Attorney
(239) 252-8400
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From:Yanirda Fernandez<yanirda.fernandez@collierclerk.com>
Sent:Wednesday, August 27, 2025 10:49 AM
To:Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>; Legal Notice<legalnotice@collierclerk.com>
Cc: Eric Johnson<Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>; Kathynell Crotteau<Kathynell.Crotteau@colliercountyfl.gov>;
GMDZoningDivisionAds<GMDZoningDivisionAds@colliercountyfl.gov>;Ailyn Padron
<Ailyn.Padron@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District(LDCA)
(PL20220003445)
EXTERNAL EMAIL: This email is from an external source. Confirm this is a trusted sender and use extreme
caution when opening attachments or clicking links.
Good morning,Wanda-
Received and thank you!
Yani-BMR
From:Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Wednesday, August 27, 2025 10:44 AM
To: Legal Notice<legalnotice@collierclerk.com>; Yanirda Fernandez<yanirda.fernandez@collierclerk.com>
Cc:JohnsonEric<Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>; CrotteauKathynell <Kathynell.Crotteau@colliercountyfl.gov>;
GMDZoningDivisionAds<GMDZoningDivisionAds@colliercountyfl.gov>; PadronAilyn <Ailyn.Padron@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District (LDCA)
(PL20220003445)
Good morning,
This item also requires the publication of a Business Impact Estimate. Please publish the attached BIE
concurrently with the legal advertisement on Wednesday, September 3rd
Thank you,
'Wanda Rodriguez, ACP, CP.M
Office of the County Attorney
(239) 252-8400
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Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2025 8:52 AM
To:Ailyn Padron<Ailyn.Padron@colliercountyfl.gov>; Legal Notice <legalnotice@collierclerk.com>
Cc: Eric Johnson <Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>; Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>;
Kathynell Crotteau <Kathynell.Crotteau@colliercountyfl.gov>; GMDZoningDivisionAds
<GMDZoningDivisionAds@colliercountyfl.gov>
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Subject: RE: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web*Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District (LDCA)
(PL20220003445)
EXTERNAL EMAIL: This email is from an external source. Confirm this is a trusted sender and use extreme
caution when opening attachments or clicking links.
Good morning,
Received and thank you!
Wand�erszan
coo?, BMR&VAB Deputy Clerk
caw `oA1 Office: 239-252-1029
Fax: 239-252-8408
Yanirda.fernandez@collierclerk.com
9+`�FR 'ot,rTY.F'� Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
& Comptroller of Collier County
3299 Tamiami Trail East, Suite#401
Naples, FL 34112-5746
www.CollierClerk.com
From:Ailyn Padron <Ailyn.Padron@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Wednesday, August 20, 2025 7:02 AM
To: Minutes and Records <MinutesandRecords@collierclerk.com>; Legal Notice
<legalnotice@collierclerk.com>
Cc:JohnsonEric <Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>; RodriguezWanda
<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>; CrotteauKathynell<Kathynell.Crotteau@colliercountyfl.gov>;
GMDZoningDivisionAds <GMDZoningDivisionAds@colliercountyfLgov>
Subject: FW: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web*Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District
(LDCA) (PL20220003445)
Good morning, M&R,
Please post the attached PDF Ad Request to the Collier Legal Notices webpage.The ad will need to be advertised no
later than September 3 and run through the hearing date. Staff approval is attached; CAO approval is below.
Please note:This is a county-initiated petition, the advertising fee is not applicable.
Thank you!
Allyn Padron
Management Analyst I
Zoning
Collier Coun
Office:239-252-5187
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Naples, Florida 34104
Ailyn.Padron(a�colliercountyfl.gov
From:Wanda Rodriguez Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov
Sent:Tuesday, August 19, 2025 4:29 PM
To:Ailyn Padron Ailyn.Padron@colliercountyfl.gov; GMDZoningDivisionAds GMDZoningDivisionAds@colliercountyfl.gov
Cc: Kathynell Crotteau Kathynell.Crotteau@colliercountyfl.gov; Eric Johnson Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov
Subject: re: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District(LDCA)
(PL20220003445)
Attorney approval is below for this ad request.
Wanda Rodriguez, MCP, CPNI
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From: Heidi Ashton <Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Tuesday, August 19, 2025 3:04 PM
To:Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: FW: ad request for approval: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay
District(LDCA) (PL20220003445)
Wanda,
Approved. Thank you!
I te%d�Ashtow-cic{eo
Managing Assistant County Attorney
Office of the County Attorney
2800 North Horseshoe Drive, Suite 301
Naples, FL 34104
(239) 252-8f73
From: Kathynell Crotteau<Kathynell.Crotteau@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Tuesday, August 19, 2025 2:48 PM
To: Heidi Ashton <Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: FW: ad request for approval: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay
District (LDCA) (PL20220003445)
Heidi:
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The titles do not exactly match. The ad has a PL number at the end that we do not have on our 8-1-25 TO
ordinance title.
Xat/iy Crotteazy Legal.sssistan t/Paralegal
Office of the Collier County Attorney
2800 North Horseshoe Drive, Suite 301
Naples, FL 34104
Phone: (239) 252-6052
From: Heidi Ashton <Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Tuesday, August 19, 2025 2:07 PM
To: Kathynell Crotteau <Kathynell.Crotteau@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: FW: ad request for approval: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay
District(LDCA) (PL20220003445)
Kathy,
Can you please check the ordinance title? Thank you!
H-eidI-Ashtow-CI.C! ,o
Managing Assistant County Attorney
Office of the County Attorney
2800 North Horseshoe Drive, Suite 301
Naples, FL 34104
(239) 252-ey-73
From: Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Tuesday, August 19, 2025 1:39 PM
To: Heidi Ashton<Heidi.Ashton@colliercountyfl.gov>
Cc: Kathynell Crotteau<Kathynell.Crotteau@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject:ad request for approval: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay
District(LDCA) (PL20220003445)
Heidi,
For your approval.
'Wanda Rodriguez, ACT, CP.M
Office of the County Attorney
(239) 252-8400
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From: Eric Johnson <Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Tuesday,August 19, 2025 1:37 PM
To:Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Cc:Ailyn Padron <Ailyn.Padron@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District (LDCA)
(PL20220003445)
Yes, we received direction from the Board to advertise the ordinance on June 24, 2025.
Eric Johnson AICP, CFM, LEED Green Associate
Manager- Planning
Zoning (1r
Office:239-252-2931 Collier oun
2800 Horseshoe Drive N II O X Cl I
Naples, FL 34104
Eric.Johnson a(�colliercountyfl.gov
From:Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Tuesday,August 19, 2025 1:30 PM
To: Eric Johnson <Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>
Cc:Ailyn Padron <Ailyn.Padron@colliercountyfl.gov>
Subject: RE: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District(LDCA)
(PL20220003445)
Eric,
Is this a BCC-directed item, or do we otherwise have direction to advertise?
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From:Ailyn Padron<Ailyn.Padron@colliercountyfl.gov>
Sent:Tuesday, August 19, 2025 1:14 PM
To:Wanda Rodriguez<Wanda.Rodriguez@colliercountyfl.gov>
Cc: Eric Johnson <Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov>; Kathynell Crotteau<Kathynell.Crotteau@colliercountvfl.gov>;
GMDZoningDivisionAds<GMDZoningDivisionAds@colliercountyfl.gov>
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Subject: 9/23/25 BCC- *Web* Ad Request for Rural Land Stewardship Area Zoning Overlay District (LDCA)
(PL20220003445)
Good afternoon, Wanda,
Attached is the *Web* Ad Request, Ordinance, and approval for the referenced petition.The ad will need to be
advertised no later than September 3 and run through the hearing date.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you.
Ailyn Padron
Management Analyst I
Zoning (1
Office:239-252-5187 Collier Coun
2800 Horseshoe Dr. 0 12] 0
Naples, Florida 34104
Ailyn.Padron(a�colliercountyfl.gov
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Business Impact Estimate
This form should be included in the agenda packet for the item under which the proposed
ordinance is to be considered and must be posted on the County's website by the time notice of
the proposed ordinance is published.
Published on County website by: 9/24/2025 [expected legal advertising date]
Proposed ordinance's Short Title:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY,
FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 04-41, AS AMENDED, THE COLLIER
COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH INCLUDES THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND
REGULATIONS FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO
IMPLEMENT RURAL LANDS STEWARDSHIP AREA OVERLAY PROVISIONS OF THE
FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE COLLIER COUNTY GROWTH MANAGEMENT
PLAN, BY PROVIDING FOR: SECTION ONE, RECITALS; SECTION TWO, FINDINGS OF
FACT; SECTION THREE, ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT
CODE, MORE SPECIFICALLY AMENDING THE FOLLOWING: CHAPTER FOUR — SITE
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, INCLUDING SECTION 4.08.01 SPECIFIC
DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE RLSA DISTRICT, SECTION 4.08.04 IMPLEMENTATION
OF STEWARDSHIP CREDITS, SECTION 4.08.05 BASELINE STANDARDS, SECTION 4.08.06
SSA DESIGNATION, AND SECTION 4.08.07 SRA DESIGNATION; SECTION FOUR,
CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY; SECTION FIVE, INCLUSION IN THE COLLIER COUNTY
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE; AND SECTION SIX, EFFECTIVE DATE. [PL20220003445]
This Business Impact Estimate is provided in accordance with section 125.66(3), Florida
Statutes. If one or more boxes are checked below, this means the County is of the view
that a business impact estimate is not required by state law' for the proposed ordinance,
but the County is, nevertheless, providing this Business Impact Estimate as a courtesy
and to avoid any procedural issues that could impact the enactment of the proposed
ordinance. This Business Impact Estimate may be revised following its initial posting.
❑ The proposed ordinance is required for compliance with Federal or State law or
regulation;
❑ The proposed ordinance relates to the issuance or refinancing of debt;
❑ The proposed ordinance relates to the adoption of budgets or budget
amendments, including revenue sources necessary to fund the budget;
❑ The proposed ordinance is required to implement a contract or an agreement,
including, but not limited to, any Federal, State, local, or private grant or other
financial assistance accepted by the county government;
❑ The proposed ordinance is an emergency ordinance;
1 See Section 125.66(3)(c), Florida Statutes.
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❑ The ordinance relates to procurement; or
❑ The proposed ordinance is enacted to implement the following:
a. Development orders and development permits, as those terms are defined in
Section 163.3164, and development agreements, as authorized by the Florida
Local Government Development Agreement Act under Sections 163-3220-
163.3243;
b. Comprehensive Plan amendments and land development regulation
amendments initiated by application by a private party other than Collier
County;
c. Sections 190.005 and 190.046, Florida Statutes, regarding community
development districts;
d. Section 553.73, Florida Statutes, relating to the Florida Building Code; or
e. Section 633.202, Florida Statutes, relating to the Florida Fire Prevention Code.
In accordance with the provisions of controlling law, even notwithstanding the fact that
an exemption noted above may apply, the County hereby publishes the following
information:
1. Summary of the proposed ordinance (must include a statement of the public purpose,
such as serving the public health, safety, morals and welfare):
This Land Development Code (LDC) amendment will update the Rural Land Stewardship
Area Zoning Overlay District (RLSA District) Standards and Procedures to ensure
consistency with the adopted changes that were made to the Rural Lands Stewardship
Area Overlay in the Future Land Use Element (FLUE) of the GMP, pursuant to Ordinance
2021-28.
The Rural Lands Stewardship Area Overlay offers a voluntary program to allow owners to
place land in permanent agricultural use or conservation in exchange for development on
other land. This ordinance implements the policies in the GMP by adding more options to
create stewardship credits for Stewardship Sending Areas, providing for conditional
Stewardship Sending Areas, providing for mobility in Stewardship Receiving Areas and
removing hamlets as a form of Stewardship Receiving Area.
2. An estimate of the direct economic impact of the proposed ordinance on private, for-
profit businesses in the County, if any:
(a) An estimate of direct compliance costs that businesses may reasonably incur;
(b) Any new charge or fee imposed by the proposed ordinance or for which businesses
will be financially responsible; and
(c) An estimate of the County's regulatory costs, including estimated revenues from any
new charges or fees to cover such costs.
There will be little to no direct economic impact from the proposed ordinance, in that no
new fees or taxes will result from the adoption of this ordinance.
3. Good faith estimate of the number of businesses likely to be impacted by the proposed
ordinance:
There are approximately 65 businesses located within the RLSA District.
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4. Additional information the governing body deems useful (if any):
[You may wish to include in this section the methodology or data used to prepare the Business
Impact Estimate. For example: County staff solicited comments from businesses in the County
as to the potential impact of the proposed ordinance by contacting the chamber of commerce,
social media posting, direct mail or direct email, posting on County website, public workshop, etc.
You may also wish to include efforts made to reduce the potential fiscal impact on businesses.
You may also wish to state here that the proposed ordinance is a generally applicable ordinance
that applies to all persons similarly situated(individuals as well as businesses) and, therefore, the
proposed ordinance does not affect only businesses]
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