The South Downtown Vision Plan is a guide for future growth within a 550-acre area generally bound by the East-West Expressway, S. Orange Avenue, Michigan Street and I-4.  

                

The Vision Plan is intended to illustrate how the South Downtown area can evolve over the next 20 to 50 years. The Vision Plan is based on: (1) market projections for the type and amount of development that could be expected at this location; (2) recommended changes to the type, density and intensity of development allowed at various locations within the district; and (3) infrastructure improvements needed to accommodate new development.

The goals of the Vision Plan are to:

Accommodate future development within the Orlando Health (Orlando Regional Healthcare System) campus;

Accommodate new medical office, retail and residential development outside the Orlando Health campus;

Encourage mixed-use development in proximity to the commuter rail station;

Support redevelopment and intensification of industrial areas along I-4;

Improve infrastructure within the study area; and

Protect existing property rights.

 

The results of the Vision Plan will be used to develop Growth Management Plan policies, urban design guidelines and zoning overlay regulations that encourage redevelopment consistent with the goals of the plan.

The results of the plan may also be used to support the creation of an area-wide infrastructure funding mechanism, if requested by the property owners.

 

Meetings concerning the Vision Plan are as follows:

Public Meeting #1 
(owners of properties within study area): 
June 11, 2008, Beardall Senior Center, 6:30 p.m.  

Public Meeting #2 

(residents of adjacent neighborhoods): 
June 18, 2008, Beardall Senior Center, 6:30 p.m.

Municipal Planning Board

September 16, 2008, 
Orlando City Council Chambers, 8:30 a.m.  

City Council (Accepting minutes and actions of Municipal Planning Board)
October 6, 2008
Orlando City Council Chambers, 2:00 p.m.

City Council  (First reading of Ordinance adopting Subarea Policies) 
January 12, 2009 Note: These amendments are included within the city's 2009-1 Growth Management Plan amendment package.
Orlando City Council Chambers, 2:00 p.m.  

City Council  (Second reading of Ordinance adopting Subarea Policies) 

February 2, 2009 Note: These amendments are included within the city's 2009-1 Growth Management Plan amendment package.
Orlando City Council Chambers, 2:00 p.m.

 

June 2008 -  Presentation at Beardall Senior Center

July 2008 -  Future land Use Subarea Policy Boundaries 

September 2008 -  Future Land Use Subarea Policies 
                 
September 2008 -  South Downtown Vision Plan (Final)

September 2008 -  South Downtown Vision Plan Appendices  (Final)

September 2008 -  Municipal Planning Board Staff Report 

 

 If you have further questions, please contact:

 

Bruce Hossfield, AICP

bruce.hossfield@cityoforlando.net

Phone: 407-246-3355

or  

Kevin Tyjeski, AICP

kevin.tyjeski@cityoforlando.net

Phone: 407-246-3387


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