File #: PZ-0234    Name: ORDINANCE NO. 2021-03: REPEALING THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT AND REPLACING WITH THE MOBILITY ELEMENT. AN ORDINANCE OF WELLINGTON, FLORIDA’S COUNCIL AMENDING THE WELLINGTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, MORE SPECIFICALLY, TO REPEAL THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT AND R
Type: PZ-Comprehensive Plan Amendment
Body: Planning, Zoning and Adjustment Board
Agenda Date: 4/14/2021 Final action:
Title: ITEM: ORDINANCE NO. 2021-03: REPEALING THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT AND REPLACING WITH THE MOBILITY ELEMENT. AN ORDINANCE OF WELLINGTON, FLORIDA'S COUNCIL AMENDING THE WELLINGTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, MORE SPECIFICALLY, TO REPEAL THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT AND REPLACE WITH THE MOBILITY ELEMENT, IN ITS ENTIRETY, AS CONTAINED HEREIN; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Attachments: 1. 1. Ordinance 2021-03 - Mobility Element, 2. 2a. Ordinance 2021-03 Exhibit A - Proposed Mobility Element (Text), 3. 2b. Ordinance 2021-03 Exhibit A - Proposed Mobility Element (Maps), 4. 3. Staff Report - Mobility Element, 5. 4. Staff Report Exhibit A - Current Transportation Element, 6. 5a. Staff Report Exhibit B - Proposed Mobility Element (Text), 7. 5b. Staff Report Exhibit B - Proposed Mobility Element (Maps), 8. 6a. Staff Report Exhibit C - Mobility Element - Data and Analysis, 9. 6b. Staff Report Exhibit C - Mobility Element Data and Analysis (Maps), 10. 7. Staff Report Exhibit D - Mobility Element Statutory Compliance Checklist, 11. April PZAB Legal Ad-Mobility

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ITEM:    ORDINANCE NO. 2021-03: REPEALING THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT AND REPLACING WITH THE MOBILITY ELEMENT.

 

AN ORDINANCE OF WELLINGTON, FLORIDA’S COUNCIL AMENDING THE WELLINGTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, MORE SPECIFICALLY, TO REPEAL THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT AND REPLACE WITH THE MOBILITY ELEMENT, IN ITS ENTIRETY, AS CONTAINED HEREIN; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

 

 

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PUBLIC HEARING:   YES                      QUASI-JUDICIAL:   NO

 

 

EXPLANATION:  The Wellington Comprehensive Plan is being updated. The Plan forms the blueprint for Wellington’s future for the next 10 to 20 years. The Plan is comprised of 10 “elements” or chapters and each element consists of goals, objectives, and policies to guide development and redevelopment, transportation, infrastructure, parks, and capital improvements. 

 

SUMMARY:                      The update of the Mobility Element provides policies and guidelines that are intended to maintain and improve Wellington’s transportation system and enhance the travel choices of current and future residents, visitors, and workers by providing multi-modal options. The Mobility Element sets forth a framework to create a modern, well-balanced transportation system that provides a range of mobility options and creates great places where people want to live and invest their time and money that is coordinated with the Village’s future land use plan. True mobility means people have the option to walk, bike, ride, or drive in a safe and comfortable environment as a part of an interconnected system. The Mobility Element uses the following guiding principles:

 

•                     Enhance Wellington’s transportation system to provide mobility options

•                     Enhance Wellington’s transportation corridors to provide a broader mix of transportation modes

•                     Increase bicycle and pedestrian connections, routes, and facilities

•                     Improve the effectiveness of the existing transportation system

 

The Mobility Element proposes to organize the current goal of the Transportation Element into three goals with expanded objectives and policies. The three goals are (1) Mobility System; (2) Mobility Infrastructure; and (3) Maximize Mobility Investment.