19-013 ORDINANCE NO. 19-013
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH,
FLORIDA APPROVING AMENDMENT TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TRANSPORTATION
ELEMENT CREATING FRAMEWORK FOR POTENTIAL
FUTURE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MOBILITY FEE;
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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1 WHEREAS,the City Commission of the City of Boynton Beach,Florida("City")has
1 adopted a Comprehensive Plan pursuant to Ordinance 89-38 in accordance with the Local
1 Government Comprehensive Planning Act; and
WHEREAS, the Currently, Boynton Beach and other county municipalities are
1 subject to Palm Beach County concurrency, road impact fees and proportionate fair share
1" regulations; and
1 ' WHEREAS, negative aspects of transportation concurrency systems, such as their
1 : focus on roadways, inequitibility and promotion of sprawl have been generally recognized;
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211 WHEREAS, Florida statutes encourage local governments to repeal transportation
2 concurrency and adopt an alternative mobility-based funding system that allows developers
2 to pay a fee as mitigation for their transportation impacts; and
2 WHEREAS, the proposed amendments add thirteen new policies for the
2 Comprehensive Plan's Transportation Element, creating a framework for potential
2 implementation of a mobility fee; and
2 WHEREAS, this revenue generator could ultimately allow the City to start funding
2 the full range of the needed multi-modal transportation improvements within its boundaries.
2 ; WHEREAS, within the area designated for its implementation, the future Mobility
2 Fee may replace the Palm Beach County concurrency system, the County's road impact fee
3 o and the proportionate share requirements; and
3 WHEREAS, after public hearing, the City Commission deems it to be in the best
3 interest of the inhabitants of the City to amend the text of the City's Comprehensive Plan as
3 provided herein; and
3 WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that the adoptions of these Comprehensive
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Plan Amendments are in the best interest of the health, safety and welfare of the citizens and
residents of the City of Boynton Beach.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH,FLORIDA, THAT:
. Section 1. The foregoing Whereas clauses are true and correct and are now ratified
and confirmed by the City Commission.
Section 2. That the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan is hereby
amended creating framework for potential future establishment of a mobility fee by adding
the words and figures in underlined type and by deleting the words and figures in struck-
11 through type, as follows:
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1 ' See Exhibit"B"attached hereto and incorporated herein
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1 Section 3. All laws and ordinances applying to the City of Boynton Beach in
1 . conflict with any provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
i , Section 4. Should any section or provision of this Ordinance or any portion
1 ' thereof be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not
1 ; affect the remainder of this Ordinance.
1 ' Section 5. The effective date of this plan amendment shall be: The date a final
21 order is issued by the Department of Economic Opportunity finding the amendment to be in
2 compliance in accordance with Chapter 163.3184, F.S.; or the date a final order is issued by
2' the Administration Commission finding the amendment to be in compliance in accordance
2. with Section 163.3184, F.S.
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2. FIRST READING this /G day of6On'
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S GOND, FINAL READING AND PASSAGE this l` day of
2019.
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
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Mayor—Steven B. Grant 1/
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1 Vice Mayor—Justin Katz V
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I Commissioner—Mack McCray ✓
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1- Commissioner—Christina L. Romelus V
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EXHIBIT B
Objective 2.6 The City shall provide for private sector responsibility to implement
project related transportation improvements, including bicycle,
pedestrian, and public transit infrastructure, particularly within the
TCEA.
Policy 2.6.1 The City shall continue to modify and enforce regulations to require a
traffic impact analysis for any development project anticipated to
generate 200 or more additional vehicle trips per day or 250 trips in the
AM or PM peak hour.
Policy 2.6.2 The City shall continue to require improvement of roadways to mitigate
the impacts of development as a condition of development approval.
The City shall, wherever feasible, require the construction of
transportation improvements in lieu of impact fee contributions.
Policy 2.6.3 The City may seek to repeal and replace Palm Beach County
transportation concurrency, proportionate fair-share and road impact
fees with a Mobility Fee based upon a Complete Streets Mobility Plan.
Repeal of Palm Beach County transportation concurrency,
proportionate fair-share and road impact fees will require
consultation with Palm Beach County. The City may also apply a
Mobility Fee to the city-maintained facilities, repealing City
transportation concurrency and proportionate fair-share applicable to
local roadways.
Policy 2.6.4 The Mobility Fee may be implemented and adopted citywide or may be
adopted only for specific areas or districts within the City. For each such
specific area or district,an adopted Mobility Fee shall replace both Palm
Beach County transportation concurrency, proportionate fair-share and
road impact fees and City transportation concurrency and proportionate
fair-share.
Policy 2.6.5 The Complete Streets Mobility Plan and Mobility Fee may be adopted
by resolution of the City Commission. The Mobility Fee would go into
effect per the provisions of the Mobility Fee ordinance.
Policy 2.6.6 Should the City Commission elect to adopt a Mobility Fee, the City,
within one year of adoption of the implementing Ordinance,shall update
the Transportation and Capital Improvement Elements of the
Comprehensive Plan to reflect the repeal of transportation concurrency,
proportionate fair-share and road impact fees and update policies related
to level and quality of service standards, complete streets, capacity
determinations, backlogged facilities, transportation and associated
multi-modal policies and other elements addressed in the Complete
Streets Mobility Plan.
Policy 2.6.7 The Complete Streets Mobility Plan shall include provisions that address
mobility between destinations and should address accessibility to, from
destinations, and between modes of travel. The improvements in the
Plan shall be based upon the expected, anticipated or desired increase in
new development, infill development and redevelopment by the
established horizon year and the associated increase in vehicular and
person travel demand. The Complete Streets Mobility Plan shall include
quality and level of service standards for all modes of travel.
Policy 2.6.8 The City, as part of a Complete Streets Mobility Plan, may adopt quality
and/or level of service standards for pedestrians, bicycle, transit and
other multi-modal facilities included in the Plan. Quality of Service
standards shall be related to the overall travel experience of the user with
higher standards established in areas where walking, bicycling, transit
and other non-vehicular modes of travel are encouraged.Level of Service
standards shall be related to the width or size of pedestrian, bicycle and
non-vehicular facilities with wider and larger facilities in areas where
non-vehicular modes of travel are encouraged and frequency of transit
service with greater frequencies and spans of service in areas where
transit is encouraged.
Policy 2.6.9 The Complete Streets Mobility Plan may serve as a Master Plan for roads
and transit within the City, and also function as a Bicycle, Pedestrian,
Trails, Blueways, Greenways and other non-vehicular modes or travel
Master Plan.
Policy 2.6.10 The Complete Streets Mobility Plan may also incorporate provisions for
reduced heat island effects and improve air quality through trees and
landscaping and to reduce stormwater run-off and water quality through
the integration of low impact development techniques, bio-swales, rain
gardens and other green techniques that can be incorporated into the
planning, design and construction of transportation improvements.
Policy 2.6.11 The Complete Streets Mobility Plan may include policies related to land
use to encourage multi-modal supportive development. The Plan may
also include provisions that allow for reduction in development parking
requirements in recognition of car and bicycle sharing in complete
streets. , and parking strategies that reduce parking requirements for
mixed-use,multi-modal development and affordable housing.
Policy 2.6.12 The Mobility Fee would be a one-time assessment on new development
or redevelopment that results in an impact to the transportation system
through an increase in vehicular trips or vehicular miles of travel or an
increase in person trips or person miles of travel. The Mobility Fee,
consistent with State Statute, shall be required to meet the dual rational
nexus test and shall be reasonably attributable to the travel demand
impact of new development,infill and redevelopment.
Policy 2.6.13 The Mobility Fee may include provisions to encourage and incentivize
new development, infill and redevelopment within targeted areas of the
City. The Mobility Fee may also include provisions to encourage
affordable and workforce housing, mixed-use, multi-modal supportive
development, and desired land uses that increase employment and
attract economic development.
Policy 2.6.14 An application for private development may not be required to pay a
Mobility Fee and also meet transportation concurrency, proportionate-
fair share and road impact fees to the extent the Mobility Fee address the
same facilities and travel demand impacts as would be addressed
through the application of transportation concurrency, proportionate-
fair share and road impact fees for City and/or County or State
maintained facilities.
Policy 2.6.15 In consideration of a future Complete Streets Mobility Plan, the City may
review the Land Development Regulations to consider incentives for and
accommodate the needs of compact four and two wheel vehicles (such
as hybrids, smart cars, and vespas/scooters, etc.) by assessing the
parking requirements and other provisions of the code.