Future Land Use
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Where will we live, work, shop, go to school and meet other needs?
A large part of the Comprehensive Plan’s focus is on where the various buildings that meet our daily needs will be located and designed. This Element contains a Future Land Use Map for the unincorporated part of the County that directs most new development to occur in the Urban Cluster surrounding the City of Gainesville. This is the area where key facilities to serve urban development can best be provided, either by private development or through the County’s Capital Improvements Program.
- Future Land Use
- Archer Rd/SW 34th Street Activity Center/Retail and Special Area Study
- Archer Road/Tower Road Low-Medium Activity/Retail
- Eastgate Low Activitity Center
- Eastside Medium Activity Center/Mixed Use
- Eastside Activity Center Community Facilities
- Idlwild/Serenola Special Area Study, Williston Road/I-75 Low Employment Activity Center, Williston Road/SW 13th
- Idylwild/Serenola Environmental Resources
- Jonesville Low Activity Center/ Employment
- Millhopper Medium Activity Center
- North Main Street/NE 53rd Ave Activity Center
- North Main Street Special Area Study
- Oaks Mall High Activity Center/Retail
- Sante Fe Community College Low Activity Center
- Spring Hills High Activity Center/Retail
- Tower Road/24th Avenue Low Activity Center/ Employment
- Waldo Special Area Study Map 1
- Waldo Special Area Study Map 2
- Cross Creek Special Area Study Boundary
- Cross Creek Special Area Study
- Wetlands and Floodplains
Compact, mixed-use developments provide many quality of life benefits:
- Reduces public infrastructure costs
- Public transit becomes more feasible
- Health benefits of walking and biking
- Easy access to parks and recreation
- Preserves rural land for local farms
- Community gatherings are common
- Protects natural areas from sprawl
Clustered developments, with open space for conservation or agricultural uses, improves accessibility while reducing development costs and preserving natural areas.
The Plan promotes new development or redevelopment that makes efficient use of land in the Urban Cluster to maximize use of the
existing facilities and promotes compact, higher density development (more residential units per acre of land) with a mix of residential
and nonresidential uses.
Within the Urban Cluster there are areas designated as Activity Centers intended as centers of major commercial,
office and other uses that are promoted as mixed use, pedestrian friendly areas.
The policies also promote a mix of well designed residential and nonresidential
uses within Transit-Oriented or Traditional Neighborhood Developments that provide convenient access from home to work, shopping, and recreation,
often without an automobile.
The large area outside the Urban Cluster is designated as Rural/Agriculture, where lower density residential areas
and agricultural activities are promoted. The Future Land Use Element includes incentives encouraging Clustered developments for new subdivisions in the rural area.
Throughout the rural area there are also areas designated as Rural Clusters (eg. Windsor, Cross Creek, Melrose) that are historical settlement areas. The Plan
encourages infill of these areas with residential development and limited commercial uses.
