Description: According to SECTION 4.102 GENERAL COORDINATION ISSUESof the Polk County Comprehensive Plan:Polk County will continue to work with municipalities within the County and other local governmental entities to identify appropriate Joint Planning Areas (JPA), and to enter into and implement inter-local agreements dealing with issues of mutual concern. The following items shall be discussed with each jurisdiction to determine their relevance for incorporating into a JPA:The Comprehensive Plan Map Series herein shall contain a map depicting the boundaries of all such current Joint Planning Areas, entitled “Joint Planning Area Agreement Map,” which shall be updated as necessary to ensure its accuracy. Additional policies throughout the Polk County Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code provide guidance for development and preservation areas within a Joint Planning Area within the un-incorporated areas of Polk County. This is one dataset used to create the “Polk County Comprehensive Plan Map Series”. It must be interpreted in conjunction with the other data and maps of the series along with the objectives and policies of the “Polk County Comprehensive Plan” as adopted and amended by the Polk County Board of County Commissioners. The most current Comprehensive Plan documents can be viewed on the county's website at http://www.polk-county.net/compplan.
Service Item Id: e73e5e66f64b47ce806d4dd36eff618f
Copyright Text: Last update August 25, 2011. As of Oct 2, 2019 this layer is considered up-to-date per OPD Staff - Polk County GIS/IT Division and Polk County Office of Planning and Development
Description: According to SECTION 2.122 SPECIAL-AREA OVERLAY DISTRICTS AND AREAS of the Polk County Comprehensive Plan:Polk County Plan shall establish and utilize overlay districts or areas for the purpose of regulating development intensity where environmentally sensitive lands may be subject to adverse impacts of development, or where a specific natural or man-made feature, structure, or area requires protection.The Polk County Plan shall define those areas of the County that require special care in order to maintain, develop, or enhance an existing resource(s) through the establishment and mapping of Resource-Protection Districts as part of the Future Land Use Map Series and described in Policy 2.124.According to SECTION 2.124-C MINERAL-RESOURCE PROTECTION DISTRICTSof the Polk County Comprehensive Plan:Polk County Plan shall protect and manage mineral resources for the purpose of insuring their continued availability of these resources. The Future Land Use Map Series shall designate and map as the "Mineral-Resource Protection District" the general location of known commercially viable mineral and soil deposits, including: lime rock, sand, peat, and clay for the purpose of protecting for future mining those known deposits of minerals and soils that are in appropriate locations so as not to have adverse impacts on existing development.Additional policies throughout the Polk County Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code provide guidance for development and preservation of mineral resources within the un-incorporated areas of Polk County. This is one dataset used to create the “Polk County Comprehensive Plan Map Series”. It must be interpreted in conjunction with the other data and maps of the series along with the objectives and policies of the “Polk County Comprehensive Plan” as adopted and amended by the Polk County Board of County Commissioners. The most current Comprehensive Plan documents can be viewed on the county's website at http://www.polk-county.net/compplan.
Copyright Text: Data Date: 2007. As of Oct 2, 2019 layer is considered outdated by OPD Staff but will be updated by OPD Staff at a later time - Data Source: Florida Department of Environmental Protection - Polk County GIS/IT Division and Polk County Office of Planning and Development
Description: According to SECTION 2.122 SPECIAL-AREA OVERLAY DISTRICTS AND AREAS of the Polk County Comprehensive Plan:Polk County Plan shall establish and utilize overlay districts or areas for the purpose of regulating development intensity where environmentally sensitive lands may be subject to adverse impacts of development, or where a specific natural or man-made feature, structure, or area requires protection.The Polk County Plan shall define those areas of the County that require special care in order to maintain, develop, or enhance an existing resource(s) through the establishment and mapping of Resource-Protection Districts as part of the Future Land Use Map Series and described in Policy 2.124.According to SECTION 2.124-F REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICTSof the Polk County Comprehensive Plan:Polk County Plan shall address areas in need of revitalization within the County. The Future Land Use Map Series shall designate and map as "Redevelopment District" overlay those areas with a revitalization plan as approved or accepted by the Board. These areas are identified as being low to moderate income as defined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development income standards and the County. The non-prioritized ARedevelopment District@overlays include but are not limited to the following: Adams Grove, Babson Park/Highland Park, Bradley Junction, Crystal Lake, Davenport, Eaton Park, Echo Terrace, Eloise, Florence Villa, Fuller Heights, Fussells Corner (Carters), Griffin Quarters, Highland City, Highland Park Manor, Inwood, Jamestown, K-Ville, Kathleen, Lakeview Park, Lakewood Park, Mammoth Grove, Maxi-Quarters, Medulla, Mullinsville, Nichols, North Florida Heights, Old Polk City Road, Loughman, Lynchbur, Rolling Hills, Wabash, Wahneta, Washington Park, Waverly, and Winston.Additional policies throughout the Polk County Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code provide guidance for development and preservation of redevelopment districts within the un-incorporated areas of Polk County. This is one dataset used to create the “Polk County Comprehensive Plan Map Series”. It must be interpreted in conjunction with the other data and maps of the series along with the objectives and policies of the “Polk County Comprehensive Plan” as adopted and amended by the Polk County Board of County Commissioners. The most current Comprehensive Plan documents can be viewed on the county's website at http://www.polk-county.net/compplan.
Service Item Id: e73e5e66f64b47ce806d4dd36eff618f
Copyright Text: Last update 1991. As of Oct 2, 2019 layer is considered up-to-date per OPD Staff - Polk County GIS/IT Division and Polk County Office of Planning and Development
Description: According to SECTION 2.122 SPECIAL-AREA OVERLAY DISTRICTS AND AREAS of the Polk County Comprehensive Plan:Polk County Plan shall establish and utilize overlay districts or areas for the purpose of regulating development intensity where environmentally sensitive lands may be subject to adverse impacts of development, or where a specific natural or man-made feature, structure, or area requires protection.The Polk County Plan shall define those areas of the County that require special care in order to maintain, develop, or enhance an existing resource(s) through the establishment and mapping of Resource-Protection Districts as part of the Future Land Use Map Series and described in Policy 2.124.According to SECTION 2.124-H RIDGE SCENIC HIGHWAYof the Polk County Comprehensive Plan:Polk County Plan shall identify, protect and enhance the scenic environmental, historic and archeological character of the SR 17 Ridge Scenic Highway. The SR 17 Ridge Scenic Highway Resource Protection overlay shall be generally shown on the Future Land Use Map Series. The SR 17 Ridge Scenic Highway Resource Protection overlay applies to parcels and proposed development abutting the SR 17 Ridge Scenic Highway.Additional policies throughout the Polk County Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code provide guidance for development and preservation along the Ridge Scenic Highway within the un-incorporated areas of Polk County. This is one dataset used to create the “Polk County Comprehensive Plan Map Series”. It must be interpreted in conjunction with the other data and maps of the series along with the objectives and policies of the “Polk County Comprehensive Plan” as adopted and amended by the Polk County Board of County Commissioners. The most current Comprehensive Plan documents can be viewed on the county's website at http://www.polk-county.net/compplan.
Service Item Id: e73e5e66f64b47ce806d4dd36eff618f
Copyright Text: Last update October 2009. As of Oct 2, 2019 layer is considered up-to-date per OPD Staff - Polk County GIS/IT Division and Polk County Office of Planning and Development
Description: According to SECTION 2.122 SPECIAL-AREA OVERLAY DISTRICTS AND AREAS of the Polk County Comprehensive Plan:Polk County Plan shall establish and utilize overlay districts or areas for the purpose of regulating development intensity where environmentally sensitive lands may be subject to adverse impacts of development, or where a specific natural or man-made feature, structure, or area requires protection.The Polk County Plan shall define those areas of the County that require special care in order to maintain, develop, or enhance an existing resource(s) through the establishment and mapping of Resource-Protection Districts as part of the Future Land Use Map Series and described in Policy 2.124.According to SECTION 2.124-A TRANSIT CORRIDOR AND CENTERS Overlayof the Polk County Comprehensive Plan:Polk County shall promote and support community investment in transit. Core Transit Corridors and Centers, as identified in the Transportation Planning Organization’s (TPO) 2060 Transportation Vision Plan, provide the basis for the Transit Corridor and Centers Overlay. The overlay will provide a framework for land use policies and mobility strategiesThe Transit Corridors and Centers Overlay (TCCO) shall be shown on the Future Land Use Map Series to include three separate components: 1) Transit Corridor – an area within ¼ mile of fixed route transit service; 2) Transit Center – an area within a one mile radius of the point of access for transit services; and 3) Transit Center Core – an area within ¼ mile of the point of access for transit services.Additional policies throughout the Polk County Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code provide guidance for development within the transit corridors and transit centers within the un-incorporated areas of Polk County. This is one dataset used to create the “Polk County Comprehensive Plan Map Series”. It must be interpreted in conjunction with the other data and maps of the series along with the objectives and policies of the “Polk County Comprehensive Plan” as adopted and amended by the Polk County Board of County Commissioners. The most current Comprehensive Plan documents can be viewed on the county's website at http://www.polk-county.net/compplan.
Service Item Id: e73e5e66f64b47ce806d4dd36eff618f
Copyright Text: Last update - June 30, 2017. As of Oct 2, 2019 layer is considered up-to-date per OPD Staff - Polk County GIS/IT Division; Polk Transportation Planning Organization, Polk County Office of Planning and Development
Description: According to SECTION 2.122 SPECIAL-AREA OVERLAY DISTRICTS AND AREAS of the Polk County Comprehensive Plan:Polk County Plan shall establish and utilize overlay districts or areas for the purpose of regulating development intensity where environmentally sensitive lands may be subject to adverse impacts of development, or where a specific natural or man-made feature, structure, or area requires protection.The Polk County Plan shall define those areas of the County that require special care in order to maintain, develop, or enhance an existing resource(s) through the establishment and mapping of Resource-Protection Districts as part of the Future Land Use Map Series and described in Policy 2.124.According to SECTION 2.124-D WELLFIELD-PROTECTION DISTRICTSof the Polk County Comprehensive Plan:Polk County shall manage land use and development to protect public water supplies from direct contamination. The Future Land Use Map Series shall designate and map the overlay-district category of "Wellfield-Protection District" and shall designate this overlay district for wellfields which service existing public and private water supply systems which have 15 or more connections or service a minimum of 25 people. The County shall, through a comprehensive plan amendment, upon the completion of "cones-of-influence" studies to be conducted by applicable water management districts as required by Section 373.0391, FS, also map known cones of influence, and future well fields.Additional policies throughout the Polk County Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code provide guidance for development and preservation of wellfields within the un-incorporated areas of Polk County. This is one dataset used to create the “Polk County Comprehensive Plan Map Series”. It must be interpreted in conjunction with the other data and maps of the series along with the objectives and policies of the “Polk County Comprehensive Plan” as adopted and amended by the Polk County Board of County Commissioners. The most current Comprehensive Plan documents can be viewed on the county's website at http://www.polk-county.net/compplan.
Copyright Text: Created 2005 and last edited April 2017. Awaiting layer update from Utilities Staff as of Oct 2, 2019 - Polk County GIS/IT Division and Polk County Office of Planning and Development
Description: According to SECTION 2.122 SPECIAL-AREA OVERLAY DISTRICTS AND AREAS of the Polk County Comprehensive Plan:Polk County Plan shall establish and utilize overlay districts or areas for the purpose of regulating development intensity where environmentally sensitive lands may be subject to adverse impacts of development, or where a specific natural or man-made feature, structure, or area requires protection.The Polk County Future Land Use Map Series shall designate and map Development-Limitation Area overlays. These overlay areas are generally shown on the Future Land Use Map Series. In most cases, the specific boundaries of these overlay areas may not be determined until site-specific field inspections are conducted to verify those boundaries. It shall be the responsibility of the owner and/or developer to submit documentation. Exhibits, studies, etc., for the purpose of establishing that properties should not be included within a Development-Limitation Area overlay when the adopted land use maps indicate that the property is within such an area.According to SECTION 2.123-F GREEN SWAMP PROTECTION AREA of the Polk County Comprehensive Plan:The Polk County Plan shall limit development and redevelopment within Green Swamp Area of Critical State Concern, as designated in the Green Swamp Protection Area overlay, to development activities and intensities which will not alter the natural function of its wetlands and aquifer-recharge areas.The Future Land Use Map Series shall designate and map as the "Green-Swamp Protection Area" those areas located within the unincorporated portions of Polk County, which are within the "Green Swamp Area" as defined by Chapter 28-26, FAC.According to SECTION 2.132 CRITICAL AREA RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANof the Polk County Comprehensive Plan:The Critical Area Resource Management Plan is established as designated on the Future Land Use Map Series and is the Green Swamp Area of Critical State Concern. Development-Areas and land use categories shall be designated on the Critical Area Resource Management Plan Maps which are included as part of the Future Land Use Map Series. Additional policies throughout the Polk County Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code provide guidance for development and preservation of the Green Swamp Area of Critical State Concern within the un-incorporated areas of Polk County. This is one dataset used to create the “Polk County Comprehensive Plan Map Series”. It must be interpreted in conjunction with the other data and maps of the series along with the objectives and policies of the “Polk County Comprehensive Plan” as adopted and amended by the Polk County Board of County Commissioners. The most current Comprehensive Plan documents can be viewed on the county's website at http://www.polk-county.net/compplan.
Service Item Id: e73e5e66f64b47ce806d4dd36eff618f
Copyright Text: Data source: Polk County Special Protection Areas 2004 - Last update to Green Swamp August 2010 by County Engineer. As of Oct 2, 2019 layer is considered up-to-date per OPD Staff. Polk County GIS/IT Division and Polk County Office of Planning and Development;
Description: According to SECTION 2.132 CRITICAL AREA RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN of the Polk County Comprehensive Plan:The Critical Area Resource Management Plan is comprised of the Green Swamp Area of Critical State Concern as designated by the State Legislature. The following policies are intended to comply with statutory requirements.The following special protection areas shall be designated and mapped on the Polk County Future Land Use Map Series in accordance with the criteria established within Sections 2.132-B, 2.132-C, and 2.132-D on the Future Land Use Map Series:Ridge Area Special Protection Area (RIDGE-SPA)Polk City/Urban Growth Special Protection Area (PC-SPA)Rural Special Protection Area (RURAL-SPA)Additional policies throughout the Polk County Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code provide guidance for development within Special Protection Areas (SPA) within the un-incorporated areas of Polk County. This is one dataset used to create the “Polk County Comprehensive Plan Map Series”. It must be interpreted in conjunction with the other data and maps of the series along with the objectives and policies of the “Polk County Comprehensive Plan” as adopted and amended by the Polk County Board of County Commissioners. The most current Comprehensive Plan documents can be viewed on the county's website at http://www.polk-county.net/compplan.
Copyright Text: Last Update July 30, 2015. Created June 2004 - Polk County GIS/IT Division and Polk County Office of Planning and Development