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Home My WebLink About04 - Comp Plan_Housing Element_Tab 04_01/14/2010 VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT Goal: 1.0.0 To assure the availability of decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing to meet the needs of existing and future residents. Obiective: 1.1.0 To conserve existing standard condition housing, prevent substandard housing conditions, and assure that new residential construction is of the same high quality as the existing housing stock by strictly enforcing adopted building, construction and housing codes. Policy: 1.1.1 Continue enforcement of the Florida Building Code and International Property Maintenance Code, and adopt updated additions thereof as they become available, in order to: (1) assure new building materials and techniques are allowed within the Village in order to reduce construction costs; and (2) maintain existing housing stock. Policy 1.1.2 Continue to develop, implement, and enforce other ordinances and programs (e.g., landscaping code) to assure that the quality of residential neighborhoods is maintained and improved as needed. Policy: 1.1.3 Continue to develop and enforce administrative and enforcement procedures, as necessary, to implement minimum housing regulations through code enforcement, in accordance with the following definitions: Standard Condition — A residential structure meeting all minimum standards for basic equipment and facilities, as set forth in the International Property Maintenance Code. Substandard Condition — A residential structure which does not meet all minimum standards for basic equipment and facilities, as set forth in the International Property Maintenance Code, where the costs of rehabilitation, renovation or code compliance are valued at less than 50% of the total value of the structure. In Need of Replacement — A residential structure which does not meet all minimum standards for basic equipment and facilities, as set forth in the International Property 19 r - 7 `. Maintenance Code, where the costs of rehabilitation, renovation or code compliance are valued at greater than 50% of the total value of the structure. Policy: 1.1.4 Encourage housing construction that is compatible with existing dwellings located within the Village and adjacent unincorporated areas, by strictly enforcing the Village land development regulations. Policy: 1.1.5 Require land developers to coordinate with the Planning and Zoning Advisory Board during the design and construction of residential developments by strictly enforcing provisions to assure that housing characteristics of the Village are maintained. Objective: 1.2.0 To provide for adequate and affordable housing to all existing and projected segments of the Village population. Policy: 1.2.1 Support activities which facilitate lower costs for housing. Policy: 1.2.2 Encourage programs to alleviate housing problems in Palm Beach County, including continued interlocal participation in federal, State and local housing programs, and associated activities. Policy: 1.2.3 The Village shall encourage the provision of a diversity of housing units and types that are affordable to residents of all income and special needs groups at levels that are reflective of existing and projected demand. Policy: 1.2.4 The Village shall continue to provide for elderly rental units by permitting development of independent supportive congregate living facilities within the Mixed -Use areas at up to a maximum of 18 dwelling units per acre, or 24 dwelling units per acre in an Adult Congregate Living Facility. Objective: 1.3.0 To require residential design that implements the objectives and policies of other Comprehensive Development Plan elements. 20 f: �. L f •� •. Policy: 1.3.1 Continue to phase residential development with the availability of urban services and infrastructure in accordance with the Concurrency Management System. Policy: 1.3.2 Continue to institute policies which minimize adverse environmental effects of residential development. Utilize those management practices which will alleviate residential water pollution problems. Special attention should be given to the environmentally sensitive areas abutting the Loxahatchee River, Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean. Policy: 1.3.3 Minimize traffic on local residential streets by instituting site plan controls which will limit traffic generated by the commercial areas from directly accessing local residential streets. Policy: 1.3.4 Maintain the current character of the Country Club area by continuing to designate the golf course as a recreational use on the Future Land Use Map. Policy: 1.3.5 Require housing in newly annexed undeveloped areas to be consistent with the existing character of housing within the Village by assigning compatible zoning districts. Policy: 1.3.6 Encourage new residential development and redevelopment to incorporate energy saving design and construction features, such as adequate insulation, solar power, less heat - absorbent roofing materials, and increased tree canopies, into design, construction and site development plans. Policy: 1.3.7 Encourage the use of renewable building materials in the construction of new or redevelopment of existing housing. Policy: 1.3.8 The Village shall consider the development of a Green Building Ordinance and a related LEED Certification Program for development and redevelopment, including the development of a Neighborhood Development Rating System that integrates the principles of smart growth, urbanism and green building into a national system for neighborhood design. 21 �• ,�_-�"�� ' . - ,,,,, :;��3� 1�[ �; ,7a .: •. � Obiective: 1.4.0 Continue fio rely upon the private sector to provide the limited "in-fill" housing that the Village can accommodate while providing incentives such as zoning code amendments and mixed-use regulations to promote the provision of housing that is affordable to residents of all lincome and special needs groups at levels that are reflective of existing and projected demand. Policv: 1.4.1 Utilize the Future Land Use Element and zoning map to assure a diversity of housing. Policy: 1.4.2 Group homes shall be accommodated in accordance with State law. Group homes of six units or less are allowable in all residential and mixed-use zoning districts. Group homes of more than six units may be permitted as a Special Exception Use in residential and mixed-use zoning districts. Policv: 1.4.3 By 2013 the Village will consider the need to designate any housing structures as historically significant and in need of special consideration by conducting a survey to identify such resources, if any, and adopting appropriate protection mechanisms into the Code of Ordinances. Policv: 1.4.4 Require th�t reasonably located, standard housing, at affordable cost, is available to persons displaced through any public action prior to their displacement. 22