§ 5.11.05. Consistency with the Transportation Plan and Protection from Encroachment

A.

General Requirement

All development on or adjacent to planned future corridors designated for improvement in the Future of Hillsborough Comprehensive Plan for Unincorporated Hillsborough County and identified on the Corridor Plan Listing shall be consistent with the transportation functions of those corridors. Planned future corridors shall be protected from encroachment by structures, parking areas, or drainage facilities, except as may be allowed on an interim basis in accordance with Section 5.11.09.

B.

Determination of Alignment and Setbacks

Where an alignment of a designated corridor has been established by engineering study and/or design, all proposed structural improvements shall conform to the building setbacks in that zoning district and other setbacks required by this Code, and such setbacks shall be measured from the identified right-of-way line for the new alignment.

Where an alignment has not been established by engineering study and/or design, the applicant may propose, and Hillsborough County shall establish, an approximate alignment consistent with the need to provide continuity of the corridor, as well as to meet conceptual site planning needs of the project. The generalized widths indicated in this Code shall be used to determine an appropriate alignment, except where Hillsborough County has designated an alternative width. The following techniques shall be considered for maintaining the continuity of the corridor and protecting the corridor from encroachment:

1.

For existing roads, the future centerline shall be the centerline of the existing right-of-way, except where the County Administrator or her/his designee determines that an alternative centerline alignment would be clearly less harmful to the environment, would displace fewer residents and businesses, or is more technically or financially feasible as determined by Hillsborough County. On state roads, comments on the proposed alignment will be solicited from the Florida Department of Transportation and reviewed in evaluating the proposed alignment.

2.

For new roads on new alignments, the Administrator shall establish an approximate alignment that maintains the continuity of the corridor and minimizes adverse social, environmental and economic impacts of the transportation project. On state roads, comments on the proposed alignment will be solicited from the Florida Department of Transportation and reviewed in evaluating the proposed alignment.

3.

The approximate alignment shall be the basis for applying required setbacks for zoning. When the specific alignment is later established through engineering study and design, the setback may be reduced through administrative approval up to, but not exceeding, ten percent of the otherwise required setback, provided that such reduction is necessitated solely by the final alignment of the right-of-way.

(Ord. No. 05-10, § 2, 6-16-05, eff. 10-1-05)