§ 6.02.17. Public Transit Facilities

A.

General.

Public transit facilities including pedestrian circulation systems and pathways to public transit facilities shall be provided as established with each threshold listed below. Such facilities shall be constructed in accordance with criteria established by HARTLine and Hillsborough County and Transportation Technical Manual.

B.

Location.

Public transit facilities shall be provided on sites meeting the threshold requirements and located on public transit corridors or planned corridors as listed in the Long Range Transportation Plan, and based on the frequency and location criteria in established by HARTLine and referenced in the Hillsborough County Transportation Technical Manual for Subdivisions and Site Development Projects.

C.

Development thresholds and required facilities.

1.

Developments greater than 1,000 residential units square feet shall be required to provide the following shelter protected space that is suitable for waiting out of inclement weather throughout the transit service period as approved by the County and HART.

a.

Park-and-Ride facility. The location and timing and construction shall be coordinated by HART.

b.

Provide separate bus loading/unloading areas segregated from automobile traffic with the number to be decided by the developer and HART based upon the adopted MPO Long-Range Transportation Plan.

c.

Bus staging area for a passenger loading and unloading location agreed upon by the developer and HART.

2.

Developments of 500 to 1,000 residential units and non-residential and mixed use developments of 200,000 square feet to 500,000 square feet shall provide the following:

a.

Bus bay.

b.

Transit accessory pad including the following: shelter, seating, trash receptacles, and bicycle rack.

3.

Non-residential developments of 100,000 to 200,000 square feet shall provide the following:

a.

A transit accessory pad including: shelter, seating, trash receptacle, and bicycle rack.

4.

Non-residential developments of 50,000 to 100,000 square feet shall provide the following:

a.

A transit accessory pad including: seating, trash receptacle, and bicycle rack.

5.

Non-residential development or single- or multi-tenant office buildings of less than 50,000 square feet shall provide the following:

a.

Pedestrian and bicycle connections.

D.

If determined by the Administrator and Hartline that the public transit facilities are not needed for a project, either in whole or in part, the Administrator may waive the public transit facilities requirement.

(Ord. No. 04-27, § 2, 6-10-04)