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The Strategic Regional Policy
Plan
The Strategic Regional Policy Plan was adopted in 1995
and is codified in Rule 29K-5002, Florida Administrative Code.
The Regional Plan is designed to provide a holistic, comprehensive
approach to building a region—from the identification
and organization of its largest physical environmental features
down to the arrangement of the block, street and buildings of
the smallest increment of built environment. The Plan criticizes
recent forms and patterns of development for being to homogenous
and disconnected to support the organization of larger, more
efficient and sustainable patterns of development (i.e., towns,
cities, and villages). The Plan is based on the principles of
New Urbanism and Smart Growth. |
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Architectural Pattern Book (2000)
In cooperation with the Town of Jupiter, TCRPC created a residential
style code or “pattern book” for the new town of Abacoa. The
intent of the book is to assure architectural richness, authenticity,
and diversity within the Town. The book explores the use of
five Florida vernacular styles including Mediterranean Revival,
Florida Bungalow, Florida Georgian, Florida Wood, and Anglo-Caribbean. The
Architectural Pattern Book is designed as a system to control
and vary the street facades of buildings to assure healthy,
diverse, and walkable public streets and neighborhoods while
leaving the control of the body of the building behind the street
façade to the builder. The book and all of its elements have
been approved by the Town as a guide to be used in concert with
the Town’s Mixed Use Development code. Production and custom
homebuilders are using the book successfully.
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#3
$15
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Building Plans and Urban Design
Principles for Towns, Cities, and Villages in South Florida
(1999)
This book feature plans for building types appropriate to traditional
urban settlement patterns of the Treasure Coast Region to encourage
revitalization and redevelopment within coastal cities. This
book is reminiscent of plan books prevalent before 1940 that
offered homebuyers a variety of housing styles that could be
built in the neighborhood of their choice. One-half of the book
contains 100 building plans that have construction blueprints
available so today’s development community can offer consumers
choices not currently available. These choices will encourage
variety in building types as commonly found along streets of
mature coastal towns and cities. The other half of the book
is dedicated to articulating those urban design principles that
build great towns and cities. The book is well illustrated and
has become a valuable resource to promote market-rate building
construction in diverse and more efficient development patterns
that are currently the norm.
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#4
$25.50
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Who Cares About US 1? (1999)
Documentation of an effort that brought seven cities and a county
together to transform fifteen mile auto-oriented highway into
a regional address for pedestrians, tourists, and businesses. The
book is richly illustrated, provides a summary of why the reclamation
of this auto-oriented corridor is important for the healthy
economic development and revitalization of these seven towns
and cities, and presents a library of before and after imaging
reflecting the desires of each of the seven cities to beautify
their portion of the highway.
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#5
$43
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Regional Attenuation Facility
Task Force Report (1995)
Documentation of efforts to improve the health of the St. Lucie
River Estuary and Indian River Lagoon by creating large upland
water storage areas to better manage freshwater flow to these
estuaries. Includes the results of two citizen design charrettes
focused on three potential candidate sites for the water storage
areas.
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#9
$12
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Fox Property Study (1991)
Documentation of a “counter plan” effort on a 1,800-acre, environmentally
sensitive site. Three different land development scenarios are
explored. The study provides a useful and illustrated score
sheet comparing the attributes of single-use pods (sprawl) versus
authentic neighborhoods.
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#11
$12
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Incorporation Feasibility Assessment
(1999)
Conducted upon request by a legislative delegation, this publication
assesses the feasibility of the proposed incorporation of an
area of the barrier island in St. Lucie County. The incorporation
feasibility report includes an examination of incorporation
law, anticipated revenues and expenditures, impacts on other
local governments, and the pros and cons of incorporation. |
#12
$7
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Treasure Coast 2010: Comprehensive Regional Economic
Development Strategy (2000)
Treasure Coast 2010 serves as a framework of ideas and a broad-based
program of action to promote the long-term economic vitality
of the Treasure Coast Region. It presents a comprehensive
overview of the Treasure Coast Region’s economy illustrating
significant trends in employment, wages, income, and industry. The
plan examines the Treasure Coast Region’s economic foundations
in technology, human resources, and finances and suggests
a comprehensive economic development strategy for the future
of the Treasure Coast Economic Development District. Four
central questions underpin the framework: where the Treasure
Coast Region is now, where do they want to be, how does the
region get there, and how the region is doing.
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#14
$25
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Cost Analysis of Rival Development
Trends in South Florida
Results of a thirteen-month study to assess and compare fiscal
and other measurable costs of various types and scenarios of
development patterns in Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, and
St. Lucie counties. The study was conducted by the Center for
Urban Policy Research at Rutgers University. Results suggest
that avoiding sprawling development patterns and moving towards
more compact and traditional forms of development save significant
taxpayer dollars. |
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$41
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