Ordinance 003-19803
ORDINANCE NO. - 1980
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA ADOPTING THE MONROE COUNTY TRAFFIC
CIRCULATION ELEMENT & U.S. #1 CORRIDOR PLAN
AS THE THIRD ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN FOR MONROE COUNTY, F LOR IDA PROVIDING
LEGAL STATUS OF SAID ELEMENT, PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, in conformity with, and in furtherance of,
the purposes of the "Local Government Comprehensive Planning
Act of 1975", Florida Statutes Sections 163.3161-163.3211;
and of the "Florida Environmental Land and Water Management
Act of 1972", Florida Statute Chapter 380, have after due
consideration and study with public participation completed the
Monroe County Traffic Circulation Element & U.S. #1 Corridor
Plan and
WHEREAS, said element has been duly approved by the
Monroe County Planning and Zoning Department and the Monroe
County Zoning Board acting as the designated local planning
agency pursuant to F.S. 163.3174, said Board having held nume-
rous meetings with the public toward the end that broad dissemina-
tion of the land use proposals and alternatives and open public
discussion be had and received, and
WHEREAS, said Board having recommended to the Board
of County Commissioners that siad plan be approved and adopted
by the County as an element to the Comprehensive Plan for
Monroe County, and
WHEREAS, said Land Use Plan has been approved by the
Division of State Land Planning in accordance with Florida
Statutes Chapter 163, and
WHEREAS, the Board having duly considered the adoption
of said plan at regular meeting held January 29, 1980 and
February 12, 1980, now therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the Monroe County Traffic Circulation
Element & U.S. #1 Corridor Plan be and the same is hereby
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adopted by reference as the Third Element of the COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA.
Section 2. That said Third element to the Comprehen-
sive Plan shall be accorded and have the full legal status and
effect as set forth in Florida Statue, Section 163.3194, and
particularly, no land development regulation, land development
code, or amendment thereto shall be adopted by the Board of
County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida until such
regulation, code or amendment thereto has been referred to the
local planning agency for review and recommendation as to the
relationship of such proposal to the adopted element or portion
thereof of the Comprehensive Plan.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall take effect upon re
receipt of the official acknowledgment from the Department of
State acknowledging receipt of certified copy of this Ordin-
ance and that said Ordinance has been filed in said office by
the Department of Administration, Division of State Planning
pursuant to the requirements of Florida Statutes Section 380.05
and Florida Statutes Chapter 120.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that this eocanant has
been reviewed for N.'al laf i^k!rcy and
content
and that the sa�ars t: With my
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Architects • Engineers • Planners
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table of contents
Overview.........................................4
Public Participation .......... *9••••••.•..........96
Summary Analysis...............................10
Policy Framework...............................16
U. S.1 Corridor Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 ■
Plan Description .... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . . . .42
Standards........................................48
Intergovernmental Coordination ...................62
photos
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Big Pine Key
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osprey nest
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Stock Island
Marathon
Marathon
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Key Largo
Marathon
Big Pine Key
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New Bahia Honda Bridge
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Marathon
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landscape buffered campground
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Summerland Key
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Islamorada
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landscape buffered campground
Layton
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Layton
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Big Pine Key
Big Pine Key
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Marathon
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Boca Chica
Layton
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Boca Chica
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Cudjoe Key
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Summerland Key
Summerland Key
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Big Pine Key
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Bush Animal Clinic
Tavernier
Key Deer Restaurant
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Saddle Bunch Keys
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Big Pine Key
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figures
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Traffic Circulation Element flow diagram
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Public Participation Process
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Policy Framework Concept
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Typical cross sections - U.S.1
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prototype treatment in Key Colony
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prototype treatment in Big Pine Key
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prototype treatment in Marathon
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prototype treatment of boat ramp
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In 1975, the Florida Legislature enacted the Local
Government Comprehensive Planning Act
(LGCPA). This legislation required that each mu-
nicipality and county in the State prepare and
adopt a comprehensive plan which includes,
among other considerations, a Traffic Circulation
Element (TCE). The TCE is intended to be the prod-
uct of local planning, addressing identified trans-
portation needs in a manner and format found to
be acceptable and economically feasible within
the local context. The LGCPA does require, how-
ever, that this element address existing traffic
facility problems and establish a plan providing
for the future traffic circulation needs of the Coun-
ty. Consideration must also be given to the finan-
cial feasibility of any proposals emanating from
the TCE as well as to the public participation and
intergovernmental coordination efforts that must
be an integral part of successful planning and
plan implementation.
The Monroe County Board of Commissioners ini-
tiated the TCE planning effort in late 1978, in re-
sponse to the mandate of the LGCPA and, more
importantly, in response to the need for Monroe
County to assess the status of its most predomi-
nant and most critically important man-made
feature, the Overseas Highway (U.S. 1). Within the
context of the required TCE, the County Commis-
sion saw an opportunity to study, from its own per-
spective, the impacts of heavy tourist traffic, de-
teriorated roadway conditions, significant county
growth and external governmental actions rela-
tive to roadway improvements in the county. The
linear configuration of Monroe County and its
single access highway, requires that the focus of
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the TCE be upon the U.S. 1 Corridor. Functioning
as both a major arterial highway and as a local
collector for county residents, U.S. 1 must be the
highest priority for traffic circulation in the county.
The approach of this TCE includes the analysis of
existing traffic circulation facilities in the county,
the identification of problems therein and recom-
mendation of a plan of action designed to meet
future traffic demands. A comprehensive traffic
facility and adjacent land use analysis was pre-
pared as a Technical Appendix Report and is
contained in a separate document in order that
the TCE may remain concise and action -oriented.
Major findings of the analysis undertaken are
summarized in the TCE.
The plan for future traffic circulation is based
upon community goals and objectives devel-
oped through a public participation process. A
Policy Framework which translates long-range
goals into short-range actions forms a stable foun-
dation for the recommendations of this plan and
for future decision making at the County Com-
mission level. This concept of policy develop-
ment as a basis for planning assures that commu-
nity issues are accurately articulated to the deci-
sion making level and properly addressed in the
plan.
The scope of the Traffic Circulation Element is de-
picted in the flow diagram found below:
ANALYSIS WORKING PAPERS
-findings
POLICY FRAMEWORK
• goals
• objectives
• policies
• actions
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U.S. I CORRIDOR PLAN
• recommendations
• feasibility
• funding sources
• intergovernmental
coordination
Public Particinati
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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Recognizing that the continuing function of U.S. 1
as the primary vehicle access route for Monroe
County is critical to the county's future develop-
ment, and that as such, any plans affecting that
facility should have a broad, stable base of citi-
zen and community involvement, a U.S. 1 Traffic
Advisory Committee was selected from among
members of the Monroe County Highway Beauti-
fication Committee to assist in developing the Traf-
fic Circulation Element. The committee, made up
of citizens representing the Upper, Middle and
Lower Keys, was formed to provide input to Rey-
nolds, Smith and Hills and to review and com-
ment upon findings and recommendations of the
consultant.
The relationships between those involved in the
preparation of the TCE are depicted opposite.
The Advisory Committee, functioning as a public
"sounding board" for traffic circulation issues,
guided the development of the TCE. Based upon
direct input of this Committee, as well as com-
ments transmitted through the committee by other
individuals and entities, the LPA and the consult-
ant modified and prioritized recommended alter-
natives for improvements to the traffic circulation
system, and finalized the text of the Traffic Circu-
lation Element.
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TRAFFIC CIRCULATION ELEMENT PREPARATION & ADOPTION PROCESS
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Summary Analysis
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SUMMARY ANALYSIS
The U.S. 1 Traffic Study Working Papers, Sections 1
and 2, served as the background for preparation
of this Traffic Circulation Element. Those docu-
ments, consisting of both Traffic and Land Use
Analyses, studied existing conditions within the
U.S. 1 highway corridor that affect the function of
the roadway facility. They also analyze impacts
off the roadway which are the results of large vol-
umes of traffic supported by U.S. 1.
The major findings of the Working Papers are sum-
marized as follows:
Traffic Impacts
• U.S. 1, the Overseas Highway, is the only major
arterial roadway within the county and func-
tions as both the principal artery for moving
through traffic and as the major collector for
moving local and inter -local traffic.
• Congestion on U.S. 1 in the more urbanized
and built-up areas is generally a problem
caused more by traffic movements than by
volumes of traffic. This observation is supported
by traffic count data and volume/capacity
analysis.
• Various hazardous conditions exist on, and
adjacent to, U.S. 1 including: non-standard
roadway widths in certain rural areas of the
Keys; deterioration of roadway surfaces and
the edge of pavement, particularly on rural
two-lane sections of the highway; deteriorated
or dangerously sloped shoulders adjacent to
the paved roadway; lack of turning lanes in
built-up and urbanized areas; and improper
timing of signalized intersections.
• Volumes of oversized vehicles such as trucks,
recreational vehicles and motor homes do
not significantly exceed statewide averages,
however, they do tend to slow traffic flow,
cause congestion and encourage dangerous
passing situations.
• Traffic volumes do point to the need for road-
way improvements from Whale Harbor to Tav-
ernier and on Big Coppit Key.
• Traffic accident data indicates the need for
traffic operations controls on Stock Island, Boca
Chica Key, Knights Key and Key Vaca.
• The control of driveway locations on commer-
cial and other properties is needed to reduce
random turning movements on and off the
highway.
• The use of parallel or frontage roads adja-
cent to U.S. 1 and within existing right-of-way
is a possible method of reducing local traffic/
through -traffic conflicts in developed and
developing areas.
• The roadway alignment of U.S. 1 on east Big
Pine Key creates two dangerous curves which
are the sites of numerous traffic accidents and
a high fatality rate. Although this alignment
is not likely to be changed, certain traffic
operations improvements (i.e., signing, im-
proved sight distances, reduction of speed
limits and prohibition of passing) could im-
prove traffic safety at this location.
• The Florida Department of Transportation (DOT)
plans to design and construct a five -lane ur-
ban section highway with continuous turning
middle lanes through Marathon which should
alleviate the current congestion problems
which exist there. Means should be devel-
oped to assure that businesses in Marathon
will have adequate access and parking fa-
cilities.
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• Current problems in Marathon and other
heavily commercialized areas include multi-
ple parking lot driveways, continuous drive-
way sections, encroachment of structures on
rights -of -way, and visual blight, all of which are
permitted to proliferate because of strip zoning
practices of the county in the past.
• Long Key may be a good location for a des-
ignated passing lane, where slow -moving and
oversized vehicles would be confined to the
right lane.
• Lower Matecumbe Key, with a high fatality
rate, should be a high priority for roadway
improvements.
• Traffic flow on Islamorada has reached a seri-
ous level of deterioration as volumes approach
capacity. Until traffic data warrants the major
improvements of U.S. 1 through Islamorada,
State Road 905 should be considered for use
as a local collector street or possible one-way
pair with the Overseas Highway. The need for
a bicycle/pedestrian path system is evident to
reduce local traffic.
• Roadway improvements are indicated on
Windley and Plantation Keys because of
volume/capacity considerations.
• Tavernier and Key Largo, with an existing seg-
ment of four -lane divided highway is a low
priority for treatments to U.S. 1 in that traffic flow
is good and land use conflicts minimal.
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LAND USE IMPACTS
• Need to preserve scenic visitas and overlooks,
including a need for vehicle turn -outs and/or
parking areas in natural areas. This opportu-
ity is especially prevalent in the Lower Keys,
but should be addressed throughout the
County.
• Need to control individual accesses to U.S. 1
from a traffic safety perspective and as a
method of encouraging "clustering" of de-
velopments along the corridor (as stated in
the County Land Use Plan).
• Need to improve the overall visual impact of
the U.S. 1 corridor, including the cleanup of
neglected private properties, screening of
visually blighting uses, sign control, general
highway beautification, landscaping and re-
tention of natural materials. A continuity of
design along the corridor is lacking.
• Need to discourage continuous strip zoning
of U.S. 1 frontage to commercial classifications.
Implementation of the "cluster" concept of
development, as directed in the County Land
Use Plan, is in the best interest of maintaining
the function of U.S. 1.
• Need to encourage the logical placement of
community commercial centers to reduce
household vehicle trips from developing areas
into existing urban centers.
• Need to enforce existing laws prohibiting use
of public rights -of -way for private interests, par-
ticularly commercial advertising and off-street
parking. There is also a need to resolve off-
street parking problems in existing commer-
cial areas to protect the economic vitality of
those areas.
• Generally need to control driveway section
construction as to location and width.
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• Need to upgrade and encourage the use of
bicycle/ pedestrian ways in urban areas to
reduce local vehicle trips.
• Use of frontage roads in urban settings could
reduce through-traffic/local traffic conflicts.
• There is an evident need to encourage an
even distribution of future population growth
throughout the county at a density which is
closely related to the overall support capacity
of County and other infrastructure improve-
ments (utilities, water, parks and open space,
and roads).
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Policy Framework
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POLICY FRAMEWORK
Public policies, when properly developed and
adhered to, are a means of assuring that deck
sions made tomorrow by a governing body will
be consistent with their decisions made on simi-
lar issues today. When developed through a
process of citizen -based goals formulation, poli-
cies provide essential guidance to decision -
makers on how the community wishes them to
respond to given situations. Those same policies,
when officially adopted, can provide citizens,
businessmen and special interest groups a rea-
sonable set of expectations upon which to base
their own decisions, whether they be to purchase
a home in a particular location, invest in a cer-
tain business venture, or to rely upon public ex-
penditures to provide certain services or facilities.
The concept of the Policy Framework utilized in
this Traffic Circulation Element is illustrated below:
goals o ives
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Within the Policy Framework, goals represent some
desirable end -state. Goals are normally thought
of as qualitative achievements, generally con-
tributing to a long-range improvement upon, or
preservation of, existing conditions. Goals are
mutually agreed -upon issues even among oppos-
ing interest groups.
Objectives are tangible milestones towards which
efforts are directed. Their achievement contrib-
utes to the attainment of goals.
Policies are position statements by the County
Commission on stated objectives. Policies may
change over the long-term in response to chang-
ing conditions, however, they should be well -
developed such that they will not be subject to
political or administrative expediency.
Actions are discrete, definable work elements
which are undertaken as an effort towards an
objective. Actions represent alternatives which
fall within the authority of policies and, when
they are prioritized and programmed, constitute
a Plan. The Policy Framework for the Traffic Cir-
culation Element is depicted on the following
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POLICY FRAMEWORK
Goals
Assure safe and adequate vehicular access to
all areas of Monroe County for residents, as well
as visiting motorists.
Objectives
Reduce traffic accidents throughout the Keys,
particularly at locations where accident or fatal-
ity rates exceed statewide averages.
Provide adequate funding and efficiently utilize
public expenditures for the improvement of traffic
conditions within the County.
Policies
It shall be the policy of the Board of County Com-
missioners to take any reasonable action as nec-
essary to protect the lives of motorists on U.S. 1
and any other roadway within Monroe County.
Traffic operations modifications (i.e., signalization,
channelization, control of turning movements)
should have priority over roadway construction
and/or improvements as an economic means
of alleviating congestion.
Actions
Undertake a county -wide Driver Awareness Cam-
paign, notifying motorists of the function of con-
tinuous -turning third lanes, the distance to the next
passing lane, the necessity for advance camp-
ground and overnight accommodations in the
Middle and Lower Keys, and other pertinent in-
formation which could warn visitors of dangerous
traffic situations ahead.
Enforce in an aggressive manner, existing laws
of the State of Florida and Monroe County rela-
tive to motor vehicle safety on all roads within the
jurisdiction of the County.
Initiate interim measures to address existing high -
accident locations.
Monroe County, in conjunction with its own engi-
neer and the District D.O.T. Engineer will periodi-
cally review traffic problem locations and de-
velop alternative solutions to those problems.
POLICY FRAMEWORK
Goals
Maintain the dual function of U.S.1 from Key Largo
to Key West as both the principal arterial highway
of the county and the major collector of local and
inter -local traffic.
Objectives
Protect the essential role U.S. 1 plays in supporting
the economy of Monroe County and in moving
goods, services and county residents to those
goods and services, in a safe and efficient man-
ner. Also protect the function of U.S. 1 in its role as
an evacuation route in the event of potential civil
disaster in the Keys.
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Policies
U.S. 1 from the Monroe County line to the south
end of Stock Island is hereby designated as the
principal county arterial highway and protection
of its function as such shall be the highest trans-
portation priority of the Board of County Commis-
sioners.
Coordinate all county activities relative to the
U.S. 1 corridor, including off -road issues, with the
office of the District D.O.T. Engineer.
Actions
Adopt the Traffic Circulation Element and sup-
port its implementation, periodic review, and up-
dating, as necessary.
Request the D.O.T. to widen to four lanes any seg-
ment of U.S. 1 that, according to accepted traffic
count data, would warrant such improvement.
Designate high -accident and fatality locations of
rural, two-lane sections of U.S. 1 as "No passing"
as an interim measure until separate passing
lanes or four -lane sections can be installed.
Utilize existing rights -of -way for construction of front-
age roads in built-up residential areas.
Request that the Florida Department of Transpor-
tation undertake a program of upgrading of rural
sections of U.S. 1.
Require oversize and other slow -moving vehicles
to remain in the right-hand lane on urban 41ane
sections of U.S. 1.
Encourage the D.O.T. to construct periodic passing
lanes along rural sections of U.S. 1.
POLICY FRAMEWORK
Goals
Achieve an optimum balance within the U.S. 1
corridor between function of the roadway and
the legally -permitted use of lands adjacent
thereto.
Objectives
Protect the substantial public investment in road-
way and bridge improvements on U.S. 1 from
adverse traffic impacts of inappropriate land
uses.
Policies
Discourage the proliferation of strip commercial
development adjacent to U.S. 1 beyond the limits
of existing urbanized areas.
Adopt engineering and planning design stand-
ards as necessary to protect the public interest
from degrading effects of private actions relative
to the transportation systems of Monroe County.
Actions
Limit strip commercial development through
application of the "clustering" concept for com-
mercial areas and adherence to sound land use
planning practices.
Require that turning lanes be constructed in con-
junction with any development that will create
congestion on U.S. 1.
Enforce driveway location and construction cri-
teria pursuant to existing County ordinance.
Establish adequate site -plan review processes
which streamline developer delays in permitting
and which ensure proper review of plans for traf-
fic impacts and timely revisions if necessary.
Enforce setback requirements pursuant to county
ordinance.
Establish criteria for appropriate buffers between
given land uses and U.S. 1 right-of-way.
Require engineer -prepared Traffic Impact Assess-
ment Reports as a prerequisite to permit approval
for projects which would significantly affect traffic
flow on U.S. 1.
POLICY FRAMEWORK
Goals
Establish an integrated county transportation sys-
tem which considers alternative modes of trans-
portation, both functional and recreational, in-
cluding non -vehicular facilities.
Objectives
Promote the concept of balanced county growth
to minimize local traffic congestion.
Reduce vehicular use in built-up areas.
Policies
Utilize available land planning techniques to
minimize environmental impacts of man-made
developments in the U.S. 1 corridor and to pro-
tect the legally -permitted use of private properly
in all of Monroe County.
Bicycle and pedestrian paths should be provided
wherever a need for such has been established
or demonstrated.
Actions
Require that non-standard driveways and off=street
parking areas be brought into conformity with
county guidelines within a period of two years of
adoption of the Traffic Circulation Element.
Identify strategic growth centers throughout Mon-
roe County which will serve the commercial and
service needs of a balanced population distribu-
tion.
Construct, or require construction of frontage
roads in proposed or existing commercial areas,
or where several individual commercial sites
could more effectively be combined into one
controlled -access site.
Cooperate with the D.O.T. in construction and
maintenance of pedestrian and bicycle paths in
built-up areas to reduce local traffic congestion.
Establish a recreational bicycle path system the
entire length of the U.S. 1 corridor through Monroe
County.
POLICY FRAMEWORK
Goals
Retain to the maximum feasible extent the natural
environmental quality of the U.S. 1 corridor, recog-
nizing that development and economic growth
can be achieved with limited impact upon that
quality of environment.
Objectives
(Refer to preceding "Goals" and "Objectives.")
Enhance the essential environmental quality of
Monroe County by promoting a visual, as well as
functional, design quality in all developments
adjacent to U.S. 1.
Policies
Where economically feasible, encourage the
development of mass transit operations in the
County.
Provide guidance to the business community in
establishing an overall design quality in Monroe
County's commercial activity centers.
Exercise county regulatory powers to protect the
character of the U.S. 1 corridor and enhance the
attractiveness of the area for tourism as well as
residents.
Actions
Monitor the demand for mass transit facilities in
county built-up areas and provide technical assist-
ance to special transit operations (i.e., handi-
capped and elderly shuttle services, etc.)
Provide technical assistance to existing commer-
cial interests in urban settings in re -orienting off -
sheet parking to eliminate traffic conflicts.
Adopt a County Graphics System as an example
to private industry of what can be done to com-
patibly sign business establishments.
Enforce a mutually acceptable graphics control
ordinance for commercial and other advertising.
Construct scenic overlooks at key sites along U.S.
1, i.e., at bridge approaches and other locations
of particular visual or historic significance.
Preserve scenic areas through the application of
transfer of development rights, scenic easements,
and other land use control mechanisms.
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POLICY FRAMEWORK
Goals
Objectives
(Refer to preceding "Goals," "Objectives" and "Policies.")
Policies I Actions
Adopt a list of indigenous plant materials to be
used for required plantings in parking areas.
Undertake, in conjunction with the D.O.T., road-
way beautification in built-up and urban areas
of the county.
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Two of the nation's greatest engineering feats
resulted directly from the Spanish-American
War. One was the building of President Roose-
velt's Panama Canal. The other was the con-
struction of Flagler's "railroad to the sea."
— Charles E. Harner, Historian
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U. S.1 CORRIDOR PLAN
The recommendations for physical improvements
derived from the needs assessment and policy
framework developed for this document are found
on the following pages. Only those "actions"
identified in the policy framework which require
programming of funds are listed in the plan. The
remaining "policy" issues should be implemented
immediately as matters of routine county business.
Because the Corridor Plan is designed for long-
range flexibility, some of the site specific applica-
tions of the recommended actions will require
further detailed analyses and planning: i.e.,
beauficicafion treatments in Marathon will surely
differ in approach from those in Key Largo and
elsewhere, likewise, the need for roadway repav-
ing and adding of lanes at specific sites will re-
quire study and design beyond the scope and
intent of this document. For such activities, unit
costs, rather than specific project costs, were
developed for use in future programming and
budgeting.
The fiscal year identified for each activity in the
plan represents a desired target year to strive for
the commencement of that activity. Because of
ever -changing needs and increasing fiscal de-
mands on government, those target years are
subject to necessary shifts in priority so that reve-
nues will meet anticipated costs.
The fiscal proposals for construction projects listed
in the Corridor Plan are based upon the D.O.T.
five-year construction plan. It is assumed for the
purposes of this TCE that such funding levels will
be authorized by the Florida legislature as pro-
jected herein. Projects other than roadway con-
struction and improvements which involve finan-
cial commitments from the County are believed
to be within a range of local financial feasibil-
ity, requiring the expenditure of approximately
$100,000 - $125,000 over the coming three fiscal
years. No economic conditions are anticipated
that would substantially affect the County's ability
to generate and expend that level of funding.
L, .S, I CORRIDOR PLAN
fiscal
action
cost
responsible
year
estimate
agency
1980
Channel #5 Bridge Construction
$13,175,000
D.O.T.
1980
Harris Channel Bridge - Construction
$ 2,022,000
D.O.T.
1980
Harris Gap Channel Bridge #42
$ 889,000
D.O.T.
Construction
1980
Harris Gap Channel Bridge #43 -
$ 1,640,000
D.O.T.
Construction
1980
Park Channel Bridge - Construction
$ 2,777,000
D.O.T.
1980
Bow Channel Bridge - Construction
$ 3,846,000
D.O.T.
1980
Kemp Channel Bridge - Construction
$ 4,234,000
D.O.T.
1980
Torch -Ramrod Channel Bridge -
$ 2,005,000
D.O.T.
Construction
1980
Torch Channel Bridge - Construction
$ 2,260,000
D.O.T.
1980
South Pine Channel Bridge - Construction
$ 4,161,000
D.O.T.
1980
North Pine Channel Bridge # 44 -
$ 3,104,000
D.O.T.
Construction
1980
Spanish Harbor Channel Bridge -
$ 7,220,000
D.O.T.
Construction
1980
Niles Channel Bridge - Construction
$ 8,123,000
D.O.T.
1980
Old Bahia Honda Bridge - Convert to
$ 2,000,000
D.O.T.
Pedestrian Bridge
1980
U.S. 1 - 10.5 miles of rural repaving
$ 2,000,000
D.O.T.
1981
U.S. 1 - 14.1 miles of rural repaving
$ 2,800,000
D.O.T.
1983
Vaca Cut Channel Bridge - Add
$ 2,700,000
D.O.T.
lanes to approaches
U.S.1 CORRIDOR PLAN
fiscal
action
cost
responsible
year
estimate
agency
1983
U.S. 1 from Knights Key Channel to
$ 2,100,000
D.O.T.
Hog Key - add lanes to 1.2 miles of
rural section
1984
Cow Key Channel Bridge - Improvements
$ 660,000
D.O.T.
1985
U.S. 1 from Hog Key to Aviation Blvd. -
D.O.T.
add lanes to 2.0 miles of rural section
1986
U. S. 1 from Aviation Blvd. to north of
D.O.T.
Key Colony Beach Causeway - add lanes
to 3.6 miles of rural section
1991
U.S. 1 from State Road 905 to Dade
D.O.T.
County line - add lanes to 6.4 miles of
rural section
Not
U.S. 1 from Tea Table Key to South of
Programmed
Tavernier Creek - add lanes to 11.6 miles
of rural section
U.5.1 CORRIDOR PLAN
fiscal
action
cost
responsible
year
estimate
agency
1985
U.S. 1 from Hog Key to Aviation Blvd. -
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D.O.T.
add lanes to 2.0 miles of rural section
1980
Designate existing U.S. 1 4-lane section
$ 1,000
D.O.T.
through Marathon as "oversize and
other slow -moving vehicles - right lane
only"
1982 - 83
Construct passing lanes adjacent to
$700,000/mile
D.O.T.
existing rural sections of U.S. 1 on
Long Key and Big Pine Key
4980 - 81
Encourage the D.O.T. to undertake
$200,000/mile
D.O.T.
repaving of rural sections of U.S. 1 at
the following sections:
• Vicinity of MM 72 south to MM70
• Vicinity of MM 57 to MM 55
• South of Sunshine Key Bridge in the
vicinity of MM 38
• Vicinity of MM 29 and MM 28
1980
Install caution signs and solid striping
$ 2,000
D.O.T.
from the vicinity of St. Peters Church to
the east end of Big Pine Key.
1984 - 82
Construct an oceanside scenic overlook
$ 10,000
D.O.T./County
between MM 4 and MM 75
1981 - 82
Sign and pave the entrance to the
$ 4,000
D.O.T.
existing wayside park between
MM 78 and MM 79
1981
Study the demand and feasibility for
$ 15,000 (study
D.O.T./County
for roadside facilities within the existing
and concept
right-of-way adjacent to Marathon Air-
planning)
port, including landscaping, recreation
facilities and municipal parking
U.S.1 CORRIDOR PLAN
fiscal
action
cost
responsible
year
estimate
agency
1981 - 83
Undertake roadway beautification at
$150,000
D.O.T./County
the following priority locations:
• Key Largo - medians
• Marathon urbanized area
• Sunshine Key Campground
• Summerland Key
• Stock Island
1981 - 83
Upgrade/construct bikeways and
$ 15,000/mile
D.O.T./County
pedestrian paths in urbanized areas of
the County.
1980 - 81
Conduct in-depth studies of traffic
* *
D.O.T.
operations on Stock Island, Boca Chica
Key, Knights Key and Key Vaca
1980
Implement a Driver Awareness
$ 20,000
County/D.O.T.
Campaign
1981
Develop a County Graphics System
$ 10,000
County
* * To be undertaken by
D.O.T. as "In -House Study"
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county ordinance should be enforced based
upon the need to eliminate visual blight. When
enforced consistently, with minimal granting of
variances and waivers, the Sign Ordinance is a
positive tool for creating a sense of continuity in
commercial areas, rather than a punitive or detri-
mental government regulation. There are nota-
ble examples of good and not -so -good graphics
and business advertising within the U.S. 1 corridor.
The county should take a lead role in developing
a uniform graphics system for county informa-
tional signs and building identification. A uniform
�. motif, color combination, or sign material for all
county - government associated graphics could
set an example for private enterprise in Monroe
County in emphasizing that the need to convey
public information can co -exist with a desire to
protect the visual quality of the community.
Incompatible Land Uses - Light industrial uses
such as outdoor storage yards should ideally be
set back from U.S. 1 as far as feasible unless heav-
ily screened by a planted visual barrier (i.e., a
dense hedge or offset -planted trees). The zoning
code can be amended to require certain per-
formance standards such as the planting of visual
screens adjacent to more intense land uses.
Where possible, heavy commercial and indus-
trial land uses should be designated, through
zoning, in clusters or industrial parks that are sep-
arated from more restrictive land uses and away
from U.S. 1.
Scenic Vistas, Wayside Parks and Boat Ramps - The D.O.T., Monroe County, and various civic or -
Numerous existing sites could be improved from ganizations can initiate a multitude of roadway
a traffic safety standpoint by the installation of beautification projects. A possibility that may be
turning lanes. Many of these sites have facilities successful in Monroe County is the designation
which have become dilapidated and, conse- of a public "Plant Bank" site in an undeveloped
quenfly, closed by the State. Vandal -proof rest area. Located on county, state or federal lands,
room facilities could be provided, augmented the Plant Bank would be a source of native, ma -
by security lighting and routine patrols by law ture specimen plants available to private interests,
enforcement officials. with the stipulation that the planting materials will
be used in the beautification of developments
adjacent to U.S. 1. Plants would be provided at
Re4mUndation of 0114ireet Parking - Where nec- no cost to the user as an incentive for landscap-
essary because of D.O.T. widening projects or ing developed and developing areas of the
otherwise deemed appropriate for traffic safety county, with labor and costs of removal and
reasons, parking associated with private com- transplanting borne by the individual.
mercial interests should be re -oriented. The first
priority should be to locate parking on either the
side or back of buildings, where land and ac-
cess is available, or as a last resort, within the
right-of-way as parallel on,*eet parking, or slant -
in parking only from the direction of adjacent
traffic flow.
Roadway BeauHfioation - Certain incompatible
land uses, visually negative features and develop-
ments which need to be screened from roadway
noise can benefit from the planting of street trees,
low and medium height shrubs and other gen-
eral landscaping treatments. Examples of exist-
ing beaufification projects, both public and pri-
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prototype treatment of a recurring problem
throughout the Keys — that of a large traffic at -
tractor having an impact upon through -traffic
flow. By installing turning lanes and controlling
left-hand turning movements with landscaped
median strips, traffic flow is enhanced as is the
visual impact of the highway and surrounding
urban development.
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The sketch plan below depicts the modifica-
tion of an existing commercial area on Big Pine
Key which is currently undergoing rapid growth
as a center for community retail and service.
By applying the concept of controlled access to
a unified site rather than permitting random drive-
way locations for each business establishment,
an efficient circulation system can 'be achieved.
The addition of turning lanes on the roadway
and beautification of the roadside and interior
of the site would render this development an
attractive, functional commercial service center
with minimal impacts upon traffic.
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improve visual quality of a commercial area and
have a long-range beneficial effect upon busi-
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are softened by landscaping
Industry should be screened
from U.S. 1 by planted buffer
strips or "greenbelts."
This proposed residential
development could bene-
fit from the planting of
street trees and shrubs to
reduce road noise and
headlight glare from U.S.1.
LANDSCAPING MATERIALS
The following list contains trees and shrubs recom-
mended for beautification of the U.S. 1 Corridor.
These materials were selected as having good
roadside beautification characteristics and
adaptability to soil and salt water conditions in
Monroe County. The list is not exclusive of other
suitable species and is intended only as a guide.
Canopy Trees
Sapodilla
Black Olive
Gumbo Limbo
Silver Buttonwood
Live Oak
Mahogany
Interrnediate Trees
Satin Leaf
Pitch Apple
Sea Grape
Palms
Cabbage Palm
Coconut Palm
Silver Palm
Sabal Palm
Shrubs
Natal Plum
Sweet Acacia
Ground Cover
Gilardia
Wedelia trilobata
Salveria lineans
Lantana camara
Tribulus sistoides - (Punture weed)
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PROOF OF PUBLICATION
L4P Writ Mrst (9ttttrrt
Published Daily
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
STATE OF FLORIDA)
COUNTY OF MONROE)ss.
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared .
„Righgrd.EsQositq.............. who on oath says that he is
..Adyertising,ManAger .,,,,,, of the Key West Citizen, a
daily newspaper published at Key West in Monroe County, Florida;
that the attached copy of advertisement, being a, Notice of
Regulation of Land Use.
in--the--matter of
NOTICE OPREGULATION'.
OF LAND USE
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA proposes to regulate the use of land
within the area shown in the map in this advertisement b
adoption of the ':Traffic Circulation Element" of the -
Comprehensive Plan.
Public hearings on the proposal will be held at. 6:00 -P.M*
on January, 29, -1980 at the Monroe County Courthouse,
Courtroom "B", 500 Whitehead Street, Key West, Florida
and at 6:00 P.M, on February 12, 1980 at the' Plantation
Key Governmental Center, Plantation Key,.Florida.
I
DATED at Key West,- Florida this 17th.day of January, A.D.
'1980.
s
RALPH W. WHITE
Clerk of the Circuit ranurt
rrrrtary of S#atr
STATE OF FLORIDA
THE CAPITOL
TALLAHASSEE 32304
(904) 488-3680
GEORGE FIRESTONE
SECRETARY OF STATE
February 26, 1980
Honorable Ralph W. White
Clerk of Circuit Court
Monroe County Courthouse
500 Whitehead Street
Key West., Florida 33040
Attention: Virginia M. kinder, Deputy Clerk
Dear Mr. White:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 125.66, Florida Statutes,
this will acknowledge:
Receipt of your letter/s of February 19, 1980
and certified copy/ies of Monroe _
County Ordinance/s No./s 80-2 andf8Q-3
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Receipt of
relative to:
(a)
which we have numbered
(b)
County Ordinance/s
which we have numbered
We have filed this/these Ordinance/s in this office
February 26, 1980.
4. The original/duplicate copy/ies showing the filing date
is/are being returned for your records.
NK/ Mb
Cordially,
Ivanaugh
If Lawsi
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