HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 12 First Reading Transmittal and Public Hearing of an Ordinance for Envision 2045 Ocoee Comprehensive Plan
City of Ocoee ▪ 1 N. Bluford Avenue ▪ Ocoee, Florida 34761
Phone: (407) 905-3100 ▪ www.ocoee.org
STAFF REPORT
Meeting Date: April 15, 2025
Item #: 12
Contact Name: Anoch Whitfield Department Director: Ginger Corless
Contact Number: Ext. 1016 City Manager: Craig Shadrix
Subject: First Reading Transmittal and Public Hearing of an Ordinance for Envision 2045
Ocoee Comprehensive Plan - Large Scale Plan Amendment to Replace Ocoee's
Comprehensive Plan in its Entirety. (Zoning Manager Whitfield)
Background Summary: Chapter 163, Part II, Florida Statutes, requires local governments to adopt a
comprehensive plan that establishes principles, guidelines, standards, and strategies for the City's orderly and
balanced economic, social, physical, environmental, and fiscal development. Section 163.3177(5)(a), F.S.,
requires that the Comprehensive Plan include at least two planning periods: one covering at least the first 10-
year period occurring after the plan’s adoption and the other covering at least a 20-year period.
The current Comprehensive Plan, adopted on October 1, 2002, has reached its long-term planning horizon of
2022. Therefore, "The Comprehensive Plan must be updated to include the statutorily required ten-year and
twenty-year planning horizons." In accordance with Section 163.3177(6), F.S., the Comprehensive Plan is
based on relevant and appropriate data and analysis including, but not be limited to, surveys, studies, and
other data available at the time of the preparation of the plan, as well as data prepared by the City, all of which
are included within a Data, Inventory, and Analysis (DIA) document. Ocoee's DIA document contains an
evaluation of historical growth and development trends. It also includes the City's 2045 population projections
based on several methodologies (including those listed in Florida Statutes), an evaluation of anticipated
demands, and an assessment of the City's ability to accommodate these demands on public infrastructure and
municipal services, including completion of the 10-Year Water Supply Plan.
Thus, in accordance with Chapter 163, Part II, Florida Statutes, the City developed a Vision Statement and
prepared an updated Comprehensive Plan, entitled "Envision 2045 Ocoee Comprehensive Plan" ("Envision
2045"), which consists of two (2) volumes.
Volume one is the Envision 2045 Ocoee Comprehensive Plan policy document, which is Exhibit A of the
ordinance proposed for adoption. The policy document will be the governing framework that directs growth
and development in the city over the next 10-year and 20-year planning horizons. The Envision 2045 policy
document includes a Vision Statement, Goals, Objectives, and Policies to achieve its vision of Ocoee
becoming “a vibrant, attractive, and economically sustainable community where businesses thrive and
neighborhoods flourish through diverse, compact, and complementary land uses that produce quality
developments, enhanced and active public realms, and safe and efficient mobility systems while
simultaneously preserving environmental systems and creating parks, trails, and open spaces to promote
social engagement, community health, and overall well-being of the City".
Volume two is the Data, Inventory, and Analysis document, which serves as supporting documentation to
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volume one and which is not proposed for adoption.
Envision 2045 and the supporting DIA document were prepared in-house by a multidisciplinary and multi-
department Comprehensive Planning Team comprised of technical staff from the Development Services,
Public Works, Utilities, and Parks and Leisure Services Departments, with technical assistance from the City's
transportation consultant firm regarding the Transportation Element (which has been renamed the Mobility
Element). It reflects the City Commission's direction and public feedback received during the preparation of
the City's Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) and Special Area Plans, including the Downtown Master
Plan and the SR 429 Overlay District, along with its three Character Area Plans, which the City Commission
has adopted within the past 10 years. This Plan update also recognizes the changing trends in the market
and development community.
Because this update is a repeal and replacement of the expired 2002 Comprehensive Plan, the goals,
objectives, and policies within the proposed Envision 2045 policy document are not presented in strike-
through/underline format. Some existing policies were kept but were reworded, combined, or reorganized into
updated Objectives. Additionally, the 2002 Comprehensive Plan was organized by Elements, but with this
Update, the Elements within the Plan are proposed to be organized by topic-oriented Chapters, as presented
below:
Envision 2045 Chapters
1 Introduction
Future Land Use Element
Housing (Revitalization & Neighborhood
Preservation) Element
2 Vibrant, Attractive & Inclusive
Community
Recreation & Open Space Element
Infrastructure Element
Utility Sub-Element
3 Efficient, Reliable, and Well-
Maintained Infrastructure
Drainage Sub-Element
4 Safe & Convenient Mobility Mobility Element
5 Environment-Friendly, Resilient &
Sustainable Community
Conservation Element
Public Schools Facilities Element
Intergovernmental Coordination Element
Capital Improvements Element
6 Responsible, Accessible & Open
Governance
Private Property Rights Element
Acronyms
Placeholder [5-Year Capital Improvements
Plan]
Appendix
Supporting Resources
[Placeholder Water Supply Plan]
A summary of the major changes in each element is provided below.
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Future Land Use Element (FLUE):
• Creation of two (2) new land use categories: Low Medium Density Residential (LMDR) with a density
range of 5 to 8 dwelling units per acre and Mixed Use (MU) with a density of up to 20 units per acre
and intensity of up to 3.0 floor area ratio (similar to the FAR for the current Commercial and Industrial
categories). Bonus dwelling units per acre may be available to enhance architectural and public realm
improvements.
• Creation of policies that provide specific locational requirements for the application of the Mixed Use
category, as well as urban (site) and architectural requirements for developments within the Mixed Use
category.
• Adjustments to the density ranges within the current residential land use categories to (1)
accommodate projected population growth, (2) improve the City's competitiveness in the market, and
(3) increase flexibility in development patterns, specifically:
o Low Density Residential from "up to 4 units per acre" to "up to 5 units per acre",
o Medium Density Residential from "4 to less than 8 units per acre" to "8 to 15 units per acre"
(NOTE: The starting density for MDR aligns with the ending density for the proposed new
LMDR category.)
o High Density Residential from "8 to 16 units per acre" to "15 to 20 units per acre", and
o Allowing residential density within the Commercial and Industrial categories under certain,
specific but limited, circumstances.
• Creation of policy and specific criteria for approval of amendments to the Future Land Use Map
(FLUM).
• Creation of policies that clearly define the meanings of density and intensity, as well as the calculation
method for maximum development potential (transition from gross to net land area) when an
application for a FLUM amendment is proposed.
• Creation of new objectives related to managing growth and development patterns that enhance the
quality of life, prioritize a safe and connected built environment to promote community health and
wellness, and adopt sustainable and innovative development practices. This includes prioritizing
projects and strategies that foster economic sustainability and vitality.
• Identification and mapping of the Downtown District and the Community Redevelopment Area (CRA)
District on the Future Land Use Map and amending the Future Land Use Map to apply the new Mixed
Use category to the Downtown District and the CRA District.
• Removal of duplicate language from the FLUE that exists in other Elements.
Housing Element:
• Reorganizing and rewording existing priorities within the current Objectives and placing those policies
under clear new objectives.
• Creation of a "Housing For All" program to ensure housing choices for current and future residents
through all stages of life.
• Creation of a "Live Here/Grow Here" initiative (developed by staff and not associated with the Live
Local Act) that prioritizes the coordination of land use planning, housing, and transportation planning to
ensure that the built environment and development patterns within the city create a community
environment where people want to move to or stay in Ocoee and thrive.
• Strengthening policies to protect and help ensure housing availability for the elderly and other special
populations.
• Creation of policies to guide the preservation, maintenance, and restoration of historically significant
properties and resources.
Recreation and Open Space Element:
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• Update the level of service for parks from 4 acres of parks and open space per 1,000 residents to 8
acres of parkland and civic open space per 1,000.
• Inclusion of policies geared towards achieving a goal of one (1) park per 2,346 residents.
• Establishing a goal to achieve the National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA) median level of
service, which is 10.2 acres of parkland and civic open space per 1,000 residents, by 2045.
• Reiteration and strengthening of the City's goal of creating a coordinated, comprehensive, diverse,
accessible, sustainable, and inclusive parks system to create a healthy and active community for all
ages and abilities through neighborhood, community, regional, and nature parks and specialty
facilities. A key concept in park performance is creating the 10-minute walk to parks, which translates
to a half (1/2) mile distance that most people are willing to walk to reach a destination.
• Objectives and policies regarding park facilities planning, park funding, resource management,
sustainability, and stewardship.
Infrastructure Element:
• Updates to the level of service standards for potable water and wastewater.
• Creation of a level of service for drainage and stormwater systems and facilities.
• Strengthening objectives and policies related to water conservation and water quality protection,
including protection of surface waters and the aquifer.
• Policies to strengthen flood resiliency.
Mobility Element:
• Development of objectives and policies that shift transportation planning and design from the traditional
auto-oriented mode to a context-oriented (or context classification-based) mode.
• Prioritizing safe pedestrian and bicycle travel and mode choices through the creation of a level of
service standard for pedestrian and bicycle facilities, as measured by the "level of traffic stress" (from 1
to 4). LTS gauges the comfort levels experienced by pedestrians and bicyclists traveling on roadways
(the lower the number, the greater the comfort level).
• Inclusion of objectives and policies to direct greater coordination between land use, transportation
planning, and housing, and to reduce pressure to widen roadways at a great expense through
identifying opportunities for parallel or interconnected roadways and gridded streets, whenever
possible.
Conservation Element:
• Strengthening, clarifying, and reorganizing objectives and policies to protect wetlands to meet or
exceed Federal, State, and County requirements.
• Strengthening objectives and policies for floodplain protection that exceed the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP) requirements, thereby increasing the City’s classification within the
Community Rating System (CRS) to ensure residents are eligible for insurance discounts.
• Establishing objectives and policies that require sustainable and low-impact development, including
provisions that encourage:
1. Expansion of an EV infrastructure within the City,
2. Protection and expansion of the City’s Urban Tree Canopy,
3. Implementation of a Vegetative Roof Ordinance, and
4. Implementation of policies that protect community access to the night sky by reducing light
pollution.
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Capital Improvements Element:
• Updates were relative to updating the level of service standards as provided in each of the above
relevant Elements,
• Combined policies regarding the prioritization of capital projects into a single section, and
• Removed duplicate language and tables from the Public School Facilities 10-Year Capital Outlay Plan
and other date-specific revenue sources, revenue expenditures, and other financial commitments that
have now passed.
Generally, no changes were proposed within the Public School Facilities Element, the Intergovernmental
Coordination Element, or the Private Property Rights Element. The only changes are related to reorganizing
existing policies, removing outdated or no longer applicable references to the Florida Administrative Code, and
policy commitments that have already been fulfilled within the past 20-year planning horizon.
Based on current tracking, the completion of Envision 2045 Comprehensive Plan is as follows:
• Planning and Zoning Commission Hearing - April 8, 2025
• City Commission 1st Reading Transmittal - April 15, 2025
• Transmit to State Agencies for their Commenting Period of up to 45 days - May 30, 2025
• City Commission 2nd Reading/Adoption - June 17, 2025
Issue:
Should the Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners approve the proposed Ordinance, which repeals the
current 2002 Comprehensive Plan in its entirety and replaces it with an updated comprehensive plan, entitled
Envision 2045, and authorize the transmittal of the Envision 2045 Comprehensive Plan to the reviewing
agencies as required pursuant to Section 163.3184(3)(b), Florida Statutes?
Recommendations:
Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) Recommendations:
The Planning and Zoning Commission heard this item at its April 8, 2025, public hearing. One public
comment/question was made regarding the implications that the proposed Envision 2045 Comprehensive Plan
would have on an existing property within the Downtown District and vagueness regarding FLU Policy
2.2. Staff responded to the comment/question. Following public comments, the PZC unanimously made a
recommendation of approval of the proposed ordinance for Envision 2045 in order to repeal and replace the
2002 Comprehensive Plan in its entirety.
Staff Recommendations:
Staff recommends that the Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners approve the proposed Ordinance, which
repeals the current 2002 Comprehensive Plan in its entirety and replaces it with an updated comprehensive
plan, entitled Envision 2045, and authorize the transmittal of the Envision 2045 Comprehensive Plan to the
reviewing agencies as required pursuant to Section 163.3184(3)(b), Florida Statutes.
Attachments:
1. State Regulations Correlations Table
2. Ordinance
3. Exhibit A: GOPs - Assembled
4. DIA - Assembled
5. Business Impact Estimate
6. Advertisement
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Financial Impacts:
None.
Type of Item: First Reading Public Hearing
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NOTE: (6)(a)10c information
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FLU Objective 1 - Future Land Use Map: The City of Ocoee shall maintain a Future Land Use
Map that complements and protects the residential character of established
neighborhoods, creates transitional land uses and a vibrant mix of uses in the City’s
Downtown, stimulates growth within Target Areas and along Target Corridors, and
innovates coordinated and connected development in a manner that maximizes existing
and planned public facilities, services and infrastructure.
(6)(a)7 FLU Objective 2 - Future Land Use Categories: Growth and desired development patterns
shall be directed by the Future Land Use Map through a future land use category system
that regulates density and intensity of development and protects natural resources to
achieve the Plan Vision.
(6)(a)1, 2, and 8 FLU Objective 3 - Amending the FLUM: The City shall ensure that land use decisions and
development, both public and private, reinforce and improve the identity and quality of
life within the City.
(6)(a)1, 4, and 9 FLU Objective 4 - Managing Growth: The City recognizes that enhanced quality of life is
essential to retaining residents and attracting visitors to the City. To that end, the City shall
develop policies that maintain healthy communities and sustainable neighborhoods,
accommodate population growth in a responsible manner, and foster social stability and
fiscal responsibility.
(6)(a)9 FLU Objective 5 - Growing Sustainably: The City shall strive for innovation and sustainability
in site and building design and shall incentivize Low Impact Development (LID) and
International Code Council (ICC) Green Building for Residential and Commercial
developments.
(6)(a)2e, h, i, and j FLU Objective 6 - Fostering Economic Vitality: The City shall develop strategies and
incentives that foster and improve the stability and economic well-being of the City and
activate the livelihood of Ocoee’s Downtown.
(6)(a)9 FLU Objective 7 - Maintaining Healthy Environmental Systems: The City shall develop
programs and evaluate land use decisions that support and maintain a healthy
environmental system.
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FLU Objective 8 - Innovative Engineering Principles: Through incentives, regulations, and
engineering solutions, the City shall ensure that the development and redevelopment of
property utilize smart growth policies, resiliency planning, and sustainability principles to
reduce flood risk and improve the built environment of the City.
(6)(b)3
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HSG Objective 1 Attractive City: The City will develop and implement through the Land
Development Code a Live Here, Grow Here program to make it more attractive for young
people to stay in or move to Ocoee and to thrive through the availability of diverse, quality
housing options and safe accessibility to schools, jobs, shopping, entertainment, recreation,
and personal services via multimodal transportation choices.
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HSG Objective 2 Protection of Residential Character: The City will protect the character of
existing residential areas throughout the city by diverting or discouraging through-traffic,
using active code enforcement, and giving priority consideration of residential infill. The
City will biennially assess the condition of the City’s housing stock and implement
regulations and codes, in coordination with the Future Land Use Map, that prevent or
eliminate residential blight along major corridors.
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HSG Objective 3 Improve Housing Diversity: Improve Housing Quality and Diversity: The City
will make every effort to ensure that every neighborhood within the city has a stable quality
of life.
(6)(f)(3)
(6)(f)(1)(g)
(6)(b)3
HSG Objective 4 Affordable Housing: The City shall ensure the availability of adequate
affordable housing sites through the Future Land Use Map and shall implement, through the
Land Development Code, standards to support housing diversity and eliminate barriers to
affordable housing.
(6)(b)3
(6)(f)(d)
HSG Objective 5 Senior Housing: Through Vibrant, Attractive and Inclusive Community, the
City will provide a variety of lifestyle and housing choices for senior, elderly, disabled, and
other special populations, including residents defined in Section 419.001, Florida Statutes, to
live with dignity and age in place in a healthy, active and connected built environment.
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(6)(f)(3)HSG Objective 6 Protection and Preservation of Historic Structures and Sites: The City shall
ensure the identification, protection, and preservation of its archeological and historic
structures and sites for the enjoyment of current and future residents.
(6)(e)REC Objective 1 Developing A Well-Planned Comprehensive System: Quality parks,
recreational areas, trails, and civic open space that are close to home are essential to the
community’s overall health and well-being. Recreational activities and programming are
vital to childhood development and serve to unite and strengthen the community. Parks
and adaptable infrastructure make the city more resilient when confronted by natural
disasters and climate impacts. Trails, infrastructure for safe bicycling including bike lanes
and cycle tracks, and safe pedestrian-ways connect the community while increasing
options for healthy activity. Therefore, the City shall provide a comprehensive system of
parks, recreation facilities, trails, bicycling infrastructure, and civic open spaces that meet
the demands of current and future residents.
(6)(e) REC Objective 2 Health & Wellbeing: The City shall promote active and healthy lifestyles of
all ages and abilities by offering facilities, programs, and services through the City’s Parks
and Leisure Services Department and/or through private enterprise or development.
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(6)(e)REC Objective 3 Access, Accessibility & Connectivity: Promote the diversity of recreational
participants through developing and maintaining accessible, inclusive, and welcoming
facilities, programs, events, and services. This includes optimizing accessibility between trails
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and adjacent land uses in a manner that stimulates trail activation and integration while
also ensuring privacy, safety, and security between trail users and adjacent land uses.
(6)(e)REC Objective 4 Facility Planning & Development: Plan, design, build, and maintain
attractive, safe, accessible and sustainable parks, recreation facilities, trails, and civic open
spaces that are resilient through the integration of green infrastructure and practices.
(6)(e) REC Objective 5 Resource Management, Sustainability & Stewardship: The City will
encourage the conservation, sustainability, and protection of Ocoee’s natural, historical,
and cultural resources.
(6)(e) REC Objective 6 Financial Planning and Funding: The City shall provide parks, recreational
facilities, trails, and open spaces in an economically efficient manner.
(6)(c)2 UTL Objective 1 Expansion of Utility Services: The City shall expand public utilities systems by
requiring connection to potable water, wastewater, and reclaimed water for new
development.
(6)(c)2 UTL Objective 2 Establishment of User Fees: The City shall establish user fees to cover the full
costs of operating and maintaining the potable water, wastewater, and reclaimed water
systems.
(3)(a) and (b)
(6)(c)2 and (6)(d)3
UTL Objective 3 Provision of Potable Water Service: The City shall maintain potable water
level of service and ensure that adequate capacity is available to support demands
generated by existing and future development.
(6)(c)
(6)(d)2b through d
UTL Objective 4 Promotion of Water Conservation: The City shall promote water
conservation and reuse.
(4)(a)
(6)(c)4, (6)(d)3, and (6)(h)1
UTL Objective 5 Regional Water Supply Planning: The City shall participate in regional water
supply planning initiatives.
(3)(a) and (b)
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UTL Objective 6 Provision of Wastewater Service: The City shall maintain a wastewater level
of service to ensure that adequate capacity is available to support demands generated
by existing and future development.
(3)(a)4b
(6)(c)3
UTL Objective 7 Reduction of Nutrient Loads to Protect Water Basins: The City shall reduce
the nutrient load to impaired basins through eliminating onsite sewer treatment and
disposal systems (OSTDS) and reducing effluent nutrient concentrations in wastewater
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UTL Objective 8 Provision of Reclaimed Water Service: The City shall promote the use of
lowest quality water sources for landscape irrigation to reduce groundwater withdrawals
associated with irrigation.
(6)(d)(2)(b) DRN Objective 1 Stormwater Management: The City will update its Stormwater
Management Master Plan. The Stormwater Management Master Plan shall include
recommendations by governmental agencies, including the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), St John’s River
Water Management District (SJRWMD), and basin specific Watershed Master Plans. The
City shall develop an updated stormwater asset database including all natural and
artificial drainage systems within the City. The Stormwater Management Master Plan shall
be used to identify stormwater facility deficiencies, opportunities for improvement projects,
and stormwater facility maintenance prioritization sufficient to accommodate projected
demand through the year 2045.
(6)(d)(2)(b)DRN Objective 2 Water Quality: The City shall protect the water quality of surface waters,
waterways, aquifer recharge areas, and spring sheds through implementation of the Land
Development Code, Engineering Standards Manual, and best management practices.
DRN Objective 3 Flood Resiliency: The City shall increase its flood resiliency through the
prevention and elimination of flooding effects from stormwater runoff and inadequate
stormwater facilities and ensure that developments comply with the City’s Floodplain
Management Regulations as well as regional, state and federal regulations.
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(6)(d)(2)(c)DRN Objective 4 Agency Coordination: The City shall continue to work with federal, state,
regional, local agencies, and professional organizations on protecting and enhancing
waterbodies, waterways, and connections with the aquifer within the City’s jurisdictional
limits.
(6)(b)1, 2 and 3 MOB Objective 1 Context-sensitive Standards: The City shall adopt and maintain context-
sensitive multi-modal Level of Service (LOS) standards for automobile, bicycle, and
pedestrian travel to improve safety and reduce vehicle trips, vehicle miles traveled, and
trip lengths while protecting established residential areas, environmentally sensitive areas,
and historically significant sites from adverse transportation impacts.
(6)(b)1
(6)(b)3
MOB Objective 2 Safety, Efficiency, and Resiliency: The City shall emphasize safe mobility
through transportation planning and design engineering to achieve safer vehicular travel
speeds in support of the City’s efforts to eliminate and reduce serious injuries and fatalities
on its roadways.
(6)(b)2 MOB Objective 3 Coordination of Transportation and Land Use: The City shall coordinate
mobility systems with the Future Land Use Map to ensure that existing and proposed
population densities, housing and employment patterns and development activities are
consistent with the transportation modes and circulation plans proposed to serve these
areas.
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(6)(b)4 MOB Objective 4 Fiscally-Efficient Transportation Investment: The City shall make fiscally
efficient mobility investments and prioritize cost-effective improvements to maximize
existing systems and provide alternative travel modes. Develop strategies and incentives
that foster economic vitality, particularly in the Downtown and Special Planning Area
Overlays and corridors.
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(6)(b)1 MOB Objective 5 Funding for Transportation: The City shall seek funding opportunities and
support major transportation investments that demonstrate an ability to substantially
improve vehicular and pedestrian/bicycle mobility, encourage urban infill development,
and reduce traffic congestion.
(6)(d)(2)(b)
(6)(d)(2)(d)
(6)(d)(3)
CON Objective 1 Minimize Development Impacts: The City shall promote green
development initiatives and Low Impact Development through the implementation of the
Land Development Code to conserve energy and protect the City’s natural resources
through energy-efficient and sustainable construction practices and projects that minimize
air, water, noise, and light pollution during the construction process, and for the life of the
building or structure.
(6)(d)(2)(b)
(6)(e)
CON Objective 2 Water Quality Protection: The City shall protect the availability,
accessibility, and the quality of all surface waters, whether publicly or privately owned, and
ground water.
(6)(d)(2)(d)
(6)(d)(2)(h)
(6)(d)(2)(j)
CON Objective 3 Wetland and Floodplain Protection: The City shall protect and conserve its
functionally and environmentally significant wetlands, hydric soils, and flood prone areas
from physical and hydrological alterations through enforcement of Flood Hazard
Avoidance Regulations, directing incompatible land uses away from wetlands, and, where
appropriate, creation of one-lot plats and placement of such areas into the Conservation
future land use designation.
(6)(d)(2)(d)
(6)(e)
(6)(d)(2)(g)
CON Objective 4 Species and Habitat Protection: The City of Ocoee shall protect
endangered species, species of concern, and species biodiversity by regulating
development through the implementation of the Land Development Code, in order to
minimize impairments to the functionality of vital natural systems, including the protection
and conservation of soils, native wetland and vegetative communities, rare upland areas,
urban woodlands, tree canopy, historic trees, and other environmentally sensitive lands.
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effects, which in turn will help to lessen or mitigate the impacts of changing climate
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PSF Objective 1 Conformance with School Concurrency and Interlocal Agreement: The City
will continue to coordinate with Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) to implement
school concurrency through the approved Interlocal Agreement (ILA) for public school
facility planning, to share information necessary to maintain the adopted Level of Service
standard for public schools and to ensure adequate classroom capacity to accommodate
the impacts of new residential development throughout the planning process in order to
reduce, prevent, or eliminate over-crowded classrooms and school facilities.
PSF Objective 2 Alternative Mitigation: Where the adopted school level of service cannot
be met, the City shall allow for mitigation alternatives, developed in conjunction with
OCPS, that are financially feasible and will serve to maintain the adopted level of service
standard consistent with the OCPS Work Program. Should adopted LOS not be achieved
and an alternative mitigation option is not available, the City may postpone a proposed
development until such time that LOS can be achieved, or school capacity is created.
PSF Objective 3 School Facilities Planning: To maintain a high-quality educational system
for current and future residents, the City will coordinate with OCPS, in accordance with the
Interlocal Agreement, to identify existing deficiencies and future needs, evaluate the
School Board’s Ten-Year District Capital Outlay Plan (DCOP) and develop plans, programs
and strategies to ensure adopted LOS standards for schools are maintained.
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PSF Objective 4 Continuing Education Facilities: The City shall encourage partnerships that
facilitate availability and opportunities for educational facilities which in turn will foster
economic growth and provide for a trained and stable labor force to stimulate higher
quality of life.
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ICE Objective 1 Efficiency of Governance: The City shall continue to coordinate its
Comprehensive Plan with the plans of local government agencies providing services but
not having regulatory authority over the use of the land, with the Comprehensive Plans of
adjacent municipalities and Orange County to reduce and/or eliminate the duplication of
services.
(6)(h)1 ICE Objective 2 Coordination of Potential Development Impacts: The City shall continue to
coordinate the impacts of development proposed in the comprehensive plan upon
development in adjacent municipalities, the county, the East Central Florida Regional
Planning Council and the State.
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ICE Objective 3 Coordination of Utility Operation and Maintenance Responsibilities: The City
will continue to coordinate with state, regional, or local entities having operational and
maintenance responsibilities for public facilities when establishing Level of Service
standards for associated public facilities and the location and extension of public facilities
subject to concurrency.
(6)(h)3 ICE Objective 4 Requirement to Update Agreements: Within one year after adoption of the
amended Intergovernmental Coordination Element, the City shall establish or update an
Interlocal Agreement or other formal agreement to be executed by all parties, including
governmental agencies or other service providers.
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Florida Statutory Regulations – Correlations Table
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CIE Objective 1 Program of Capital Improvements: Based on identification of facility needs
and level of service standards contained in other elements of this Plan, the City shall
develop and annually review and revise a program of capital improvements designed to
correct existing deficiencies, replace worn out or obsolete facilities, and accommodate
desired future growth.
(3)(a) and (b)CIE Objective 2 Proportionate Cost of Development: Future development shall bear a
proportionate share of the cost of facility improvements necessitated by the development
to maintain adopted level of service standards. For capital improvements that will be
funded by the developer, financial feasibility shall be demonstrated and guaranteed in an
enforceable development agreement, interlocal agreement, or other enforceable
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financial capability to meet level of service standards, manage the land development
process so that facility needs created by permitted development do not exceed the
financial ability of the City, and identify the extent to which future development will be
required to contribute its proportional cost of facilities necessary to meet LOS standards.
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ORDINANCE NO. 2025-
(Envision 2045 Ocoee Comprehensive Plan)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA, AMENDING
THE CITY OF OCOEE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS ADOPTED IN 1991,
AS AMENDED, TO REPEAL THE 2002 OCOEE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN IN ITS ENTIRETY AND REPLACE SUCH PLAN WITH A NEW,
UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENTITLED ENVISION 2045;
PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO REVIEWING AGENCIES;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Ocoee (City) has adopted the City’s
Comprehensive Plan pursuant to Chapter 163, Part II, Florida Statutes, the Growth Policy Act (the
“Act”); and
WHEREAS, Part II, Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, sets forth procedures and requirements
for a local government to adopt a comprehensive plan and amendments to the comprehensive plan;
and
WHEREAS, Section 163.3177(5)(a), Florida Statutes, requires each local government
comprehensive plan to include at least two (2) planning periods, one covering at least the 10-year
period occurring after the plan’s adoption and one covering at least a 20-year period; and
WHEREAS, The City’s current Comprehensive Plan, which was adopted on October 1,
2002, and which was originally anticipated to cover a 20-year planning period to October 1, 2022,
remains in effect pursuant to Section 163.3197, but is overdue for updating; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the guidance established in Section 163.3177(6), Florida Statutes,
the City has gathered data, including population projection data and forecasted utility demands,
and has inventoried the character of undeveloped land, other conditions, and natural resources
including the availability of water supplies, and analyzed such data and inventory, as well as
growth trends, in order to plan for the 10-year and 20-year planning horizons; and
WHEREAS, based on the updated Data, Inventory, and Analysis (DIA), the City has
prepared updated goals, objectives, and policies to guide the City’s growth as an urban city over
the long-term planning horizon and has embodied such Goals, Objectives, and Policies into a new
Comprehensive Plan to be known as “Envision 2045 Ocoee Comprehensive Plan,” which repeals
and replaces the 2002 Comprehensive Plan in its entirety; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 163.3174(4)(a), Florida Statutes, the City’s Local
Planning Agency (LPA) conducted a public hearing on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, to consider the
proposed Envision 2045 Ocoee Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 163.3184(11), Florida Statutes, on Tuesday, April 15,
2025, the City Commission conducted a public hearing to consider the transmittal of the Envision
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2045 Ocoee Comprehensive Plan and, after consideration of public comments, authorized its
transmittal to reviewing agencies pursuant to Section 163.3184(3), Florida Statutes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. RECITALS. The foregoing recitals are hereby ratified and confirmed as
true and correct and incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2. AUTHORITY. The City Commission of the City of Ocoee has the
authority to adopt this Ordinance pursuant to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida
and Chapters 163 and 166, Florida Statutes.
SECTION 3. UPDATE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. The City
Commission hereby repeals in its entirety the adopted 2002 Comprehensive Plan and replaces such
plan with a new Comprehensive Plan to be known as Envision 2045 Ocoee Comprehensive Plan
and its implementing vision, goals, objectives and policies, as provided in Exhibit “A.”
SECTION 4. TRANSMITTAL. The City Clerk is hereby authorized to transmit the
required copies of the amendment to the City’s Comprehensive Plan to the reviewing agencies as
required pursuant to Section 163.3184(3)(b), Florida Statutes, to wit, the state land planning
agency, the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council, the South Florida Water Management
District, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of State, the Department of
Transportation and, if applicable, the Department of Education, and any other local government or
government agency that has filed a written request for such review. Following transmittal, the
Ordinance will be considered for final adoption. Following final adoption, the City Development
Services Director is authorized to revise the City of Ocoee Comprehensive Plan in accordance with
the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase,
or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent
provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion hereto.
SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become effective following
adoption and in accordance with the provisions stated in Section 163.3184(3)(c) and (11), Florida
Statutes.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ________ day of __________________________, 2025.
ATTEST:
Melanie Sibbitt, City Clerk
APPROVED:
CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
Rusty Johnson, Mayor
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(SEAL)
FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY BY THE
CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA; APPROVED AS
TO FORM AND LEGALITY
this ________ day of ____________________, 2025.
FISHBACK DOMINICK
By:
City Attorney
ADVERTISED ______________________, 2025
READ FIRST TIME __________________, 2025.
READ SECOND TIME AND ADOPTED
_________________________________, 2025.
UNDER AGENDA ITEM NO. _______
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EXHIBIT “A”
ENVISION 2045 OCOEE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
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EXHIBIT “A” Exhibit “A”
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2045 Comprehensive Plan
City of Ocoee, Florida
Prepared by
The City of Ocoee Planning & Zoning Commission Acting as the
Local Planning Agency
and
The City of Ocoee Comprehensive Planning Team
On behalf of
The City of Ocoee City Commission
Adopted
June 2025
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City of Ocoee, Florida
City Officials
June 2025
Mayor Rusty Johnson
City Commission Scott R. Kennedy, District 1 Commissioner
Rosemary Wilsen, District 2 Commissioner, Mayor Pro-Tem
Richard Firstner, District 3 Commissioner
George Oliver III, District 4 Commissioner
Local Planning Agency
Board
Brad Lomneck, Chairman
Lou Forges, Vice Chairman
Joel Keller
Kelton Butler
Derrick Chacon
Joaquin Galvin
City Manager’s Office Craig Shadrix, City Manager
Michael Rumer, Assistant City Manager
City Attorney Richard Geller, Esq., Fishback Dominick
Comprehensive Planning
Team
Development Services Department
Ginger Corless, AICP, CPRP, FRA, Development Services
Director
Anoch Whitfield, AICP, Zoning Manager
Tory Parish, Principal Urban Designer/City Architect
Berenice Belizaire, Planner I
Brett McFarlane, Concurrency & Commitments Coordinator
Parks & Leisure Services Department
Mark Johnson, PLS Director
Doug Gaines, PLS Deputy Director
Dan Abdo, Parks Operations Manager
Public Works Department
Steve Krug, Public Works Director
Milen Womack, PE, City Engineer
Hseth Burch, Staff Engineer/Floodplains Administrator
Utilities Department
Jen Bolling, Utilities Director
Jesse Conklin, Engineering Technician
Kelsey Katro, GISP, GIS Analyst
Information Technology Department
John Haas, IT Director
Luis Martinez, GIS Analyst
Transportation Consultant
Kimley-Horn
James Taylor, PE
Amanda Black, AICP, Transportation Planner
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VISION STATEMENT
The City of Ocoee is a vibrant, attractive,
and economically sustainable
community where businesses thrive and
neighborhoods flourish through diverse,
compact, and complementary land
uses that produce quality development
and safe, connected mobility systems
through adequate movement of people
and goods while simultaneously
preserving environmental systems and
creating parks and open spaces to
promote social engagement and
enhance community health leading to
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CHAPTERS
Vibrant, Attractive & Inclusive
Community
Efficient, Reliable & Well-Maintained
Infrastructure 3
2
Introduction 1
Safe & Convenient Mobility 4
Environment-Friendly, Resilient &
Sustainable Community 5
Responsible, Accessible & Open
Governance 6
Appendix
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1 CHAPTER
INTRODUCTION
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INTRODUCTION
Introduction | 1
Our Community. Ocoee is a growing and
dynamic central Florida community and a
great place to call home. Approximately 16
square miles in size, Ocoee is located in west
Orange County, nestled between the cities of
Apopka to the north, Orlando to the east,
Windermere to the south and Winter Garden
to the west. Centrally located and with direct
access to a regional transportation system
that includes the Florida Turnpike, State Road
50/Colonial Drive, State Road 408/the East-
West Expressway, and State Road 429/the
Western Expressway, the City is a great place
to grow a business and is minutes from major
employers and entertainment destinations,
Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, Sea
World and the Orlando Regional Airport.
Historical Perspective. Beginning as a
township of 820 residents, Ocoee was first
settled adjacent to Starke Lake in the mid-
1800s. The Town of Ocoee was the name of a
subdivision platted in 1886 by Dr. H.K. Clarke,
Charles J. Chunn, and R.B.F. Roper. This name
Ocoee came from a river in Tennessee, which
means "apricot vine" in the Cherokee
language - what is now called the
passionflower. The city logo is inspired by this
flower. The Town of Ocoee was recognized as
a municipality by the Florida legislature in 1923
and became the City of Ocoee in May 1925.
Just as major roadways have played a role in
Ocoee’s current growth, transportation
catalyzed the City’s development in the past.
Completion of the Florida Midland Railroad in
the 1880s brought many settlers to the area.
The population boom propagated by the
railroad led to the abandonment of crops
such as corn, cotton, and sweet potatoes in
favor of oranges and vegetables grown and
shipped to northern states during the winter.
One prominent citrus grower, General William
Temple Withers, built his family home at 16 East
Oakland Avenue in 1888. The home still stands
today and serves as a museum and event
venue. In 1987, it was added to the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places, and taking
a tour gives visitors a detailed glimpse into the
past. The City is also home to another
significant building, Ocoee Christian Church.
Added to the U.S. National Register of Historic
Places in 1997, it is believed to be the oldest
church in continuous use in the State of
Florida. Scenes from the movie My Girl were
filmed there, with several other directors
utilizing the Ocoee area for their productions.
Starke Lake Studios, also known as Gettings
Studio, has served as a music recording
destination for countless artists, such as Daddy
Yankee and Duran Duran. Gloria Estefan
even recorded her hit “Reach” for the 1996
Olympic Games at this studio.
While Ocoee has many historical bright spots,
a lamentable event from the past cannot be
ignored. The 1920 Election Day Massacre
fundamentally altered the trajectory of our
community. Many African Americans had
their land taken from them, were driven out of
the town, or were killed. Nothing will erase this
past tragedy, nor should it be forgotten. Over
the past twenty (20) years, City officials and
the community have come together to heal
and to embrace and celebrate diversity. The
City established a Human Relations Diversity
Board, whose objective is to promote
understanding, respect, goodwill, and
equality among all citizens and businesses of
the City of Ocoee. Building on the City’s
mission of equity, in 2023, the City opened
Unity Park and dedicated it to the memory of
the African American lives and properties lost.
Current Environment. The City remains
focused in our efforts to provide a desirable
community in which to live, work and raise a
family while maintaining a high standard of
living. With input from citizens and property
owners, the City of Ocoee is charting a future
through this Comprehensive Plan Update,
and subsequent Land Development Code
Update, to direct growth and redevelopment
while protecting its resources in a manner that
furthers a sense of community.
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INTRODUCTION
2 | Introduction
The Chapters of this Comprehensive Plan
reflect the City’s vision and strategies for
achieving an attractive, vibrant and inclusive
community over the next twenty (20) years.
Vision Statement. The City of Ocoee is a
vibrant, attractive, and economically
sustainable community where businesses
thrive and neighborhoods flourish through
diverse, compact, and complementary land
uses that produce quality development and
safe, connected mobility systems through
adequate movement of people and goods
while simultaneously preserving
environmental systems and creating parks
and open spaces to promote social
engagement and enhance community
health leading to the overall wellbeing of the
City.
2045 Comprehensive Plan Update. The
Comprehensive Plan Update is divided into
two volumes. The first volume is the Goals,
Objectives and Policies (GOPs) policy
document. The second volume contains the
Data, Inventory, and Analysis (DIA) for each
element required by the State in Chapter 163,
Part II, Florida Statutes (F.S.). Each volume is
organized by the following Chapters:
Chapter 2 - Vibrant, Attractive & Inclusive
Community
• Future Land Use Element
• Housing Element
• Recreation & Open Space Element
Chapter 3 - Efficient, Reliable & Well-
Maintained Infrastructure
• Infrastructure Element
o Utilities Sub-element
o Drainage Sub-element
Chapter 4 - Safe & Convenient Mobility
• Mobility Element
(formerly the Transportation Element)
Chapter 5 - Environment-Friendly, Resilient &
Sustainable Community
• Conservation Element
Chapter 6 – Responsible, Accessible & Open
Governance
• Public School Facilities Element
• Intergovernmental Coord. Element
• Capital Improvements Element
• Private Property Rights Element
Appendix
• Acronyms List
• Water Supply Plan
In accordance with Chapter 163, F.S., Envision
2045 provides policy direction to
accommodate growth over the required 10-
year and 20-year planning horizons.
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VIBRANT, ATTRACTIVE &
INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY
2 CHAPTER
Future Land Use
Element
Housing Element
Recreation & Open
Space Element
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Future Land Use
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FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT
Future Land Use Element GOPs | 1
FLU GOAL: THE CITY WILL CREATE A HEALTHY,
SUSTAINABLE AND BALANCED COMMUNITY
WHERE GROWTH OCCURS IN A SUSTAINABLE
MANNER THAT PROTECTS AND PRESERVES THE
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE BUILT
ENVIRONMENT MEETS THE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL,
CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC NEEDS OF PRESENT
AND FUTURE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY
OWNERS.
FLU Objective 1 - Future Land Use Map: The
City of Ocoee shall maintain a Future Land Use
Map that complements and protects the
residential character of established
neighborhoods, creates transitional land uses
and a vibrant mix of uses in the City’s
Downtown, stimulates growth within Target
Areas and along Target Corridors, and
innovates coordinated and connected
development in a manner that maximizes
existing and planned public facilities, services
and infrastructure.
FLU Policy 1.1: The official Future Land Use Map
(FLUM) shall be embodied in FLU Figure Nos. 1,
1a, and 1b, as may be amended from time to
time, and shall embody the vision for how the
City will grow and shall ensure the
complementary blend, transition, and
organization of land uses to support a healthy
community and vibrant economy.
FLU Policy 1.2: For purposes of complying with
S.163.3177(6)(a)10 of F.S., The Future Land Use
Map (FLUM) series shall consist of the following
maps:
(1) FLU Figure Nos. 1, 1a, 1b, 2, 3, 4, 5 as well as
(2) CON Figure Nos. 1, 2, and 3 within the CON
Element
The Future Land Use Map shall regulate the
intensity and density of development, as
defined herein, in accordance within the
future land use categories described in this
Element.
FLU Policy 1.3: Intensity shall be established by
the maximum floor area ratio (FAR) allowable
under the future land use designation, and
density shall be established by the number of
dwelling units per acre allowable under the
future land use designation.
Development intensity shall be calculated by
the sum of the horizontal gross floor area of all
floors or stories of all buildings, excluding
below grade floor areas, such as basements
and underground parking, measured from the
exterior surface of the walls, whereas density
shall be calculated by the total number of
dwelling units on a development site divided
by the land area of the development site in
acres.
FLU Policy 1.4: Maximum non-residential
intensity and residential density are not an
entitlement and may not be achievable in all
situations. Intensity and density, as
constructed, will depend on the site’s ability to
comply with site urban design and
engineering regulations and requirements
within the City’s Land Development Code
and Engineering Standards Manual, as well as
relevant regulations of regional and state
agencies.
FLU Policy 1.5: For purposes of evaluating
impacts on transportation, utilities, and other
infrastructure demands, the determination of
the maximum development potential of a site
shall utilize the FAR and/or density of the gross
land area less land areas that are required to
be set aside or protected due to their
environmentally sensitive nature, such as
wetlands, floodplains, water ways, or surface
waters and a 25-foot upland buffer, as well as
aquifer recharge areas, and land areas
required by policy to be set aside or preserved
for open space and buffers.
FLU Policy 1.6: Upon official vacation and/or
abandonment of a public road, street, or
alley, the future land use designation
applicable to the property to which it is
reverted shall apply to such vacated or
abandoned road, street, or alley.
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2 | Future Land Use Element GOPs
FLU Objective 2 - Future Land Use Categories:
Growth and desired development patterns
shall be directed by the Future Land Use Map
through a future land use category system that
regulates density and intensity of
development and protects natural resources
to achieve the Plan Vision.
FLU Policy 2.1: The Future Land Use Map shall
contain the following Future Land Use
categories:
• Mixed Use (MU)
• Commercial (COM)
• Professional Offices and Services (POS)
• Light Industrial (LI)
• Heavy Industrial (HI)
• Public Facilities and Institutional (PFI)
• High Density Residential (HDR)
• Medium Density Residential (MDR)
• Low-Medium Density Residential (LMDR)
• Low Density Residential (LDR)
• Recreation and Open Space (ROS)
• Conservation and Preservation (CON)
MIXED USE CATEGORY
FLU Policy 2.2: The Mixed Use future land use
designation is intended to apply to urban
areas targeted for dense and intense urban
developments. Development within the MU
category shall not exceed a density of 20
dwelling units per acre or an intensity of 3.0
FAR.
Development on lands designated Mixed Use
shall contain a mix of two (2) or more land
uses, which shall consist of either a residential
component or an office component plus one
(1) or more of the following uses: commercial,
recreation, craft industrial, or assembly uses
plus at least one (1) ancillary civic use, such as
a plaza, mini-park, community urban garden,
or other public gathering space.
For purposes of determining maximum
development potential, the percent of land
area to be used in the calculation shall be
based on the number of proposed uses in a
development. Such square footage and
number of dwelling units can be spatially
located as needed and in accordance with
the Land Development Code.
Depending on the context of the surrounding
area, the mixture of uses can consist of vertical
and horizontal use integration or a
combination thereof, with the vertical use
integration being the preferred and
incentivized option. Under certain, limited
circumstances, a single-use development
may be permitted on a parcel of one acre of
less within the Mixed Use designation if such
use is deemed by the Land Use Administrator
to be a use that complements or functionally
completes the character of the surrounding
area or the use is a significant economic
generator for the City.
FLU Policy 2.3: Application of the MU
designation shall be limited to lands meeting
at least one (1) of the below locational
criteria:
• Land is located within the Downtown
District or the CRA District as depicted on
the Future Land Use Maps: FLU No. 1a and
FLU Figure No. 1b;
• Land is located along a Target Corridor as
described in the Land Development Code
or a roadway designated a Context Class
of T3 or T4 as depicted on the Future
Transportation Map within the Mobility
Element;
• Land is within a one-quarter (1/4) mile
radius of a designated City Gateway,
Trailhead, or major transit stop; or
• Land is located along a roadway segment
that meets the pedestrian or bike level of
stress standard.
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In all situations, lands designated Mixed Use
shall be fully served or planned to be fully
served by public facilities and other municipal
services, except that, if utility improvements
are needed to serve the development, the
costs associated with such improvements shall
be the responsibility of the developer or
property owner. Except in limited instances in
the Downtown District, in no case shall this
designation be permitted on land served by
septic systems or water wells. In the
Downtown District, Mixed Use designated
land shall require connections to utilities to
provide connections for potable water and
sanitary sewers to the greatest extent
practicable.
FLU Policy 2.4: Within the Mixed Use future land
use designation, a cohesive, compact, and
walkable development may be eligible for a
density bonus of up to an additional 10
dwelling units per acre, if such development:
• Includes or incorporates vertical use
integration;
• Creatively blends residential uses with
different yet complementary land uses in a
physically and functionally connected
and balanced development;
• Is connected to and activates the public
realm; and
• Provides a minimum floor area ratio of 0.15
of commercial uses.
FLU Policy 2.5: The Downtown District, as
depicted on FLU Figure No. 1a, is hereby
established. Allowable uses shall include
commercial, office, craft industrial, and
residential uses, to include detached and
attached single-family units, duplex, triplex,
quadplex, and cluster homes, on parcels
primed for urban infill, redevelopment or
adaptive-reuse of the existing structure
upgraded to current architectural and urban
design standards. (FLU Figure No. 1a)
FLU Policy 2.6: Within the Downtown District,
the design and construction of any new
solitary single-story building or a minimum of
one-third (1/3) of all single-story buildings of
new multiple building development or
redevelopment shall be designed,
engineered, and constructed to support and
accommodate the addition of upper floors
even if such floors will not be constructed until
a later date.
FLU Policy 2.7: The Community
Redevelopment Area (CRA) Mixed Use
District, as depicted in FLU Figure No. 1b, is
hereby established. Development within the
CRA Mixed Use District shall meet the goals,
objectives, and policies of this Plan as well as
the DRA Development Plan.
PROFESSIONAL OFFICES AND SERVICES (POS) AND
COMMERCIAL (COM) CATEGORIES
FLU Policy 2.8: The Professional Offices and
Services and Commercial future land use
designations are intended to apply to areas
served or planned to be served by public
utilities and targeted for commercial and
office development adjacent to arterial
roadways or within one-half (1/2) mile of an
intersection of a collector roadway and
arterial roadway. Properties with these
designations may be developed at a floor
area ratio no greater than 3.0.
FLU Policy 2.9: Within the POS and COM future
land use designation, mixed use
developments, when allowed by the Land
Development Code, may be developed at
up to 10 dwelling units per acre but must
include a residential component at a
minimum density of 6 units per acre integrated
with commercial and/or office component at
a floor area ratio of at least 0.15.
Permissible land uses include commercial,
professional office, and personal services in
close proximity to residential to help meet for
the daily needs of the community and to
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reduce vehicle miles of travel. For a multi-
building development, at least one-quarter
(1/4) or twenty-five (25) percent of the total
number of buildings shall include vertically
integrated uses.
FLU Policy 2.10: Activity Centers are permitted
in the Commercial future land use
designation. Activity Centers are major nodes
of employment which may, by scale and
development intensity, become significant
economic drivers that would advance the
City’s Envision 2045 Comprehensive Plan.
Activity Centers generally include a mix of
residential and commercial land uses. At the
time of their creation, Activity Centers may
include site-specific policies within the
Comprehensive Plan and standards within the
Land Development Code to direct the
growth, development pattern, and urban
scale and form within the Activity Center
Areas. Mix of uses, an attractive public realm,
pedestrian and bicycle travel, and transit are
emphasized in the planning and design of
Activity Centers.
FLU Policy 2.10.a: Activity Centers should
encourage a development pattern that
contains a mix of housing types and
densities to the extent possible. Retail,
service, and recreational facilities shall also
be integrated within these areas. Non-
residential areas shall define the hub and
focus of the area. Retail and service
establishments, including government
buildings and cultural centers, may also be
included within the Centers. Activity
Centers should be within walking or
bicycling distance to local residents.
Sidewalks should be placed on both sides
of the roadways and shall connect to
sidewalks within residential developments.
All parking areas shall be heavily
landscaped and setbacks may be
reduced for any parking located behind
the buildings.
FLU Policy 2.10.b: The Activity Centers
identified by the City include:
• Good Homes Road Activity Center at
Good Homes Road and State Road 50
• West Oaks Activity Center at Clarke
Road and State Road 50
• Minorville Activity Center at Bluford
Avenue and State Road 50
• Lake Bennet Activity Center at
Blackwood Avenue and State Road 50
• Silver Star Activity Center at Clarke
Road and Silver Star Road
• Northwest Activity Center at Ocoee-
Apopka Road and Fullers Cross Road.
FLU Policy 2.10.c: Development of lands
within the Northwest Activity Center shall
comply with sub-policies (1) through (8) as
established herein.
FLU Policy 2.10.c(1): The Northwest
Activity Center boundary shall be
comprised of parcels numbers: 07-22-
28-0000-00-001, 07-22-28-0000-00-023,
07-22-28-0000-00-057, 07-22-28-0000-00-
041, 07-22-28-0000-00-039, 07-22-28-
0000-00-043, 07-22-28-0000-00-105, 07-
22-28-0000-00-060, and 07-22-28-0000-
00-074, totaling 150 acres generally
located in the southeast corner of the
Ocoee Apopka Road and Fullers Cross
Road intersection, and as depicted on
the following.
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FLU Policy 2.10.c(2): Certain protective
covenants and restrictions are applied
to Parcel 07-22-28-0000-00-001
(Chevron Parcel), in accordance with
Special Warranty Deed # 20230735916,
dated December 27, 2023. More
specifically, these restrictions limit
allowable land uses and utilization of
groundwater on said parcel.
FLU Policy 2.10.c(3): To achieve
consistency with adopted policies of
the Conservation Element and to
mitigate approximately 21.94 acres of
wetland impacts, prior to site plan
approval of any lands within the
Northwest Activity Center, the
owner/developer shall, to the
satisfaction of the City:
• Provide a plan, as part of the site
plan review and approval, for the
completion of all required
environmental remediation of the
Northwest Ocoee Brownfield Area,
including excavation and disposal
of contaminated soils and/or
relocation of contaminated soils
under buildings or permanent
hardscape and monitoring
requirements during construction.
The environmental remediation
plan shall include provisions for the
handling of contaminants during
construction to preclude off-site
contamination through soil
transport, disturbance of dust,
stormwater entrainment, and
vehicular tracking.
• Establish a comprehensive
stormwater and floodplain
management system to treat,
retain, and enhance stormwater
and provide for flood-carrying and
flood storage capacity for the site
with remediation plans, consistent
with SJRWMD permit requirements.
• Conserve and develop a
management plan covering
approximately 287 acres of
Conservation lands located within
the limits of the City of Ocoee.
• Submit a mitigation plan consistent
with permit(s) issued by the
SJRWMD for the Northwest Activity
Center that offsets the loss of low-
quality wetlands on the site with
conservation activities that benefit
the Lake Apopka and/or Upper
Ocklawaha Basin.
FLU Policy 2.10.c(4): Development of
the Northwest Activity Center area,
including the Ocoee Regional Sports
Complex (the “ORSC”), shall comply
with any applicable provisions of
Florida’s Wekiva Parkway Protection
Act, 2004.
FLU Policy 2.10.c(5): Development shall
be regulated by the ORSC Planned Unit
Development (PUD) Land Use Plan and
related documents, as approved by
the Ocoee City Commission. These
may include any recorded easements,
conditions of approval and
development agreement(s), as
deemed necessary.
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FLU Policy 2.10.c(6): Irrespective of any
other limitations or conditions,
maximum development intensity shall
not exceed any of the following
parameters:
• Maximum floor-to-area Ratio (FAR)
of 0.4. For purposes of this policy,
maximum FAR shall be calculated
using the Ocoee Regional Sports
Complex PUD’s net developable
acreage.
• Maximum 42 acres of sports fields
area, with no more than 17 multi-
purpose-fields.
• Maximum 1.33 million gross leasable
square feet of mixed and multi-use
commercial development,
including sports & recreational
facilities (including indoor and
outdoor venues); commercial uses
(including restaurants, retail stores,
indoor & outdoor entertainment),
hotels, offices, and ancillary or
related uses. Parking shall be
provided via a combination of
surface, podium and structured
parking facilities. This square
footage shall be in addition to the
area described in sub-policy 2 as
sports field area.
• Maximum of 1,250 hotel keys.
• Maximum of 17,960 net new
external daily trips.
FLU Policy 2.10.c(7): Owner/developer
shall be responsible for
improvements to transportation,
utilities, or any other infrastructure
associated with the project’s
development, as specified in
applicable Land Use Plan(s),
Development Agreement(s),
Conditions or Approval, or
equivalent legal instruments
INDUSTRIAL CATEGORIES
FLU Policy 2.11: Developments within the
Industrial future land use designation may
include a variety of manufacturing,
warehousing, distribution, production,
product assembly, and freight, trucking or
other logistical uses. Uses requiring outdoor
storage, including but not limited to the
storage of vehicles, equipment, or goods and
merchandise, and industrial activity occurring
outdoors shall be classified as Heavy Industrial.
Uses involving sheltered or very limited
outdoor storage of non-noxious or otherwise
unpleasant materials but where the conduct
of business activity occurs indoors shall be
classified as Light Industrial.
FLU Policy 2.12: Industrial uses must have
access from roadways that can support
heavy vehicles, machinery, and shipping
trucks, and site design shall assure that on-site
turning movements allow ingress/egress
without vehicles backing into or out of the site
or parking on road rights-of-way
FLU Policy 2.13: Properties designated Heavy
Industrial or Light Industrial are allowed to be
developed at a floor area ratio no greater
than 3.0. When developed as a mixed use
development, properties may be developed
at a maximum density of 15 dwelling units per
acre so long as such development:
• Includes a residential component at a
minimum density of 6 dwelling units per
acre;
• Includes supportive non-residential use at
a minimum floor area ratio of 0.15; and
• Is within one-half (1/2) mile of shopping,
dining and entertainment, medical
services, recreation, and other commonly
enjoyed activities and resources which are
accessible by safe, multi-modal
transportation options that meet the
standards established in MOB Policy 1.1.
FLU Policy 2.14: A mixed use development in
the Industrial land use designation that
complies with FLU Policy 2.12 and that
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incorporates vertical integration of residential
and non-residential uses in half (1/2) of all
buildings may be eligible for a density bonus
of up to an additional 10 dwelling units per
acre.
RESIDENTIAL CATEGORIES
FLU Policy 2.15: The City shall encourage the
availability of housing types for the various
stages of life and manage residential land
uses in a manner which ensures adequate
quantity, affordability, and typologies of
housing and land use compatibility. To this
end, the City designates sites and residential
densities in accordance with the following
land use designations. Calculations for
density shall be rounded to the nearest whole
number.
FLU Policy 2.16: Low Density Residential.
Properties designated Low Density Residential
shall be developed at a density not to exceed
5 dwelling units per acre. Low Density
Residential areas shall be intended for
development of detached single-family and
two-family housing, including accessory
dwelling units. New development,
redevelopment and infill development shall
ensure that residential developments are
served by sidewalks and bikeways, internal
and local streets engineered for slow, safe
motorist travel, have reasonable access to
recreation, shopping, dining, schools, and
public services, and be buffered from the
nuisance effects of higher intensity uses.
FLU Policy 2.17: Low-Medium Density
Residential. Properties designated Low-
Medium Density Residential shall be
developed at a density between 5 to 8
dwelling units per acre. Developments in this
designation may include single-family
detached, townhome, two-family or duplex,
triplex, quadplex, cottage courts, courtyard
buildings, and, under limited circumstances,
live-work unit housing typologies. New
development, redevelopment and infill
development shall ensure that residential
developments are served by sidewalks,
bikeways, connect to trails, engineer internal
and local streets for slow, safe motorist travel,
and should have convenient access to
recreation, shopping, dining, entertainment,
schools, and public services.
FLU Policy 2.18: Medium Density Residential.
Properties designated Medium Density
Residential shall be developed at a density
between 8 to 15 dwelling units per acre.
Medium Density Residential areas shall be
regarded as areas of moderate density of
detached and attached housing. Permitted
uses may include single-family units,
townhomes, cottage courts, courtyard
buildings, zero lot line, cluster homes, multiplex
and modular housing and under limited
circumstances, small-scale multi-family
housing and live-work units. Medium Density
Residential areas shall be accessed primarily
by collector streets and secondarily by local
streets with pedestrian and bicycle paths
engineered for slow, safe motorist travel.
Developments within this designation shall
plan for access to transit, and new
developments shall provide amenities
including recreation and functional open and
civic space and, when appropriate, be
scaled for compatibility with existing,
adjacent Low Density Residential areas.
FLU Policy 2.19: High Density Residential.
Properties designated High Density Residential
shall be developed at a density between 15
to 20 dwelling units per acre. In High Density
Residential areas, it is the City’s intent to
facilitate urban building layouts that front on
and address internal and external streets,
including the use of innovative site and multi-
modal-oriented designs, varied housing
typologies, and sustainable construction
techniques, including those described in the
Conservation Element and Drainage Sub-
Element.
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PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC CATEGORIES
FLU Policy 2.20: Public/Semi-Public Facilities.
The Public/Semi-Public Facilities land use
designation is intended for recreational
(passive and active), cultural, civic, and non-
residential auxiliary uses, such as small
restaurants, limited retail, community centers,
government buildings, public/private utilities,
and similar uses. Development shall not
exceed a floor area ratio of 2.0.
FLU Policy 2.21: Recreation and Open Space.
The Recreation and Open Space designation
shall emphasize access and opportunities for
passive and active open spaces and facilities
that promote healthy active lifestyles for
residents and visitors to the community.
Development activity shall not exceed a floor
area ratio of 0.5.
FLU Policy 2.22: Conservation and
Preservation. The City recognizes the value of
its natural lands in providing wildlife, tree and
plant habitats regulating climate, providing
recreational and aesthetic amenities,
including multi-use trails, and maintaining the
balance of natural systems. The City shall
ensure that land with a Conservation and
Preservation designation, and other natural
resources are protected to the greatest
extent practicable through the
implementation of the land development
regulations and processes. Therefore, this
designation shall be used for the long-term
preservation of environmentally sensitive
lands and natural resources. Development
within this designation shall be limited to a
floor area ratio of 0.1.
FLU Objective 3 - Amending the FLUM: The City
shall ensure that land use decisions and
development, both public and private,
reinforce and improve the identity and quality
of life within the City.
FLU Policy 3.1: Amendments to the Future
Land Use Map shall be evaluated based on
the maximum development potential of the
proposed future land use designation and
shall demonstrate consistency with the
following criteria.
FLU Policy 3.1.a: Adequate transportation
and public facilities and services are
available to accommodate the projected
demand consistent with the adopted level
of service standards. If capacity is not
available, development agreements shall
be executed to ensure that infrastructure
facilities and services will be available to
accommodate the proposed
amendment by or before the build-out of
the development.
FLU Policy 3.1.b: The amendment will
maximize existing and planned public
infrastructure investments. The City shall
discourage future land use map
amendments that result in land use
designations in locations unsuitable or not
ready to support the proposed density
and/or intensity of development.
FLU Policy 3.1.c: The proposed
amendment encourages infill and
redevelopment within special areas.
FLU Policy 3.1.d: The proposed future land
use designation is compatible with
adjacent future land use designations and
surrounding land uses, including
development intensity, off-site odor, noise,
visual, and motorist traffic impacts, and
shall consider the character of the
undeveloped land, soils, topography,
natural resources, and historic resources,
(FLU Figure No. 5 and CON Figure Nos. 1-4
within the CON Element) on site as well as
the vision of the City for the area in which
the proposed amendment is located.
FLU Policy 3.1.e: The proposed
amendment furthers the City’s economic
diversity and fosters the Live Here/Grow
Here vision in the Housing Element.
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FLU Policy 3.2: Prior to approval of a future
land use map amendment, capacity
analyses based on the maximum
development of the proposed future land use
designation shall be provided to evaluate
impacts on transportation, utilities and other
infrastructure. The determination of the
maximum development potential of a site
shall utilize the density on the gross land area
less land areas that are required to be set
aside or protected due to their
environmentally sensitive nature, such as
wetlands, floodplains, water ways or surface
waters and 25-foot upland buffer, and land
areas required by policy to be set aside or
preserved for open space and buffers.
FLU Policy 3.3: No amendment to the Future
Land Use Map shall be approved that
encourages, expands or in any way promote
the proliferation of urban sprawl, as described
by indicators established in Section
163.3177(6)(a)9, Florida Statutes.
FLU Objective 4 - Managing Growth: The City
recognizes that enhanced quality of life is
essential to retaining residents and attracting
visitors to the City. To that end, the City shall
develop policies that maintain healthy
communities and sustainable neighborhoods,
accommodate population growth in a
responsible manner, and foster social stability
and fiscal responsibility.
FLU Policy 4.1: Development and
redevelopment shall be directed to areas
where a full range of municipal facilities and
services are provided or planned to be
provided to effectively and efficiently meet
physical, social, and economic needs of the
City.
FLU Policy 4.2: The City will update the Land
Development Code to provide regulations
that achieve quality community
development, including provisions for sound
urban form and scale, attractive building
architecture with pedestrian-oriented building
façades and orientation, safe and efficient
movement of people and goods, protection
of the public realm, and environmental
stewardship.
FLU Policy 4.3: Priority shall be given to
innovative developments and site designs
that provide multi-modal transportation and
to street design options that create an
attractive public realm, connect the site to
the surrounding area, and integrate different
yet complementary land uses to reduce
vehicle miles traveled and allow residents to
live, work and shop in close proximity.
FLU Policy 4.4: To bolster the ability of residents
to age in place and live in dignity, the City will
provide for the geographic distribution of land
uses and municipal facilities, services,
programs, and resources in a manner that
meets the needs of a growing and diverse
population while ensuring that benefits and
burdens of growth are shared across the
community, including housing, healthy food
options, and access to health and community
services, shopping, entertainment, and
education.
FLU Policy 4.5: The City recognizes the need
and importance of lively, inclusive, and safe
public spaces. The City will support facilities
and programs that make recreational
opportunities, pedestrian and bicycle
facilities, and gathering spaces accessible for
all citizens to enjoy regardless of age and
abilities.
FLU Policy 4.6: Recognizing that population
growth results in increased transportation
demand, the City will develop an Anticipated
Right-of-Way Needs Map to clearly depict
existing right-of-way and areas where
additional right-of-way is needed. New
developments along such right-of-way shall
be required to dedicate needed right-of-way
to the City. When sufficient right-of-way is
accumulated, the City shall plan for road
improvements that improve transportation
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capacity, including modern roundabouts and
connecting streets as alternatives to road
widening, as well as multi-modal
transportation options.
FLU Objective 5 - Growing Sustainably: The
City shall strive for innovation and
sustainability in site and building design and
shall incentivize Low Impact Development
(LID) and International Code Council (ICC)
Green Building for Residential and
Commercial developments.
FLU Policy 5.1: Land use and development
decisions shall promote high density, diverse
land uses, proximity of essential services,
walkability, context-sensitive multimodal
transportation, and community programs to
ensure residents can access most daily needs,
such as food/ groceries, healthcare, schools,
parks, and employment within a 15-minute
walk or bike ride from their homes.
FLU Policy 5.2: The City shall achieve and
maintain an integrated system of connected
lakes, wetlands, parks, and trail facilities to
encourage the use of alternative
transportation options for commuting,
shopping, or recreating.
FLU Policy 5.3: The City shall support innovative
thinking, planning and engineering principles
and practices that are flexible to react to
changing market conditions.
FLU Policy 5.4: Development nodes/clusters
within one-quarter (¼) mile of arterial or
collector corridors shall contain a mix of land
uses and verticality.
FLU Policy 5.5: The City shall identify strategies
to combat or minimize urban heat island
effects and surface level pollutants in order to
protect the general health, welfare and
safety of residents and visitors.
FLU Objective 6 - Fostering Economic Vitality:
The City shall develop strategies and
incentives that foster and improve the stability
and economic well-being of the City and
activate the livelihood of Ocoee’s Downtown.
FLU Policy 6.1: The City shall initiate community
planning, urban development, and
redevelopment strategies that prepare
businesses, production facilities, trades, and
related activities to withstand negative
changes and challenges in the economy and
to continue to provide jobs and income to
support the community.
FLU Policy 6.2: The City shall provide land uses
in sufficient quantities and diversities and in
appropriate locations that allow for
entrepreneurship and job creation through
technology, traditional and craft industries,
cooperatives, office/trade hubs, and similar
activities.
FLU Policy 6.3: The City shall seek opportunities
to increase its economic strength by
leveraging programs, land uses, utilities and
transportation facilities across the City.
FLU Policy 6.4: The City will provide community
amenities and benefits, including but not
limited to:
• Public park and recreation improvements,
public plazas, benches, pedestrian-scale
lighting, wayfinding for motorists and
bicyclists, and usable open space;
• Public art or amenities;
• Public parking for motorists and bicyclists;
• Lockers and showers for employees,
• Community gardens, urban agriculture,
etc.; and
• Contributions toward community identity.
FLU Objective 7 - Maintaining Healthy
Environmental Systems: The City shall develop
programs and evaluate land use decisions to
support and maintain a healthy environmental
system.
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FLU Policy 7.1: The City shall discourage the
proliferation of urban sprawl by directing or
locating growth and development to urban
areas, implement cost-effective provision or
extension of public facilities and services, and
promote walkable, bikeable, and connected
communities and compact development
with a mix of uses at densities and intensities
that support a range of housing choices.
FLU Policy 7.2: The City shall implement
through the Land Development Code a
Floodplain Management Ordinance that
diverts growth away from floodplain areas
and promote flood resiliency within the City.
FLU Policy 7.3: The City shall prioritize projects
that meet green building standards. The City
shall also prioritize and encourage the use of
low impact development and other green
infrastructure practices to enhance
sustainability and implement stormwater
management strategies emphasizing use of
natural site features and engineering facilities
to replicate natural hydrologic patterns and
reduce the need for stormwater ponds.
FLU Policy 7.4: The City shall continue to
enforce and implement the goals and
principles of the Wekiva Study Area
Requirements.
FLU Policy 7.5: The City shall identify
environmentally sensitive natural resources
and ecosystems suitable for protection and
actively direct development away from such
resources and ecosystems, including aquifer
recharge areas, drainage ways, rivers, lakes,
riparian zones, wetlands, floodplains,
watershed basins, and wellhead protection
areas.
FLU Policy 7.6: The City shall strive to reconnect
wildlife corridors, migration routes and nesting
areas and create opportunities for sanctuaries
for species listed as threatened or
endangered.
FLU Objective 8 - Innovative Engineering
Principles: Through incentives, regulations,
and engineering solutions, the City shall
ensure that the development and
redevelopment of property utilize smart
growth policies, resiliency planning, and
sustainability principles to reduce flood risk
and improve the built environment of the City.
FLU Policy 8.1: The City shall evaluate
regulations which ensure that new
development minimizes the exposure of
population, particularly vulnerable
populations, and property to storm and flood
damage through implementation of the
Floodplain Management Ordinance.
FLU Policy 8.2: City-funded public facilities shall
not be built in Special Flood Hazard Areas
(SFHA), and the City shall adopt and
implement regulations which align with the
Florida Building Code to ensure that design
and construction ensure the structural integrity
of new, existing, and redeveloped buildings.
FLU Policy 8.3: The City shall identify
opportunities to reduce density and intensity
of existing development in flood zones.
FLU Policy 8.4: The City shall ensure that
drainage swales, ditches, stormwater
retention areas, and urban conveyance
systems are maintained to achieve maximum
design capacity and flow, including the
conduct of periodic inspections of private
drainage systems.
FLU Policy 8.5: The City shall incorporate flood
mitigation strategies into landscaping and
development standards of the Land
Development Code, including providing
incentives for elevating the first floor of
structures on pilings to allow for parking
beneath the structure in locations prone to
flooding.
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2 CHAPTER
Housing
Element
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HOUSING ELEMENT
Draft Housing Element 1 Housing Element GOPs | 1
HSG GOAL: THE CITY SHALL CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAMS AND
PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON HOUSING RESOURCES
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY
OF SAFE, AFFORDABLE, AND QUALITY HOUSING
TO MEET THE DIVERSE HOUSING NEEDS OF
CURRENT AND FUTURE POPULATIONS,
INCLUDING THOSE WITH SPECIAL HOUSING
NEEDS.
HSG Objective 1 - Attractive City: The City will
develop and implement through the Land
Development Code a Live Here, Grow Here
program to make it more attractive for young
people to stay in or move to Ocoee and to
thrive through the availability of diverse,
quality housing options and safe accessibility
to schools, jobs, shopping, entertainment,
recreation, and personal services via
multimodal transportation choices.
HSG Policy 1.1: To ensure the adequate supply
of housing to meet diverse housing needs of
current and anticipated populations, the City
shall conduct biennial assessments of housing
demand and housing availability by type,
age, value, and monthly cost, and shall map
the distribution or location of these housing
units in relation to needed facilities, services,
and resources.
HSG Policy 1.2: The City will incentivize new,
infill, and redevelopment projects that
provide quality and diverse housing
typologies within one-quarter (1/4) mile of
shopping, jobs, entertainment, recreation,
personal services, and schools, and where
such accessibility is via existing and planned
multi-modal transportation options or facilities
that meet the adopted level of service
standard for such facility.
HSG Policy 1.3: New residential developments
shall be designed and constructed in a
manner that prioritizes an attractive public
realm and that is well-balanced and
integrated with the surrounding
neighborhood or area.
HSG Policy 1.4: Land use decisions shall
consider existing and proposed population
demographics and the availability of quality
and diverse housing stock to accommodate
such demographics.
HSG Policy 1.5: The City shall update the Land
Development Code to adopt standards and
regulations that promote, support, or stimulate
quality communities through sound, time-
tested urban and site design principles.
HSG Objective 2 - Protection of Residential
Character: The City will protect the character
of existing residential areas throughout the
city by diverting or discouraging through-
traffic, using active code enforcement, and
giving priority consideration of residential infill.
The City will biennially assess the condition of
the City’s housing stock and implement
regulations and codes, in coordination with
the Future Land Use Map, that prevent or
eliminate residential blight along major
corridors.
HSG Policy 2.1: The City shall eliminate
substandard housing units or conditions by
developing and implementing regulations
and standards within the Land Development
Code to address housing quality, aesthetics,
and structural soundness as well as lot/parcel
aesthetics and upkeep, particularly along key
corridors as defined in the Mobility Element
and Code.
HSG Policy 2.2: The City shall discourage
redevelopment and demolition practices that
significantly reduce existing housing stock or
result in the displacement of very low-, low-,
and moderate-income households, as well as
housing for seniors or special populations.
Developments that result in the displacement
of the elderly or other special populations shall
implement a relocation assistance program,
approved by the City, before receiving final
site plan approval.
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HSG Policy 2.3: Whenever possible, the City
shall coordinate with the private sector and
non-profit organizations to pursue adequate
means and methods of upgrading or
renovating existing substandard housing to
City and Florida Building Code standards
when the individual housing owner does not
have reasonable capacity to improve the
physical condition and aesthetics of such
housing.
HSG Policy 2.4: Should the City’s Code
Enforcement and Fire Division, through
inspections and monitoring, identify structures
with substandard conditions, the City shall
require renovations to correct the
substandard conditions to protect public
health, safety, and welfare.
HSG Policy 2.5: To minimize impacts to
transportation capacity and operations, new
residential units shall not have direct vehicular
connection and access to arterial roadways
and shall instead be accessed by collector or
local roadways or grid networks or be
accessed by a service road.
HSG Policy 2.6: New residential developments
shall utilize grid patterns and shall provide for
multiple points of access and connectivity to
not focus or direct through-traffic through
existing neighborhoods.
HSG Policy 2.7: Dead-end streets shall be
avoided wherever possible. When a dead-
end street cannot be avoided in order to
protect environmentally sensitive natural
resources, such street shall be designed as a
loop lane around a usable vegetated
common area, which features a combination
of seating, shade, and open scape, or shall be
designed to include an attractive termination
within the center of the dead-end, such as a
vegetated island park with consideration for a
vertical feature such as an obelisk, trellis, or
substantial tree.
HSG Objective 3 - Improve Housing Quality
and Diversity: The City will make every effort to
ensure that every neighborhood within the city
has a stable quality of life.
HSG Policy 3.1: The City shall evaluate its
existing housing stock and land areas
designated for residential developments
within the Future Land Use Map and work
towards improving housing quality and
diversity of housing typologies throughout the
city that accommodate the housing needs of
residents at every stage of life, including
young professionals, first time buyers/renters,
newly married/divorced, small/large families,
empty nesters, retirees, etc.
HSG Policy 3.1.a: The City will support
development of infill on vacant lots for
new residential developments that
provide quality housing options that blend
into the fabric of the community.
HSG Policy 3.1.b: The City will support and
promote innovative housing and mixed-
use developments that incorporate
clustered, zero lot line, and multiplex
housing unit types (including stacked and
side-by-side duplexes, triplexes,
quadplexes, courtyard buildings, cottage
courts, townhouses, and live-work units)
where such units can be part of an
appropriately scaled project, whether
new, infill, or redevelopment, can be
clustered to generate vibrant and
neighborly nodes within the community, or
can accommodate a mix of income levels
and varying sizes and bedroom
compositions. The various unit mixes shall
be well-blended within the development,
in terms of architectural style, scale, form,
accessibility, and distribution, without a
visible distinction between the exteriors of
market rate units and affordable housing
units.
HSG Policy 3.2: The City will incentivize
developments, projects, and programs that
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serve to revitalize communities and
neighborhoods in a manner that enables
residents to live active, healthy lives by
providing safe and convenient access to
multi-modal transportation options,
recreation, nutritious food choices, and
aging-in-place opportunities through the
following strategies.
HSG Policy 3.2.a: The City shall ensure multi-
use trails and sidewalks have amenities,
such as benches, water, shade trees, and
shelter from heat and weather within
reasonable walking distances in order to
promote walking and bicycling for
recreation, commuting to work and
school, and as an alternative to driving for
short trips near home or work.
HSG Policy 3.2.b: The City shall enhance
the safe walkability and ability to ride
bicycles throughout the city within both
the public realm and private
developments, including safe and
effective sidewalk systems, multi-use trails,
cycle tracks, and other bicycling
infrastructure, age- and ability-friendly
crosswalks, and standards to bring building
entrances close to streets, parking lots,
and transit stops.
HSG Objective 4 - Quality Affordable Housing:
The City shall ensure the availability of
adequate affordable housing sites through the
Future Land Use Map and shall implement,
through the Land Development Code,
standards to support housing diversity and
eliminate barriers to affordable housing.
HSG Policy 4.1: The City shall support the
provision of adequate housing sites for all
residents, including housing for very low-, low-
and moderate-income households, through
the following policies.
HSG Policy 4.1.a: In addition to the areas
designated Medium and High Density
Residential on the Future Land Use Map,
medium and high-density residential
developments shall be permitted within
the Downtown Mixed Use, Activity Center,
and other Special Planning Areas when
such development meets the criteria
below.
(1) The development is located on a
Complete Street or is on a roadway
where the operating bicycle and
pedestrian level of stress standard,
as defined in the Mobility Element, is
currently met.
(2) If the site does not comply with HSG
Policy 4.1.a(1), development of the
site for affordable or attainable
housing shall require or include
improvements to the transportation
system to bring the bicycle and
pedestrian level of stress to the
adopted standard. Such
improvements shall be the
responsibility of the developer.
(3) The scale, form, and design of the
development will be well-
integrated and balanced with
surrounding neighborhoods and
areas and will protect the
character of existing residential
uses. Locations where density is
planned to transition to a more
intense or dense land use shall be
seamless, using strategies such as
parking and garages hidden from
the street and consistency in
setbacks, landscaping, sidewalks,
and other infrastructure.
HSG Policy 4.2: To eliminate barriers to
affordable or attainable housing, the City will
provide development incentive programs
and an expedited development review
process within the Land Development Code
and Permitting Process for qualifying
affordable or attainable housing projects.
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HSG Policy 4.2.a: The City shall provide
specific programs and actions when state
or federal funding become available, to
partner with private or non-profit sectors to
provide opportunities to close gaps in
quality housing supply.
HSG Policy 4.2.b: Incentive programs shall
include expedited review, approval, and
permitting processes to minimize costs and
delays.
HSG Policy 4.2.c: The City shall partner with
County, private, or non-profit agencies as
needed to provide for housing relocation
when housing displacement occurs
because of City action.
HSG Policy 4.3: The City will prioritize funding of
public infrastructure and facilities installation
or improvements in areas providing housing to
very-low-, low-, and moderate-income
households as well as areas providing sites for
mobile homes, group home facilities, foster
care facilities, or other alternative housing
options.
HSG Policy 4.4: Residential developments shall
comply with the architectural and site design
requirements of the Land Development
Code, and affordable housing developments
shall be designed in a manner consistent with
HSG Objective 3.
HSG Objective 5 - Senior and Special
Population Housing: Through Vibrant,
Attractive and Inclusive Community, the City
will provide a variety of lifestyle and housing
choices for senior, elderly, disabled, and other
special populations, including residents
defined in Section 419.001, Florida Statutes, to
live with dignity and age in place in a healthy,
active and connected built environment.
HSG Policy 5.1: Residential developments that
provide housing for senior, elderly, and other
special populations shall be located near
shopping, dining and entertainment, medical
services, recreation, and other commonly
enjoyed activities and services which are
accessible by safe, multi-modal transportation
options that meet the standards established in
MOB Policy 1.1.
HSG Policy 5.1.a: The City shall work with
LYNX, Orange County, and MetroPlan
Orlando, whenever possible, to identify
opportunities to provide affordable,
reliable, and efficient public transportation
options to service seniors and special
population groups.
HSG Policy 5.2: The City shall permit high
density developments serving seniors and
other special populations in areas where
adequate services, facilities, resources, and
infrastructure are available to meet the
special needs of the elderly and more
vulnerable populations.
HSG Objective 6 - Protection and Preservation
of Historic Structures and Sites: The City shall
ensure the identification, protection, and
preservation of its archeological and historic
structures and sites for the enjoyment of
current and future residents.
HSG Policy 6.1: The City will identify and
inventory historically significant housing,
buildings, and sites for purposes of
preservation, conservation, rehabilitation, and
replacement. Treatments shall be performed
in a manner that prioritizes the contributing
and character-defining features of the
historical architecture.
HSG Policy 6.2: Historically significant structures
and sites identified by the City at the time of
adoption of this Comprehensive Plan include
(FLU Figure No. 5):
• Tyler House at 8 W. Oakland Avenue
(parcel 17-22-28-6144-02-080)
• Withers-Maguire House at 16 E. Oakland
Avenue (parcel 17-22-28-6144-02-061)
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• Ocoee Christian Church at 15 S. Bluford
Avenue (parcel 17-22-28-6144-03-840)
• Tavares & Gulf Railroad Depot at 14 Taylor
Street (southern part of parcel 17-22-28-
6144-01-060)
• Bank of Ocoee at 102 W. McKey Street
(parcel 18-22-28-0744-00-011)
• Marshall Block Building at 104 W. McKey
Street (addressed as 104-114 W. McKey
Street) (parcel 18-22-28-0744-00-020)
• Flewelling Building at 2 S. Bluford Avenue
(addressed as 6,8,10 S. Bluford Avenue)
(parcel 17-22-28-5504-03-091)
• Packing House at 20 Taylor Street (northern
portion of parcel 17-22-28-6144-01-060)
• Women’s Club of Ocoee at 4 N.
Lakewood Avenue (parcel 17-22-28-5504-
04-130)
• Site of Dr. Starke’s Fishing Camp at 275 N.
Lakeshore Drive (the southern peninsular
portion of 17-22-28-5468-00-051)
• Sims Homesite at 21 E. McKey Street
(western portion of parcel 17-22-28-5504-
03-190)
• Maine Street between S. Bluford Avenue and
existing Maine Street (existing right-of-way)
• West Oakland Avenue – one and a half
blocks west of North Bluford Avenue
(parcels 17-22-28-6144-02-080, 17-22-28-
6144-02-090, 17-22-28-2873-00-030, 17-22-
28-6144-03-070, 17-22-28-6144-03-050, 17-
22-28-6144-03-030)
• Perry Homesite at approximately 529
Ocoee Apopka Road (at or close to
parcel 18-22-28-0000-00-083)
• City Cemetery at 368 E. Geneva Street
(parcel 20-22-28-6141-01-000)
• Cemetery “Hallowed Ground” at 441
Basking Ridge Court (parcel 08-22-28-0000-
00-035)
• Unmarked Cemetery at 329 17th Street
(parcel 08-22-28-0000-00-036)
HSG Policy 6.3: The City shall endeavor to
promote the protection of historically
significant structures and sites and to
encourage proper care and maintenance of
such structures and sites.
HSG Policy 6.3.a: The City shall ensure that
repair, restoration, expansion,
rehabilitation, and preservation of
historically significant structures follow best
practices, such as The Secretary of the
Interior's Standards for the Treatment of
Historic Properties, and are conducted in a
manner that do no harm or cause a loss of
integrity to such structures, including
protection of character-defining
features and in-kind replacement of any
non-salvageable historic building fabric.
HSG Policy 6.3.b: The City shall ensure that
development activity adjacent
to historically significant properties shall
utilize measures to protect and to leave
undisturbed archaeological remains, such
as cemeteries, or underground
building elements, including foundations.
Such protections shall include limiting the
use of pile driving activities that cause sub-
surface vibrations and avoiding alteration
of grading that causes erosion and
drainage on or to the historic property.
HSG Policy 6.3.c: The City shall include in
the Land Development Code standards
and regulations to protect the exteriors of
historic structures and sites and to establish
procedures for the redevelopment and
change of use of the property.
HSG Policy 6.4: The City shall promote the
protection of historically significant structures
and sites as a means of educating about
Ocoee’s history.
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HSG Policy 6.4.a: The City will maintain,
periodically update as needed, and make
public the inventory of historically
significant properties as a publicly
accessible repository.
HSG Policy 6.4.b: The City will endeavor to
work with property owners and with public
or private funds to plan and install historic
markers as part of a program identifying
historically significant properties or to
replace missing markers from an earlier
marker program. Such marker program
shall provide information on key figures,
events, and associations that deem the
properties significant.
HSG Policy 6.5: The City shall endeavor to assist
owners of historically significant properties by
providing information and resources for
funding preservation-related restoration,
rehabilitation, and repair projects.
HSG Policy 6.5.a: The City will aid in or
encourage the utilization of state or
federal tax relief initiatives or grant
programs for property owners who
preserve, restore, or rehabilitate historically
significant properties and cultural
resources.
HSG Policy 6.5.b: The City will encourage
public and private investment in Ocoee’s
historically significant properties and
cultural resources.
HSG Policy 6.6: The City shall continue to make
available or to endeavor to make available to
the public any city-owned historically
significant properties, when feasible and safe,
such as for event rental space or open park
space.
HSG Policy 6.7: The City will promote the
preservation, rehabilitation, and restoration of
historically significant structures as a
sustainable practice of development.
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2 CHAPTER
Recreation &
Open Space
Element
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REC GOAL: THE CITY SHALL ENSURE THE
COORDINATED PROVISION OF A
COMPREHENSIVE, ACCESSIBLE, INCLUSIVE,
AND SUSTAINABLE PARK, AND RECREATION
SYSTEM THAT ENHANCES THE HEALTH,
WELLNESS, AND OVERALL WELLBEING OF
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
REC Objective 1 - Developing A Well-Planned
Comprehensive System: Quality parks,
recreational areas, trails, and civic open
space that are close to home are essential to
the community’s overall health and well-
being. Recreational activities and
programming are vital to childhood
development and serve to unite and
strengthen the community. Parks and
adaptable infrastructure make the city more
resilient when confronted by natural disasters
and climate impacts. Trails, infrastructure for
safe bicycling including bike lanes and cycle
tracks, and safe pedestrian-ways connect the
community while increasing options for
healthy activity. Therefore, the City shall
provide a comprehensive system of parks,
recreation facilities, trails, bicycling
infrastructure, and civic open spaces that
meet the demands of current and future
residents. (REC Figure Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, & 7)
REC Policy 1.1: The City will use the National
Recreation and Parks Association’s (NRPA)
Park Metrics tool to evaluate the City’s
performance as it relates to parks per
population, acres of parkland per 1,000
population, and the number of specific
recreational facilities per population. The
information is presented in NRPA’s Annual
Agency Performance Review.
REC Policy 1.1.a: The City will participate in
NRPA’s Park Metric Program by annually
entering and updating information about
the City’s Parks, Recreation, Trails, and
Civic Open Space System.
REC Policy 1.1.b: The City of Ocoee’s
adopted level of service (LOS) shall be 8
acres of parkland, civic open space per
1,000 residents. The City will strive to meet
NRPA’s median level of service for
parkland per 1,000 residents by 2045. This is
currently 10.2 acres per every 1,000
residents.
REC Policy 1.1.c: The City shall strive to
meet the median number of parks per
population as presented in NRPA’s Annual
Agency Performance Review. This is
currently one (1) park for every 2,062
residents for municipalities between the
population range of 20,000 and 49,999. This
number changes to one (1) park per every
2,346 residents for the projected
population of 74,000 in 2045.
REC Policy 1.2: The City shall update Ocoee’s
2001 Parks and Recreation Master Plan, to
include trails and civic open space as well as
meet contemporary recreational standards
no later than three (3) years from this
Comprehensive Plan adoption. This
document should be updated every five (5)
years.
REC Policy 1.2.a: Each Parks, Recreation,
Multi-Use Trails, and Open Space Master
Plan Update (the “Master Plan Update”)
shall include an assessment of city facilities,
as well as private parks, civic open spaces,
and recreation facilities located in
Planned Unit Developments (PUD) and
multifamily complexes. This assessment
should include the quality of experience
and overall condition of existing facilities.
REC Policy 1.2.b: Existing number of public
recreation facilities by type (baseball
fields, sport courts, community centers,
swimming pools, etc.) will be compared to
national standards for the median
population served.
REC Policy 1.2.c: Include an updated site
plan (if applicable) for every existing
site/facility. If deemed appropriate, a new
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concept plan should be prepared to show
the redevelopment of the site, including
costs and phasing to be incorporated into
the Parks and Leisure Services
Department’s capital budgeting.
REC Policy 1.2.d: Provide prototypical
designs for each park classification;
including civic space, which may consist
of pocket parks, squares, natural areas,
greenbelts, plazas, and playgrounds, as
well as neighborhood parks, community
parks, regional parks, and nature parks to
guide future park development. Specialty
parks do not need a prototypical design
since each specialty park is unique based
on a single activity or resource.
REC Policy 1.2.d(1): Perform an
assessment of recreational
programming and activities and
include recommendations regarding
the future provision and evaluation of
recreational programming and
activities.
REC Policy 1.2.d(2): Complete an
assessment and include
recommendations for ensuring there
are safe routes to parks from
surrounding neighborhoods.
REC Policy 1.2.d(3): Perform an
assessment of the Trust for Public Land’s
(TPL) “10-minute Walk for Park Equity
Policy Framework” and its applicability
within the city. (REC Figure Nos. 5 & 6)
REC Policy 1.2.d(4): Recommend
language to be incorporated into the
City’s Land Development Code
regarding the quality and level of
parks, recreation, trails, civic open
spaces, and open spaces within
private residential developments.
REC Policy 1.2.d(5): Prepare funding
strategies including but not limited to
grants, foundations, increment
revenue, impacts fees, and general
fund.
REC Policy 1.3: Based on the 2020 “Building
Community with Parks, Recreation & Trails
Community Engagement Report,” the City will
employ a similar community survey instrument
to assess and gauge community recreational
needs every five (5) years concurrently with
updating the Parks, Recreation, Trails, Civic
Open Space Master Plan. Furthermore, when
redeveloping existing parks and planning new
parks, the City should meet with residents and
the Recreation Advisory Board for their input.
Meetings could include workshops, pop-up
events, presentations to Homeowner
Associations and other involvement or
outreach activities.
REC Policy 1.4: The City shall actively pursue
the acquisition of available land for future
parks and trails in concert with the standards
and priorities established in the Ocoee Parks,
Recreation, Trails and Civic Open Space
Master Plan Update, including the adopted
level-of-service standard(s). The following
issues should be considered before acquiring
parkland and trail corridors:
• The distribution of parks and trails (REC
Figure Nos. 2,3,4, & 7),
• Locations near other public facilities,
where possible,
• The ability to maximize access and safety,
including opportunities to expand,
connect to, and close gaps in trail
networks, and
• Compatibility of adjacent land uses.
REC Policy 1.5: Implementing green
infrastructure is key to creating new parks,
trails, and open spaces. Parks and civic open
spaces can be incorporated into municipal
infrastructure such as stormwater ponds. Trails,
bike lanes, and cycle tracks can be
integrated into roadway projects, and pocket
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parks can be nestled within rights-of-way
and/or common areas. The Parks and Leisure
Services Director will work closely with other
departments, including Public Works and
Utilities, as well as other agencies and
organizations, to pursue the addition of parks,
recreation, trails, and civic open spaces as an
element of infrastructure projects.
REC Policy 1.6: Park and open space sites shall
not be converted to non-park uses except
where the City Commission finds such
conversion essential to protect public health,
safety, and welfare. Where there is a
reduction in area or facility capacity because
of a conversion, additional facilities necessary
to restore and exceed lost park capacity shall
be provided within one (1) year. Should a
conversion be unavoidable in a conservation
area within the parks system, the mitigation
will follow the standards set forth in the
Conservation Element and the Land
Development Code.
REC Policy 1.7: The City will offer a variety of
recreational activities in connection with
parks and civic open space sites, by providing
for (but not limited to) passive recreation,
active recreation, supervised recreational
activities, drop-in recreation, organized youth
and adult sports, and special organized
events and festivals.
REC Policy 1.8: The City shall avoid duplication
when providing services and take into
consideration the availability of other
resources before developing new facilities,
including private, county, and state parks,
and open space facilities.
REC Policy 1.9: The City cannot fiscally or
administratively supply all of the recreation,
trails, and civic open spaces to meet future
demands and, therefore, will require private
development to continue to provide and/or
fund the development and construction of
recreational amenities, trails, and civic open
spaces as prescribed by this Comprehensive
Plan and the City’s Land Development Code.
REC Policy 1.9.a: The City will continue to
require residential developments to
provide and/or maintain private
neighborhood and community
recreational facilities and civic open
spaces, which are safely accessible to
their residents.
REC Policy 1.9.b: Private development,
including commercial and mixed-use
developments, should integrate civic
open spaces. Civic open spaces are
defined as a space usually between 0 and
2.5 acres that has public access and may
contain such facilities as landscaped
areas, pocket parks, plazas, squares, areas
to sit, community gardens, small
playgrounds, green infrastructure like rain
gardens, bioswales, tree boxes, ponds,
and natural areas.
REC Policy 1.9.c: The City’s Land
Development Code requires residential
development to provide and maintain
common open space. No area shall be
accepted as common open space unless
it satisfies the following standards.
• Common open space shall be
dedicated to and be accessible to
and usable by all residents of the
residential development or specific
phase thereof.
• Common open space shall be suitably
improved so that it is an amenity for its
intended use. Such use may include
aesthetic (i.e., gardens, plazas,
squares, enhanced landscape areas,
and fountains with public access), trails
and pathways, greenbelt buffering, or
recreational facilities (i.e., swimming
pools, splashparks, field and sport
courts, playgrounds, fit-trails or exercise
equipment).
• No building should be constructed on
lands defined as common open space
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unless it is for recreational purposes or
supports maintenance or user comfort
(i.e., pavilions, restrooms, bathhouse,
gazebos).
• When practicable, stormwater ponds
should be treated as an amenity within
open space, with adjacent trails,
bridges, and water features.
• Common open space shall be
maintained by the Homeowners
Association (HOA) or Property Owners
Association (POA) for that specific
development.
REC Policy 1.9.d: Provide for the protection
of open space and conservation areas
while protecting these areas from
incompatible land use and wherever
possible allowing these areas to remain
functionally intact. The City shall use the
Land Development Code to address the
protection of conservation areas, native
vegetation, and buffers in accordance
with the provisions in the Conservation
Element.
REC Policy 1.10: The City will encourage public
participation in park and recreational
planning through the Recreation Advisory
Board and at public forums, special events,
and workshops.
REC Objective 2 - Health and Wellbeing: The
City shall promote active and healthy
lifestyles of all ages and abilities by offering
facilities, programs, and services through the
City’s Parks and Leisure Services Department
and/or through private enterprise or
development.
REC Policy 2.1: The City will use tools such as a
Health Impact Assessment (HIA) to evaluate
localized health trends when planning
facilities, programs, activities, and special
events offered by the Parks and Leisure
Services Department. Such data can be
acquired through organizations like Healthy
West Orange, Orlando Health, Advent Health,
MetroPlan Orlando, and the Florida
Department of Health-Orange County.
REC Policy 2.2: The City will work with
appropriate agencies and organizations to
deliver effective programming and special
events that boost physical activity, promote
family-centric health and wellness, and
expose residents and visitors to nature.
REC Policy 2.3: The City will look for
opportunities to increase indoor and outdoor
intergenerational play opportunities in a
manner that stimulates childhood
development while keying into an adult’s idea
of health and wellness.
REC Policy 2.4: The City will strive to help
reduce obesity and the incidence of chronic
disease by providing opportunities to increase
rigorous physical activity in a variety of forms,
and address the needs of different age
groups, as dictated by local health trends.
REC Policy 2.5: The City will provide
opportunities for its residents to connect with
nature in a way that increases the sense of
well-being, improves mental health, and
elevates a person’s environmental awareness
and appreciation.
REC Policy 2.6: The City will aid in reducing
childhood hunger by increasing access to
nutritious food through before school, after
school, and summer programs.
REC Policy 2.7: The City will work with local
health organizations to offer nutritional and
wellness educational classes at City facilities
and special events.
REC Policy 2.8: The City will, in partnership with
residents, identify “food deserts” within the
city, where access to healthy food options,
especially fresh fruits and vegetables, is limited
or non-existent due to the absence of a
grocery store within a convenient traveling
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distance. The City will evaluate and help
establish, if interest and available land exists, a
community gardens program in any food
deserts.
REC Objective 3 - Access, Accessibility &
Connectivity: Promote the diversity of
recreational participants through developing
and maintaining accessible, inclusive, and
welcoming facilities, programs, events, and
services. This includes optimizing accessibility
between trails and adjacent land uses in a
manner that stimulates trail activation and
integration while also ensuring privacy, safety,
and security between trail users and adjacent
land uses. (REC Figure No. 7)
REC Policy 3.1: The City shall strive to meet the
standard set forth by the Trust for Public Land
that every resident shall have access to a
quality park or green space within a 10-minute
walk from their home. The City shall assess the
locations of parks and green space in relation
to residences and determine whether the City
meets the standard. If not, then the City shall
strive to meet this standard no later than 2045.
To achieve this standard, the City may count
private and not-for-profit providers of parks,
civic open space, and recreational facilities.
(REC Figure Nos. 5 & 6)
REC Policy 3.2: Handicap parking facilities and
bicycle racks shall be provided at all parks,
recreation, trailheads, and open space sites.
Priority for bicycle racks shall be given to
locations sheltered from the rain and
elements.
REC Policy 3.3: Recreation, parks, trails, and
civic open space programs, activities,
facilities, and services shall be reasonably
accessible to the elderly, handicapped, and
economically disadvantaged.
REC Policy 3.4: The City shall optimize access
between trails and compatible, adjacent
land uses while minimizing and addressing
potential conflict points caused by trail
crossings and connections. For example, stop
signs, Rapid Rectangular Flashing Beacons
(“RRFBs”), and HAWK signals can be directed
to oncoming motorists
REC Policy 3.5: The City shall route future trails
adjacent to or through existing and planned
parkland and other appropriate public
spaces. Parks adjacent to trail corridors shall
include internal multipurpose path networks.
(REC Figure No. 7)
REC Policy 3.6: The City shall preserve or
establish a natural canopy to improve the trail
user experience by planting shade trees.
REC Policy 3.7: The City shall work closely with
the Healthy West Orange Trails Connection to
implement the regional trails activation plan.
This includes participating as a voting member
of the Healthy West Orange Trails Connection
Steering Committee and providing support to
one or more of the technical committees.
REC Policy 3.8: New multipurpose paved trails
should be developed to serve the needs of
pedestrians, cyclists, and skaters within the
City. (REC Figure No. 7)
REC Policy 3.9: Working with the County, the
City should promote and develop
connections to the West Orange Trail from
neighborhoods, parks, and civic open space
sites.
REC Policy 3.10: The City, where possible, shall
provide for a system of off-road connections
between historic, recreational, and residential
areas.
REC Policy 3.11: The City shall work to establish
Downtown trails as shown in the Ocoee
Downtown Master Plan and MetroPlan
Orlando’s Silver Star Complete Streets Plan.
REC Policy 3.12: The City shall prioritize
sidewalk improvements that create or
improve pedestrian access and safety, as well
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as those that connect City parks and civic
open spaces to neighborhoods, schools,
institutional uses, and commercial areas.
REC Policy 3.13: Employ complete streets
strategies to enable safe access for all users,
including bicyclists and pedestrians, on
roadways leading to parks, recreation, and
civic open space locations.
REC Objective 4 - Facility Planning &
Development: Plan, design, build, and
maintain attractive, safe, accessible and
sustainable parks, recreation facilities, trails,
and civic open spaces that are resilient
through the integration of green infrastructure
and practices.
REC Policy 4.1: The City shall create a
coordinated and consistent appearance of
parks, recreation, and trail facilities, including
wayfinding and park signage. Bicycle
wayfinding signs are appropriate on multi-use
trails, bike lanes, and cycle tracks at decision
points and trailheads. Such signs should
emulate the Portland format of showing
distance and estimated time to destination at
a 10-mph recreational speed.
REC Policy 4.2: To the extent possible, the City
should eliminate architectural and cultural
barriers in existing parks and recreation
facilities; and employ universal design and
green building techniques in the planning,
design, and implementation of the City’s new
and redeveloping parks, recreational
facilities, trails, and civic and open spaces.
REC Policy 4.3: The City shall employ nature-
based solutions in park development and
management to include such things as;
conserving and restoring natural systems,
increasing and integrating biodiversity
adjacent to recreation facilities, planting
native plants as pollinators, using low impact
development (LID) and green stormwater
techniques including, rain gardens, bioswales,
the removal of invasive fauna and flora, and
restoration of natural areas.
REC Policy 4.4: Parks shall be located near or
collocated with public elementary and
middle schools, libraries, community centers,
and similar public facilities where the needs of
such other facilities are compatible and
permittable.
REC Policy 4.5: The City shall ensure that all
park and recreational facilities meet the most
current Consumer Product Safety Commission
Park Safety guidelines and Americans with
Disabilities Act accessibility standards.
REC Policy 4.6: Crime Prevention through
Environmental Design (CPTED) techniques
and assessments should be employed when
evaluating existing recreational and trail
facilities and planning new ones.
REC Policy 4.7: Parks, recreational facilities,
trails, and civic open spaces shall be
maintained in a manner which promotes a
safe, clean, orderly, and aesthetically
pleasing environment.
REC Policy 4.8: The City shall build and
maintain nature trails within City parks and
conservation areas. Nature trails can be
paved or unpaved. They should be built to
accommodate pedestrians in a manner that
heightens environmental sensitivity but not to
the detriment of the natural resource.
Interpretative signage and programs should
be employed to increase the public’s
environmental awareness and sensitivity.
REC Objective 5 - Resource Management,
Sustainability & Stewardship: The City will
encourage the conservation, sustainability,
and protection of Ocoee’s natural, historical,
and cultural resources.
REC Policy 5.1: Staff will be trained to manage
and maintain the different park types and
facilities. Training will include developing and
maintaining a manual of best practices. Staff
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will be encouraged to enhance their training
through such sources as the Florida
Recreation and Parks Association, National
Recreation and Parks Association, irrigation
and ground management workshops, and
other training opportunities, as needed.
REC Policy 5.2: A Management Plan will be
prepared for each City Park, trail, and
recreational facility. The Management Plan
will address standard maintenance activities
and management methods for the natural
resources on site.
REC Policy 5.3: The City shall employ efficient
resource management techniques in order to
conserve water and energy at parks,
recreation facilities, multi-use trails and civic
open spaces. The City may offer and facilitate
educational activities, events, and
information to increase energy conservation
practices by residents.
REC Policy 5.4: The City shall ensure that
historic sites located in parks, recreational,
civic open spaces are preserved, restored,
and held inviolate against diversion to other
uses except in instances of overriding public
need, such as natural disasters.
REC Policy 5.5: Public access to City parks shall
be strategically located to protect and ensure
the integrity of existing natural features.
REC Policy 5.6: The City may acquire,
preserve, and maintain natural areas to
protect open space, wetlands, sensitive
natural habitats, effective aquifer recharge
areas, lakes, floodplains, special flood hazard
areas, and natural vegetation from
development and incompatible land uses. If
natural resources can accommodate the
public without greatly disturbing the natural
system, the sites can be developed and
managed as a Nature Park.
REC Policy 5.7: The City may offer
environmental education activities, events,
and information at City parks and at other
facilities to increase the community’s
environmental awareness.
REC Policy 5.8: Open space in parks shall be
maintained to protect and preserve natural
features, aquifer recharge areas, and
sensitive natural habitats, and to provide
passive recreation opportunities and public
access to lakes and water bodies.
REC Policy 5.9: The City shall enhance the
recreational potential and aesthetic appeal
of lakes, creeks, floodways, utility easements,
stormwater ponds, and wetlands, where
possible.
REC Policy 5.10: Community access to
shorelines shall be required for all shoreline or
adjacent development. The City shall
encourage public access and exposure to
lakes, significant physical features, and
natural open space.
REC Objective 6 - Financial Planning and
Funding: The City shall provide parks,
recreational facilities, trails, and open spaces
in an economically efficient manner.
REC Policy 6.1: The City shall, on an annual
basis and prior to preparation of the annual
budget and capital improvement program,
review the need for new recreation sites and
facilities and the need for improvements,
repairs, and general preventative
maintenance at existing City parks,
recreational facilities, trails, and civic and
open space facilities. The analysis shall be
directed toward maintaining a system of
recreational sites and facilities, which is
responsive to user needs, serves all areas of
the City, and is accessible to residents and
visitors.
REC Policy 6.2: The City shall include funds for
the acquisition, development, and
maintenance for City parks, recreational
facilities, trails, and civic open space in its
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annual Capital Improvement Program and
Operating Budget.
REC Policy 6.3: The Parks and Leisure Services
Department will use available tools, such as
the Florida Recreation and Parks Association’s
Impact Calculator to demonstrate the City’s
economic benefit in providing a quality and
comprehensive parks and recreation system.
REC Policy 6.4: The City shall pursue funding
assistance for parks, recreation, multi-use trail,
and open space facilities through local,
County, State, and Federal assistance
programs and grants.
REC Policy 6.5: The City shall work to obtain
funding to identify and preserve
historical/cultural sites throughout the city.
REC Policy 6.6: The City shall pursue adequate
funding to preserve, maintain, and enhance
existing parks, recreation facilities, trails, and
open spaces.
REC Policy 6.7: The City shall continue to
administer the Recreational Parks Facilities
Impact Fee to provide for the elimination of
future parks recreation, trails and open space
deficiencies. The recreation impact fee
assessment shall be conducted at least every
five (5) years to coincide with the Master Plan
Update.
REC Policy 6.8: Developer incentives, impact
fee credits, density transfers, and tax
incentives shall be used to facilitate the
acquisition and development of City parks,
recreational facilities, trails, and civic open
spaces identified in the updated Parks,
Recreation, Trails and Civic Open Space
Master Plan.
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EFFICIENT, RELIABLE & WELL-
MAINTAINED INFRASTRUCTURE
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Utilities
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UTILITIES SUB-ELEMENT
Utilities Sub-Element GOPs | 1
UTL GOAL: THE CITY SHALL PLAN FOR AND
PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY POTABLE WATER,
WASTEWATER, AND RECLAIMED WATER SERVICE
WHILE PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND
ENSURING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
UTL Objective 1 - Expansion of Utility Services:
The City shall expand public utilities systems
by requiring connection to potable water,
wastewater, and reclaimed water for new
development.
UTL Policy 1.1: All new development and
redevelopment within the City’s Potable
Water Service Area, as shown in UTL Figure No.
1, Wastewater Service Area, as shown in UTL
Figure No. 2, and Reclaimed Water Service
Area, as shown in UTL Figure No. 5, shall
connect to central potable water,
wastewater, and reclaimed water systems.
On a very limited basis, water and wastewater
service of individual single-family lots by
private wells and septic tanks shall be
considered in accordance with Florida
Statutes, the requirements of the Land
Development Code, and UTL Policy 7.3.
UTL Policy 1.2: Upsizing and extension of
potable water, wastewater, and reclaimed
water infrastructure to accommodate new
development shall be at the developer’s
expense. Utilities extensions and upsizing shall
be in accordance with the utilities master
plan.
UTL Policy 1.3: The hydraulic modeling analysis
shall be the basis of the utilities master plan to
prioritize and coordinate the expansion and
upgrade of facilities to meet existing and
future needs.
UTL Policy 1.4: The extension of potable water,
wastewater, and reclaimed water mains shall
be consistent with land use allocations
delineated on the Future Land Use Map.
UTL Objective 2 - Establishment of User Fees:
The City shall establish user fees to cover the
full costs of operating and maintaining the
potable water, wastewater, and reclaimed
water systems.
UTL Policy 2.1: Water and wastewater
connection fees shall cover the cost of the
needed water, wastewater, and reclaimed
water system expansions. User fees shall cover
the full cost of operating and maintaining the
water, wastewater, and reclaimed water
systems, including debt service.
UTL Policy 2.2: The City shall maintain an
inclined block potable water rate structure,
where the price per unit increases as
consumption rises, to promote water
conservation, cover all costs to maintain the
potable water system, and meet the
established potable water level of service
established in UTL Policy 3.1.
UTL Policy 2.3: The City shall maintain a
wastewater rate structure to cover all costs to
maintain the wastewater system and meet
the established wastewater level of service
established in UTL Policy 6.1.
UTL Policy 2.4: The City shall maintain an
inclined block reclaimed water rate structure,
where the price per unit increases as
consumption rises, to promote water
conservation and cover all costs to maintain
the reclaimed water system.
UTL Policy 2.5: The City shall comply with all
bond covenants to ensure the maintenance
and operation of facilities and required
connections to public utilities obligations.
UTL Objective 3 - Provision of Potable Water
Service: The City shall maintain potable water
level of service and ensure that adequate
capacity is available to support demands
generated by existing and future
development.
UTL Policy 3.1: The City’s adopted level of
service standard for potable water shall be
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270 gallons per day/equivalent residential unit
(ERU).
UTL Policy 3.2: The City shall provide potable
water service in compliance with or
exceeding the minimum Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) and Florida
Department of Environmental Protection
(FDEP) water quality standards.
UTL Policy 3.3: The City shall comply with St.
Johns River Water Management District
(SJRWMD) Consumptive Use Permit (CUP) No.
3216.
UTL Policy 3.4: The City shall maximize use of
existing potable water facilities by
implementing management techniques that
can enhance the supply source, sustain water
resources and related natural systems, and
optimize water supply yield. These techniques
may include, but are not limited to well field
optimization, providing reclaimed water for
landscape irrigation, demand side
management, and water conservation.
UTL Policy 3.5: The City shall maintain a ten-
year Water Facilities Capital Improvements
Program to correct existing deficiencies and
replace existing infrastructure as required. A
Capital Improvements Program consistent
with hydraulic modeling studies, the Master
Plan, and Work Plan, shall be prepared
annually in order to provide improvements
and expansion to the existing water,
wastewater, and reclaimed water systems to
meet existing and future demands.
UTL Policy 3.6: The City shall annually assess the
potable water treatment and storage
capacity based on future anticipated growth
demands for the current fiscal year and at
least the next ten fiscal years. Should the
analysis indicate that future demands will
exceed the design capacity of the potable
water system, the City shall plan and schedule
improvements to expand the system’s
capacity.
UTL Policy 3.7: All improvements and additions
to potable water facilities to correct
deficiencies and meet future water demands
shall be compatible and adequate to meet
the adopted level of service standards. These
improvements shall comply, at a minimum,
with standards recognized and approved by
FDEP and SJRWMD.
UTL Policy 3.8: The City shall continue to
maintain and update its Cross-Connection
Control Manual and Program as necessary to
comply with federal, state, and local
regulations.
UTL Objective 4 - Promotion of Water
Conservation: The City shall promote water
conservation and reuse.
UTL Policy 4.1: The City shall encourage water
conservation to promote the efficient use of
water resources and prevent waste.
UTL Policy 4.2: The City shall maintain a Water
Conservation Program that meets the
requirements of the St. Johns River Water
Management District (SJRWMD) Consumptive
Use Permit (CUP). The Water Conservation
Program shall also be consistent with the
Central Florida Water Initiative (CFWI) goals
and be updated as needed to address
customer water use habits. The program shall
at a minimum include:
• Customer education and outreach;
• High water user notification program;
• Employee education;
• Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI);
• SJRWMD irrigation restrictions and water
shortage orders enforcement;
• Irrigation system design standards;
• Florida WaterStarSM and Florida-Friendly
LandscapingTM Promotion;
• Water loss control;
• Water reuse; and
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• High-efficiency plumbing fixture and
appliance requirements.
UTL Policy 4.3: The City shall adhere to
SJRWMD emergency water shortage
restrictions when mandated.
UTL Policy 4.4: Lowest quality sources of water
shall be used in place of higher quality sources
for landscape irrigation when technically,
economically, and environmentally feasible.
UTL Policy 4.5: The City shall encourage the use
of low impact development (LID) principles to
minimize impacts to the natural environment
and facilitate water conservation.
UTL Policy 4.6: All service connections to the
potable and reclaimed water distribution
systems shall be metered and the City shall
maintain a meter replacement program.
UTL Policy 4.7: The City will complete projects
listed in the CFWI Regional Water Supply Plan
and as described in the 10-Year Water Supply
Facilities Work Plan (WSFWP) based on need
and economic, technical, and environmental
feasibility.
UTL Policy 4.8: The City shall identify additional
potable, non-potable, and alternative water
supply sources and facilities required to
provide adequate services to existing and
future development consistent with the Future
Land Use Element.
UTL Objective 5 - Regional Water Supply
Planning: The City shall participate in regional
water supply planning initiatives.
UTL Policy 5.1: The City shall update and adopt
its 10-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan
and amend the Comprehensive Plan within
eighteen months following the adoption of
the updated Regional Water Supply Plan by
St. Johns River Water Management District.
UTL Policy 5.2: The City shall coordinate with
SJRWMD, Orange County, and the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection to
develop efficient, cost-effective, and
technically feasible water sources to
supplement existing groundwater supplies to
meet future water supply demands, while
minimizing impacts to water quality, wetlands,
and aquatic systems.
UTL Policy 5.3: The City shall participate in
Central Florida Water Initiative, SJRWMD, and
FDEP water supply planning efforts.
UTL Objective 6 - Provision of Wastewater
Service: The City shall maintain a wastewater
level of service to ensure that adequate
capacity is available to support demands
generated by existing and future
development.
UTL Policy 6.1: The City’s adopted level of
service standard for wastewater shall be 250
gallons per day/equivalent residential unit
(ERU).
UTL Policy 6.2: The City shall maintain
compliance with the FDEP Wastewater Permit
FLA010815.
UTL Policy 6.3: The City shall continue to
monitor and reduce the influence, collection,
and treatment of undesired water entering
the wastewater system from infiltration and
inflow.
UTL Policy 6.4: The City shall maintain a ten-
year Wastewater Facilities Capital
Improvements Program for capital
improvements of wastewater facilities to
correct existing facility deficiencies, replace
existing facilities as required, and provide for
future facility needs.
UTL Policy 6.5: The City shall annually assess the
capacity of the wastewater transmission and
treatment system to accommodate future
wastewater demand generated by
anticipated growth and development for the
current fiscal year and at least the following
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four fiscal years. Should the analysis indicate
future demands will exceed the design
capacity of the wastewater system, the City
shall plan and schedule improvements to
expand system capacity.
UTL Policy 6.6: All improvements and/or
additions to wastewater facilities to correct
deficiencies shall be compatible and
adequate to meet the adopted level of
service standards. These improvements
and/or additions to wastewater facilities shall
comply, at a minimum, with standards
recognized and approved by the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection.
UTL Objective 7 - Reduction of Nutrient Loads
to Protect Water Basins: The City shall reduce
the nutrient load to impaired basins through
eliminating onsite sewer treatment and
disposal systems (OSTDS) and reducing
effluent nutrient concentrations in wastewater
treatment facilities.
UTL Policy 7.1: The current locations of OSTDS
within the City are depicted in UTL Figure No.
4. The City shall update its OSTDS Remediation
Plan every five years to identify projects to
convert existing OSTDS to the City’s
wastewater system.
UTL Policy 7.2: The City shall evaluate
programs and grant funding opportunities for
eliminating existing OSTDS or upgrading
existing OSTDS to higher treatment levels.
UTL Policy 7.3: The temporary use of OSTDS to
serve individual residential lots outside of a
development may be allowed until a City
wastewater connection becomes available,
provided that the requirements of the Florida
Statutes, the City’s Comprehensive Plan, the
City’s Land Development Code, Engineering
Standards Manual, and other Ordinances of
the City are met or exceeded. Specific OSTDS
criteria shall be governed by the Orange
County Department of Health.
UTL Policy 7.4: The owner of a properly
functioning onsite sewage treatment and
disposal system, excluding an approved
onsite graywater system, must connect the
system or the building’s plumbing to an
available publicly owned or investor-owned
sewerage system within 365 days after written
notification by the owner of the publicly
owned or investor-owned sewerage system
that the system is available for connection.
(Section 381.00655 (1)(a), F.S.)
UTL Policy 7.5: The Ocoee Wastewater
Treatment Facility shall meet the effluent total
nitrogen annual average limit adopted in the
Wekiwa and Rock Springs Basin Management
Action Plan Priority Focus Area, Ocklawaha
Basin Management Action Plan (the “BMAP”),
and in accordance with the requirements of
FDEP Wastewater Permit FLA010815.
UTL Policy 7.6: The City shall maintain a
Wastewater Facility Plan in accordance with
Section 369.320, F.S.
UTL Policy 7.7: The City of Ocoee Wastewater
Facility Plan, dated June 2010 and prepared
by Reiss Engineering, Inc., adopted on July 19,
2011 pursuant to the Wekiva Parkway and
Protection Act, is hereby adopted and
incorporated into the Comprehensive Plan
and is on file in the Planning Department. The
City will utilize the Wastewater Facility Plan as
the basis for prioritizing the Capital
Improvement Program to provide central
wastewater service to properties within the
City wastewater service area to minimize on-
site wastewater treatment and disposal
systems. [Wekiva Parkway and Protection Act
(WPPA): Ch. 369.321(3), F.S.]
UTL Policy 7.8: The City shall participate in the
Wekiva BMAP and the Ocklawaha BMAP by
identifying projects, exploring partnership and
funding opportunities, and implementing
projects when economically feasible. These
BMAPs are depicted in UTL Figure No. 3.
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UTL Objective 8 - Provision of Reclaimed Water
Service: The City shall promote the use of
lowest quality water sources for landscape
irrigation to reduce groundwater withdrawals
associated with irrigation.
UTL Policy 8.1: The City shall require the
installation of reclaimed water lines for
landscape irrigation for all new
developments.
UTL Policy 8.2: The City shall maintain
agreements for the wholesale purchase of
reclaimed water and pursue additional
alternative water supply sources to offset
groundwater irrigation demands.
UTL Policy 8.3: The City shall develop efficient,
cost-effective, and technically feasible water
sources to supplement existing groundwater
supplies to meet future water demands while
minimizing impacts to water quality, wetlands,
and aquatic systems.
UTL Policy 8.4: The City shall continue to
expand its reclaimed water system where
feasible to increase availability of reclaimed
water and to conserve potable water.
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DRAINAGE SUB-ELEMENT
Drainage Sub-Element GOPs | 1
DRN GOAL: THE CITY SHALL PROTECT THE WATER
QUALITY OF WATER BODIES, WATERWAYS, AND
THE AQUIFER, INCREASE FLOOD RESILIENCY,
PROMOTE AQUIFER RECHARGE, AND MANAGE
STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE
CITY’S JURISDICTIONAL LIMITS TO ENSURE
PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE.
DRN Objective 1 - Stormwater Management:
The City will update its Stormwater
Management Master Plan. The Stormwater
Management Master Plan shall include
recommendations by governmental
agencies, including the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), St John’s River Water
Management District (SJRWMD), and basin
specific Watershed Master Plans. The City
shall develop an updated stormwater asset
database including all natural and artificial
drainage systems within the City. The
Stormwater Management Master Plan shall be
used to identify stormwater facility
deficiencies, opportunities for improvement
projects, and stormwater facility maintenance
prioritization sufficient to accommodate
projected demand through the year 2045.
DRN Policy 1.1: By 2035, the City shall create a
stormwater geographic information system
(GIS) database mapping all drainage
infrastructure and facilities within the City. The
stormwater GIS database shall contain
information on all inlets, manholes, pipes,
swales, ditches, ponds, lakes, drainwells, and
any other feature or facility that captures or
conveys stormwater within the corporate City
limits. Deficiencies identified as part of the
stormwater database creation shall be
added to the Stormwater Management
Master Plan.
DRN Policy 1.2: The City drains ito seventeen
(17) sub-basins as depicted in DRN Figure No.
1. The City shall update the existing seventeen
drainage basin studies and develop new
basin specific Watershed Master Plans for all
basins within the City by 2045. The updated
Watershed Master Plans shall identify
deficiencies with the basins and provide
recommendations for improvements. Once a
Watershed Master Plan is completed for a
basin, the plan will be reviewed by the City
every five years. The deficiencies identified in
the existing drainage basin studies and their
recommended improvements shall be
reviewed and updated within the new basin
specific Watershed Master Plans.
DRN Policy 1.3: Deficiencies identified in the
Stormwater Management Master Plan shall
be corrected on a priority basis. Stormwater
improvements shall prioritize the following
considerations in their design: Water Quality,
Flood Resiliency, and Aquifer Recharge &
Protection.
DRN Policy 1.4: The City shall provide
adequate stormwater management services
to maintain the adopted level of service
standards factoring in the following
considerations:
• The protection and maintenance of the
lives and safety of City residents;
• The protection and maintenance of the
property within the City;
• The protection of existing public
investment;
• The protection and due consideration of
water quality;
• The reduction of operating and
maintenance costs; and
• The achievement and satisfaction of
Regional, State and Federal regulations.
DRN Policy 1.5: Major improvements and
projects identified within Stormwater
Management Master Plan shall be added to
the City’s Capital Improvement Program (the
“CIP”). The CIP shall be revised annually to
update any changes to the program and to
report any changes as part of the National
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Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(“NPDES”) Annual Report.
DRN Policy 1.6: The City shall continue to fund
the implementation of drainage and
stormwater related improvements
recommended within the Capital
Improvement Program with the City’s
Stormwater Utility Fee.
DRN Policy 1.7: The City shall establish a
program for the acquisition of drainage rights-
of-way as recommended by the existing
drainage basin studies. The City shall pursue
this to comply with the mandates of legal
access to drainage and stormwater
management facilities by the City’s
maintenance staff. This is an important
consideration because the level of service
maintenance and protection is directly
attributed to the performance and
functionality of the City’s drainage and
stormwater management system. The
execution and schedule of some
maintenance projects identified in the
Regional Master Stormwater Management
Plan and the Capital Improvement Plan
Element may depend on the acquisition of
certain drainage easements and rights-of-
way.
DRN Policy 1.8: The City shall properly manage
systems to ensure that they are correctly
designed, constructed; and maintained by
doing the following:
• Provide annual inspections of installed
stormwater systems;
• Provide inspection and evaluation of new
stormwater systems; and
• Proactively conduct inspections of illicit
discharge in the City’s storm sewer system.
DRN Policy 1.9: The stormwater drainage
regulations contained in the City’s Land
Development Code shall provide for
protection of natural drainage features and
ensure that future development utilizes
stormwater management systems
compatible with the current and updated
Stormwater Management Master Plan.
DRN Objective 2 - Water Quality: The City shall
protect the water quality of surface waters,
waterways, aquifer recharge areas, and
spring sheds through implementation of the
Land Development Code, Engineering
Standards Manual, and best management
practices.
DRN Policy 2.1: The City shall continue to
monitor water levels and water quality for City
lakes and surface waters associated with
natural drainage features.
DRN Policy 2.2: The City shall employ aquatic
plant management practices that reduce the
emergence of non-native, undesirable
aquatic plants and improve conditions for
safe recreational boating and fishing
activities. The City shall continue to implement
management plans that include physical,
biological and chemical controls for its
aquatic plant management program to
protect water quality while also controlling
undesirable and non-native aquatic plants.
DRN Policy 2.3: The City shall continue to
retrofit stormwater infrastructure that
discharges directly to surface waters. The City
shall utilize baffle boxes with nutrient reducing
media or other advanced nutrient reducing
Best Management Practices to enhance
water quality.
DRN Policy 2.4: The City shall review
commercial site plan and subdivision
regulations on an annual basis to ensure that
regulations are adequate to protect surface
water quality. The City shall require all new
development to comply with Best
Management Practices and the drainage
criteria set forth in the City’s Engineering
Standards Manual.
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DRN Policy 2.5: The City shall require all new
development or redevelopment to comply
with the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (“NPDES”) stormwater
permitting program. In accordance with Rule
62-621.300(4), F.A.C., developments must
submit a Notice of Intent (“NOI”) at least two
(2) days prior to beginning construction
activities. In addition, a Storm Water Pollution
Prevention Plan (“SWPPP”) shall be required to
be submitted and approved by the City
before construction activities may
commence. Upon completion of
construction, a Notice of Termination (“NOT”)
shall be submitted to transfer NPDES permit
coverage to the City’s MS4 permit.
DRN Policy 2.6: New development shall, at a
minimum, maintain surface and groundwater
flow rates and volumes at pre-development
levels, or enhance recharge so that the
natural function of groundwater recharge
areas is maintained, or improved. New
development projects or expansion of existing
development within the Wekiva Study Area
shall be required to follow Best Management
Practices for stormwater design and
treatment and shall consider the soil types in
DRN Figure No. 3.
DRN Policy 2.7: Projects that result in an
increase in impervious surface area shall be
considered substantial and comply with all
stormwater requirements for new
development.
DRN Policy 2.8: The City will prioritize and
encourage the incorporation of green
stormwater management infrastructure,
including bioswales, rain gardens, and
permeable pavements, into all new
construction and redevelopment efforts—
both public and private—to enhance the
quality of stormwater runoff wherever feasible.
DRN Policy 2.9: City shall encourage efforts to
incorporate nature or natural features into the
design of stormwater systems. All efforts shall
be made to include elements of Florida-
friendly flora and fauna to filter stormwater
and public recreation and civic spaces within
stormwater design.
DRN Policy 2.10: Vegetated infiltration
(bioswale) areas shall be used to provide
stormwater treatment and management on
all sites except when soil, topography, or
seasonal high-water conditions are
inappropriate for infiltration as determined by
a professional engineer licensed in the State
of Florida. Design of the stormwater systems
for non-urban development shall use
bioretention areas (below grade vegetated
areas) to increase stormwater treatment and
reduce stormwater volume. Downspouts for
non-urban development shall be directed
from the roof to vegetated swales, where
possible, or directed to the stormwater
management system for treatment.
DRN Policy 2.11: Sensitive karst features,
including sinkholes, with a direct connection
to the aquifer and stream-to-sink features,
shall not be utilized as stormwater
management facilities. Karst features with a
direct connection to the aquifer will be
identified and placed in a conservation
easement. Prior to development approval, all
depressions will be investigated by a licensed
professional geotechnical engineer to identify
any potential connections to the aquifer. If
connections are determined to exist, the area
draining to the karst feature under pre-
development conditions shall be preserved
through a conservation easement.
DRN Policy 2.12: All components of the
stormwater treatment and management
system shall be owned and maintained by the
responsible legal entity identified in the
SJRWMD or DEP stormwater permit, typically a
homeowners or property owners association.
DRN Policy 2.13: Development shall use joint or
shared access to the maximum extent
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feasible in order to minimize impervious
surfaces.
DRN Policy 2.14: Multifamily residential and
non-residential development shall use shared
parking to the maximum extent possible to
minimize impervious surfaces. The City shall
research and consider shared parking
formulas between disparate uses for inclusion
in the Land Development Code and allow
development applicants to submit parking
studies that would support a reduction in
paved parking. Overflow parking may be
allowed on grass or gravel areas, as
delineated on a site plan. All parking lots with
100 or more spaces shall be evaluated for
utilizing up to twenty (20) percent of the
parking spaces in pervious areas.
DRN Policy 2.15: Design of parking lots,
sidewalks, buildings and other impervious
surfaces shall minimize connections between
impervious surfaces through techniques
shown on a site plan such as:
• Directing flows from roof drains to
vegetated areas or to rain barrels or
cisterns for reuse of water;
• Directing flows from paved areas to
vegetated areas;
• Locating impervious surfaces so that they
drain to vegetated buffers or natural
areas; and,
• Breaking up flow directions from large
paved surfaces.
DRN Policy 2.16: Pervious pavement materials
and techniques should be used to minimize
the amount of impervious surface within new
development and redevelopment.
DRN Policy 2.17: Commercial and industrial
development shall be designed to minimize
site disturbance by limiting clearing to the
minimum area necessary to accomplish
development by adhering the following
requirements:
• Avoid or minimize the removal of existing
trees and vegetation;
• Minimize soil compaction by delineating
the smallest disturbance areas feasible;
and
• Maximize disconnection of impervious
surfaces to reduce stormwater runoff flows
and increase opportunities for infiltration.
DRN Policy 2.18: In addition to requiring
minimum level of service standards
established as herein, the City shall ensure that
post-development recharge volume
conditions approximate predevelopment
recharge volume conditions within the Wekiva
Study Area protection zone, as indicated on
the CON Figure 2: Drainage and Aquifer
Recharge Drainage and Aquifer Recharge.
This shall be accomplished in the Land
Development Code by requiring that the first
three (3) inches of stormwater be retained on
site within Type A soil areas in the Wekiva
Protection Zone for basins that have a positive
outfall. A development applicant may
conduct a hydrological survey and site
analysis to demonstrate that post-
development recharge will be equal to or
greater than pre-development recharge.
DRN Objective 3 - Flood Resiliency: The City
shall increase its flood resiliency through the
prevention and elimination of flooding effects
from stormwater runoff and inadequate
stormwater facilities and ensure that
developments comply with the City’s
Floodplain Management Regulations as well
as regional, state and federal regulations.
DRN Policy 3.1: The City shall cooperate and
coordinate with all appropriate water
management agencies, including the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection
(FDEP), St. John’s River Water Management
District (SJRWMD), and Orange County. The
City shall require all new development and
redevelopment to follow the
recommendations and requirements set forth
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with respect to peak discharge rates
reduction and/or control of runoff volumes.
DRN Policy 3.2: The City shall maintain a level
of service standard based on performance
standards as defined in 44 CFR, Parts 59-78 -
National Flood Insurance Program; Chapter
62-302, F.A.C; and the City’s published
Engineering Standards Manual (ESM). The
performance standards for water quality shall
be in accordance with Class III recreational
waters, as specified in Surface Water Quality
Standards Chapter 62-302, FAC. Secondary
drainage collection and conveyance systems
shall adhere to the 10-year frequency storm
event, as specified by the ESM.
• Open basins/waterways and roadway
culvert crossings shall provide flood
protection for a 100-year frequency, 24-
hour duration storm event without
overtopping of stormwater management
ponds and/or roadways.
• Closed or landlocked basins will be
required to retain the volume generated
by a 100-year, 24-hour storm event, with
the retained volume recovered within a
14-day period following a storm event.
• Open basins will be required to retain the
volume generated by a 25-year, 24-hour
storm event, with the retained volume
recovered within a 14-day period
following a storm event.
• The lowest floor elevation for a habitable
and/or insurable structure shall be
established a minimum of two (2) feet
above the base (100-year) flood
elevation. Natural terrain or landscape
barriers to flooding shall be preserved
during the land development process.
DRN Policy 3.3: The City shall not permit
structures to be constructed under the flood
elevation resulting from a 100-year, 24-hour
storm event of the nearest water body plus
two feet.
DRN Policy 3.4: The City shall not permit
encroachment within the 100-year floodplain
without compensating storage. The City shall
require compensating flood storage where
proposed development will impact existing
floodplains.
DRN Policy 3.5: The City shall limit post-
development runoff rates to that of
predevelopment in all watershed basins and
the retention of the volume generated by the
100-year, 24-hour storm event in closed or
landlocked basins and the 25-year, 24-hour
storm event in open basins.
DRN Policy 3.6: All stormwater management
systems within a subdivision shall be designed
and constructed to provide adequate flood
protection for all structures and to protect the
structural integrity of all roadways.
DRN Policy 3.7: All stormwater management
systems shall provide for the safe handling of
all stormwater runoff that flows into, across,
and is discharged from a development
without creating any additional flooding to
adjacent property owners.
DRN Policy 3.8: The City shall continue to
implement land development regulations
that meet the following criteria:
• Where economically feasible and
physically possible, a non-structural
approach shall be utilized to meet the
City's surface water quantity and quality
need,
• No greater quantity of runoff will be
allowed to flow off-site than occurs under
natural condition,
• Each phase of any development in
question shall exist as an independent unit
capable of having its surface water
management needs met by the drainage
system design, and
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• Development shall not adversely impact
flood elevations or degrade the water
quality of a water body.
DRN Policy 3.9: All stormwater management
devices constructed and dedicated to the
City shall be designed so that they can be
maintained at a minimal cost to the taxpayer,
as determined by the City.
DRN Policy 3.10: The City shall not accept for
dedication any road, street, or facility
constructed within a designated flood hazard
area, unless mitigating measures as identified
in the City’s Land Development Code have
been installed by the developer to overcome
any identified flood hazard. All measures
installed by the developer must be certified as
acceptable by the City prior to project
completion.
DRN Policy 3.11: The City shall enforce the
published 100-year flood elevations for
depressions, lowland areas, lakes, streams
and waterways within its jurisdictional limits
pursuant to Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM)
for the City of Ocoee and Orange County
effective September 27th 2021.
DRN Objective 4 - Agency Coordination: The
City shall continue to work with federal, state,
regional, local agencies, and professional
organizations on protecting and enhancing
waterbodies, waterways, and connections
with the aquifer within the City’s jurisdictional
limits.
DRN Policy 4.1: The City shall cooperate and
coordinate with all appropriate water
management agencies including the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection
(FDEP), St. John’s River Water Management
District (SJRWMD), and Orange County. The
City shall review all new development and
redevelopment for compliance with
recommendations and requirements set forth
relating to water quality, flood resiliency, and
groundwater aquifer recharge from these
agencies.
DRN Policy 4.2: The City enforce all
appropriate recommendations and
requirements enumerated in the Florida
Administrative Code and Florida Statutes
pertaining to stormwater management.
DRN Policy 4.3: The City shall cooperate with
and enforce all appropriate
recommendations and requirements
associated with Basin Management Action
Plans (BMAP) for watersheds of which the City
is a part. This includes, but is not limited to,
recommendations for the Upper Ocklawaha
River and Wekiva and Rock Springs BMAPs.
DRN Policy 4.4: The City shall support the
recommendations of the Wekiva Parkway
and Protection Act Regional Master
Stormwater Management Plan (the “Parkway
Plan”).
DRN Policy 4.5: The maintenance and
flooding resiliency projects identified in the
Wekiva Parkway and Protection Act Regional
Master Stormwater Management Plan (the
“Parkway Plan”) from the City’s basin studies
shall serve as the basis of an annual
budgetary allocation as a regular component
of the City’s stormwater management system
and Capital Improvements Program.
The City shall also continue to focus on the
water quality projects identified in the
Parkway Plan within its efforts to comply with
the regulations of the NPDES, the Lake
Apopka Basin Rule, and the United States
Environmental Protection Agency’s 303(d)
program providing guidance and technical
assistance with respect to determining Total
Maximum Daily Loads (“TMDLs”), as well as the
Wekiva Parkway and Protection Act.
DRN Policy 4.6: Additional funding for city-
wide surface water management programs
shall be sought from Federal and State
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sources, new revenue sources will be
considered, such as FDEP TMDL Non-Point
Source Reduction Grants and SJRWMD Cost-
Share Grants and any other sources of funding
that may be applicable.
DRN Policy 4.7: The City shall continue a
dedicated funding source, such as the
stormwater utility fee, that can be used for
planning, implementation, and operations
and maintenance of regional projects within
the Wekiva Study Area. The City shall
continue to fund regional stormwater projects
for the benefit to Lake Apopka, as well as
stormwater maintenance projects identified in
the Wekiva Parkway and Protection Act
Master Stormwater Management Plan.
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SAFE & CONVENIENT MOBILITY
4 CHAPTER
Mobility Element
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MOBILITY ELEMENT
Mobility Element GOPs | 1
MOB GOAL: THE CITY SHALL PROVIDE A
RESILIENT AND LOGICALLY CONNECTED
MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT
PROVIDES FOR THE SAFE AND EFFICIENT
MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND GOODS.
MOB Objective 1 - Context-sensitive
Standards: The City shall adopt and maintain
context-sensitive multi-modal Level of Service
(LOS) standards for automobile, bicycle, and
pedestrian travel to improve safety and
reduce vehicle trips, vehicle miles traveled,
and trip lengths while protecting established
residential areas, environmentally sensitive
areas, and historically significant sites from
adverse transportation impacts.
MOB Policy 1.1: The City shall adopt context-
sensitive, multi-modal Level of Service
standards, as provided below, and shall
provide for the safe movement of people and
goods, with a focus on pedestrian and
bicyclist safety.
MOB Policy 1.1.a: Roadway Facility Level
of Service Standard (Arterial, Collector,
Local) – E and shall consider the Context
Classification of the roadway.
MOB Policy 1.1.b: Bicycle Facility Level of
Stress Standard – Level 2
MOB Policy 1.1.c: Pedestrian Facility Level
of Stress Standard – Level 2
Context Classifications are shown in MOB
Figure No. 1, and the level of traffic stress for
bicycle and pedestrian facilities are depicted
in MOB Figure Nos. 2 and 3. MOB Figure Nos.
1 through 15 represent the City’s
Transportation Map Series.
MOB Policy 1.2: The City’s projected
transportation system standards and needs
shall be based on, coordinated, and well-
balanced with the existing and future land
uses as shown in the Future Land Use Map
Series. Roadways shall be designed based on
their desired future land use context
classification and shall be connected to
increase interconnectivity and accessibility,
particularly on Target Corridors and within the
Downtown District.
MOB Policy 1.3: The City shall apply context-
sensitive solutions which integrate land use,
environmental, and social considerations into
project development, site design, and
transportation design and treatment.
Context-sensitive solutions shall address
motorist traffic issues, protect the character of
existing residential neighborhoods, improve
safety, and enhance the quality of life.
Standards to achieve context-sensitive
solutions and complete streets shall be
adopted into the Land Development Code
and shall be implemented as new
development, redevelopment, infill
MOB Figure No. 1: Context Classification
Source: FDOT’s 2022 Context Classification Guide
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development or adaptive reuse occurs.
MOB Policy 1.4: The City shall continually seek
opportunities to increase the percentage of
households that are within a one-quarter (¼)
walkable mile (or five-minute walk) of LYNX
service, trail, or alternative mode of travel for
work commutes.
MOB Policy 1.5: The City will work with the
Florida Department of Transportation,
MetroPlan Orlando, and LYNX to integrate
transit facility improvements into site
development and roadway projects in the
City, where appropriate, and plan for the
transportation needs of transportation-
disadvantaged persons who reside, work,
and/or visit the City.
MOB Policy 1.6: The City shall implement
strategies to reduce pressure to widen
roadways at great expense and that make
them less safe for pedestrians and bicyclists.
Such strategies include identifying
opportunities to develop parallel and
interconnecting roadways to create
alternative connections and routes of travel,
which lessen the use of and reliance on
principal arterials and collectors for direct
access, and the construction of modern
MOB Figure 2: Bicycle Level of Traffic Stress
Source: FDOT’s 2023 Multimodal Quality/Level of Service Handbook
MOB Figure 3: Pedestrian Level of Traffic Stress
Source: FDOT’s 2023 Multimodal Quality/Level of Service Handbook
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roundabouts. New developments should be
developed with an interconnected network
of gridded streets, whenever practicable.
MOB Policy 1.7: Based on the context of the
land uses of the surrounding area of a
development, shared driveways and cross
access easements shall be required to be
planned and/or installed for new
developments or projects to reduce the
number of driveways on arterial and collector
roadways.
MOB Objective 2 - Safety, Efficiency, and
Resiliency: The City shall emphasize safe
mobility through transportation planning and
design engineering to achieve safer vehicular
travel speeds in support of the City’s efforts to
eliminate and reduce serious injuries and
fatalities on its roadways.
MOB Policy 2.1: The City shall emphasize
safety, prioritize projects that promote
alternative modes of travel, and continually
seek opportunities to correct existing system
facility deficiencies and reduce the number
and severity of vehicular crashes, particularly
those involving bicyclists and pedestrians.
MOB Policy 2.2: The City shall coordinate with
the Florida Department of Transportation,
MetroPlan Orlando, LYNX, Orange County,
neighboring jurisdictions and other agencies
as needed to facilitate transportation projects
that avoid disruptions in local conditions, meet
identified needs, or improve access and
safety on the multi-modal network.
MOB Policy 2.3: Development and
redevelopment within the City shall mitigate
adverse transportation impacts to the
multimodal transportation system.
MOB Policy 2.4: The City shall regularly
evaluate and be prepared for emerging
transportation technologies including, but not
limited to, micro-mobility such as bike share,
autonomous vehicles, traffic signal
coordination, and artificial intelligence, in
relation to the impacts these advancements
will have on mobility.
MOB Policy 2.5: The City shall support the use
of micro-mobility, such as bike share, as a
first/last mile access to other available
transportation alternatives.
MOB Policy 2.6: The City will support the use of
electric vehicles by adopting electric vehicle
charging station requirements for new
residential and non-residential development
in the Land Development Code.
MOB Policy 2.7: The City shall support
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) that
integrate communication, sensing, and
control technologies in vehicles and
infrastructure, transportation systems
management (TSM) and other access
management techniques to encourage the
most coordinated and efficient use of its
transportation infrastructure.
MOB Policy 2.8: Transportation plans shall
integrate motorist needs with those of non-
motorists, including bicycle facilities (multi-use
trails, bike lanes, and cycle tracks), exercise
trails, wide-walk pathways, non-motorized
bicycling/walking corridors and, when
possible, connections to such facilities.
The City shall coordinate with adjacent
jurisdictions to ensure that trails that cross
jurisdictional lines provide a safe and seamless
travel path. Such transportation plans shall
include educational materials for all mode
users to understand their respective rights,
responsibilities, and roles in ensuring and
achieving safe mobility for all.
MOB Objective 3 - Coordination of
Transportation and Land Use: The City shall
coordinate mobility systems with the Future
Land Use Map to ensure that existing and
proposed population densities, housing and
employment patterns and development
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activities are consistent with the transportation
modes and circulation plans proposed to
serve these areas.
MOB Policy 3.1: The City shall ensure that a
new development, Future Land Use map
amendment, or rezoning does not cause the
City’s transportation system and network to
operate below the adopted Levels of Service
standards for roadway, bicycle, or pedestrian
facilities or cause system operational failures.
To this end, the City shall ensure that
development pays its proportionate share of
transportation impacts or construct needed
mobility improvements for motorists and non-
motorists.
MOB Policy 3.2: The City shall ensure that
population growth trends, employment
patterns, and travel demands are
coordinated with the availability of multi-
modal transportation facilities and services
needed to accommodate them.
MOB Policy 3.3: Safe and interconnected
pedestrian and bicycle access ways shall be
provided, whenever possible, to connect
residential and commercial developments to
public uses and spaces, such as plazas,
schools, libraries, parks, museums, intermodal
transit stops, etc.
MOB Policy 3.4: The City shall promote
connected, cohesive, and logical
developments and development patterns
that prioritize pedestrian/bicycle movements
and the creation of successful 15-minute
neighborhoods where core services and
amenities are easily accessible by residents by
walking or cycling. These services and
amenities include community-scale
education and healthcare, essential retail
such grocery store/market and pharmacy,
parks and civic spaces for recreation and
socialization, employment, and similar daily
needs.
MOB Policy 3.5: Higher density and intensity
development nodes/clusters, mixed use and
verticality shall be prioritized along or within
one-quarter (¼) mile of the centerline of
arterial/collector roadways.
MOB Objective 4 - Fiscally-Efficient
Transportation Investment: The City shall make
fiscally efficient mobility investments and
prioritize cost-effective improvements to
maximize existing systems and provide
alternative travel modes. Develop strategies
and incentives that foster economic vitality,
particularly in the Downtown and Special
Planning Area Overlays and corridors.
MOB Policy 4.1: The City shall identify and map
needed right-of-way to ensure that adequate
right-of-way for future transportation
improvements including roadway, transit, and
bicycle and pedestrian-dedicated facilities
are secured as new projects and
development occurs. Such maps shall be
incorporated into the Mobility Map Series.
MOB Policy 4.2: The City shall facilitate the
development of compact, mixed-use
neighborhoods to help reduce Vehicle Miles
of Travel (VMT) and increase use of non-
automotive travel modes.
MOB Policy 4.3: The City will identify, prioritize
and make operational improvements to
increase efficiency of existing systems or
identify alternative means or strategies to
reduce travel demand before committing
funding towards additional lanes to add
capacity.
MOB Policy 4.3.a: Traffic signals and other
traffic control/traffic management
devices shall be kept in good working
order.
MOB Policy 4.3.b: Gaps in
pedestrian/bicycle paths on existing
roadways shall be identified and bridged
or addressed in order to increase use of
alternative modes and help reduce
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vehicular travel demands on roadways.
Separation of pedestrian and bicycle
infrastructure from motorists, by curbing,
bollards, or otherwise providing a separate
and protected lane of travel shall be
considered on higher volume and higher
speed roads.
MOB Policy 4.3.3: Through coordination with
LYNX, the City shall identify opportunities to
add to, improve upon or maintain transit
facilities and amenities at bus stops to improve
rider first/last mile experience and help
increase transit ridership.
MOB Policy 4.3.4: Through inter-departmental
coordination, intersection improvements,
traffic calming measures, bicycle and
pedestrian-designated facilities, access
management strategies, and public
transportation shelters and connections shall
be identified and incorporated into the City’s
roadway maintenance program.
MOB Policy 4.4: The City shall maximize
opportunities to include multi-modal design
treatments, such as through the innovative
use of pavement markings and restriping, as a
part of regular maintenance and resurfacing
of roadway facilities.
MOB Policy 4.5: City multi-modal
transportation facilities shall be monitored and
maintained regularly and shall be free of
hazards or impediments to mobility to ensure
a safe and comfortable travel experience for
all mode users.
MOB Policy 4.6: The City will establish project
priorities for transportation construction
funding that improve the accessibility and
visibility of the existing and planned economic
activity centers in the city.
MOB Policy 4.7: In cooperation with LYNX, the
City will encourage employers and
developers to implement strategies, such as
pedestrian-oriented site development,
reduced on-site parking, bus pass programs,
guaranteed ride home programs, and other
demand management efforts, to help
improve use of alternative modes and
increase transit ridership.
MOB Objective 5 - Funding for Transportation:
The City shall seek funding opportunities and
support major transportation investments that
demonstrate an ability to substantially
improve vehicular and pedestrian/bicycle
mobility, encourage urban infill development,
and reduce traffic congestion.
MOB Policy 5.1: The City shall pursue grants,
programs, and funding partnerships
whenever possible and shall maintain
dedicated funding source(s) to advance
multi-modal transportation projects and
network improvements in order to address
long-term mobility needs.
MOB Policy 5.2: The City shall use a
combination of dedicated local funding and
federal, state, and regional level grants or
partnerships to improve the multi-modal
transportation network.
MOB Policy 5.3: The City shall identify and
update annually a list of short-term (5-year)
and long-term (plan horizon) multi-modal
transportation improvements needed to
achieve and maintain levels of service so that
such improvements can be planned and
programmed in a timely manner.
MOB Policy 5.4: The City shall consider the list
of short-term and long-term mobility needs for
possible inclusion on the MetroPlan Orlando
Priority Projects List (PPL) to secure funding and
to advance city and those regional
transportation projects that improve or
support motorist, bicycle, and pedestrian
levels of service standards within the City and
surrounding areas.
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RESILIENT & SUSTAINABLE
5 CHAPTER
Conservation
Element
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CONSERVATION ELEMENT
Conservation Element GOPs | 1
CON GOAL: CONSERVE THE CITY’S NATURAL
RESOURCES. THE CITY SHALL PROTECT ITS
NATURAL RESOURCES THROUGH THE
PRESERVATION, REHABILITATION, AND
CONSTRUCTION OF NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL
ECOSYSTEMS THAT WILL PROTECT HUMAN AND
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, SURFACE WATER,
GROUNDWATER, AND AMBIENT AIR QUALITY,
SURFACE WATER AND GROUND WATER
AVAILABILITY AND ACCESS, SENSITIVE LANDS,
ENDANGERED SPECIES, SPECIES OF CONCERN,
AND SPECIES BIODIVERSITY, AND SUPPORT A
SAFE, HEALTHY, AND THRIVING COMMUNITY.
CON Objective 1 - Minimize Development
Impacts: The City shall promote green
development initiatives and Low Impact
Development through the implementation of
the Land Development Code to conserve
energy and protect the City’s natural
resources through energy-efficient and
sustainable construction practices and
projects that minimize air, water, noise, and
light pollution during the construction process,
and for the life of the building or structure.
CON Policy 1.1: The City shall increase night
sky access, improve nighttime visibility, and
reduce the consequences of development
on wildlife and people by limiting
backlighting, uplighting, and glare. The Land
Development Code shall define and establish
guidelines for acceptable lighting based on
the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) TM-
15-11, Addendum A.
CON Policy 1.2: The City shall minimize water
demand.
CON Policy 1.2.a: The City shall enforce the
water conservation measures described in
the Infrastructure Element and Chapter
175 - WATER CONSERVATION FOR
LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION
SYSTEM DESIGN AND INSTALLATION
STANDARDS, AND EFFICIENT PLUMBING
REQUIREMENTS of the City of Ocoee’s
Code of Ordinances.
CON Policy 1.2.b: Through implementing
Best Management Practices described
under Chapter 175 of the City’s Code of
Ordinances, developments shall
demonstrate a reduction in outdoor water
consumption by a minimum of fifty (50)
percent compared to the baseline for a
site’s peak watering month as calculated
by the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) WaterSense Water Budget Tool. A
minimum of thirty (30) percent of the
reduction must be achieved through plant
species selection and irrigation system
efficiency. Additional reductions beyond
thirty (30) percent may be achieved using
any combination of efficiency, alternative
water sources, and smart scheduling
technologies.
CON Policy 1.2.c: Through implementing
Best Management Practices established
under Chapter 175 of the City’s Code of
Ordinances, developments shall, at a
minimum, minimize indoor water
consumption by twenty (20) percent from
the baseline water consumption of fixtures
and fittings listed in CON Table 1. Baseline
water consumption of fixtures and fittings.
CON Table 1: Baseline water
consumption of fixtures and fittings
Fixture or Fitting Baseline (IP Units)
Toilet* 1.6 gpf
Urinal* 1.0 gpf
Public lavatory
(restroom) faucet
0.5 gpm at 60 psi
all others except
private
applications
Private lavatory
faucets
2.2 gpm at 60 psi
Kitchen faucet
(excluding faucets
used exclusively for
filling operation)
2.2 gpm at 60 psi
Showerhead* 2.5 gpm at 80 psi
per shower stall
*WaterSense label available for this product type
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CON Policy 1.2.d: Through implementing
Best Management Practices established
under Chapter 175 of the City’s Code of
Ordinances, developments shall ensure
that requirements of appliances listed in
CON Table 2 Standards for appliances.
CON Policy 1.2.e: Consumption of water
shall be prioritized by water quality as
described in the Infrastructure Element.
CON Policy 1.2.f: The City may educate
residents on the water metering services
provided by the City that can help them
reduce their water consumption and save
money.
CON Policy 1.3: The City shall adopt and
implement energy-efficiency standards within
the Land Development Code to support its
efforts to reduce excessive energy use and
lessen adverse impacts to the City’s natural,
built, and economic environment.
CON Policy 1.4: Developments and
redevelopment are encouraged to reduce
reliance on fossil fuel-derived energy sources
by incorporating on-site renewable energy
systems or grid-source renewable energy
technologies and carbon mitigation. Green
or renewable energy can be in the form of
wind or solar resources, and carbon mitigation
options include the purchase of carbon
offsets and renewable energy certificates
(RECs).
CON Policy 1.5: The City shall minimize the
volume or amount of waste that is disposed of
in landfills through recycling, salvaging, reuse
and donation of debris and other construction
materials or byproducts.
CON Policy 1.5.a: The City shall continue
providing collection services that pick up
and properly dispose of recyclable
material for residents within the City.
CON Policy 1.5.b: Development,
redevelopment, and infill development
activities shall minimize demolition and
construction debris and use of virgin
materials. Where possible, concrete debris
can be reused as the base for roadways,
parking lots, and driveways.
CON Policy 1.6: The City will promote the
reduction in the release of persistent, bio-
accumulative, and toxic chemicals
associated with the life cycle of building
materials by encouraging developments to:
• Reduce the risk of mercury release, an EPA
Priority Pollutants, by reducing the use of
mercury-containing products and devices
through product substitution, capture, and
recycling during the construction phase.
Buildings that currently make use of
mercury-containing products will be
encouraged to develop a plan to safely
phase-out and dispose of these products.
• Use products that are a part of a building’s
permanent installation to have an
Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
that conforms to ISO 14025, 14044, 14040
CON Table 2: Standards for Appliances
Kitchen Equipment Requirement
(IP units)
Dishwasher Under-
counter
≤ 1.6 gal/rack
Stationary,
single tank,
door
≤1.4 gal/rack
Single tank,
conveyor
≤ 1.0 gal/rack
Multiple tank,
conveyor
≤ 0.9 gal/rack
Flight
Machine
≤ 180 gal/hour
Food
Steamer
Batch ≤ 6
gal/hour/pan
Cook-to-
order
≤ 10
gal/hour/pan
Combination
Oven
Countertop
or stand
≤ 3.5
gal/hour/pan
Roll-in ≤ 3.5
gal/hour/pan
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and 21930. If an EPD does not exist,
encourage its creation.
• Use of products that are Cradle to Cradle
Certified or comply with USGGBC
approved building product optimization
criteria, or do not contain any
GreenScreen Benchmark 1 hazards or
ingredients listed on the REACH
Authorization or Candidate list or are
products that comply with USGGBC
approved building product optimization
criteria.
• Reduce the risk of lead, copper, and
cadmium release by encouraging
substitutes for material that are
manufactured with these metals when
possible.
• Use a minimum of three (3) material
categories that are free of volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) by content based on
General Emissions Evaluations.
CON Policy 1.7: To protect and preserve
natural resources that extend beyond
jurisdictional boundaries, the City shall
coordinate with Orange County, neighboring
jurisdictions and regional, state, and federal
agencies to cooperatively support the
protection of these natural resources.
CON Policy 1.8: The City shall require all
developments to perform, or if already
available provide, a Phase I Environmental
Site Assessment (ESA) conducted by a
qualified professional, such as a professional
engineer or professional geologist. The ESA
results shall be submitted to the City as part of
the site plan application packet.
CON Policy 1.9: The City shall require, at a
minimum, all developments to perform a
Phase II Environmental Site Assessment on
brownfields, and sites that have Recognized
Environmental Conditions (RECs) identified by
a Phase I ESA, prior to development.
CON Policy 1.10: The City shall establish an
Urban Forest Management Plan (UFMP) which
shall include a Canopy Action Plan and Urban
Forest Maintenance Plan and shall include the
following strategies:
CON Policy 1.10.a: The City shall continue
the preservation of existing woodlands
and encourage the renewal of Urban
woodlands.
CON Policy 1.10.b: The City shall work
towards increasing the urban tree canopy
coverage to 50% within the City by 2045.
The City shall utilize the i-Tree Canopy
Cover Assessment and Tree Benefits Report
2024 to establish a baseline for tree
canopy coverage within the City, which
shall be updated every five (5) years to
measure progress towards this goal.
CON Policy 1.10.c: The City shall prioritize
the use of suitable native trees and native
vegetation within degraded streams,
wetlands, and lake buffers, and on steep
slopes.
CON Policy 1.10.d: The City shall continue
its commitment to meeting the
requirements for the honorary designation
of “Tree City, USA.”
CON Policy 1.10.e: Whenever possible the
City shall plant street trees in planter strips
and tree boxes located along sidewalks
within the City right-of-way and City-
owned properties to create an
aesthetically appealing public realm,
provide an effective tree canopy, avoid
sidewalk and utility damage, and minimize
water consumption.
CON Policy 1.11: The City shall develop and
implement land development regulations
that include options for natural and artificial
urban green spaces, including but not limited
to, the use of vegetated roofs to minimize the
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ecological and environmental losses that
accompany development.
CON Policy 1.12: The City shall utilize the soil
association classifications within the National
Resource Conservation Service in order to
determine the development potential of
proposed construction sites within the City’s
corporate limits. (CON Figure No. 3)
Objective 2 - Water Quality Protection: The
City shall protect the availability, accessibility,
and the quality of all surface waters, whether
publicly or privately owned, and ground
water.
CON Policy 2.1: The City shall use the standard
of Class III Waters per Rule 62-302.530, F.A.C.,
as an appropriate index for testing water
quality.
CON Policy 2.2: The City shall implement the
National Pollution Discharge and Elimination
System (NPDES) Outfall and Lake Monitoring
programs.
CON Policy 2.3: The City shall participate in the
Wekiva Basin Management Action Plan and
the Ocklawaha Basin Management Action
Plan (BMAP) to identify, and implement when
economically feasible, projects that prioritize
water quality improvements and protections.
CON Policy 2.4: The City shall regulate
development activities in order to protect
natural water-cleansing features and reduce
or prevent discharge of contaminates from
urban and agriculture land uses.
CON Policy 2.4.a: The City shall expand
and improve its multiple separate storm
sewer system (MS4) as described in the
Drainage Element to capture and treat
surface water runoff prior to discharging to
a water body or infiltrating into a
superficial aquifer.
CON Policy 2.4.b: All new development
shall be required to meet the stormwater
retention and detention requirements set
forth in the Drainage Element of this Plan,
the City’s Land Development Code, and
all applicable SJRWMD regulations; the
more stringent requirements take
precedence.
CON Policy 2.4.c: In order to reduce the
pollutant loading into surface waters, the
City will promote low impact development
stormwater management and the use of
natural features in the treatment of
stormwater runoff, limit the destruction of
native vegetation and/or land clearing
with such natural features, provide
vegetated open space requirements, and
require upland buffers and/or
environmental swales surrounding natural
features. For the purposes of this policy,
natural features shall include City, State,
and Federal wetlands and FEMA identified
riverine areas.
CON Policy 2.5: The City shall implement
measures to reduce the pollution loading to
surface waters running into or through the City
that discharge to water bodies that are
considered to be impaired by the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection
(FDEP).
CON Policy 2.6: The City shall protect the
banks of water bodies and open channel
conveyance systems from erosion to prevent
the siltation of sediments into water bodies
through enforcement of the Land
Development Code and Drainage Element.
CON Policy 2.7: The City shall minimize ground
water withdrawal through initiatives set forth
by the Water and Sewer Sub-Element of the
Infrastructure Element, which include, but are
not limited to, prioritizing the use of surface
waters, stormwaters, and reclaimed waters to
reduce the burden of groundwater pumping.
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CON Policy 2.8: The City shall restrict fertilizer
use and water consumption through the City
Code of Ordinances.
CON Policy 2.9: To protect surface waters and
groundwaters from contamination that may
leach from impacted soils, the City shall
require all development sites to conduct a
Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment as
described in the ASTM E1527-05. If the site is
contaminated, or suspected to be
contaminated, the developer shall conduct a
Phase II Environmental Site Assessment as
described in ASTM E1903-11. If the Phase II soil
or groundwater contamination is found to
meet or exceed regulatory thresholds,
remediation to reduce contamination shall be
required consistent with EPA’s standards prior
to development.
CON Policy 2.10: The City shall protect the
aquifer through the adoption and
implementation of stringent policies and
regulations that function to improve water
quality of any waters that naturally or through
human action, whether directly or indirectly,
infiltrate or discharge into the aquifer.
CON Policy 2.11: The City shall seek
opportunities to maximize and protect aquifer
recharge by prohibiting land uses in areas of
high aquifer recharge area, based on the
Florida Forever Needs Analysis Map or newer
study, that may negatively impact the
aquifer, such as limiting the use and
placement of impervious materials in a
manner that redirects or modifies the flow of
water, or limiting development activities that
otherwise significantly limit the natural
absorption of water directly into the ground or
limiting development activities that pose a
high risk of contamination to the aquifer.
When development in high recharge areas
are unavoidable, such development shall be
designed following Best Management
Practices that protect the volume and quality
of water entering the aquifer, such as
clustering or minimizing development
footprints away from high recharge areas or
placement of passive and active open
spaces in these high recharge areas. (CON
Figure No. 2)
CON Objective 3 - Wetland and Floodplain
Protection: The City shall protect and conserve
its functionally and environmentally significant
wetlands, hydric soils, and flood prone areas
from physical and hydrological alterations
through enforcement of Flood Hazard
Avoidance Regulations, directing
incompatible land uses away from wetlands,
and, where appropriate, creation of one-lot
plats and placement of such areas into the
Conservation future land use designation.
CON Policy 3.1: The City hereby adopts the
CON Figure No. 1 Designated Wetlands Map,
which reflects the summation of those
wetlands designated as Conservation on the
adopted Future Land Use Map (as of 2023),
those wetlands designated as Conservation
by Orange County (as of 2023) within the City
of Ocoee/Orange County Joint Planning
Area (JPA) Agreement, and those properties
within the JPA identified by Natural Resource
Conservation Service (NRCS) as having soils
that exhibit hydric properties. The City shall
also evaluate properties that have the
potential of containing hydric soils as new
developments are submitted for review, to
include an environmental site assessment to
identify and classify the presence of wetlands,
floodplains or hydric soils.
CON Policy 3.2: The City shall coordinate with
the U.S Army Corp of Engineers, the Florida
Department of Environmental Protections,
and the SJRWMD to further the City’s efforts
towards identifying and protecting wetlands
and floodplains located within the city limits,
but that are under the jurisdictional authority
of these agencies, for the purpose of
Identifying conservation areas/corridors
where special zoning regulations and
performance standards apply.
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CON Policy 3.3: Within the Stormwater Master
Plan Update as described in the Drainage
Element of Chapter 3 of this Comprehensive
Plan, the City shall include a section
dedicated to the identification, protection,
conservation, and management of areas,
such as wetlands, that serve a crucial natural
function in managing floods by providing
storage areas for excess water during times of
high flow.
CON Policy 3.4: Should any portion of the
designated wetlands referenced in this
Section, and any soil identified by the NRCS as
possibly exhibiting hydric qualities, intersect
with a developer/applicant, then the City
shall require a study of the wetlands by an
ecologist, biologist, or similar profession to
determine the area and quality of the
wetland. If the study indicates the above is
valid, then the City will designate the area as
a Conservation Area. If it is not found to be a
Conservation Area, the land will then be
subject to the City’s Floodplain regulations.
(DRN Figure No. 2)
CON Policy 3.5: The City shall include in the
Land Development Code a requirement that
any development that contains land meeting
the definition of a wetland as defined by the
Florida Statues, whether it has been previously
identified by the City as such or not, shall
conduct a wetland delineation in
accordance with current rules and
regulations of the Florida Administrative Code.
A delineation of the upland wetland
boundary shall be established based upon an
on-site field survey by a professional biologist,
or registered engineer retained by the
applicant and coordinated with SJRWMD, the
FDEP, and/or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Furthermore, the development shall, through
a comprehensive planning process, identify
the types, values, function, size, and
conditions, and specific locations of the
wetlands on the site.
CON Policy 3.5.a: As a habitat protection
measure, a nonstructural water quality
control measure, and a flood resiliency
measure, the City shall continue to utilize
standards and guidelines through the
Land Development Code to protect
wetlands under the regulatory jurisdiction
of the City, State, and Federal
governments, including:
• Preventing excavation or filling within
wetlands unless the City Commission
finds, on the basis of reasonable
evidence, that there are no
alternatives to filling,
• Where disturbance is permitted,
requiring a two-for-one (2:1)
replacement of area and
maintenance of proximal locational
relationship and functionality to the
maximum extent possible, and
enforcement of alternative mitigation
requirements, if necessary,
• Where a two-for-one (2:1)
replacement of wetland area is
required, the priority of replacement
location in descending order is:
(a) within the project boundaries;
(b) within the hydrologic unit code
(HUC) 14 sub watershed;
(c) within the City;
(d) within the HUC 12 sub watershed;
(e) within HUC 10 watershed; and
(f) within HUC 8 sub-basin,
• Preserving existing native plant
communities surrounding a wetland to
a minimum of 25 feet. If no existing
native plant community exists, the
minimum buffer shall be at least 15 feet,
but shall average at least 25 feet if
supplemented with suitable, native
and non-invasive plant species.
• Prohibiting the placement of septic
tanks in wetlands and flood prone
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areas and adhering to all other
requirements set forth dictating On-site
Sewage Treatment and Disposal
Systems (OSTDS) described by the
Infrastructure Element and the
Engineering Standards Manual (ESM);
on-site waste disposal systems shall be
located to avoid impairment to them
or contamination from them during
flooding.
• Continuing to direct development
away from wetland and wetland
transition areas.
• For developments located directly
upland of a wetland, ensuring that
predevelopment water flow (rate,
magnitude, frequency, duration,
timing, and quality), to the maximum
extent possible, is maintained to
preserve a healthy wetland ecosystem
during any modification of
development,
• Ensuring that managed wetlands
conform to standards included in the
Comprehensive Plan and Land
Development Code, and
• Transferring development rights, where
appropriate, to protect Conservation
Areas or wetlands.
CON Policy 3.6: The City shall provide
opportunities to annex property within the
Ocoee Joint Planning Area (JPA) into the City
in order to maintain the size and integrity of
wetlands and minimize wetland degradation
through gradual isolation. (CON Figure No. 1)
CON Policy 3.7: The City shall protect the
natural functions of the 100-year floodplains
and flood prone areas prescribed by FEMA,
Orange County, and City Floodplain
Management Regulations in order to maintain
their flood-carrying and flood storage
capacities. (DRN Figure No. 2)
CON Policy 3.7.a: The City shall continue to
implement the provisions of the Floodplain
Management and Natural Resources
Ordinances.
CON Policy 3.7.b: Prevention of
excavation, fill, construction, substantial
improvements, and other development
within the Floodway and 100-year
Floodplain. (DRN Figure No. 2)
CON Policy 3.7.c: If intrusion into the 100-
year Floodplain cannot be avoided,
substantial evidence shall be provided
that demonstrates:
• That no practical alternatives exist,
• The intrusion shall not increase the flood
hazard on other property
• Must meet compensatory storage
requirements of the Drainage Element
and ESM
• Submittal of a CLOMR-F to be
approved by FEMA and submitted to
the City prior to development and a
LOMR-F approved by FEMA and
submitted to the City prior to
construction.
CON Policy 3.7.d: The City shall regulate
Future Development utilizing the
stormwater Level of Service standards
identified in the Drainage Element and
floodplain management practices as
prescribed in the Engineering Standards
Manual (ESM). The ESM regulations are
consistent with, or better than, the policies
and regulations of the NFIP.
CON Policy 3.7.e: Future development, as
defined by the Ocoee Land Development
Code, shall not occur within 15 feet of an
approved 100-year floodplain elevation
(DRN Figure No. 2) and the average buffer
between development and an approved
100-year floodplain elevation shall not be
less than 25 feet except where exempt by
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State Statute or in cases where offsetting
on-site environmental mitigation or
enhancement of these areas is
demonstrated to improve natural function
or to provide low-impact uses or
recreational amenities, that are permitted
by the NFIP, which encourage enjoyment
of such areas.
CON Policy 3.7.f: Limited low-impact and
passive recreational development as
defined by the Ocoee Land Development
Code may be permitted at the City’s
discretion within portions of the 100-year
floodplain (DRN Figure No. 2), which are
situated above the normal high-water
level of lakes, streams, and flood prone
areas and are at least 25 feet upland of
any jurisdictional wetland area. Types of
uses may be permitted on a case-by-case
basis include landscaping, passive open
space area, park benches,
pedestrian/bicycle/multi-use trails, open
play fields, covered shelters, picnic tables,
play courts, and similar uses where no
reduction of flood storage capacity has
been demonstrated.
CON Policy 3.7.g: The City shall prohibit
channelization in special flood hazard
areas without base flood elevations, or in
special flood hazard areas with base
flood elevations but without floodway
designations within the Ocoee JPA and
utilize BMPs for top of bank management.
Policy 3.7.h: To the extent practicable, the
City shall protect drainageways through
minimized disturbance and channelization
by adopting standards to protect
drainageways, including top of bank
setbacks and special piping
considerations as detailed in the
Floodplain Management Ordinance.
CON Policy 3.8: Developments in the flood
prone areas which were built before the City
entered into the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) program are
considered legally non-conforming structures.
Such developments are exempt from
conforming to policy updates until the
substantial damage or substantial
improvements (SDSI) thresholds are met, as
defined in the Floodplain Management
Ordinance, at which point compliance to the
current Floodplain Ordinance must be met.
CON Policy 3.9: The City will continue to
participate in the FEMA program, adhere to
regulations set forth by the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP), and maintain its
participation with the Community Rating
System (CRS). The City will enforce new
floodplain elevations as established by FEMA
in the review of proposed development and,
for existing development, will enforce the non-
conforming uses regulations as described in
the Floodplain Management Ordinance.
CON Policy 3.10: The City shall rely upon
conservation easements or require
dedication of open space areas to the City or
other appropriate conservation agency as a
tool for preserving floodplain, wetland, and
ecologically significant communities. The City
shall amend the Land Development Code to
provide for the dedication of conservation
easements or reservation where the City finds
that the dedication is reasonable in order to
protect the value and function of the
wetland.
CON Policy 3.11: Wetland and floodplain
development restrictions shall be
administered through the following policies.
The City shall adopt land development
regulations implementing these policies.
CON Policy 3.11.a: Review Process. The
City shall coordinate with the jurisdictional
agencies for purposes of rendering legal,
equitable, and environmentally sensitive
determinations of the development rights
to be permitted on such wetlands and/or
lands under the jurisdiction of the State or
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Federal government. The developer of a
parcel of environmentally sensitive land
shall be responsible for obtaining permits or
exemptions of development. In all cases
where approval of Federal and/or State
Regulatory Agencies is necessary,
applicants must provide the City of Ocoee
with a complete copy of all permits or
permit applications submitted to the
Water Management Districts, Florida
Department of Environmental Protection,
or Army Corps of Engineers, or a statement
from the applicant’s environmental
consultant explaining why no permit is
required, before the City can complete its
review. Regardless of permitting by the
Federal or State permitting agencies, the
City shall reserve the right to determine the
appropriate land use, density/intensity,
and special mitigation measures including
but not limited to, the constriction of
culverts or other means.
CON Policy 3.11.b: Burden on the
Applicant. The applicant shall bear the
burden of proof in determining that
development shall not adversely impact
wetlands, transitional wetlands,
floodplains, and other environmentally
fragile natural systems. The applicant shall
prove that the type, value, function, size,
and condition of the wetland or flood
prone area will not be adversely
impacted. Such determinations shall be
based on physical and biological data
obtained from specific site investigations
by a biologist, and engineer, or by another
professional competent in producing data
and analysis necessary to support impact
assessments.
CON Policy 3.11.c: Coordination with other
Agencies. Orange County as well as
representatives of the FDEP, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, the SJRWMD, or the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may be
included during the development review
process to assist in identifying and
delineating wetlands and flood prone
areas. Applicants shall have an
opportunity to demonstrate that any
wetland or floodplain designations within
the confines of their property no longer
function as defined wetlands or floodplain.
CON Policy 3.11.d: Waiver for Marginal
Wetlands if Mitigated. For small, isolated
wetlands and floodplains that the
developer is providing viable
compensatory preserve areas which
mitigate against a loss of viable wetland
system and/or flood storage, the City may
waive the preservation requirements, in
and only in, the case of an overriding
public interest.
CON Policy 3.11.e: The City of Ocoee shall
penalize those responsible for the
unauthorized destruction or substantial
degradation of wetlands, as identified by
the City. All City building permits shall be
withheld until the damage is repaired or
applicable permits are issued by the
appropriate agency. Any violation shall
be punishable as described in City Code
of Ordinances, including by the
assessment of code enforcement fines
and recorded liens.
CON Objective 4 - Species and Habitat
Protection: The City of Ocoee shall protect
endangered species, species of concern, and
species biodiversity by regulating
development through the implementation of
the Land Development Code, in order to
minimize impairments to the functionality of
vital natural systems, including the protection
and conservation of soils, native wetland and
vegetative communities, rare upland areas,
urban woodlands, tree canopy, historic trees,
and other environmentally sensitive lands.
CON Policy 4.1: Within the City of Ocoee, all
endangered and threatened species shall be
afforded protection by the City through the
regulatory authority of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
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Service, the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish
Commission and the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection, as mandated by
the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973
and the Florida Endangered and Threatened
Species Act of 1977 (s. 372.072, F.S.)
CON Policy 4.2: The City shall require, where
appropriate, the utilization of wildlife corridors
to provide connectivity between protected
wetland systems (DRN Figure No. 2 and CON
Figure No. 1) through transitional uplands. The
wildlife corridor shall be defined as during
project master plan review and shall be
clearly represented on the final approved
master plan. The extent (width and
configuration) of such wildlife corridors shall
be established on a case-by-case basis,
depending on the recommendations of the
applicable wildlife agencies, vegetative
communities, soil associations, and the likely
occurrence of endangered and threatened
species and species of special concern and
their habitat. The wildlife corridors shall be
buffered from the developed portions of the
development site using Best Management
Practices, and a conservation easement shall
be applied to the wildlife corridors, pursuant to
Section 704.06, F.S.
CON Policy 4.3: If an Environmental Site
Assessment, as described in Policy (above)
indicates that Endangered or Threatened
Species, or Species of Special Concern are
found on site, the City shall require that the
applicant work with the appropriate wildlife
agencies on appropriate protection
measures. Such measures may include
preservation, habitat management, species
relocation, or incidental taking as authorized
by the wildlife agencies. The City shall issue no
development approvals that are inconsistent
with Federal, State, or local Management
Plans.
CON Policy 4.4: The City shall conserve the
biologically diverse communities of freshwater
wetlands as detailed in this Plan, the Land
Development Code, and the Engineering
Standards Manual.
CON Policy 4.5: The City's preservation efforts
for upland habitats, including threatened and
endangered species of plants and animals,
and plant and animal species of special
concern, shall apply to proposed
developments on vacant (undeveloped)
sites. The City shall require a tree survey and
encourage the preservation of native trees,
especially specimen trees, and require the
preservation of any protected trees in
accordance with its Arbor Code. The site shall
be inspected by an ecologist, biologist, or a
similar professional for the presence of state
and federally protected plant and animal
species. Site Surveys shall address the size and
distribution of native habitat, wildlife and listed
species populations within a proposed
development site, and the feasibility and
viability of off-site protection and
management. The survey shall also address
the appropriateness of migration to an
acceptable off-site location in the event that
on-site migration is shown to be ineffective.
Protection of any wildlife and protected
habitat will be required as part of the overall
development plan submitted for
development approval.
CON Policy 4.6: The City shall maintain a GIS
record of areas within the City where
endangered species, or species of concern,
are known to have taken up residence or
frequently visit along migratory routes. This
record shall be updated annually through
cross references with the Florida Department
of Environmental Protection Agency, the Fish
and Wildlife Services, Audubon Florida, and
field surveys.
CON Policy 4.7: The City shall make efforts to
preserve and include pollinator friendly
landscaping in the natural and built
environments throughout the City.
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CON Policy 4.8: The City shall use, where
appropriate, the planning tool known as
"transfer of development rights" to protect or
preserve uplands serving as known habitat for
endangered and threatened species.
Police CON 4.9: The City shall maintain,
throughout the planning period, the most
appropriate means of protecting
environmentally sensitive lands. Alternative
methods shall include acquisition, regulation,
and maintenance of City-owned lands, or
any combination of the above.
Policy Con 4.10: The City shall collaborate with
community leaders to plan education and
outreach actives that help residents identify
and understand the unique species and
habitats around them, teach residents BMPs
that protect and conserve their natural
environment, and empower residents to take
action at home and as part of their daily
routine measures to protect the natural
environment.
CON Objective 5 - Air Quality Protection: The
City shall support efforts to improve air quality
as a means to protect human and
environmental health by seeking plans and
investments that reduce the release of air
toxins, including criteria pollutants, and urban
heat island effects, which in turn will help to
lessen or mitigate the impacts of changing
climate conditions.
CON Policy 5.1: The City shall coordinate with
the Environmental Protection Agency, Florida
Department of Environmental Protection,
Orange County, and Orlando Metroplan to
incorporate up-to-date air quality information
and best management practices into
planning and investment decisions.
CON Policy 5.2: The City shall support federal,
state, regional, and local policies intended to
protect clean air.
CON Policy 5.3: The City shall pursue strategies
to reduce surface level pollution sources, such
as reducing the quantity of pollutants
released by motor vehicles and development
activity.
CON Policy 5.3.a: The City shall prepare a
Fleet Management Plan to evaluate the
transition of gas and diesel fueled vehicles to
electric and alternative fueled vehicles and
work towards achieving a fifty (50) percent
fleet conversion by 2045.
CON Policy 5.3.b: The City shall prioritize
developments that provide electric
charging stations and alternative fuel
infrastructure within the City to increase
public accessibility to electric vehicles and
alternative fuel sources.
CON Policy 5.3.c: The City shall adopt an
EV Vehicle Readiness Ordinance to
expand electric vehicle charging abilities
throughout the City to serve public mobility
needs, serve electric vehicle technologies,
improve air quality, and achieve City
sustainability goals.
CON Policy 5.3.d: The City shall continue its
efforts to improve economic and
environmental sustainability and reduce its
reliance on gas combustion vehicles.
CON Policy 5.3.e: The City shall reduce air-
borne particulate matter by street-
sweeping, requiring developments to
perform dust abatement activities during
construction, requiring hauled material to
be covered, prohibiting the burning of
solid and yard waste, and implementing
other methods that reduce the release of
particulate matter.
CON Policy 5.3.f: When a development
submits a phased development plan to
clear and grub, such clearing and
grubbing activities shall occur in sequential
order as a means of preventing premature
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soil erosion and dust entrainment, unless
the applicant can demonstrate that
clearing and grubbing of later phases, or a
portion thereof, is required in order for site
work to be performed that is directly
related to the independent functionality of
earlier phases. All cleared areas with no
activity for seven (7) days or more, shall be
stabilized, to prevent soil erosion and dust
entrainment.
CON Policy 5.4: The City shall protect surface
level air quality from degradation and
increase the opportunity for surface level
pollution removal and heat island reduction.
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RESPONSIBLE, ACCESSIBLE &
OPEN GOVERNANCE
6 CHAPTER
Public School
Facilities Element
Intergovernmental
Coordination
Element
Capital
Improvements
Element
Private Property
Rights Element
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6 CHAPTER
Public School
Facilities Element
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS FACILITIES ELEMENT
Public Schools Facilities Element GOPs | 1
PSF GOAL: THE CITY SHALL CONTINUE TO
COORDINATE WITH ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC
SCHOOLS AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO
FACILITATE THE QUALITY AND FUTURE
AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES
AND ENSURE SUPERIOR EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE CURRENT AND FUTURE
RESIDENTS, WHICH IN TURN ENCOURAGES
ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR INDIVIDUALS,
FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES IN OCOEE AND
ORANGE COUNTY.
PSF Objective 1 - Conformance with School
Concurrency and Interlocal Agreement: The
City will continue to coordinate with Orange
County Public Schools (OCPS) to implement
school concurrency through the approved
Interlocal Agreement (ILA) for public school
facility planning, to share information
necessary to maintain the adopted Level of
Service standard for public schools and to
ensure adequate classroom capacity to
accommodate the impacts of new residential
development throughout the planning
process in order to reduce, prevent, or
eliminate over-crowded classrooms and
school facilities.
PSF Policy 1.1 The City shall coordinate with
Orange County Public Schools to implement
a Concurrency Management System, which
shall include standards and procedures to
ensure that new residential development
complies with the Level of Service (LOS)
Standards provided in the interlocal
agreement between OCPS and the City.
The LOS by school type shall be as follows:
• Elementary and K - 8 School LOS - 110% of
Adjusted FISH Capacity
• Middle School and High School LOS – 100%
of Adjusted FISH Capacity
PSF Policy 1.2: OCPS, in conjunction with the
City, shall adopt and annually update
school Concurrency Service Areas (CSAs),
which will be used to evaluate the capacity
of schools available to accommodate
students generated by a proposed
development. The adopted LOS must be
achieved in all CSAs, except where
improvements needed to achieve
adequate classroom capacity are
specifically identified in the OCPS ten (10)
year District Capital Outlay Plan (DCOP).
CSA boundary adjustments may be made
to ensure that the utilization of school
capacity is maximized to the greatest extent
possible and shall take into account
transportation costs, court approved
desegregation plans, and other factors.
PSF Policy 1.3: The City and OCPS shall
develop and maintain throughout the
planning period a joint process for the
implementation of School Concurrency
as provided for in the adopted interlocal
agreement.
PSF Policy 1.3.a: When reviewing a
developer-initiated Comprehensive
Plan amendment or rezoning that would
increase residential density on property,
the City shall seek input from OCPS as to
whether sufficient school capacity will
exist concurrently with the development.
If OCPS indicates there is insufficient
capacity in the affected schools, the
City may take into consideration the
severity of the overcrowding and timing
of the availability of the needed
capacity to accommodate the
proposed development when deciding
whether to approve or deny the
requested Comprehensive Plan
amendment or rezoning.
PSF Policy 1.3.b: The City will determine if
a development is vested or exempt from
school concurrency. Unless the
development is determined to be
vested or exempt from concurrency, the
City shall not approve a residential site
plan, plat, or its functional equivalent,
until a concurrency determination has
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been conducted by OCPS and a
Concurrency Certificate has been
issued for the development consistent
with the provisions of the adopted
interlocal agreement.
PSF Policy 1.3.c: School concurrency
shall not apply to property within a
development of regional impact (DRI)
for which a Development Order was
issued prior to July 1, 2005, or for which a
DRI application was submitted prior to
May 1, 2005, unless the developer elects
otherwise or unless the developer files a
Notice of Proposed Change (NOPC)
and/or Substantial Deviation to increase
the total number of residential dwelling
units.
PSF Policy 1.3.d: Any residential
development that creates an impact of
less than one (1) student shall be
considered de minimis and therefore
exempt from school capacity review.
For the purposes of school concurrency,
a single-family dwelling unit shall be
defined as one dwelling unit designed
for occupancy by one family and not
attached to any surrounding dwelling
unit. A multi-family dwelling unit shall be
defined as a building containing more
than one dwelling unit, a dwelling unit
attached to one or more other dwelling
units, or a mobile home.
PSF Policy 1.4: Where adequate school
facilities will be in place or under actual
construction within three (3) years after the
issuance of final subdivision or site plan
approval, or the functional equivalent, the
City shall not deny an application for site
plan approval, final subdivision approval, or
the functional equivalent thereof, for any
development, or phase of a development,
that includes residential uses, based solely
on failure to achieve and maintain the
adopted LOS in a CSA.
PSF Objective 2 - Alternative Mitigation:
Where the adopted school level of service
cannot be met, the City shall allow for
mitigation alternatives, developed in
conjunction with OCPS, that are financially
feasible and will serve to maintain the
adopted level of service standard consistent
with the OCPS Work Program. Should
adopted LOS not be achieved and an
alternative mitigation option is not available,
the City may postpone a proposed
development until such time that LOS can be
achieved or school capacity is created.
PSF Policy 2.1: Upon completion of an OCPS
Concurrency Review, a development that
fails to meet LOS requirements may be
postponed until adequate public school
capacity is created.
PSF Policy 2.1.a: A development shall be
deemed to meet concurrency if there is
sufficient capacity in the Concurrency
Service Area (“CSA”) where the
development is located or where
sufficient capacity exists in one or more
contiguous CSAs, so long as the LOS in the
adjacent zone does not exceed 95% of
the adopted LOS, and when the LOS for
the specific school type, when
considered district-wide, does not
exceed 100% of capacity on a district-
wide basis for the school type, and
approval of the development does not
result in a violation of a court ordered
desegregation order.
PSF Policy 2.1.b: Proportionate share,
when used for mitigation, shall be
calculated based on the number of
elementary, middle and high school
students generated by the development
at build out. As provided for in the
adopted interlocal agreement,
proportionate share shall be calculated
based on reasonable methods of
estimating cost of school construction,
including the cost of land, equipment,
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school buses, and where appropriate,
temporary classroom space needed to
house students generated by the
development while permanent space is
being constructed. A Proportionate Share
contribution toward the construction of
schools must be identified in the adopted
ten (10) year District Capital Outlay Plan
(the “DCOP”).
PSF Policy 2.1.c: Proportionate Share
Mitigation may include payments of
money, construction of schools,
donations of land, expansion of
permanent capacity of existing school
campuses, payment of funds necessary
to advance schools contained in the ten
(10) year DCOP, establishment of charter
schools that meet State Requirements for
Educational Facilities (SREF) standards,
payments into mitigation banks,
establishment of an Educational Facilities
Benefit District, Community Development
District, or other methods as may be
negotiated between the developer and
OCPS and, as appropriate, the City.
PSF Policy 2.1.d: Any of the Proportionate
Share options that are utilized by
developers as mitigation are eligible for
school impact fee credits as provided for
in Florida law.
PSF Policy 2.2: Prior to June 1st of each year,
OCPS shall coordinate with the City to
develop a financially feasible Ten (10) Year
District Capital Outlay Plan (DCOP) for
review and approval by the OCPS Board
and adoption into the Capital
Improvements Element for the City.
PSF Policy 2.2.a: The 10-Year DCOP shall
include all capital projects which
increase the capacity of public schools
within the City and address the
deficiencies necessary to maintain or
improve LOS and shall be reviewed
annually, by OCPS in conjunction with the
City, to determine the projected
capacity, projected enrollment, and LOS
for each school and CSA within the City.
PSF Policy 2.2.b: The City shall review and
incorporate the OCPS adopted CSAs,
adopted LOS and enrollment projections
into the annual update of the City’s CIE
to ensure that the CIE continues to be
financially feasible and that the LOS will
be achieved.
PSF Policy 2.2.c: In accordance with
F.S. 163.3180(6), F.S., the City adopts a
long-term school concurrency
management system for areas where
significant backlog exists.
PSF Objective 3 - School Facilities Planning: To
maintain a high-quality educational system
for current and future residents, the City will
coordinate with OCPS, in accordance with the
Interlocal Agreement, to identify existing
deficiencies and future needs, evaluate the
School Board’s Ten-Year District Capital
Outlay Plan (DCOP) and develop plans,
programs and strategies to ensure adopted
LOS standards for schools are maintained.
PSF Policy 3.1: Pursuant to the adopted
Interlocal Agreement, a Technical Planning
Committee comprised of representatives
from the City, other Orange County
Municipalities, OCPS, and the East Central
Florida Regional Planning Council shall be
established to discuss issues of mutual
concern. OCPS shall be responsible for
making meeting arrangements, providing
notification and maintaining a written
summary of meeting actions.
PSF Policy 3.2: The OCPS Technical Planning
Committee shall meet quarterly, or as
needed, to discuss issues and formulate
recommendations regarding coordination of
land use and school facilities. Specific areas
addressed by the committee shall include:
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• Short and long-range planning,
population and student projections, and
future development trends,
• Co-location and joint-use opportunities,
and ancillary infrastructure improvements
needed to support the school facilities
and ensure safe student access to
schools, including embedding schools in
residential neighborhoods so that
children may safely walk and ride
bicycles to and from school, which
reduces motorist traffic,
• Planning for needed supporting
infrastructure for schools such as utilities,
roads, sidewalks, and other supporting
infrastructure,
• The need for new schools to meet the
adopted LOS within the adopted CSAs
and the coordination of annual revisions
to the five (5) year and ten (10) year
District Capital Outlay Plan, and
• Update of the City Capital Improvements
Element for inclusion in the City’s
Comprehensive Plan.
PSF Policy 3.3: The City shall provide an
update of approved developments,
phases of development and estimated
build out by phase to the OCPS Planning
Department twice per year.
PSF Policy 3.4: The City shall review OCPS
generated future enrollment and growth
projections on an annual basis and
provide input to the OCPS Planning
Department.
PSF Policy 3.5: Throughout the planning
period, the City and OCPS shall coordinate
the siting of new public schools to ensure
public school facilities are located to
address the needs of future residential
development, are coordinated with
necessary services and infrastructure
development, provide for safe learning
environments, and are consistent with the
City’s adopted Future Land Use Map and
with the other provisions of the
Comprehensive Plan.
PSF Policy 3.5.a: Applications for Future
Land Use Map amendments, rezonings,
conditional use/special exceptions and
site plans for schools shall be given priority
status. OCPS shall not be required to pay
application fees or impact fees for the
development of public school facilities,
provided, however, OCPS shall not be
exempt from payment of capital
connection fees for water and
wastewater.
PSF Policy 3.5.b: The City shall protect
existing schools from the intrusion of
incompatible land uses through the
development review process.
Conversely, the City shall provide
protection to existing residential
neighborhoods through the
development review process as new
schools or school renovations and/or
expansions are proposed.
PSF Policy 3.5.c: In an effort to
enhance local communities and
neighborhoods, the City will
participate with OCPS in the school
siting, design, and development
process so that the school serves as a
focal point for the community and is
compatible with the Future Land Use
Map and with land uses surrounding
proposed school sites.
PSF Policy 3.5.d: Where feasible, OCPS
and the City shall work jointly to co-
locate public facilities such as parks,
libraries, and community centers with
public schools. Where such co-location
occurs, both entities shall establish an
ongoing management relationship via
written agreement that permits the
school’s use of the public facilities and
the public’s use of school facilities for
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community meetings and sports
activities.
PSF Policy 3.5.e: In accordance with
Section 1006.23, Florida Statutes, and as
funding permits, the City shall provide
construction of sidewalks along
roadways and trails connecting
neighborhoods that are within two (2)
miles of schools to the school facility.
OCPS shall be responsible for the
construction of sidewalks and trails on
school property and shall provide
connections to existing and future
sidewalks and trails identified by the
City.
Policy 3.5.f: Turn lanes and signalization
shall be provided at school entrances
and at other locations near schools,
where warranted, to provide safe access
to students and the public. Responsibility
for construction of school-related
signalization and road construction at
school entrances shall be the
responsibility of OCPS.
PSF Policy 3.6: OCPS shall coordinate with the
City in the construction of new public school
facilities and in rehabilitation of existing public
school facilities to serve as emergency shelters
as required by Section 1013.372, Florida
Statutes.
PSF Objective 4 - Continuing Education
Facilities: The City shall encourage
partnerships that facilitate availability and
opportunities for educational facilities which in
turn will foster economic growth and provide
for a trained and stable labor force to
stimulate higher quality of life.
PSF Policy 4.1: The City will strive to have
quality educational opportunities for all
residents through collaboration and
partnerships among schools, businesses, and
other institutions in the community as well as
colleges and universities.
PSF Policy 4.2: Working in partnerships with
schools and other institutions, the City will
support quality curriculum, teaching,
mentoring, and hands-on experiences to
prepare students to succeed in college,
vocations, the ever-changing job market, and
in life.
PSF Policy 4.3: The City will update the Land
Development Code to include provisions that
allow for the logical siting of vocational, trade,
industry, and other technical schools near
public facilities, services and resources to
support reasonable access to these
continuing educational opportunities by
residents.
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6 CHAPTER
Intergovernmental
Coordination
Element
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INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION ELEMENT
Intergovernmental Coordination Element GOPs | 1
ICE GOAL: CONTINUE TO IMPROVE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION
THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS AND OTHER
FORMAL AND INFORMAL AGREEMENTS TO
RESOLVE CONFLICTS REGARDING SCHOOL
AND PUBLIC FACILITY SITING, PROBLEM LAND
USES, AND ANNEXATION.
ICE Objective 1 - Efficiency of Governance:
The City shall continue to coordinate its
Comprehensive Plan with the plans of local
government agencies providing services but
not having regulatory authority over the use of
the land, with the Comprehensive Plans of
adjacent municipalities and Orange County
to reduce and/or eliminate the duplication of
services.
ICE Policy 1.1: The Joint Planning Area (JPA)
Agreement, as amended, is hereby
incorporated, by reference, into the
Intergovernmental Coordination Element.
ICE Policy 1.2: The future growth and
development patterns of unincorporated
properties located within the boundaries of
the Joint Planning Area, upon annexation, will
be guided by the JPA Agreement and JPA
Future Land Use Map (FLUM), unless the JPA
FLUM is otherwise amended through a JPA
FLUM Amendment approved by both the City
and Orange County.
ICE Policy 1.3: The City shall notify Orange
County on all annexation, rezoning, de-
annexation, Developments of Regional
Impact, and Comprehensive Plan text and
map and Land Use amendments within ten
(10) business days of receipt of the
applications or initiation of such action by the
City per Section 12, Notices of Certain
Applications, of the Joint Planning Area
Agreement.
ICE Policy 1.4: The City shall consider requests
for voluntary annexation into the City when
those lands are contiguous to the existing City
limits, when services can be properly provided
and when proposed uses are compatible with
the City's Comprehensive Plan and the Joint
Planning Area (JPA) Agreement. For the
purpose of this ICE Policy, an annexation shall
be considered a logical extension if it is within
the limits of the JPA and meets the
requirements of Chapter 171, Florida Statutes.
The boundaries of the JPA are illustrated on
the Future Land Use Map. Services shall be
considered as being properly provided if the
existing or planned public facilities can
support the land uses and densities proposed
in the area to be annexed consistent with the
level of service standards set forth in this plan.
ICE Policy 1.5: The City shall continue to
coordinate the planning activities mandated
by the comprehensive plan with adjacent
local governments, school boards, other units
of local government providing services but
not having regulatory authority over the use of
land, the region, and the state.
ICE Policy 1.6: The City will continue to
coordinate with the Orange County School
Board, the East Central Florida Regional
Planning Council, the St. Johns River Water
Management District, and State or Federal
agencies and any other special districts on
projects that fall within their “jurisdictions” or
are multi-jurisdictional in nature to identify and
resolve any conflicts with the City’s
Comprehensive Plan, and in turn, amend the
plan as needed to ensure coordination.
ICE Policy 1.7: The City shall maintain and
revise as necessary the following agreements,
including as amended thereto:
• Joint Planning Area Agreement;
• Orange County/City of Ocoee Water
Service Territorial Agreement;
• Orange County/City of Ocoee Sewer
Territorial Agreement;
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• Orange County Utilities/City of Ocoee
Reclaimed Water Territorial Agreement;
• Conserv II Agreement for the Delivery of
Reclaimed Water;
• Water Conserv II Agreement for the
Delivery of Water;
• City of Winter Garden Interlocal
Agreement;
• City of Ocoee/Forest Lake Golf Course
Agreement, unless terminated;
• Ocoee Pines Potable Water Service
Agreement.
ICE Policy 1.8: The City shall pursue dialogue
with adjacent municipalities with an interlocal
agreement being the expected outcome to
accomplish recognition of the City’s
established Utility Service Area boundary.
ICE Policy 1.9: The City shall maintain a Water
Supply Facilities Work Plan for at least a ten
(10) year planning period to address water
supply facilities and infrastructure
requirements to serve existing and future
development within the City’s potable water
service area.
ICE Policy 1.10: The Water Supply Facilities
Work Plan shall be prepared in accordance
with Florida Statutes.
ICE Policy 1.11: The Water Supply Facilities
Work Plan shall be reviewed bi-annually and
shall be updated within 18 months of an
update to the CFWI Regional Water Supply
Plan that affects the City.
ICE Policy 1.12: The City shall work with the
Water Management Districts during updates
to their regional water supply plans and water
supply assessments as well as other water-
supply related initiatives facilitated by the
Districts that affect the City.
Objective 2 - Coordination of Potential
Development Impacts: The City shall continue
to coordinate the impacts of development
proposed in the comprehensive plan upon
development in adjacent municipalities, the
county, the East Central Florida Regional
Planning Council and the State.
ICE Policy 2.1: The City will initiate informal
mediation by filing with the East Central
Florida Regional Planning Council a written
request for mediation assistance in instances
where the resolution of issues requiring
intergovernmental concurrence has not been
achieved pursuant to Section 186.509, Florida
Statutes.
ICE Policy 2.2: The City will continue to
coordinate with adjacent local governments
with the provision of services, information, and
in resolving annexation issues.
ICE Policy 2.3: The City will review the
relationship of the proposed development to
the existing comprehensive plans of adjacent
local governments.
ICE Policy 2.4: The City will conduct a review
of its local standards with regard to
problematic land uses to determine whether
any conflicts exist between its regulations and
those of neighboring jurisdictions and
evaluate strategies to resolve any conflicts
that may arise or be found.
ICE Policy 2.5: The City will continue to
coordinate with the County to minimizing the
external effects of problematic land uses,
including, but not limited to, the generation of
excessive noise, odor, light, and motorist
traffic, within and along the boundaries of the
Joint Planning Area.
ICE Policy 2.6: The City will coordinate with the
Florida Department of Environmental
Protection and the Florida Department of
Health in Orange County, and Orange
County regarding the Wastewater Facility
Plan as it relates to Wekiva Act compliance.
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Objective 3 - Coordination of Utility Operation
and Maintenance Responsibilities: The City will
continue to coordinate with state, regional, or
local entities having operational and
maintenance responsibilities for public
facilities when establishing Level of Service
standards for associated public facilities and
the location and extension of public facilities
subject to concurrency.
ICE Policy 3.1: The City will coordinate the
planning and decision-making process
relative to the extension and location of
public facilities subject to concurrency with
state, regional, or local entities providing
facilities and services but not having
regulatory authority over the use of land.
ICE Policy 3.2: The City will continue to notify
Orange County of annexations in an effort to
coordinate the development of countywide
population projections, which include
expected growth within the Joint Planning
Area.
ICE Policy 3.3: The City will coordinate annually
with Orange County to determine the need to
extend water and sewer within each
respective unincorporated area of Orange
County served by the City.
ICE Policy 3.4: The City will forward updated
population projections, as they become
available, from the Comprehensive Plan to
the School Board so they can consider
projected growth and development as it
relates to the future need for schools in
Orange County Public School’s 5-, 10- and 20-
year facility plans.
ICE Policy 3.5: The City will continue to work
with Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) in
planning for public school sites within the
City’s jurisdiction to ensure consistency with
the Comprehensive Plan. Such coordination
involves the City reviewing the OCPS 5-, 10-,
and 20-year facility plans and responding, as
needed, to site specific plans for the location
of new schools or expansion of existing
schools.
ICE Policy 3.6: The City shall utilize the
countywide planning process, or other
appropriate mitigation process, in the review
and recommendation of any necessary
modification to the agreed upon school siting
process to resolve intergovernmental conflicts
or to address any needed refinements to
reflect current statutory requirements.
ICE Policy 3.7: The City will review Orange
County Public Schools’ annually updated 5-
year work program and the 10- and 20-year
facility work programs to coordinate those
plans with the Ocoee Comprehensive Plan.
ICE Policy 3.8: To remain current on water
supply planning, operations, and
maintenance, the City will continue to attend
regional water planning seminars, committee
meetings, and conferences in support of
regional water planning initiatives.
Objective 4 - Requirement to Update
Agreements: Within one year after adoption of
the amended Intergovernmental
Coordination Element, the City shall establish
or update an Interlocal Agreement or other
formal agreement to be executed by all
parties, including governmental agencies or
other service providers.
ICE Policy 4.1: The City will amend the
Intergovernmental Coordination Element to
include joint processes for collaborative
planning and decision-making regarding,
population projections, school siting, and the
location and extension of facilities subject to
concurrency. The process will be outlined in a
formally executed agreement pursuant to the
requirements of Section 163.3177(6)(h)2, F.S.
Objective 5 - Coordination with OCPS: The City
shall, throughout the planning period,
coordinate with Orange County Public
Schools (OCPS) to ensure that sufficient school
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capacity is available to support proposed
development and that necessary
infrastructure is available to accommodate
new schools.
ICE Policy 5.1: The City shall designate a
representative to serve on the OCPS Technical
Planning Committee to discuss issues and
formulate recommendations regarding the
coordination of land use and schools.
ICE Policy 5.2: The City shall provide projected
development data to OCPS on a regular basis
to assist in development of a long-range
planning model to project student enrollment.
ICE Policy 5.3: As a member of the OCPS
Technical Planning Committee, the City shall
review OCPS model projections for
consistency with the City’s projections and, if
necessary, shall recommend additions or
modifications to the model results.
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6 CHAPTER
Capital
Improvements
Element
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CIE GOAL: THE CITY SHALL TAKE ACTIONS
NECESSARY TO ADEQUATELY PROVIDE AND
MANAGE NEEDED PUBLIC FACIITIES, SERVICES
AND INFRASTRUCTURE CONCURRENT WITH THE
IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SOUND
FISCAL POLICIES AND MINDFUL DECISION-
MAKING WHICH PROTECT INVESTMENTS AND
MAXIMIZE THE USE OF EXISTING FACILITIES,
WHILE PROMOTING ORDERLY, COMPACT
GROWTH SO AS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
EXISTING AND FUTURE RESIDENTS AND
BUSINESSES AND TO IMPLEMENT THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
CIE Objective 1 – Program of Capital
Improvements: Based on identification of
facility needs and level of service standards
contained in other elements of this Plan, the
City shall develop and annually review and
revise a program of capital improvements
designed to correct existing deficiencies,
replace worn out or obsolete facilities, and
accommodate desired future growth.
CIE Policy 1.1: The City shall adopt a Five-Year
Capital Improvements Plan (5-Year CIP) which
shall include necessary projects, publicly
funded projects, and privately funded
projects for which the City has no fiscal
responsibility, to ensure that the adopted level
of service standards are achieved and
maintained for the 5-year planning period,
including projects in the corresponding five (5)
years of the City’s Water Supply Facilities Work
Plan for improving or increasing potable water
facility capacities.
CIE Policy 1.2: The 5-Year CIP must be
coordinated with the MetroPlan Orlando Long
Range Transportation Plan and must include:
• Applicable transportation improvements
included in MetroPlan Orlando’s
Transportation Improvement Plan to the
extent that such improvements are relied
upon to ensure concurrency and financial
feasibility,
• A list of projects necessary to achieve the
pollutant load reductions attributable to
the City, as established in a basin
management action plan pursuant to
Section 403.067(7), F.S., if applicable,
• Estimated public facility costs,
• The expected delineation of when
facilities will be needed,
• General location of the facilities,
• Projected revenue sources to fund the
facilities,
• Identification of whether project is funded
or unfunded, and
• Identification of project level of priority for
funding.
CIE Policy 1.3: The 5-Year CIP and any
corresponding Capital Improvements Element
text amendment shall be adopted and
transmitted to the State Land Planning Agency
annually following adoption of the City Budget.
CIE Policy 1.4: Proposed capital improvement
projects shall be evaluated and ranked for
adequate contribution to the maintenance of
established Levels of Service according to the
following priority level guidelines:
a. Identified Need — Whether the project
is needed to:
• Protect public health and safety or
eliminate an imminent threat to
public health and safety,
• Fulfill the City’s legal commitment to
provide facilities and services,
• Eliminate an identified or projected
deficiency,
• Replace worn-out or obsolete
facilities, and/or
• Preserve or achieve maximum use
of existing facilities.
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b. Project Intent — Whether project
implementation will accomplish the
following:
• Increase efficiency of existing
facilities,
• Prevent or reduce future
improvement costs or expenditures,
or
• Provide service to developed areas
lacking full service.
c. Consistency with the Comprehensive
Plan — Whether project
implementation:
• Represents a logical extension of
facilities and services in a manner
consistent with the management of
growth and development within
the Comprehensive Plan,
• Maintains environmental quality of
the City’s natural resources, as
promoted within the City’s
Comprehensive Plan, and/or
• Achieves consistency with Section
163.3177(3)(a), Florida Statutes.
d. Financial Feasibility — Whether project
implementation creates excessive
debt obligations which exceed the
City’s debt capacity
CIE POLICY 1.5: In the event deficiencies
should develop in the provision of public
facilities, the City shall grant existing
deficiencies priority among capital
improvements scheduled within the Capital
Improvement Program.
CIE Policy 1.6: Levels of service standards for
public facilities and services shall be
established as follows:
• Park and Recreation Facilities: 8 acres of
parkland, including civic space, and
urban open space per 1,000 residents.
The City shall strive to meet NRPA’s current
10.2 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents
by 2045. This is currently 10.2 acres per
every 1,000 residents.
• Mobility Facilities: Roadway Facility Level
of Service Standard (Arterial, Collector,
Local) – Context Classification E Bicycle
Facility Level of Stress Standard – Level 2
Pedestrian Facility Level of Stress Standard
– Level 2
• Sanitary Sewer: 250 gallons per day per
equivalent residential unit (ERU).
• Potable Water: 270 gallons per day per
equivalent residential unit (ERU).
• Solid Waste: 6.0 pounds per capita per
day.
• Drainage: 100-year/24-hour duration
storm event (with recovery within 14
days), without exemptions.
CIE Policy 1.7: The City adopts by reference
the Orange County Public School Board’s
Five-Year District Facilities Work Program, as
approved and amended annually by the
School Board, that includes capacity
sufficient to meet anticipated student
demands.
CIE Policy 1.8: Pursuant to Section
163.3177(3)(b), F.S., amendments to the Five-
Year Schedule of Capital Improvements may
be accomplished by ordinance and may not
be deemed to be amendments to the
Comprehensive Plan. The adopted Five-Year
Schedule of Capital Improvements shall
include capacity projects necessary to
maintain the adopted levels of service
standards for parks and recreation,
stormwater, transportation and water and
sewer utilities.
CIE Policy 1.9: The City shall provide public
facilities to development for which
development orders were issued prior to the
adoption of this comprehensive plan when
the planning for the provision of public
facilities for such development were
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evaluated and established at the time of
development approval.
CIE Objective 2 - Proportionate Cost of
Development: Future development shall bear
a proportionate share of the cost of facility
improvements necessitated by the
development to maintain adopted level of
service standards. For capital improvements
that will be funded by the developer, financial
feasibility shall be demonstrated and
guaranteed in an enforceable development
agreement, interlocal agreement, or other
enforceable agreement.
CIE Policy 2.1: The City shall continue to
implement its impact fee ordinance and
amend such ordinance as allowable by State
law as a funding mechanism towards the
provision of capacity improvements.
CIE Policy 2.2: The City will negotiate with
private developers for the provision of capital
facilities to serve proposed development. The
City will develop a Proportionate Fair-Share
Program to provide a methodology by which
impacts of development on transportation
facilities can be mitigated by the cooperative
efforts of public and private sectors and a
methodology by which proportionate fair-
share mitigation costs and options can be
assessed.
CIE Policy 2.3: In coordination with Orange
County Public Schools, school facility
concurrency shall be evaluated as new
residential applications are received by the
City, and mitigation options shall be identified
and addressed when such applications cause
the applicable elementary, middle and high
schools to which the development is assigned
or distributed by the School Board to exceed
adopted level of service standards.
CIE Objective 3 - Fiscal Responsibility: The City
shall coordinate land use decisions with its
financial capability to meet level of service
standards, manage the land development
process so that facility needs created by
permitted development do not exceed the
financial ability of the City, and identify the
extent to which future development will be
required to contribute its proportional cost of
facilities necessary to meet LOS standards.
CIE Policy 3.1: The City shall maintain a
Concurrency Management System (CMS) as
a monitoring mechanism to ensure that
transportation, potable water, wastewater,
reclaimed water, solid waste, and
recreational facilities meet their established
levels of service identified in each Element
and listed this Element. The City shall issue no
development orders or permits without first
determining whether adequate facilities to
serve the development will be available no
later than the anticipated date of issuance by
the City of a certificate of occupancy or its
functional equivalent. The City will also ensure
that adequate services and facilities are
available and in place before issuing a
certificate of occupancy or its functional
equivalent.
CIE Policy 3.1.a: The City shall evaluate the
following facilities for infrastructure
capacity: roadways, potable water
facilities, sanitary sewer facilities, schools,
drainage facilities, solid waste facilities,
and parks and urban open space.
CIE Policy 3.1.b: A proposed map shall be
prepared by July each year showing all
areas in the City in which the infrastructure
is inadequate to meet the adopted level
of service standards.
CIE Policy 3.1.c: The map shall be reviewed
annually (in conjunction with the annual
update of the CIP) to determine if
additional areas shall be added or to
determine if areas on the map shall be
deleted because they are no longer
deficient with respect to level of service
standards.
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CIE Policy 3.1.d: In addition to annual
review, the City shall maintain an ongoing
summary of capacity and demand
changes within the area served by each
facility and shall review the map when it
appears that a facility has reached 90
percent of capacity; and shall thereafter
undertake periodic reviews on a quarterly
basis rather than annually.
CIE Policy 3.1.e: The map may be reviewed
more frequently upon a finding by the
Board of City Commissioners that there is
reason to suspect that areas shown as
having adequate levels of service do not
and/or that areas shown as having
inadequate levels of service in fact are not
deficient.
CIE Policy 3.1.f: The map shall be adopted
prior to October 1 each year, and shall be
effective for the subsequent fiscal year or
until amended.
CIE Policy 3.1.g: The map shall be based on
an evaluation of the total capacity of
each relevant facility component and the
total actual demand placed on that
facility (total capacity of the facility shall
include existing capacity as well as
additional capacity from planned
projects) subject to the limitations of
applicable state regulations; total
demand shall include actual current use
as well as the potential use of properties
which have not been developed but
which are considered as "vested" under
the terms of the plan adoption ordinance.
CIE Policy 3.1.h: The following standards
shall apply to the use of the infrastructure
deficiency map when reviewing
development applications:
• All applications for change in land use,
zoning, preliminary subdivision
approval, and preliminary approval of
any development shall be reviewed to
determine if the facilities serving the
area in which the development is
located would meet the level of
service standards herein. The results of
this review shall be presented to the
applicant and, when applicable, to
the Planning Commission and to the
City Commission at the time of their
consideration of the application for
preliminary approval or rezoning.
When review by the Planning
Commission and/or City Commission is
not required, the results of the
concurrency review shall be presented
to the applicant and to the
reviewing/approving authority at the
time of review. The purpose of the
concurrency review and report at the
preliminary review stage shall be to
explicitly place the applicant and
(when applicable) the reviewing/
approving authority on notice (1) as to
the status of the proposed
development vis-a-vis concurrency,
and (2) as the restriction against final
approval where the concurrency
requirement is not met.
• All applications for final approval
(including any applications for final
subdivision approval, final site plan
approval which involves approval of
density and intensity, any change of
zoning where a specific enforceable
plan of development is included,
and/or a final development order for a
development of regional impact) shall
be reviewed to determine if the
facilities serving the area in which the
development is located meet the level
of service standards herein. No such
application may be approved unless
the infrastructure is found to be
adequate.
• Where no change of zoning,
subdivision approval, site plan
approval, or other approval is required,
the concurrency determination shall
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be made at the time of building permit
review. No building permit shall be
issued unless the facilities serving the
area in which the development is
located meet the level of service
standards herein.
CIE Policy 3.1.i: In the event that the
property in question is within an area in
which the infrastructure is inadequate to
meet the established level of service
standards, approval may be issued
conditioned on the provision of adequate
infrastructure prior to any occupancy of the
development (such conditional approval
shall identify the specific facilities which are
deficient and the specific actions which
must be taken before the development
may be occupied).
CIE Policy 3.2: The City shall continue
programming and funding for necessary
maintenance of facilities and for replacement
and/or renewal of capital facilities to ensure
that level of service standards do not
deteriorate or that operating costs do not
increase due to deterioration.
CIE Policy 3.3: The City shall limit the maximum
ratio of total debt service and outstanding
capital indebtedness to total revenue and
property tax base. The City will manage its
outstanding debt by limiting outstanding
capital debt to a 1:10 ratio of total annual
debt service to total annual City revenues.
CIE Policy 3.4: Grants and private funding shall
be secured, whenever available, to assist in
the provision of capital improvements,
including grants to assist in emergency
preparedness and emergency
response/recovery and hazard mitigation
efforts.
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6 CHAPTER
Private Property
Rights Element
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PPR GOAL: THE CITY SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE
EQUITABLE CONSIDERATION OF PRIVATE
PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR OWNERS OF PROPERTY
LOCATED WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL LIMITS OF THE
CITY OF OCOEE IN THE CITY’S LOCAL
DECISION-MAKING PROCESS IN A MANNER
WHICH ENSURES THE PROMOTION, PROTECTION
AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH,
SAFETY, GENERAL WELFARE AND AESTHETICS OF
THE CITY.
PPR Objective 1 - Responsibility to Protect
Private Property Rights: In accordance with
the legislative intent expressed in Section
163.3161(10), Florida Statutes, that all
governmental entities in the State of Florida
recognize and respect judicially
acknowledged and constitutionally protected
private property rights and the City’s
obligation to protect the general health and
welfare of the residents of the City of Ocoee,
the City shall consider the rights of property
owners in its local decision-making process.
PPR Policy 1.1: The City shall consider the right
of a property owner to physically possess and
control his or her interests in the property,
including easements, leases, or mineral rights.
PPR Policy 1.2: The City shall consider the right
of a property owner to use, maintain,
develop, and improve his or her property for
personal use or for the use of any other person,
subject to state law and local ordinances.
PPR Policy 1.3: The City shall consider the right
of a property owner to privacy and to exclude
others from the property to protect the
owner’s possessions and property.
PPR Policy 1.4: The City shall consider the right
of a property owner to dispose of his or her
property through sale or gift.
PPR Policy 1.5: The City shall update the intent
language of the Private Property Regulations
Code in Section 6-14.C within Article VI of the
Land development Code to include
language which recognizes and considers
private property rights in accordance with the
City’s goal and objective to ensure that
regulations do not create an inordinate
burden on property owners and to ensure that
property owners are free from actions by
others which would harm their property or
which would constitute an inordinate burden
on property rights as those terms are defined
in Section 70.001(3)(e) and (f), Florida Statutes.
PPR Policy 1.6: The City shall amend Article II of
its Land Development Code to add the
following definition of terms and renumber the
Article as appropriate.
PPR Policy 1.6.a: Inordinate Burden and
Inordinately Burdened (s. 70.001(3)(e), F.S.)
shall mean an action of one or more
governmental entities has directly
restricted or limited the use of real property
such that the property owner is
permanently unable to attain the
reasonable, investment-backed
expectation for the existing use of the real
property or a vested right to a specific use
of the real property with respect to the real
property as a whole, or that the property
owner is left with existing or vested uses
that are unreasonable such that the
property owner bears permanently a
disproportionate share of a burden
imposed for the good of the public, which
in fairness should be borne by the public at
large.
Inordinate Burden and Inordinately
Burdened do not include temporary
impacts to real property; impacts to real
property occasioned by governmental
abatement, prohibition, prevention, or
remediation of a public nuisance at
common law or a noxious use of private
property; or impacts to real property
caused by an action of a governmental
entity taken to grant relief to a property
owner under this section. However, a
temporary impact on development, as
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defined in s. 380.04, that is in effect for
longer than 1 year may, depending upon
the circumstances, constitute an
“inordinate burden” as provided in this
paragraph.
In determining whether reasonable,
investment-backed expectations are
inordinately burdened, consideration may
be given to the factual circumstances
leading to the time elapsed between
enactment of the law or regulation and its
first application to the subject property.
PPR Policy 1.6.b: Property Owner (s.
70.001(3)(f), F.S.) shall mean the person
who holds legal title to the real property
that is the subject of and directly
impacted by the action of a
governmental entity. The term does not
include a governmental entity.
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APPENDIX
Acronyms
Water Supply Plan
(In Progress)
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ACRONYMS
Acronyms | 1
AMI Advanced Metering Infrastructure
AMI Average Median Income
APA American Planning Association
BMAP Basin Management Action Plan
CDC Centers for Disease Control
CEA Capacity Enhancement Agreement
CFWI Central Florida Water Initiative
CFX Central Florida Expressway
CIP Capital Improvement Project
CMS Concurrency Management System
COP Certificate of Participation
CSA Concurrency Service Area
CUP Consumptive Use Permit
DHRS Department of Health and Rehabilitation Services
DIA Data, Inventory, and Analysis
ECFRPC East Central Florida Regional Planning Council
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ERU Equivalent Residential Unit
ESM Engineering Standards Manual
FAC Florida Administrative Code
FAR Floor Area Ratio
FBC Florida Building Code
FDEP Florida Department of Environmental Protection
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FHSAA Florida High School Athletic Association
FIRM Flood Insurance Rate Map
FIS Flood Insurance Study
FLUM Future Land Use Map
F.S. Florida Statutes
HWOTC Healthy West Orange Trails Connection
JPA Joint Planning Area
LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
LID Low Impact Development
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2 | Acronyms
LOS Level of Service
LTS Level of Traffic Stress
MSL Mean Sea Level
MS4 Multiple Storm Sewer System
NHWE Normal High Water Elevation
NPDES National Pollution Discharge and Elimination System
NRPA National Recreation and Parks Association
NRCS National Resource Conservation Service
OCPS Orange County Public Schools
OFS Outstanding Florida Springs
ORSC Ocoee Regional Sports Complex
OSTDS Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems
PECO Public Education Capital Outlay
PFA Priority Focus Area
RWSP Regional Water Supply Plan
SFHA Special Flood Hazard Area
SFWMD South Florida Water Management District
SJRWMD St. Johns River Water Management District
SWFWMD Southwest Florida Water Management District
TPL Trust for Public Land
WPPA Wekiva Parkway and Protection Act
WSFWP Water Supply Facilities Work Plan
WWTF Wastewater Treatment Facility
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City of Ocoee 10-Year Water Supply
Facilities Work Plan
2025-2034
Draft
April 10, 2025
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City of Ocoee 10-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan
2025-2034
Ocoee 10-Year WSFWP
April 10, 2025
1.0 OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................. 2
Purpose .................................................................................................................................... 2
Statutory Requirements ....................................................................................................... 2
CFWI .......................................................................................................................................... 3
Wekiva Study Area ............................................................................................................... 3
2.0 DATA AND ANALYSIS .......................................................................................................... 3
Service Area ........................................................................................................................... 3
Agreements ............................................................................................................................ 4
Population and Development Trends ............................................................................. 6
Consumptive Use Permit ..................................................................................................... 6
Projected Potable Water Demands ................................................................................ 7
Potable Water Treatment Plants and Supply Wells ..................................................... 7
Potable Water Overview ................................................................................................. 7
Forest Oaks WTP ................................................................................................................. 7
South WTP ............................................................................................................................. 8
Water Conservation ............................................................................................................. 9
Wastewater Treatment - Ocoee WWTF ........................................................................ 10
Reclaimed Water ................................................................................................................ 10
Infrastructure and Capacity Analysis ............................................................................ 12
Capital Improvements Projects ....................................................................................... 12
4.0 CFWI REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY PLAN PROJECTS ................................................................. 14
5.0 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICIES IN SUPPORT OF WATER SUPPLY AND FACILITIES
PLANNING ............................................................................................................................ 15
TABLES
Table 1. Projected Potable Water Demands
Table 2. Forest Oaks Plant Well Information
Table 3. South Plant Well Information
Table 4. Projected Reclaimed Water Demands
Table 5. Capacity Analysis
Table 6. City of Ocoee Utility Department 10-Year Capital and Project Schedule
Table 7. City of Ocoee Water Supply Projects Included in 2015 CFWI RWSP
FIGURES
Figure 1: SJRWMD
Figure 2: CFWI Boundary
Figure 3: Wekiva Study Area Boundary
Figure 4: JPA, Potable Water, and Reclaimed Water Service Boundaries
Figure 5: Reclaimed Water Service Areas
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April 10, 2025
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1.0 OVERVIEW
Purpose
This 10-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan (Work Plan) identifies and plans for
water supply sources and associated facilities to serve City of Ocoee’s potable
water customers supplied under its consumptive use permit (CUP). The planning
period for this Work Plan is 2025 through 2034.
Statutory Requirements
The Florida Legislature enacted bills in the 2002, 2004, 2005, and 2011 sessions to
address the state’s water supply needs. These bills, in particular Senate Bills 360
and 444 (2005 legislative session), significantly changed Chapters 163 and 373, F.S.
by strengthening the statutory links between the regional water supply plans
prepared by the water management districts and the comprehensive plans
prepared by local governments. Section 373.036 F.S. requires each water
management district to develop a Regional Water Supply Plan (RWSP) for a 20-
year planning period to ensure that existing water sources are adequate to meet
projected water demands. In turn and within 18 months following approval of a
regional water supply plan, local governments within a regional water supply
planning area are required to develop a Work Plan to ensure that adequate
water supplies will be available to meet future demands for a minimum 10-year
planning period, pursuant to F.S. Section 163.3177(6)(c)3.
According to state guidelines, the Work Plan must address:
A local government’s water demands for at least a 10-year period;
Development of traditional and alternative water supplies and required
facilities to meet those demands;
Conservation and reuse programs; and
Capital projects needed for the first five years, including financially feasible
revenue sources, in the 5-Year Schedule of Capital Improvements.
In addition to the above Work Plan requirements, local governments are required
to revise their comprehensive plan for consistency with the Work Plan and
regional water supply planning initiatives.
As shown in Figure 1, the City of Ocoee potable water service area (PWSA) is
located within the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD), and as
shown in Figure 2, the City of Ocoee PWSA is also located within the regional
supply planning area known as the Central Florida Water Initiative (CFWI).
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April 10, 2025
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CFWI
The CFWI is a collaborative water supply planning initiative for the Central Florida
region, involving the SJRWMD, South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD),
Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD), Florida Department of
Environmental Protection, water utilities, and other interested groups.
The SJRWMD approved the 2020 CFWI Regional Water Supply Plan (RWSP) on
November 10, 2020. The City prepared a draft Work Plan but delayed adoption of
the Plan since a complete rewrite of the Ocoee Comprehensive Plan was
underway. The 2025 CFWI RWSP update is currently underway and draft 2025
population and water demands projections are available and being finalized by
the CFWI planning group. The information provided in this Work Plan has been
prepared in accordance with the above referenced statutory requirements, and
population and demand projections are consistent with the 2020 CFWI RWSP and
draft 2025 CFWI RWSP.
Wekiva Study Area
As shown in Figure 3, the City of Ocoee is also located within the Wekiva Study
Area. Sections 369.321 and 369.322 F.S. require local governments located within
the Wekiva Study Area to:
• Develop an up to date 10-Year Water Supply Facility Work Plan for building
potable water facilities necessary to serve existing and new developments,
• Coordinate land use and water supply within the Wekiva Study Area by
ensuring that comprehensive plan amendments that increase
development potential demonstrate that adequate potable water
consumptive use permit capacity is available, and
• Coordinate with the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD)
and other public and private utilities, on a countywide or multi-county basis
to implement cooperative solutions for development of alternative water
sources necessary to supplement groundwater supplies consistent with the
SJRWMD Regional Water Supply Plan.
2.0 DATA AND ANALYSIS
Service Area
The City of Ocoee is located in West Orange County, Florida, southeast of Lake
Apopka. The City’s potable water service area (PWSA) was established by the
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Orange County/City of Ocoee Water Service Territorial Agreement. This
agreement was first executed on November 14, 1988, and most recently
amended for a third time on January 26, 2016.
Parcels within the Ocoee PWSA are supplied by Ocoee’ s water system or private
wells with the exception of the Forest Lake Estates development (previously
known as Ocoee Pines). At the time that this development was being designed,
its project limits straddled Ocoee and Orange County’s water and sewer service
areas. Coordination with Orange County on utilities services for this development
resulted in Orange County providing water supply and sewer services to Forest
Lake Estates. On May 15, 2015, the City entered into a utility agreement with
Orange County whereby the City owns and maintains utilities infrastructure within
the development, and Orange County provides water supply and wastewater
treatment services to the development. Water and wastewater capacities for
these developments are reserved with Orange County. Potable water service is
supplied through a master meter at the entrance on Clarcona Road and
wastewater for the development is collected at a City lift station that discharges
into Orange County’s sewer collection system.
Potable water service to parcels located outside of the Ocoee PWSA and within
the Ocoee Joint Planning Area (JPA) are supplied by Orange County or private
domestic wells. The City of Ocoee PWSA, JPA, and reclaimed water service areas
are shown on Figure 4.
The City’s service area boundary has one small overlap with the City of Winter
Garden. Winter Garden’s JPA and PWSA have also been established under
agreements between Winter Garden and Orange County; however, a small
service area overlap between Ocoee and Winter Garden occurs along the
western service area boundary. Since the cities of Ocoee and Winter Garden are
not a party of the other’s agreements with Orange County and they do not have
mutual agreements with each other, should any questions over utility service
providers arise in the area of overlap, the City will coordinate with Winter Garden
to determine the utility service provider.
Agreements
The City maintains numerous agreements related to potable water and
reclaimed water.
The Orange County/City of Ocoee Water Service Territorial Agreement defines
the City’s water service area. This agreement was first executed November 14,
1988 and most recently amended for a third time on January 26, 2016.
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The Orange County/City of Ocoee Wastewater Territorial Agreement defines the
City’s wastewater service area. This agreement was first executed June 8, 1997
with the previous utility owner, Prima Vista Utility Company, and most recently
amended for a third time on September 11, 2001.
The Orange County/City of Ocoee Reclaimed Water Territorial Agreement
defines the City’s reclaimed water service area. This agreement was first
executed on July 31, 2012 and amended on September 15, 2015.
The Ocoee/Orange County Reclaimed Water Agreement provides reclaim supply
from the Orange County Northwest Regional Water Reclamation Facility to the
North Reclaim Water Service Area via a master meter on McCormick Road and
provides an additional 1.0 MGD transfer into the Ocoee Primary Reclaimed Water
Service Area. A new 16” reclaimed water transmission main and 1.5 million gallon
reclaim storage tank and pump station to allow the City to accept and distribute
the 1.0 MGD supply is currently under construction and will come online summer
2026.
The Ocoee/CONSERV II wholesale agreement dated May 23, 2001 provides for
the delivery of a maximum of 1.8 MGD of reclaimed water to the City from the
connection point on South Maguire Road. The City maintains a 0.75 million gallon
tank and pump station to accept and distribute this supply.
The City has a reclaimed water inter-local agreement with the City of Winter
Garden, dated May 4, 1999. Under this agreement, the City of Ocoee will accept
up to 0.75 MGD of reclaimed water for golf course irrigation at the Forest Lake
Golf Course during wet weather periods. In addition, Winter Garden agrees to
accept up to 0.25 MGD of wet weather discharge from the City of Ocoee
wastewater Treatment Facility.
The Forest Lake Golf Course operator leases the golf course property from the
City, and two of the lease conditions relate to reclaimed water. This includes
provisions for the City to supply reclaimed water for golf course irrigation and the
disposal of Ocoee reclaimed water during wet conditions to rapid infiltration
basins (RIBs) located on the property. The lease was most recently amended on
August 17, 2016 and discussions are currently underway to amend the lease.
Under the current golf course lease agreement, the City can provide 0.45 MGD of
reclaim water for golf course irrigation when available; however, this quantity may
be offset using flows from the City of Winter Garden as allowed by the
Ocoee/Winter Garden Interlocal Agreement executed May 4, 1999. The lease
also requires that the golf course have its own backup supply.
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Population and Development Trends
The City of Ocoee has a deep history rooted in agriculture and citrus industry;
however, the construction of several major roadway systems starting with State
Road (SR) 50 in 1959 has resulted in the transition from an agricultural to an urban
setting. Today, major roadways connecting Ocoee to the Central Florida
metropolitan area include SR 50, Florida’s Turnpike, SR 408, and SR 429.
SR 50 provides a direct east-west connection between the Ocoee and the City of
Orlando. Florida’s Turnpike allows access to north and south Central Florida. SR
408 connects to the Turnpike south of SR 50, to downtown Orlando, terminating in
east central Florida at the University of Central Florida. SR 429 connects to US 441
to the north and I-4 just south of Walt Disney World. The City of Ocoee’s proximity
to Orlando and central Florida attractions, park and trail systems, and major
roadway access offers many opportunities to developers and many amenities to
its residents.
In 2010, the City completed the Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) Target
Areas Special Development Plan. The CRA was created to support mixed use
sustainable development and to allow for flexibility with the changing real estate
market and resident preferences. In October 2016, following nearly a year-long
process of community workshops to gather public input, the City revealed its
Downtown Master Plan. The Downtown Master Plan serves as a high-level
planning document to stimulate redevelopment and expansion of the City core.
In 2024 the CRA updated the Ocoee CRA plan. The plan is complete and is
pending Orange County approval.
Consumptive Use Permit
The City maintains one (1) CUP from SJRWMD, CUP 3216. At the time of this CUP
issuance, the Central Florida Coordination Area (CFCA) rule was in effect. The
CFCA rule limited groundwater allocations to a water supplier’s 2013 groundwater
demand and required that all additional water demands beyond 2013 be met
with alternative water supply (AWS) sources. Therefore, the City’s CUP authorizes a
maximum groundwater withdrawal of 4.88 MGD for 2014 through permit
expiration (2026).
The CFCA rule expired on December 31, 2013, and this planning area is now
referred to as the CFWI. Chapter 62-41.300 through 62-41.305 of the Florida
Administrative Code (F.A.C.) and the CFWI Supplemental Applicant's Handbook
specify additional consumptive use permitting requirements related to the CFWI.
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Projected Potable Water Demands
Potable water customer population and demands for the City’s water service
area are summarized in Table 1. This data aligns with the 2020 CFWI Regional
Water Supply Plan and the 2025 draft CFWI Regional Water Supply Plan
projections.
The City has several projects related to reclaimed water expansion underway that
will further reduce projected potable water demands, including the construction
of a new reclaimed watermain and reclaimed pump station and storage tank to
transfer 1.0 MGD of reclaimed water from Orange County. Needed projects and
potential potable water demand reductions to data presented herein will be
evaluated in the 2027 Reclaimed Water Master Plan update and incorporated
into the next CFWI RWSP and Ocoee 10-Year WSFWP.
Table 1. Projected Potable Water Demands
Year
2020 CFWI RWSP 2025 Draft RWSP
Population Demand
(MGD) Population Demand
(MGD)
2025 44,120 4.99 40,141 4.62
2029 46,738 5.29 42,727 4.92
2034 47,671 5.38 47,508 5.46
The City’s SJRWMD CUP currently authorizes the use of 4.88 MGD of groundwater
to meet public supply. Future water demands over 4.88 MGD will be met using a
combination of water conservation, new lowest quality water supplies, and lastly if
necessary, a CUP modification to increase groundwater demands.
Potable Water Treatment Plants and Supply Wells
Potable Water Overview
The City owns and operates two (2) water treatment plants (WTP)s: the South WTP
and the Forest Oaks WTP. These WTPs have a combined treatment capacity of
10.85 MGD and are interconnected to provide potable water throughout the
City's PWSA.
Forest Oaks WTP
The Forest Oaks WTP is located in the northeast portion of the City’s PWSA on
Hackney-Prairie Road. This WTP currently has three (3) active wells for public
supply use, including two (2) Lower Floridan aquifer wells and one (1) Upper
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Floridan aquifer well. The City is proposing the construction of one (1) additional
Lower Floridan aquifer well, Well #4, to replace Well #1. This replacement well is
included in the CUP and is development driven. Its need is evaluated annually,
and for planning purposes, construction is planned n in the 6 to 10 year horizon.
The Forest Oaks WTP well information is presented in Table 2.
Table 2. Forest Oaks Plant Well Information
Well
Numbe
r
GRS
Station
ID
Casin
g Dia.
(in)
Casin
g
Depth
(ft)
Total
Depth
(ft)
Pump
Capacit
y (gpm)
Year
Drilled
Existing/
Proposed
Type of
Use
Forest
Oaks
#1
11961 7 610 1,140 700 1984 Existing Public
Supply
Forest
Oaks
#2
11962 16 147 318 1,300 1984 Existing Public
Supply
Forest
Oaks
#3
11965 20 1,192 1,450 3,500 1995 Existing Public
Supply
Forest
Oaks
#4
NA 24 800 1,450 3,500 - - Proposed Public
Supply
Two ground storage tanks with a combined capacity of 1.04 million gallons are
located at the Forest Oaks WTP. The treatment capacity of this WTP is 5.23 MGD.
South WTP
The South WTP is located in the southern portion of the City’s utility service area,
just south of the Florida Turnpike, off Maguire Road. This WTP has two (2) active
Lower Floridan aquifer wells and one inactive well that is capped for future use.
Connection to the WTP is developer driven. Its need is evaluated annually and for
planning purposes, construction is planned in the 6 to 10 year horizon. The South
WTP well information is presented in Table 3.
Table 3. South Plant Well Information
Well
Number
GRS
Station
ID
Casing
Dia.
(in)
Casing
Depth
(ft)
Total
Depth
(ft)
Pump
Capacity
(gpm)
Year
Drilled
Existing/
Proposed
Type of
Use
South #1 11963 24 800 1,450 3,000 1991 Existing Public
Supply
South #2 11964 24 810 1,450 3,500 1996 Existing Public
Supply
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South #3 11966 24 800 1,450 3,500 2007 Existing
(Capped)
Public
Supply
The South WTP contains two (2) ground storage tanks with a capacity of 670,000
gallons each; therefore, the total storage capacity at the South WTP is 1.34 million
gallons. The treatment capacity of the plant is 5.62 MGD.
Water Conservation
The City of Ocoee maintains a water conservation plan that exceeds the
requirements of SJRWMD permitting rules at the time of its permit issuance. This
plan includes strategies, policies, and measures to raise public awareness for
water conservation, provide tools to reduce usage, and encourage responsible
water use. The City’s conservation program includes public education and
outreach, utilization of a lowest quality water source, reclaimed water for
landscape irrigation, and development requirements to reduce overall water
demand footprint.
Leading by example, the City’s Utility Building received the Florida WaterStarSM
certification. This building serves as the main office for the Utilities Department as
well as an educational resource for water conservation. The building design
incorporates various interactive displays to provide customers with a hands-on
water conservation education for both indoor and outdoor uses. This
demonstration building has proven to be an asset to public education.
The City’s public education and outreach water conservation program is a
dynamic plan that changes based on emerging technologies and customer
response; however, there are several key components that serve as the baseline
for the plan. These key elements are listed below.
• Water conservation though public education and outreach programs,
• Advanced metering infrastructure,
• Display and distribute water conservation material,
• Post water conservation information on the City’s website and social media
platforms,
• Provide high water user customer support,
• Maintain water-conservation rate structure,
• Maintain water conservation ordinances
• High efficiency plumbing fixtures and appliances
• Limit sprinkler irrigation
• Irrigation restrictions
• Require installation of dual-lined distribution systems,
• Reclaimed water retrofit program,
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• Actively pursue lowest quality water supplies,
• Employee education.
The City maintains a water loss control program to ensure that utility and billing
practices quantify usage and do not result in unaccounted-for water loss to
exceed 10%.
The City continues to evaluate projects to reduce dependency on groundwater
and has a long history of reclaimed water retrofit programs for system expansion.
More recently and since 2020, the City has partnered with SJRWMD and FDEP on
a 50% cost share project for a reclaimed water retrofit for the Hammocks
development. In March 2025 the City received an award notice for a 50% cost
share match to construct a new 16” reclaimed water transmission main to transfer
1.0 MGD of reclaimed water from Orange County to a new reclaimed water tank
and pump station that is currently under construction at the Ocoee Wastewater
Treatment Plant property.
Wastewater Treatment - Ocoee WWTF
The City of Ocoee operates one wastewater treatment facility (WWTF), the
Ocoee WWTF. This facility treats wastewater effluent generated within the City’s
wastewater service area to public access reuse standards for landscape irrigation
use within the City’s Primary Reclaimed Water Service Area. The Ocoee WWTF has
a permitted treatment capacity of 3.0 MGD annual average daily flow (AADF).
The City is currently evaluating two options to increase wastewater treatment
capacity and meet nutrient load reduction to 3.0 mg/L nitrogen pursuant to the
Wekiwa and Rock Springs BMAP: construction of a post anoxic reaeration tank
and a new advanced wastewater treatment (AWT) plant. A preliminary study to
upgrade the wastewater treatment process to advanced wastewater treatment
(AWT) was completed in 2022 and a conceptual AWT facility layout was
completed in 2024. AWT will be accomplished by either construction of a post
anoxic reaeration tank or new AWT plant by 2038 as required by the WWTP FDEP
wastewater permit.
Reclaimed Water
The City has proactively implemented a reuse program to reduce its dependency
on traditional groundwater supplies through a robust wastewater effluent reuse
program. This program was initiated long before the creation of the CFWI, and its
predecessor, the Central Florida Coordination Area, to address predicted local
and regional future shortfalls in groundwater supplies. In 1997, the City completed
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its initial Reuse Feasibility Study, and in December 2001, the City’s reclaimed water
distribution system became operational.
The City of Ocoee provides reclaimed water service to commercial and
residential users by way of two (2) separate service areas, the North Reclaim
Service Area and the Central Reclaim Service Area. A map depicting these
service areas is provided as Figure 5.
In the North Reclaim Service Area, potable water and wastewater services is
provided by Orange County Utilities (OCU). Reclaimed water is supplied to the
majority of the North Service Area by a wholesale agreement with OCU, with
reclaimed water from the Orange County Northwest Regional Water Reclamation
Facility entering the service area through a master meter on McCormick Rd. The
City owns and maintains the reclaimed water lines in the North Service Area, and
each connection is metered and billed by the City. However, three (3)
neighborhoods in the North Service Area (Forest Trails, Orchard Park, and
Windstone) are supplied with reclaimed water from the Central Reclaim Service
Area described below.
The Central Reclaim Service Area is supplied reclaimed water primarily from the
Ocoee Wastewater Treatment Facility, which is supplemented through
unidirectional metered interconnects with Conserv II (Orange County - Orlando
cooperative) and OCU. In 2024, the Ocoee Wastewater Treatment Facility
treated 724 million gallons of wastewater, or an annual average daily flow (AADF)
of 1.97 MGD. Table 4 details the past ten years of reclaimed water flows to both
the City’s North and Central Reclaim Service Areas. In total, the City provided
1,563 million gallons of reclaimed water (4.28 MGD AADF) to customers within the
North and Central Reclaimed Water Service Areas.
Table 4. Projected Reclaimed Water Demands
Table 1: Ocoee Annual Reclaimed Water Flows (in Million Gallons) by Service Area
Year RIBs
(MGD)
Golf
Course
(MGD)1
Ocoee
Reclaimed
Water2
(MGD)
CONSERV II
Wholesale3
(MGD)
Orange
County:
Primary
Service Area4
(MGD)
Orange
County: North
Service Area
(MGD)5
2025 0.16 0.05 1.88 0.45 0.10 2.00
2029 0.17 0.05 2.00 0.45 1.00 2.00
2034 0.17 0.05 2.12 0.45 1.00 2.00
Notes:
1. Forest Lake Golf Course currently supplied reclaimed water by the City of Winter Garden. Future demand and
supply to be determined. Current demand listed in the ground lease is shown.
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2. Reclaimed water generated at the Ocoee WWTP
3. Conserv II whole reclaimed water purchase
4. Orange County Wholesale purchase (1.0 MGD Reservation)
5. Orange County Wholesale purchase directly supplied to North Service Area
Infrastructure and Capacity Analysis
The City of Ocoee water supply facilities were assessed to determine whether the
projected five-year and ten-year demands can be met. Well production
capacity was calculated by maximizing daily pumping for each City well,
excluding the well with the highest pump capacity. Based on the analysis, the
City’s existing water supply facilities are sufficient to meet the projected five-year
and ten-year water demands. A summary of the analysis is provided in Table 5.
Table 5. Capacity Analysis
Description 2020 CFWI RWSP Draft 2025 CFWI RWSP
2025 2029 2034 2025 2029 2034
Total Groundwater Water Demand
(mgd) 4.99 5.29 5.38 4.62 4.99 5.58
Total Well Production Capacity
(mgd) 17.28 17.28 17.28 17.28 17.28 17.28
Total Treatment Capacity (mgd) 10.85 10.85 10.85 10.85 10.85 10.85
Well Production Capacity Surplus
(mgd) 12.29 11.99 11.9 12.66 12.29 11.7
Treatment Capacity Surplus (mgd) 5.86 5.56 5.47 6.23 5.86 5.27
Note 1: Assumes South WTP capped well (Well 3) will come online in 6-10 year
planning horizon
Capital Improvements Projects
The City of Ocoee’s 5-Year Capital Improvements Program (CIP) includes supply-
related projects, their funding requirements, and the implementation schedule
required to ensure that adequate water supplies and infrastructure are available
to meet existing and projected demands. This CIP is adopted annually in
September of each year. The Utility Department also maintains a 10-Year Capital
and Project Schedule to identify long-term capital improvement projects and
funding needs.
Description 0 to 5
Years 6 to 10 years Status
Potable Water Projects
Forest Oaks Above Ground
Chemical Injection Design $50,000 - Under Design
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Forest Oaks WTP Above Ground
Chemical Injection Construction $972,405 - Construction
in FY 2026
Lauren Beth 12” Watermain Design $41,250 - Completed
Lauren Beth 12” Watermain
Construction $2,424,795 -
Under
Construction,
FY 2025
completion
Lakewood Rewis AC Pipe
Replacement Design $192,351 - Completed
Lakewood Rewis AC Pipe
Replacement Construction $1,668,850 -
Under
Construction,
FY 2025
completion
Orange/Jay/Cardinal Watermain 2”
Galvanized Pipe Replacement
Design
$95,429 - Under Design
Orange/Jay/Cardinal Watermain 2”
Galvanized Pipe Replacement
Construction
$1,000,000 - Planned for FY
2026
Forest Oaks WTP Floridan Aquifer
Well Design - $500,000
Forest Oaks WTP Floridan Aquifer
Well Construction - $5,000,000
South WTP Well – Connect to WTP $2,000,000
WWTP Projects
WWTP Electrical Upgrade and New
Building Design and Owner’s Rep
(ARPA + Utility Fund)
$378,213.03
- Design
completed
WWTP Electrical Upgrade and New
Building Construction -
Under Construction, FY 2026
completion
$5,500,000
-
Under
Construction,
FY 2026
completion
3rd Rotor Each Ditch (ARPA) $373,250 - Completed
4th Rotor Each Ditch $373,250 - Completed
WWTP Transfer Pump Station
Upgrade (ARPA) $364,795 - Completed
WWTP Reuse Pump Station (ARPA $227,665 - Completed
Reclaimed Water Projects
16” Reclaimed Water Transmission
Main Design OCU Interconnect $292,994 - Design
Completed
16” Reclaimed Water Transmission
Main Construction OCU
Interconnect
$2,424,795 -
Under
Construction,
FY 2025
completion
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1.5 Million Gallon Reclaimed Water
Storage Tank and Pump Station
Design and Owner’s Rep
$896,569 - Design
Completed
1.5 Million Gallon Reclaimed Water
Storage Tank and Pump Station with
Potable Back up
$5,500,000 -
Under
Construction,
FY 2026
completion
Forest Lake Golf Course Reclaimed
Water Loop Design $300,000 - FY 2028
Forest Lake Golf Course Reclaimed
Water Loop Construction $2,000,000 - FY 2028/2029
Reclaimed water Feasibility Study $50,000 - Budgeted
North Service Area Repump Station
and Storage Tank Feasibility Study $50,000 $50,000 FY 26
North Service Area Repump Station
and Storage Tank Construction - To Be
Determined -
*Preliminary cost. Project revised from 1.0 million gallon storage tank and pump station at a cost of $4,542,440, to a 1.5
million gallon storage tank. Final cost not available at this time.
The City does not have any projected well or treatment capacity deficiencies for
the 10-year planning horizon. The City will continue to evaluate water and
reclaimed water projects identified in this Work Plan as well as other projects that
may be necessary to meet projected water demands and will update the Utility
Budget and CIP accordingly.
4.0 CFWI REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY PLAN PROJECTS
The City continues to actively participate in regional water supply planning efforts
to identify and develop additional AWS sources. The 2020 CFWI Regional Water
Supply Plan Appendices to Volume II identifies three (3) water supply projects for
the City of Ocoee:
• 2015_42 City of Ocoee Northwest Reuse Re-Pump Station and
Interconnection Mains Project.
• 2020_44 The Hammocks Reclaimed Water Retrofit Project (completed)
• 2020_42 Windermere Groves Reclaimed Water Retrofit Project (completed)
The project description for the City of Ocoee Northwest Reuse Re-Pump Station
and Interconnection Mains Project currently includes 1.5 million gallon reclaimed
water tank and pump station to accept 1.0 MGD of reclaimed water from
Orange County for use in Primary Reclaimed Water Service Area (under
construction).
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Project
# Project Name Project Description
Estimated
Completion
Date
2015-
42
City of Ocoee
Northwest
Reuse Re-Pump
Station and
Interconnection
Mains
Increase availability of reclaimed water for
landscape irrigation in Ocoee and vicinity.
Includes construction of reclaimed water
transmission pipelines and pump stations. As the
North Service Area matures, additional storage
and high service pumping will be required to
meet demand and transfer flow to other storage
facilities. When this project is constructed it will
pump up to 1 MGD of RW from Orange County
NWRF.
TBD
Updated Project Description
Phase 1 Ocoee
Reclaim Pump
Station and
Storage Tank at
WWTP (Transfer
1 MGD from
OCU to Central
Reclaim Service
Area)
Phase 1: 1.5 million gallon storage tank and
pump station at the Ocoee WWTP property and
reclaimed water transmission main from the OCU
connection point to the new tank
2026
Phase 2 New
Storage Tank
and Pump
Station in North
Reclaim Service
Area
Phase 2: Reclaimed water storage tank and
pump station in the north service area and
transmission main “loop” through Forest Lake Golf
Course. Storage to address peak demand
TBD
5.0 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICIES IN SUPPORT OF WATER SUPPLY AND FACILITIES
PLANNING
Projected water demands for existing and future City of Ocoee potable water
customers can be met, subject to the continued commitment of the City to water
supply projects, conservation, reuse, and resource protection activities outlined in
this Work Plan. Supporting Comprehensive Plan Policies for this Work Plan are listed
below.
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Preparation and Maintenance of a 10-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan
UTL Policy 3.5: The City shall maintain a ten-year Water Facilities Capital
Improvements Program to correct existing deficiencies and replace existing
infrastructure as required. A Capital Improvements Program consistent with
hydraulic modeling studies, the Master Plan, and Work Plan, shall be prepared
annually in order to provide improvements and expansion to the existing water,
wastewater, and reclaimed water systems to meet existing and future demands.
UTL Policy 4.7: The City will complete projects listed in the CFWI Regional Water
Supply Plan and as described in the 10-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan
(WSFWP) based on need and economic, technical, and environmental feasibility.
UTL Policy 5.1: The City shall update and adopt its 10-Year Water Supply Facilities
Work Plan and amend the Comprehensive Plan within eighteen months following
the adoption of the updated Regional Water Supply Plan by St. Johns River Water
Management District.
UTL Policy 5.3: The City shall participate in Central Florida Water Initiative, SJRWMD,
and FDEP water supply planning efforts.
ICE Policy 1.9: The City shall maintain a Water Supply Facilities Work Plan for at
least a ten (10) year planning period to address water supply facilities and
infrastructure requirements to serve existing and future development within the
City’s potable water service area.
Agreements With Adjacent Utilities
ICE Policy 1.6: The City will continue to coordinate with the Orange County School
Board, the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council, the St. Johns River
Water Management District, and State or Federal agencies and any other special
districts on projects that fall within their “jurisdictions” or are multi-jurisdictional in
nature to identify and resolve any conflicts with the City’s Comprehensive Plan,
and in turn, amend the plan as needed to ensure coordination.
ICE Policy 1.7: The City shall maintain and revise as necessary the following
agreements, including as amended thereto:
• Joint Planning Area Agreement;
• Orange County/City of Ocoee Water Service Territorial Agreement;
• Orange County/City of Ocoee Sewer Territorial Agreement;
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• Orange County Utilities/City of Ocoee Reclaimed Water Territorial Agreement;
• Conserv II Agreement for the Delivery of Reclaimed Water;
• Water Conserv II Agreement for the Delivery of Water;
• City of Winter Garden Interlocal Agreement;
• City of Ocoee/Forest Lake Golf Course Agreement, unless terminated;
• Ocoee Pines Potable Water Service Agreement.
ICE Policy 1.8: The City shall pursue dialogue with adjacent municipalities with an
interlocal agreement being the expected outcome to accomplish recognition of
the City’s established Utility Service Area boundary.
UTL Policy 3.3: The City shall comply with St. Johns River Water Management
District (SJRWMD) Consumptive Use Permit (CUP) No. 3216.
Level of Service
UTL Policy 2.1: Water and wastewater connection fees shall cover the cost of the
needed water, wastewater, and reclaimed water system expansions. User fees
shall cover the full cost of operating and maintaining the water, wastewater, and
reclaimed water systems, including debt service.
UTL Policy 2.2: The City shall maintain an inclined block potable water rate
structure, where the price per unit increases as consumption rises, to promote
water conservation, cover all costs to maintain the potable water system, and
meet the established potable water level of service established in UTL Policy 3.1.
UTL Policy 2.3: The City shall maintain a wastewater rate structure to cover all costs
to maintain the wastewater system and meet the established wastewater level of
service established in UTL Policy 6.1.
UTL Policy 2.4: The City shall maintain an inclined block reclaimed water rate
structure, where the price per unit increases as consumption rises, to promote
water conservation and cover all costs to maintain the reclaimed water system.
UTL Policy 3.1: The City’s adopted level of service standard for potable water shall
be 270 gallons per day/equivalent residential unit (ERU).
UTL Policy 3.2: The City shall provide potable water service in compliance with or
exceeding the minimum Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Florida
Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) water quality standards.
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UTL Policy 3.4: The City shall maximize use of existing potable water facilities by
implementing management techniques that can enhance the supply source,
sustain water resources and related natural systems, and optimize water supply
yield. These techniques may include, but are not limited to well field optimization,
providing reclaimed water for landscape irrigation, demand side management,
and water conservation.
UTL Policy 3.6: The City shall annually assess the potable water treatment and
storage capacity based on future anticipated growth demands for the current
fiscal year and at least the next ten fiscal years. Should the analysis indicate that
future demands will exceed the design capacity of the potable water system, the
City shall plan and schedule improvements to expand the system’s capacity.
UTL Policy 3.7: All improvements and additions to potable water facilities to
correct deficiencies and meet future water demands shall be compatible and
adequate to meet the adopted level of service standards. These improvements
shall comply, at a minimum, with standards recognized and approved by FDEP
and SJRWMD.
Water Resource Protection
CON Policy 2.10: The City shall protect the aquifer through the adoption and
implementation of stringent policies and regulations that function to improve
water quality of any waters that naturally or through human action, whether
directly or indirectly, infiltrate or discharge into the aquifer.
CON Policy 2.11: The City shall seek opportunities to maximize and protect aquifer
recharge by prohibiting land uses in areas of high aquifer recharge area, based
on the Florida Forever Needs Analysis Map or newer study, that may negatively
impact the aquifer, such as limiting the use and placement of impervious
materials in a manner that redirects or modifies the flow of water, or limiting
development activities that otherwise significantly limit the natural absorption of
water directly into the ground or limiting development activities that pose a high
risk of contamination to the aquifer. When development in high recharge areas
are unavoidable, such development shall be designed following Best
Management Practices that protect the volume and quality of water entering the
aquifer, such as clustering or minimizing development footprints away from high
recharge areas or placement of passive and active open spaces in these high
recharge areas. (CON Figure No. 2)
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Alternative Water Supply
UTL Policy 4.8: The City shall identify additional potable, non-potable, and
alternative water supply sources and facilities required to provide adequate
services to existing and future development consistent with the Future Land Use
Element.
UTL Policy 5.2: The City shall coordinate with SJRWMD, Orange County, and the
Florida Department of Environmental Protection to develop efficient, cost-
effective, and technically feasible water sources to supplement existing
groundwater supplies to meet future water supply demands, while minimizing
impacts to water quality, wetlands, and aquatic systems.
UTL Policy 8.1: The City shall require the installation of reclaimed water lines for
landscape irrigation for all new developments.
UTL Policy 8.2: The City shall maintain agreements for the wholesale purchase of
reclaimed water and pursue additional alternative water supply sources to offset
groundwater irrigation demands.
UTL Policy 8.3: The City shall develop efficient, cost-effective, and technically
feasible water sources to supplement existing groundwater supplies to meet
future water demands while minimizing impacts to water quality, wetlands, and
aquatic systems.
UTL Policy 8.4: The City shall continue to expand its reclaimed water system where
feasible to increase availability of reclaimed water and to conserve potable
water.
Water Conservation
UTL Policy 4.1: The City shall encourage water conservation to promote the
efficient use of water resources and prevent waste.
UTL Policy 4.2: The City shall maintain a Water Conservation Program that meets
the requirements of the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD)
Consumptive Use Permit (CUP). The Water Conservation Program shall also be
consistent with the Central Florida Water Initiative (CFWI) goals and be updated
as needed to address customer water use habits. The program shall at a
minimum include:
• Customer education and outreach;
• High water user notification program;
• Employee education;
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• Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI);
• SJRWMD irrigation restrictions and water shortage orders enforcement;
• Irrigation system design standards;
• Florida WaterStarSM and Florida-Friendly LandscapingTM Promotion;
• Water loss control;
• Water reuse; and
• High-efficiency plumbing fixture and appliance requirements.
UTL Policy 4.3: The City shall adhere to SJRWMD emergency water shortage
restrictions when mandated.
UTL Policy 4.4: Lowest quality sources of water shall be used in place of higher
quality sources for landscape irrigation when technically, economically, and
environmentally feasible.
UTL Policy 4.5: The City shall encourage the use of low impact development (LID)
principles to minimize impacts to the natural environment and facilitate water
conservation.
UTL Policy 4.6: All service connections to the potable and reclaimed water
distribution systems shall be metered and the City shall maintain a meter
replacement program.
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FIGURES
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2045 Comprehensive Plan
City of Ocoee, Florida
Prepared by
The City of Ocoee Planning & Zoning Commission Acting as the
Local Planning Agency
and
The City of Ocoee Comprehensive Planning Team
On behalf of
The City of Ocoee City Commission
Adopted
June 2025
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City of Ocoee, Florida
City Officials
June 2025
Mayor Rusty Johnson
City Commission Scott R. Kennedy, District 1 Commissioner
Rosemary Wilsen, District 2 Commissioner, Mayor Pro-Tem
Richard Firstner, District 3 Commissioner
George Oliver III, District 4 Commissioner
Local Planning Agency
Board
Brad Lomneck, Chairman
Lou Forges, Vice Chairman
Joel Keller
Kelton Butler
Derrick Chacon
Joaquin Galvin
City Manager’s Office Craig Shadrix, City Manager
Michael Rumer, Assistant City Manager
City Attorney Richard Geller, Esq., Fishback Dominick
Comprehensive Planning
Team
Development Services Department
Ginger Corless, AICP, CPRP, FRA, Development Services
Director
Anoch Whitfield, AICP, Zoning Manager
Tory Parish, Principal Urban Designer/City Architect
Berenice Belizaire, Planner I
Brett McFarlane, Concurrency & Commitments Coordinator
Parks & Leisure Services Department
Mark Johnson, PLS Director
Doug Gaines, PLS Deputy Director
Dan Abdo, Parks Operations Manager
Public Works Department
Steve Krug, Public Works Director
Milen Womack, PE, City Engineer
Hseth Burch, Staff Engineer/Floodplains Administrator
Utilities Department
Jen Bolling, Utilities Director
Jesse Conklin, Engineering Technician
Kelsey Katro, GISP, GIS Analyst
Information Technology Department
John Haas, IT Director
Luis Martinez, GIS Analyst
Transportation Consultant
Kimley-Horn
James Taylor, PE
Amanda Black, AICP, Transportation Planner
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VISION STATEMENT
The City of Ocoee is a vibrant, attractive,
and economically sustainable
community where businesses thrive and
neighborhoods flourish through diverse,
compact, and complementary land
uses that produce quality development
and safe, connected mobility systems
through adequate movement of people
and goods while simultaneously
preserving environmental systems and
creating parks and open spaces to
promote social engagement and
enhance community health leading to
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CHAPTERS
Vibrant, Attractive & Inclusive
Community
Efficient, Reliable & Well-Maintained
Infrastructure 3
2
Introduction 1
Safe & Convenient Mobility 4
Environment-Friendly, Resilient &
Sustainable Community 5
Responsible, Accessible & Open
Governance 6
Appendix
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INTRODUCTION
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Introduction | 1
Our Community. Ocoee is a growing and
dynamic central Florida community and a
great place to call home. Approximately 16
square miles in size, Ocoee is located in west
Orange County, nestled between the cities of
Apopka to the north, Orlando to the east,
Windermere to the south and Winter Garden
to the west. Centrally located and with direct
access to a regional transportation system
that includes the Florida Turnpike, State Road
50/Colonial Drive, State Road 408/the East-
West Expressway, and State Road 429/the
Western Expressway, the City is a great place
to grow a business and is minutes from major
employers and entertainment destinations,
Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, Sea
World and the Orlando Regional Airport.
Historical Perspective. Beginning as a
township of 820 residents, Ocoee was first
settled adjacent to Starke Lake in the mid-
1800s. The Town of Ocoee was the name of a
subdivision platted in 1886 by Dr. H.K. Clarke,
Charles J. Chunn, and R.B.F. Roper. This name
Ocoee came from a river in Tennessee, which
means "apricot vine" in the Cherokee
language - what is now called the
passionflower. The city logo is inspired by this
flower. The Town of Ocoee was recognized as
a municipality by the Florida legislature in 1923
and became the City of Ocoee in May 1925.
Just as major roadways have played a role in
Ocoee’s current growth, transportation
catalyzed the City’s development in the past.
Completion of the Florida Midland Railroad in
the 1880s brought many settlers to the area.
The population boom propagated by the
railroad led to the abandonment of crops
such as corn, cotton, and sweet potatoes in
favor of oranges and vegetables grown and
shipped to northern states during the winter.
One prominent citrus grower, General William
Temple Withers, built his family home at 16 East
Oakland Avenue in 1888. The home still stands
today and serves as a museum and event
venue. In 1987, it was added to the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places, and taking
a tour gives visitors a detailed glimpse into the
past. The City is also home to another
significant building, Ocoee Christian Church.
Added to the U.S. National Register of Historic
Places in 1997, it is believed to be the oldest
church in continuous use in the State of
Florida. Scenes from the movie My Girl were
filmed there, with several other directors
utilizing the Ocoee area for their productions.
Starke Lake Studios, also known as Gettings
Studio, has served as a music recording
destination for countless artists, such as Daddy
Yankee and Duran Duran. Gloria Estefan
even recorded her hit “Reach” for the 1996
Olympic Games at this studio.
While Ocoee has many historical bright spots,
a lamentable event from the past cannot be
ignored. The 1920 Election Day Massacre
fundamentally altered the trajectory of our
community. Many African Americans had
their land taken from them, were driven out of
the town, or were killed. Nothing will erase this
past tragedy, nor should it be forgotten. Over
the past twenty (20) years, City officials and
the community have come together to heal
and to embrace and celebrate diversity. The
City established a Human Relations Diversity
Board, whose objective is to promote
understanding, respect, goodwill, and
equality among all citizens and businesses of
the City of Ocoee. Building on the City’s
mission of equity, in 2023, the City opened
Unity Park and dedicated it to the memory of
the African American lives and properties lost.
Current Environment. The City remains
focused in our efforts to provide a desirable
community in which to live, work and raise a
family while maintaining a high standard of
living. With input from citizens and property
owners, the City of Ocoee is charting a future
through this Comprehensive Plan Update,
and subsequent Land Development Code
Update, to direct growth and redevelopment
while protecting its resources in a manner that
furthers a sense of community.
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The Chapters of this Comprehensive Plan
reflect the City’s vision and strategies for
achieving an attractive, vibrant and inclusive
community over the next twenty (20) years.
Vision Statement. The City of Ocoee is a
vibrant, attractive, and economically
sustainable community where businesses
thrive and neighborhoods flourish through
diverse, compact, and complementary land
uses that produce quality development and
safe, connected mobility systems through
adequate movement of people and goods
while simultaneously preserving
environmental systems and creating parks
and open spaces to promote social
engagement and enhance community
health leading to the overall wellbeing of the
City.
2045 Comprehensive Plan Update. The
Comprehensive Plan Update is divided into
two volumes. The first volume is the Goals,
Objectives and Policies (GOPs) policy
document. The second volume contains the
Data, Inventory, and Analysis (DIA) for each
element required by the State in Chapter 163,
Part II, Florida Statutes (F.S.). Each volume is
organized by the following Chapters:
Chapter 2 - Vibrant, Attractive & Inclusive
Community
• Future Land Use Element
• Housing Element
• Recreation & Open Space Element
Chapter 3 - Efficient, Reliable & Well-
Maintained Infrastructure
• Infrastructure Element
o Utilities Sub-element
o Drainage Sub-element
Chapter 4 - Safe & Convenient Mobility
• Mobility Element
(formerly the Transportation Element)
Chapter 5 - Environment-Friendly, Resilient &
Sustainable Community
• Conservation Element
Chapter 6 – Responsible, Accessible & Open
Governance
• Public School Facilities Element
• Intergovernmental Coord. Element
• Capital Improvements Element
• Private Property Rights Element
Appendix
• Acronyms List
• Water Supply Plan
In accordance with Chapter 163, F.S., Envision
2045 provides policy direction to
accommodate growth over the required 10-
year and 20-year planning horizons.
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INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY
2 CHAPTER
Future Land Use
Element
Housing Element
Recreation & Open
Space Element
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I. INTRODUCTION
The Future Land Use Element is an integral part
of the City's goal of creating a vibrant,
attractive, and economically sustainable
community where businesses thrive and
neighborhoods flourish through diverse,
compact, and complementary land uses.
This document analyzes the relevant data,
inventory, and analysis of land use and
development patterns that have occurred
over the past 20 years and provides a long-
term strategy and plan for how the City will
accommodate the demands of projected
populations, as described in Section
163.3177(6)(a), Florida Statutes (F.S.). This
information forms the basis on which the
Goals, Objectives and Policies in the City’s
Future Land Use Element were developed.
Comprehensive Planning Requirements. All
local governments, both cities and counties,
within the State of Florida are required by
Section 163.3177, F.S., to adopt a
comprehensive plan that “provides the
principles, guidelines, standards and
strategies for the orderly and balanced future
economic, social, physical, environmental,
and fiscal development of the area”. By law,
the Comprehensive Plan principles and
strategies shall reflect community
commitments
and guide future
decisions in a
consistent
manner and shall
describe how the
City’s land
development
regulations will
be developed and carried out in order to
implement the Comprehensive Plan.
Comprehensive planning regulations and
guidelines are established and set forth in
Section 163.3177, F.S.
Ocoee’s Past and Future Trends. At the time of
adoption of the 2002
Comprehensive Plan, 2000
Census data showed a
population of 24,391
residents in Ocoee, with an
average household size of
3.0 persons per household
for single family and 2.96
persons per household for
multi-family households.
Since that time, the City’s
population grew to 35,579
in 2010, representing a
45.8% increase, and 47,356
in 2020, representing a 94% increase (based
on US Census 2010 and 2020 data). This
growth reflects an average of 1,145 persons
per year. As of 2024, the City has an estimated
population of nearly 50,000 residents. When
compared to Orange County and
neighboring communities, the City is growing
at a comparable average growth rate.
Tables 1a and 1b provide a comparison of
Ocoee’s population growth to the County
and other communities in the region for 2000,
2010, 2020 and July 1, 2022 estimates (Census
Quick Facts). Tables 1a and 1b also show the
percent change and the average annual
population growth between census years.
Based on the population numbers in Tables 1a
and 1b, Ocoee’s population, when evaluated
as a percentage of Orange County’s
population, is approximately 3.3%, and the
City’s percent growth and average annual
growth are comparable to those of the Cities
of Winter Garden and Apopka. Between 2000
and 2020, Ocoee experienced an average
population growth of approximately 4.7%, or
roughly 1,145 persons, annually.
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Growing the City’s 2000 population by this
historic average of 1,145 persons per year
yields a projected population of 75,991
persons.
II. INVENTORY AND DATA
As part of the inventory and data collection,
the City evaluated changes in its land use
patterns since the previous 2002 Plan
adoption and reviewed studies and
population data to evaluate its ability to
accommodate growth without promoting the
proliferation of urban sprawl.
Changes in Land Uses/Development Patterns.
Between 2001 and 2022, the City processed
thirty-one (31) amendments to the Future
Land Use Map. Of these, eight (8) were, at the
time, considered Large-Scale Comprehensive
Plan Future Land Use Map (FLUM)
amendments. In 2021, the City was in the
midst of processing its 8th “large-scale”
comprehensive plan future land use map
amendment for a 39.96-acre development;
however, the Legislature enacted new
legislation that increased the acreage of the
“small-scale” Comprehensive Plan FLUM
amendment from 10 acres to 50 acres. This
legislative change had the effect of
converting this 39.96-acre Comprehensive
Plan Amendment from a large-scale
amendment to a small-scale amendment. It
also had the effect of changing the
classification of many of these “large-scale”
amendments to “small-scale” amendments
due to their sizes.
In May 2024, the City received an application
for a FLUM Amendment and associated text
amendment for approximately 150 acres for
the Ocoee Regional Sports Complex. This
application was completed in February 2025.
Based on the new 50-acre size threshold for
what constitutes a large-scale, the City had
approved four (4) large-scale CPAs. Most of
these Large-Scale FLUM amendments
converted Low Density Residential or
Agricultural lands to Medium or High Density
Residential, Commercial and limited Industrial
lands.
FLU Table 1a: Population Growth Comparison
FLU Table 1b: Population Growth Comparison
Source: American Community Survey, July 2022
Year Ocoee %
Change
Orange
County
%
Change
Winter
Garden
%
Change Maitland %
Change
2000 24,391 896,344 14,351 12,019
2010 35,579 46% 1,145,956 28% 34,568 141% 15,751 31%
2020 47,295 94% 1,429,908 60% 46,964 227% 19,543 63%
2022 (Estimate)48,198 98% 1,452,726 62% 47,049 228% 19,356 61%
Ave. Annual Growth (2000-2020)1,145 26,678 1,631 376
Year Ocoee %
Change Apopka %
Change Oviedo %
Change Casselberry %
Change
2000 24,391 26,642 26,316 22,629
2010 35,579 46% 41,542 56% 33,342 27% 26,241 16%
2020 47,295 94% 54,873 106% 40,059 52% 28,794 27%
2022 (Estimate)48,198 98% 57,017 114% 39,580 50% 29,901 32%
Ave. Annual Growth (2000-2020)1,145 1,412 687 308
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Even with these amendments, the majority of
the city remains predominantly Low Density
Residential, with most of the City’s
Commercial-designated lands being located
along the State Road 50/Colonial Drive
corridor and State Road 429 interchanges.
The FLUM designation that experienced the
largest percent increase was Light Industrial
(37%) followed by Medium Density Residential
(23%). The City also experienced a decrease
in Professional Offices and Services and
Conservation designated lands. Table 2
illustrates the extent of the changes in the
FLUM categories by acreages and type.
FLU Table 2: Changes in Future Land Uses
Character of Undeveloped Land. The City’s
growth has been and continues to be limited
by the boundaries of the City of
Ocoee/Orange County Joint Planning Area
(JPA) Agreement. Thus, except for a small
hand-full of projects, growth has primarily
been via infill development and
redevelopment. Currently, the City has
1,303.64 acres of vacant residentially
designated lands and 357.35 acreage of non-
residentially designated lands. FLU Figure No.
3 shows the locations and total acreage of
vacant residentially designated lands, and
FLU Figure No. 4 provides that same data for
vacant non-residentially designated lands.
While this research shows that there are
approximately 1,660.9 acres of vacant land,
there is a limit supply of vacant, developable
land within the city limits. The reasons for this
are that 1) the City wanted to evaluate land
area within the entirety of the JPA boundary,
since those are the only areas that the City
can annex land, 2) much of the vacant land
still remains under unincorporated Orange
County’s jurisdiction, and 3) much of the land
area captured in GIS dataset contain natural
resources (including wetlands, floodplains,
sensitive habitat, high recharge areas, etc.) or
are occupied by stormwater ponds or other
infrastructure associated. Tables 3a and 3b
summarizes the maximum residential
development potential and the potential
population absorption from those units.
Information regarding the availability of
vacant, developable land is provided in the
Population Projects discussion.
FLU Table 3a: Vacant Lands Analysis
LDR - Low Density Residential
MDR - Medium Density Residential
HDR - High Density Residential
FLU Table 3b: Max Development Potential based
on Vacant Lands in Table 3a
2004 2024
Acres Acres
Low Density RES (LDR)5,671.09 5,725.02 1%
Medium Density RES (MDR)102.93 126.35 23%
High Density RES (HDR)441.20 470.20 7%
Professional Ofcs & Svcs (PS)84.89 78.84 -7%
Commercial (COMM)1,193.05 1,265.08 6%
Light Industrial (LI)263.72 360.41 37%
Heavy Industrial (HI)187.02 188.88 1%
Conservation (CONS)1,221.28 1,144.45 -6%
Institutional (INST)495.89 509.04 3%
Total Acres: 10,414.78 10,831.06 4%
Future Land Use Category
(within JPA)
%
Change
ORG OCO ORG OCO Parcels Acrege
LDR 105.00 68.00 170.61 85.94 173.00 256.55
MDR 0.00 12.00 0.00 5.10 12.00 5.10
HDR 0.00 12.00 0.00 61.48 12.00 61.48
TOTAL: 105.00 92.00 170.61 152.52 197.00 323.13
No. of Parcels Acreage TotalsDesignation
Density1 Units PPH Pop.
Up to 4 1026.20 3.00 3078.60
4 to less than 8 40.80 3.00 122.40
8 to less than 16 983.68 2.96 2911.69
TOTAL: 2050.68 6112.69
Development Potential Projected Population
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Population Projections. Looking forward, the
City is expected to grow to approximately
74,500 residents by 2045. Population
projections were evaluated using four (4)
methodologies and data sources as further
described below.
1. Vacant Lands Analysis by Future Land Use
In an effort to develop harmoniously with
Orange County, the City entered into a Joint
Planning Area Agreement (the JPA) with
Orange County in 1994, shortly after the
adoption of its 1991 Comprehensive Plan, in
order to identify logical candidate parcels for
future annexations, establish the Future Land
Use Map (FLUM) designations for these
properties, and ensure the provision of central
water and/or sewer services to these
properties. The JPA has been amended
eighteen (18) times since its adoption, and in
2019, the City and County agreed to
terminate that 1994 Agreement and execute
a new JPA Agreement. That 2019 JPA
Agreement expired in November 2024 and
has been, per the terms of the JPA, extended
by five (5) years to November 2029. As the
City cannot annex lands beyond the
boundaries of the JPA, the vacant lands
analysis will consider both unincorporated
and incorporated properties within the JPA
boundaries as it is anticipated that the City
shall continue to consider voluntary
annexations within the JPA boundary.
FLU Table 3a summarizes the acreage of
vacant developable lands within the city
limits. Based on parcel data, the City currently
has approximately 197 vacant residential
parcels within the JPA boundaries, totaling
approximately 323.13 acres of residential
lands. Table 3 provides the vacant lands, both
unincorporated and incorporated parcels, by
land use category and the development
potential under each category based on
historic persons per household ratios used in
the 2002 Comprehensive Plan.
Based on Table 3b, if all of the vacant
residential lands were developed at the
current maximum densities permitted within
each future land use category, the current
supply of vacant lands could be expected to
absorb approximately 6,113 people, yielding
a projected population of 54,311 (from July 1,
2022 base year). For comparative purposes,
applying the highest density of sixteen (16)
dwelling units per acre of the High Density
Residential FLUM category to the total vacant
lands would yield approximately 5,170
dwelling units, translating to a population
absorption of approximately 15,510 people,
yielding a projected population of 63,708
(from July 1, 2022 base year).
Thus, the City has limited residential land area
available, based on the current Low, Medium,
and High Density Residential FLU categories to
accommodate the projected growth through
the 20-year planning horizon. The
Commercial and Industrial FLU designations
do not have residential densities written into
the FLUE Policies.
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2. Utility Service Area Analysis
The City of Ocoee provides water services to
both incorporated and unincorporated lands
in the Water Utility Service Area within the JPA
boundaries. Based on population projections
by the University of Florida’s Bureau of
Economic and Business Research (BEBR), the
projected water service populations within
the Water Utility Service Area, JPA and City
boundary are provided in Table 4.
The above projections represent parcel-
based, small-area population estimates (2015
– 2021) and projections (2025 – 2045) utilizing
the County’s 2021/2022 parcel GIS layer at its
basis. They were created for the Central
Florida Water Initiative by the BEBR to assist in
planning and water supply issues. This data
includes attributes such as number of
residential units, year built, and lot size. This
data was then combined with other data
sources in order to project the maximum
development potential or “build-out” at the
parcel level, including:
• Population, housing unit occupancy and
average,
• Future land use classification and unit
densities
• Planned developments
• Surface waters and wetlands
• Political and natural boundaries.
Populations in group quarters, such as nursing
homes and assisted living facilities, were also
accounted for as necessary. Slight
adjustments were also made, when
necessary, to mirror the BEBR official 2021
population estimates at the municipal level.
Lastly, historic growth trends over the past
twenty (20) years were evaluated based on
“influences” or “drivers” such as proximity to
roads, interchanges, water/sewer services,
existing residential and commercial
development and planned developments.
3. Traffic Zones
When the 2002 Comprehensive Plan was
adopted, the City utilized the best available
traffic model at that time, which was the 2020
Orlando Urban Area Transportation Study
(OUATS) Regional Model for Traffic Volumes,
as a base and then created a highly refined
Sub-area Model based on smaller traffic
analysis zones (TAZs). This land-use driven Sub-
area Model divided the City into 106 TAZs,
which included some areas outside of the
City’s jurisdictional and JPA boundaries. The
TAZs served as the foundation for the 2020
population and employment projections.
Since that time, however, the OUATS Regional
Model has been replaced with the Central
Florida Regional Planning Model (CFRPMv7),
which is the officially adopted model for all
five (5) metropolitan planning organizations
(MPO) located in the Florida Department of
Transportation (FDOT) District Five. It has been
updated to a 2015 base year and 2045
Horizon Year. The CFRPMv7 model is designed
to reflect the conditions demonstrated by the
Central Florida Region and generally reflects
trip generation, trip distribution, mode choice
and traffic assignment as well as household
distribution and truck modeling.
FLU Table 4: Utilities Population Projections
Service Area Parcel Count 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045
Water Utility Service Area 12,997 37,400 40,141 43,374 48,542 50,285 53,579
Joint Planning Area 19,359 53,934 58,313 62,476 68,384 70,824 74,372
City Boundary 16,669 46,522 49,651 52,462 56,539 57,894 60,713
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For this Comprehensive Plan update, traffic
analysis zones that cover the City based on
the current CFRPMv7 Model will be used.
Based on the CFRPMv7, there are now only 72
traffic analysis zones that cover the City, and
Table 5 evaluates the City’s population
projections through several iterations of the
Model. A detailed narrative explaining the
Central Florida Regional Planning Mode is
provided in the Trends discussion within the
Data, Inventory, and Analysis of the Mobility
Element.
4. Census, BEBR, and Office of Economic and
Demographic Research (EDR) Data
According to the 2020 US Census, the City of
Ocoee represents approximately 3.31% of
Orange County’s total population.
Extrapolating the City’s population as a
percentage of the County’s population over
the planning horizon yields elevated
population projections. Section
163.3177(1)(f)3, F.S., stipulates that “the
comprehensive plan shall be based upon
permanent and seasonal population
estimates and projections which shall either
be those published by the Office of Economic
and Demographic Research (EDR) or
generated by the local government based
upon a professional acceptable
methodology”. The EDR has County and
municipality population estimates for April 1,
2023, which for Orange County is 1,492,951
persons and for Ocoee is 49,711 persons. The
EDR has population projections, with a 2022
base year, in 5-year increments through 2045
for counties only.
The EDR’s population projections for Orange
County are nearly identical to the medium
population projections for the County by the
Bureau of Economic and Business Research
(BEBR). Based on application of the 3.31%
proportion of the County’s population, Table 6
reflects Ocoee’s project population as a
percentage of Orange County’s projected
population based on EDR County Projections.
FLU Table 5: Ocoee Regional Planning Model Population Trends
Column descriptions:
1. CFRPMv7 with unedited dwelling units (DU)
2. CFRPM7 with edited DUs for 2045, accounting for vested
projects
3. Data from Column 2 but applying the standard model
land use conversion by persons per household (PPH)
4. Data from Column 2 but applying the 2002 comp plan PPH
from the Transportation Element at 3.03 PPH for single-
family and 1.72 PPH for multi-family units
5. Data from Column 2 but applying the 2002 comp plan PPH
from the FLU Element at average 2.90 PPH for single-family
and multi-family to account for vacancies
6. Data from Column 2 but applying Shimberg data
(calculated using total population and total households
as the data has no distinction between single- and multi-
family)
7. Data from Column 2 but applying the 2002 comp plan PPH
from the FLU Element at 3.0 PPH for single-family and 2.96
PPH for multi-family, without accounting for vacancies
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CFRPMv7 Total
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Annual
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CFRPMv7 Total
Population
Annual
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(From 2015)
CFRPMv7 Total
Population
Annual
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(From 2015)
CFRPMv7 Total
Population
Annual
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2020 54,537 3.3% 54,537 3.3% 50,132 3.3% 49,660 3.2% 51,558 3.6% 56,089 3.6% 53,016 3.6%
2025 58,077 2.4% 58,077 2.4% 53,470 2.4% 52,892 2.3% 55,229 2.7% 60,083 2.7% 56,767 2.6%
2030 61,097 2.0% 61,097 2.0% 56,295 2.0% 55,616 2.0% 58,372 2.2% 63,502 2.2% 59,976 2.2%
2035 63,658 1.8% 63,658 1.8% 58,667 1.8% 57,904 1.8% 61,005 2.0% 66,367 2.0% 62,665 2.0%
2040 66,032 1.6% 66,032 1.6% 60,838 1.6% 59,999 1.6% 63,414 1.8% 68,988 1.8% 65,125 1.8%
2045 68,195 1.5% 70,567 1.7% 68,641 2.0% 67,336 1.9% 72,690 2.2% 79,080 2.2% 74,541 2.2%
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FLU Table 6: EDR Orange County/Ocoee
Population Projections
Source: Office of Economic and Demographics
Research
Table 7 is provided to demonstrate the near
consistency between the EDR projections and
the BEBR Medium projections, with BEBR
projecting approximately 365 fewer people.
Based on an analysis of the population
projections from these methodologies and
sources, the population projection is just over
74,000 people. According to the EDR, Ocoee
does not have an inmate population, and
historically, seasonal populations have
averaged 500 persons. Thus, this
Comprehensive Plan update will utilize a 2045
population of 74,541 persons (as shown in the
Projected Population chart herein), with an
estimated seasonal population of 1%, for
which the City must plan its public facilities,
infrastructure and services.
2025 1,565,569 52,118
2030 1,688,533 56,211
2035 1,785,020 59,423
2040 1,861,522 61,970
2045 1,926,557 64,135
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FLU Table 7: BEBR Population Projections
2025 2030 2035 2040 2045
Lo 1,471,600 1,519,700 1,539,600 1,540,400 1,531,600
County Med 1,656,600 1,688,500 1,785,000 1,861,500 1,926,600
Hi 1,659,600 185,700 2,030,500 2,182,600 2,321,500
Lo 48,710 50,302 50,961 50,987 50,696
Ocoee Med 51,821 55,889 59,084 61,616 63,770
Hi 54,929 61,480 67,210 72,244 76,842
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Evaluation of Need for Modification of Land
Uses and Development Patterns to Foster Job
Creation, Support Capital Investment and
Support Population Growth
1. Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR)
In accordance with Section 163.3177(6)(a)2
and Section 163.3191, F.S., and in an effort to
monitor the effectiveness and efficiency of
the Comprehensive Plan, the City conduct an
Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR), which
was adopted by Resolution No. 2010-013 on
September 21, 2010. As part of that effort, the
City conducted a series of community
workshops to obtain public input, and the
outcome of that public involvement was the
identification of six (6) major focus areas:
• Community Character
• Transportation Connectivity
• Utility Infrastructure
• Mixed Use Employment and Commercial
Centers
• Neighborhood Revitalization
• Conservation
Achieving the goals of these focus areas
necessitate evaluating the current land use
patterns and densities and intensities of the
current future land use categories and
considering adjustments to foster the desire
growth and development. Following the
adoption of Resolution 2010-013, the
subsequent EAR-based Amendments were
put on hold due to the economic downturn,
and only amendments required by law were
updated. This Comprehensive Plan Update
will not only address the 2010 EAR major focus
areas but also incorporate the vision, goals,
and strategies established in the various
Special Overlay and Area Plans adopted by
the City in the past ten (10) years. This
Comprehensive Plan Update will also
evaluate the potential impacts that recent
Legislative actions, including the Live Local
Act (2023) and Orange County’s Vision 2050
may have on the City’s future growth and
vision.
Subsequently, following the adoption of this
2045 Comprehensive Plan, another EAR will be
conducted to determine if plan amendments
are necessary to improve the effectiveness of
this Comprehensive in achieving the City’s
vision, goals, and objectives.
2. Special Overlay and Area Plans.
Over the past ten (10) years, the City has
adopted several Area Plans, including the
Downtown Master Plan (2016) and the SR 429
Overlay District (year), which fostered the
adoption of three (3) Character Area Plans, as
well as several corridor studies, roadway plans
and a regional trails master plan. Each of
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these Area Plans were adopted with public
input through their respective public hearings
and can be found on the City’s website.
These Plans will aid in informing the goals,
objectives and policies in the various elements
of the Comprehensive Plan.
3. Live Local Act
Senate Bill 102 (SB 102), known as the Live
Local Act, was approved by the Governor on
March 29, 2023 and codified in Chapter 2023-
17 of the Laws of Florida. Effective July 1, 2023,
this Legislation placed a significant emphasis
on affordable housing, in terms of rent
controls, fees and availability of affordable
housing stock. More specifically, this Act
requires that the City authorize multi-family
and mixed-use residential as allowable uses,
at the highest allowable density, in any area
zoned for commercial, industrial or mixed use
if at least forty percent (40%) of the multi-
family residential units and sixty-five percent
(65%) of the mixed-use development square
footage are offered as affordable housing (as
defined in Section 420.0004, FS) for a period of
at least thirty (30) years. It further stipulates
that proposed developments authorized by
this Act must be approved administratively
with no further action or approval required by
the City Commission so long as it satisfies the
site design and development regulations
within the Land Development Code for multi-
family residential developments.
Currently, the highest density in Ocoee is High
Density Residential, which permits up to
sixteen (16) dwelling units per acre, and the
Plan allows residential use within the
Commercial and Industrial future land use
categories when it is part of a mixed-use
development. Because of this existing
provision and due to limited availability of
sufficiently sized vacant lands and the need
for higher densities to make affordable
housing developments more economically
enticing to developers, this Act has limited
implications for Ocoee. Conversely, the Act
supports the City’s goal to create
opportunities for housing diversity to meet
future demands.
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4. Orange County Vision 2050
Orange County is nearing completion and
adoption of its Vision 2050 Plan that will guide
how and where growth will occur in
unincorporated areas of the County over the
next few decades. Vision 2050 intends to
restructure the County’s Comprehensive Plan
and reorganize County policies with a focus
on resiliency, placemaking, affordability,
context-driven planning, middle-missing
middle housing and performance-based
development. Within the Vision 2050 Plan, the
County proposes densities in “Neighborhood
Areas” and “Corridor Areas” that will impact
the City as these densities are higher than the
City’s maximum density of 16 dwelling units
per acre. To remain competitive, adjustments
in densities within the City’s FLUM will be
needed.
III. ANALYSIS
Compliance with Florida Statutes. Consistent
with the requirements of Section
163.3177(6)(a)4, F.S., the Future Land Use
Element will appropriately designate lands for
future planned uses in a manner that provides
for balanced and complementary land uses
to foster vibrant, viable communities and
economic development opportunities,
creates beautiful, safe, and pedestrian-
oriented public realms, and addresses
outdated and non-conforming development
patterns and antiquated subdivisions.
Flexibility must be provided in the Goals,
Objectives, and Policies to allow and prepare
property owners and the development
community to react to changing real estate
markets and create adequate quality of life
choices for current and future residents, both
permanent and seasonal.
During the development of Envision 2045, the
City’s multi-disciplinary Comprehensive
Planning Team worked together to arrive at
the 2045 population projection and to
evaluate the City’s ability to provide
adequate municipal services in the 10-year
and 20-year planning horizons.
Our Vision, Our Future. As stated in Envision
2045’s Vision, the goal of the City is to become
a vibrant, attractive, and economically
sustainable community where businesses
thrive and neighborhoods flourish through
diverse, compact, safe, quality, and
connected developments. The Future Land
Use Element must provide opportunities for
economic development and job creation,
preserve culture and history, provide housing
choices, develop parks, recreation and urban
open spaces, create safe and connected
mobility systems, and preserve environment
systems to achieve the Plan goal of creating
a healthy, active and sustainable quality of
life for Ocoee.
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Based on the projected population, inventory
of vacant lands, and areas designated for
conservation in the Conservation Element, the
findings of this analysis show that this Future
Land Use Element and the Future Land Use
Map will need to consider adjustments in the
densities and intensities of land uses and to
direct the future general distribution, location,
and composition of such land uses to
accommodate that anticipated growth in a
manner that directs higher densities and
intensities to the downtown district and areas
fully served by public facilities in order to
preserve existing neighborhoods and protect
the City’s natural resources.
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I. INTRODUCTION
The following Housing Element is prepared
and adopted in accordance with Section
163.3177(6)(f) in Part II, Chapter 163, of the
Florida Statutes (F.S.). This portion of the
Element provides a summary of the existing
housing inventory and characteristics, and an
analysis of housing needs based on projected
future growth. The section includes
comparison of housing conditions between
the City of Ocoee and Orange County and
utilizes data provided by the US Census 2022
American Community Survey Estimates and
the 2023 Shimberg Center for Housing Studies
Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy
(CHAS) datasets.
II. INVENTORY AND DATA
Tables HSG 1 through HSG 6 provide a review
and comparison of the existing inventory of
housing characteristics for the City of Ocoee
and Orange County.
Dwelling Units by Structure Type. Based on
data from the 2022 US American Community
Survey (ACS), HSG Table 1 and HSG Figure
No.1 provide the estimated dwelling units by
structure type for the City. According to the
2002 City Comprehensive Plan, which
reflected data from the U.S. Census of
Population and Housing 2000, there were
8,405 total dwelling units in the City in 2000. In
2022, the number of dwelling units increased
to 14,974, representing an increase of 6,569
dwelling units (or 78.2%) from 2000 to 2022.
During this time, the City also experienced a
shift in the percentage of different structure
types when compared to the total number of
dwelling units. Specifically, the percentage of
single-family dwelling units increased from 78%
in 2000 to 85.3% in 2022. In contrast, the
percentage of multi-family dwelling units
decreased from 16% in 2000 to 12.1% in 2022.
The percentage of mobile homes also
decreased from 6% in 2000 to 2.3% in 2022.
In a 22-year period from January 2001 through
December 2022, 7,074 detached and
attached single-family dwelling units and 615
multi-family dwelling units were constructed.
As mentioned above, the number of mobile
homes decreased by 103 units. No new
duplexes were constructed during this period.
These trends show a consistent growth of
single-family dwellings within the City, with
some construction involving the demolition
and reconstruction of units.
Tenure. Tenure, for purposes of this
Comprehensive Plan, refers to the legal or
financial distinction of whether someone owns
the property they live in or rents from someone
else. For this Comprehensive Plan, owner-
occupied units are single-family units, and
non-owner-occupied units are multi-family
units and single-family units that are
rented/not owner-occupied. According to
the adopted 2002 Comprehensive Plan,
which was based on 2000 Census data, the
City had 8,405 dwelling units, of which 96%
were occupied (8,072 units). Of the occupied
units, 84.1% (6,778 units) were owner-
HSG Table 1: 2022 Estimate Dwelling Units
by Structure Type
Dwelling Units Number
of Units
Percentage
Single-Family,
Detached
11,876 79.3
Single-Family,
Attached
(Townhouses)
905 6.0
Two-Family 11 0.1
Multi-Family 1,815 12.1
Mobile Homes 341 2.3
*Other (Boat, RV,
Van, etc.)
26 0.2
Total Dwelling
Units
14,974 100.0
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 American Community
Survey 5- Year Estimates Data Summary Profile
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occupied while 15.9% (1,294 units) were non-
owner occupied.
Over the 20-year planning horizon of the 2002
Comprehensive Plan, the total percentage of
occupied units decreased by just under 2%
from 96% to 94.3%. Specifically, based on the
2022 US American Community Survey 5- Year
Estimates Data Profiles, of the total 14,974
dwelling units, 14,125 units were occupied, of
which 72.5% (10,237 units) were owner-
occupied and 27.5% (3,888 units) were non-
owner occupied. HSG Figure No. 2 further
illustrates the distribution dwelling unit tenure
throughout the City. These trends are
reflected in HSG Table 2 and represent a slight
reduction in homeownership with a
corresponding slight increase in rentership
during this period.
Vacancy Status. According to the 2022 US
Census, the City experienced a vacancy rate
of 5.7%, a lower rate than the County’s 13.0%
rate. As shown in HSG Table 3, both the City
and County experienced their highest
vacancies rates for units that are for rent. The
City’s second highest percentage of vacancy
type was units that were other vacant,
whereas the County’s second highest
percentage of vacancy type was seasonal,
recreational, or occasional use.
Since 2000, the City’s vacancy rate increased
nearly 2% from 4% to 5.7%. This increase in
vacancies can be attributed to a surplus in
units or a lack of affordable units.
Age of Single and Multi-Family Dwelling Units.
HSG Table 4 provides the age of housing units
within the City based on the year of
construction. From 2000 to 2019, 6,737
dwelling units were constructed, averaging
approximately 354.5 units per year. Of the
entire housing stock previously described in
Section A, 51.5% (7,717 units) were
constructed prior to 2000, and 48.5% (7,257
units) were constructed after 2000. Although a
greater percentage of housing units were
constructed prior to 2000, the number of units
constructed since has steadily increased
through the years.
Dwelling units that are 50 years old or older,
constructed in 1975 or prior, are associated
with having a lower market value of $250,000
or less. Within the City, there are areas where
a greater majority of older housing appears to
concentrate. Assuming there is a correlation
between housing market value and the
income level of the household, lower market
value units can be associated with a lower
income household. HSG Figure No.3 illustrates
HSG Table 2: 2022 Estimate Dwelling Units
by Tenure
Tenure
Number
of Units
Unit Percentage of
Total
Total
Housing
Units
Occupied
Housing
Units
Occupied
Units
14,125 94.3 100.0
Owner-
Occupied
10,237 68.3 72.5
Non-
owner-
Occupied
3,888 26.0 27.5
Vacant 849 5.7 N/A
Total
Dwelling
Units
14,974 100.0 N/A
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 American Community
Survey 5- Year Estimates Data Summary Profile
HSG Table 4: Estimate Construction Year
of Housing Units
Construction
Year
Number
of Units
Percentage
Built 2020 or
later
520 7.2
Built 2010 to
2019
3,599 49.6
Built 2000 to
2009
3,138 43.2
Total Housing
Units
7,257 100.0
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 American Community
Survey 5- Year Estimates Data Summary Profile
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this grouping of residential units by market
value. The disproportionate clustering of lower
income households within communities can
result in residential blight due to less availability
of resources, services, and opportunities for
lower earning residents.
Household Size. The average household (HH)
size increased from 2.99 in 2000 to 3.33 in 2022.
More specifically, the average HH size for
owner-occupied units increased from 3.0 to
3.34, and the average HH size for non-owner-
occupied units increased from 2.96 to 3.29
during this period. The increase in household
size can be attributed to changing household
characteristics such as growing families, co-
living, or multi-generational households. The
growth also suggests that the City is seen as a
family-oriented community. The greater
household size of owner-occupied units
compared to non-owner-occupied units
indicates a slightly greater demand for
housing units of this tenure.
Owner-Occupied versus Non-Owner-
Occupied Monthly Costs. HSG Table 5 details
the housing costs of owner-occupied and
non-owner-occupied housing units.
Compared to the 2002 Comprehensive Plan,
which utilized 1990 Census data for ownership
and rental costs, the median monthly rent has
increased from $557 in 1990 to $1,756 in 2022,
representing a 215% increase. The median
monthly mortgage also increased from $644
to $1,849 during this period, representing an
187% increase. Even when adjusted for
inflation using the US Bureau of Statistics CPI
Inflation Calculation, the 2022 median costs of
monthly rent and mortgage were both
significantly higher compared to their 1990
costs.
In 2022, the monthly rent range of $1,500 to
$1,999 represents the highest percentage
(38.6%) of non-owner-occupied units. This is
consistent with and captures the median
monthly rent cost of $1,756. The rent range of
$1,000 to $1,499 followed closely behind, at
31% of non-owner-occupied units.
The median monthly mortgage in 2022 was 5%
higher than the median monthly rent. This
slightly higher cost may be a factor in why
there are more owner-occupied units. Due to
the similar costs in owning and renting, it may
become more worthwhile to invest in
homeownership, thus gaining an asset.
Particularly as young adults get older, this
demographic group could transition from
renting to being first-time homebuyers and
HSG Table 3: 2022 Estimate Vacancy Status of Housing Units
Vacancy Types
Ocoee Orange County
Number of
Units
Percentage Number of
Units
Percentage
For rent 392 46.2 26,802 36.4
Rented, not occupied 164 19.3 3,323 4.5
For sale only 60 7.1 9,836 13.3
Sold, not occupied 0 0.0 2,591 3.5
For seasonal, recreational or
occasional use
45 5.3 18,177 24.6
For migrant workers 0 0.0 113 0.2
Other vacant 188 22.1 12,889 17.5
Total Vacant Housing Units 849 100.0 73,731 100.0
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 American Community Survey 5- Year Estimates Data Summary Profile
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thus contribute to the increasing percentage
of owner-occupied units.
Housing Conditions. Within the City, there is a
low overall percentage of housing that is
considered substandard. Substandard
housing, as defined in Section 420.0004, F.S., is
housing that lacks complete plumbing or
sanitary facilities for the use of the occupants
or is in violation of one or more sections of the
housing code in which such violations pose a
threat to the health and safety of the
occupants.
Since the adoption of the 2002
Comprehensive Plan, the percentage of
substandard housing units has fluctuated
minimally, with the greatest difference being
a 0.9% reduction in overcrowded units from
1990 to 2022. The percentage of all
substandard housing conditions decreased
during this 20-year period.
For all future housing units’ construction and
reconstruction, the City will continue to ensure
that construction and restoration or
renovation activities conform to building
codes to ensure a continued improvement in
the elimination of substandard housing
conditions.
Housing Construction as of 2011. HSG Table 7
provides the best available record of the
number of completed new construction
permits from 2011 to 2022. During this period,
5,337 new residential dwelling units were
constructed. Of the different dwelling types,
50% (2,695 units) of units were detached
single-family dwellings, 35% (1,860 units) were
apartment units, and 15% (782 units) were
attached single-family dwellings. This
proportion of single-family dwellings is less
than the projected need of 68% of newly
constructed housing being single-family units,
as indicated in the 2002 Comprehensive Plan,
HSG Table 5: 2022 Owner-Occupied and Non-Owner-Occupied Costs
Housing Cost Ocoee
Median monthly rent $1,756
Median monthly payment for housing units
with a mortgage
$1,849
Median monthly payment for housing units
without a mortgage
$654
Median owner-occupied unit value $325,100
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 American Community Survey 5- Year Estimates Data Summary Profile
HSG Table 6: Housing Selected
Characteristics
Characteristics Number
of Units
Percentage
of All
Housing
Lacking
Complete
Plumbing
Facilities
26 0.2
Lacking
Complete
Kitchen
Facilitates
52 0.4
Overcrowded 574 4.1
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 American Community
Survey 5- Year Estimates Data Summary Profile
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and is consistent with the demand for further
construction of this housing typology.
Assisted Housing Development. The Orange
County Housing and Community
Development Division offers several resources
and programs that are available to Ocoee
residents. The programs provide a range of
assistance, including but not limited to, home
repair, rental assistance, down payment
assistance, closing cost assistance for first-time
homebuyers, and affordable housing options.
The purpose of the programs is to provide
adequate housing and financial assistance
for extremely low-income, very low-income,
low-income, and moderate-income
households, as well as other households that
exhibit housing needs. The following are
examples of these programs:
• Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) Program
• Home Investment Partnership Program
(HOME)
• Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)
• Down Payment Assistance Program (DPA)
• Housing Rehabilitation Program
• Housing Choice Voucher Program
(Section 8)
• Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA)
Group Homes and Senior Housing. As shown in
HSG Figure No.4, within the City, there are
numerous Community Residential Homes –
Minor, senior housing facilities, and
commercial group homes that serve children
and adults of varying needs. These facilities
are licensed in accordance with their
respective agencies and adequately meet
the varying needs of their residents.
Mobile Home Parks and Mobile Home
Subdivisions. Currently, the City has 341
mobile homes installed on either on an
individual lot or a single lot as part of a mobile
home park. Thirteen of the mobile homes are
HSG Table 7: Residential Permit Issuance in Ocoee, 2011-2022
Year Permitted Single-Family,
Detached
Single-
Family,
Attached
Duplexes 3&4 Multi-
Family
Units
Apartments Total
New
Units
2011 67 37 0 0 0 104
2012 119 82 0 0 180 381
2013 260 77 0 0 36 373
2014 147 138 0 0 290 575
2015 154 31 0 0 240 425
2016 117 23 0 0 302 442
2017 349 1 0 0 0 350
2018 450 0 0 0 0 450
2019 495 0 0 0 0 495
2020 315 158 0 0 0 473
2021 139 183 0 0 402 724
2022 83 52 0 0 410 545
Total 2,695 782 0 0 1,860 5,337
Average Dwelling
Units permitted
per year
224
65 0 0 155 445
Source: City of Ocoee Development Services
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located within a mobile home park,
specifically the Lakeshore Drive MH Park, on a
single parcel. The remaining 326 mobile
homes are installed on individually owned lots
as part of mobile home subdivisions.
Historically Significant Structures. The City has
several structures and sites that are historically
significant. Three of the structures are listed
within the National Register of Historic Places:
• Ocoee Christian Church, built 1891
• Withers-Maguire House, built 1888
• Women’s Club of Ocoee, built 1938
The following are additional historically
significant structures and sites:
• Tyler House, built 1887
• Tavares and Gulf Railroad Depot, built
1914-15
• Bank of Ocoee, built 1919
• Marshall Block Building, built
approximately 1925
• Flewelling Building, built approximately
1926
• Packing House
• Sims Homesite
• Maine Street
• West Oakland Avenue
• Perry Homesite
• Dr. Starke’s Fishing Camp
• City Cemetery
• Hallowed Ground Cemetery
• Unmarked Cemetery
The City will pursue further protection and
preservation of these structures and/or seek
opportunities for their safe adaptive reuse.
Additionally, the City will identify further
locations and sites to commemorate their
significance in Ocoee’s history.
Unfortunately, since the adoption of the 2002
Comprehensive Plan, three (3) historically
significant structures have been demolished.
These properties were:
• Pounds-Salisbury House at 102 W. Floral
Street
• Maguire House at 2 N. Bluford Avenue
• Dr. Scott’s Office on East McKey Street
They were privately owned and demolished
to accommodate new uses.
III. ANALYSIS
Projected Population Age Characteristics. The
median age in the City has increased from
33.1 years in 2000 to 35.1 in 2022. This increase
in median age can be attributed to the
disparity between an aging population (as
older residents continue to age within the
City) and young adults delaying starting
families, which translates to a smaller
population group in the younger age range.
As shown in HSG Table 9, two age ranges, 40
to 49 and 60 years older, are projected to
steadily increase through 2045; however, the
other age ranges are projected to fluctuate
slightly but experience a general decrease
overall.
As the proportion of residents within the 60
years and older age range continues to grow,
an adequate supply of housing for senior and
elderly populations is needed to support an
inclusive community that promotes
independence and aging in place and
improve quality of life.
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Similarly, the increasing proportion of residents
between the ages of 40 and 49 also
necessitates a need for increased housing
availability for this age demographic, which
could include housing for families likely with
school-aged (K-12) children or mature adults
ready to upgrade from their starter homes into
their second homes. As homeownership
continues to increase, specifically within the
young adult and mid-life age range, starter
homes are needed to accommodate such
housing demand. Starter homes include
single-family residences, townhouses, a unit
within a duplex, and condominiums, which
are traditionally smaller and more
economically feasible for first-time buyers.
Factors that contribute to the decline of
young adult residents are a lack of job
opportunities, inadequate amenities and
entertainment, and insufficient third places,
such as community centers and lively
downtowns with various businesses and public
spaces. Both attracting and retaining young
professionals to a city provides a talented
workforce that improves the local economy
and character of the community through the
reinvestment of skills, expertise, and innovative
ideas. Developing communities that are
diverse in housing, amenities, and professional
development opportunities can attract
young adult residents and further contribute
to Ocoee’s growth.
Although there is not a projected housing
demand for the remaining age ranges within
the City, the remaining population would also
benefit from diversity in the housing typolocy
as this housing supply will support the varying
stages of life and the associated housing needs.
Income Distribution. In 2022, the Shimberg
Center for Housing Studies estimated nearly
one-third (1/3) of all households were cost
burdened. A cost-burdened household refers
to a household that spends more than 30% of
their income on housing (whether rent or
mortgage payments) and utilities. Of the
households that are cost-burdened, 37% were
severely cost-burdened, spending over 50% of
their income on housing/utility costs. This
severely cost-burdened group represent
approximately 11% of all households.
HSG Table 9: Residents Age Projections
Age
Range
2025 2030 2035 2040 2045
# % # % # % # % # %
19 years
or
younger
13,575
26.1
14,358
25.3
15,222
25.1
15,862
24.9
16,287
24.6
20 to 29 6,605 12.7 6,892 12.1 6,915 11.4 6,819 10.7 7,139 10.8
30 to 39 8,701 16.8 9,780 17.2 9,783 16.2 9,913 15.6 10,119 15.3
40 to 49 6,615 12.7 7,555 13.3 9,015 14.9 9,871 15.5 10,098 15.2
50 to 59 5,951 11.5 5,854 10.3 6,145 10.1 6,829 10.7 7,376 11.1
60 years
and
older
10,476 20.2 12,314 21.7 13,486 22.3 14,370 22.6 15,308 23.1
Source: Shimberg Center for Housing Studies
# represents the number of residents in the age range group.
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Of all households, approximately 16% were
cost-burdened homeowners, and
approximately 13% were cost-burdened non-
homeowners. HSG Figures No. 2 and No. 5
illustrate the location of owner and non-
owner-occupied single-family residences,
and apartment complexes, respectively.
Although slightly more owner-occupied
households are cost burdened, non-owner
households are more severely cost burdened,
with 67% of non-owner-occupied households
being severely cost burdened compared to
35% of owner-occupied households. Although
more owner-occupied units spend over 30%
of their income on mortgage payments, more
non-owner- occupied units spend over 50% of
their income on rent. Evaluating the data in
HSG Tables 10 through 12 shows that rent is
more cost burdensome than mortgage
relative to income, as non-owner-occupants
earn less than owner-occupants. The
observation is consistent with the 2022 Census
HSG Table10: All Households, Cost Burden by Income, 2022 Estimates
Household Income
Housing Cost Burden
</= 30% 30.1- 50% 50%<
# % # % # %
</= 30% of AMI 156 1.0 141 0.9 818 5.0
30.01%- 50% of AMI 396 2.4 427 2.6 505 3.1
50.01%- 80% of AMI 964 5.9 1,240 7.6 332 2.0
80.01% -100% of AMI 1,365 8.4 563 3.5 69 0.4
100% of AMI < 8,677 53.3 600 3.7 29 0.1
Source: Shimberg Center for Housing Studies
HSG Table 12: Owner-Occupied Households, Cost Burden by Income, 2022 Estimates
Household Income
Housing Cost Burden
</= 30% 30.1- 50% 50%<
# % # % # %
</= 30% of AMI 87 0.7 110 0.9 433 3.7
30.01%- 50% of AMI 363 3.1 237 2.0 185 1.6
50.01%- 80% of AMI 699 5.9 676 5.7 191 1.6
80.01% -100% of AMI 872 7.4 346 2.9 69 0.6
100% of AMI < 7142 60.7 329 2.8 29 0.2
Source: Shimberg Center for Housing Studies
HSG Table 11: Non-Owner-Occupied Households, Cost Burden by Income, 2022 Estimates
Household Income
Housing Cost Burden
</= 30% 30.1- 50% 50%<
# % # % # %
</= 30% of AMI 69 1.5 31 0.7 385 8.5
30.01%- 50% of AMI 33 0.7 190 4.2 320 7.1
50.01%- 80% of AMI 265 5.9 564 12.5 141 3.1
80.01% -100% of AMI 493 10.9 217 4.8 0 0.0
100% of AMI < 1535 34.0 271 6.0 0 0.0
Source: Shimberg Center for Housing Studies
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American Community Survey, which stated
the median income of owner-occupied
households is $99,485 and non-owner
households is $67,468.
Projected Housing Demand and Housing
Inventory. In 2022, the tenure percentages of
occupied units were 72.5% owner-occupied
and 27.5% non-owner occupied. With a trend
of an increase in owner-occupied units, an
80% and 20% ratio for owner- to non-owner-
occupied units will be utilized to calculate
projected housing needs. Based on the
projected population of 74,541 persons in the
Future Land Use Element, HSG Table 14
provides the projected housing demand by
tenure.
Comparing the housing demand in HSG Table
14 and the housing stock in HSG Table 1, the
City anticipates a total housing demand of
9,940 housing units.
Land Requirements. In 2022, there was a total
of 323.13 acres of vacant residential land
between the incorporated areas of the City
(152.52 acres) and unincorporated areas
within the Joint Planning Area (JPA) (170.61
acres). As indicated in Table HSG-15, these
acres are designated on the future land use
(FLU) map as 256.55 acres of low-density
residential, 5.1 acres of medium-density
residential, and 61.48 acres of high-density
residential.
When applying the highest density of allowed
units for each FLU designation to its available
corresponding vacant land, a total of 2,048
dwelling units for 6,791 residents could be
constructed. With the projected population
growth of 26,343 and a projected need of
9,940 housing units, there is a shortage of
residential land to meet the projected housing
demand.
The limited availability of residentially
designated vacant lands suggests a need for
greater density in residential FLU designations.
Implementing new FLUs like Low Medium
Density Residential (LDMR) and Mixed-Use
(MU) and their correlating zoning districts
encourages more variation of densities in
residential areas and allows more available
land to accommodate our housing needs.
Special Needs Housing. Housing for
disadvantaged populations such as
individuals with disabilities and the elderly
requires additional specialized and accessible
housing arrangements that support a safe
environment for its residents through
accommodating physical, emotional and
social needs. In accordance with Section
419.001, F.S., the City provides an adequate
number of sites for Community Residential
Homes-Minor within residential areas to
function as assisted living facilities, nursing
homes, or group homes to fulfill the necessary
care for these populations.
Housing Affordability. HSG Table 15 details
household projections by tenure of occupied
units, income relative to the average median
income (AMI), and cost burden. “Affordable”
within Section 420.0004(3), F.S., as it relates to
housing, is defined as monthly rents or
mortgage payments that include taxes,
HSG Table 14:
Estimated Housing Needs for Projected
Population Growth by Tenure
Tenure of Dwelling Units
80% Owner-
Occupied
Units
20% Non-
Owner-
Occupied
Units
Population 59,632.8 14.908.2
Persons Per
Household
(PPH)
3.0 2.96
Units
Demand by
Tenure
19,877.6 5,036.6
Total Unit
Demand
24,914.2
Source: City of Ocoee Development Services
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insurance, and utilities that do not exceed 30
percent of the AMI of households with
extremely low-income, very low-income, low-
income, and moderate-income persons. The
Shimberg Center for Housing Studies projects
that from 2025 to 2045, the percentage of
cost-burdened households is consistently
approximately 25%. Specifically, 19% of owner
households and 40% of non-owner households
are cost burdened. Nearly half of non-owner
households are cost-burdened, although
these units represent only 27% of all housing
units.
This shortage of affordable rental units for non-
owner households and high mortgages for
owner households can be attributed to
several factors, such as escalating
construction costs, less production of
affordable units, and an insufficient housing
supply. Creating opportunities for affordable
housing for current and future generations is
imperative to the well-being of the residents to
reduce the proportion of cost-burdened
households.
Housing for All. A housing stock that meets the
varying stages of life and the associated
housing needs requires the diversification of
units to fulfill the needs of all household types.
Supplying housing for not only the traditional
nuclear family but also single individuals,
households with unrelated persons, single-
parent families, households with no children,
multi-generational households, and so forth
requires an assortment of different housing
typologies. In addition to the growing need to
allow for greater density within the City to
accommodate the growing projected
population, housing types such as duplexes,
triplexes, fourplexes, cluster homes, and
courtyard buildings increase affordability for
residents and increase density, which then
creates diverse and accessible communities.
HSG Table 15: Household Projections by Tenure, Income (%AMI) and Cost Burden
Tenure 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045
# % # % # % # % # %
Total
households
17,543 19,306 20,729 21,965 23,127
Cost
Burdened
Owner
Households
2,420 19.1 2,664 19.1 2,873 19.1 3,049 19.1 3,216 19.1
Cost
Burdened
Non-owner
Households
1,993 41.0
2,190 40.1 2,329 41.0 2,452 40.9 2,570 40.9
Total in
comparison
to all
households
4,413 25.2 4,854 25.1 5,202 25.1 5,501 25.0 5,786 25.0
Source: Shimberg Center for Housing Studies
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2 CHAPTER
Recreation &
Open Space
Element
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The City’s Parks and Recreation Department
was renamed the Parks and Leisure Services
Department in fiscal year 2024-2025.
I. INTRODUCTION
The City offers a wide range of recreational
activities and facilities to meet the needs of its
citizens. The purpose of the Recreation and
Open Space Element is to plan for a
comprehensive system of accessible and
equitable public recreation and open space
opportunities, that enhances the physical,
mental, and social wellbeing of the City’s
residents.
The mission of the Parks and Leisure Services
Department is to facilitate the development
and management of a sustainable, well-
balanced system of parks, recreation
facilities, trails, and open spaces that meet the
needs of all ages and abilities.
Properly planned recreation facilities create
spaces that allow people from different walks
of life, abilities, ages, and cultural
backgrounds to interact in a safe and
comfortable setting; thus, increasing user
diversification, community cohesion, and
communication. The City seeks to activate its
parks, recreation facilities, trails, and open
spaces by keying into an adult’s idea of
health, while creating play experiences that
stimulate a child’s development. To build
community capital the City must plan and
implement facilities and programs in a
manner that encourages movement and life-
long active learning.
II. INVENTORY AND DATA
2001 Parks and Recreation Master Plan. The
City adopted its Parks and Recreation Master
Plan in 2001. This report hasn’t been updated;
however, it was the foundation for the last
Comprehensive Plan Update. Since the
analysis contained in the 2001 Master Plan is
over 20 years old and there are now nationally
recognized recreational planning standards,
this assessment is based on different planning
standards and practices. For example,
neighborhood planning areas are no longer
used to break down the park system. Instead,
specific recreational planning data is
compared to national standards and service
areas based on park typology and
community population.
Methodology. The National Recreation and
Parks Association (NRPA) updated its data
collection and benchmarking tool known as
PRORAGIS in 2020; shifting from a one size fits
all approach to highlighting benefits of parks
by a jurisdiction’s population and number of
parks provided. The updated tool, Park
Metrics, recommended approach is to
evaluate how a municipality, by its’ size,
location, and like development form (urban,
Wellness Park Fitness Equipment
Unity Park Naturalized Stream
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suburban, or rural) measures against other
municipalities within the same population
range.
NRPA publishes an Agency Performance
Review annually. This document evaluates the
number of recreational facilities by type a
municipality has, compared to other
municipalities of a similar size. Caution is given
in that each community is different and the
residents of one community may seek a
facility different than another. City staff gauge
recreational demand through such tools as
community surveys and other outreach
methods.
As recreational professionals, City staff are
aware of current and emerging trends. For
example, even though invented over 60 years
ago, Pickleball was virtually unknown until
around the turn of the century (2000). Today
Pickleball isn’t just the court sport with a funny
name, according to NRPA it’s one of the
fastest growing sports in not just the United
States (estimated at 40 million players); but,
throughout the globe. Since the pickleball
court is about half the size of a tennis court,
you can serve twice the number of people in
a similar sized area. This popularity resulted in
the City constructing six (6) pickleball courts in
the last two years. Pickleball is no longer a
trend, it’s here to stay.
Another trend is pump-tracks. A pump track is
a small circular trail of rollers and berms for
wheeled sports. In 2023-2024 the City
constructed the Action Sports Park at
Vandergrift Central Park. The City’s youth and
young adults have been requesting such a
facility for some time.
An example of an emerging trend is E-Sports.
This activity requires indoor space and
electronic gaming equipment to provide for
individual and competitive play. The City is in
the process of evaluating whether or when to
provide the facilities for E-Sports. This activity is
not viewed by some as a public recreation
activity; however, agencies throughout the
country are providing gaming rooms,
understanding the need, especially for teens
and young adults. E-sports is already a
collegiate sport and in 2024 the Florida High
School Athletic Association (FHSAA) surveyed
425 schools finding 54.6% of respondents
stated they would be interested in offering E-
Sports. Currently, the FHSAA is evaluating
whether to test the viability of such a program.
NRPA’s Park Metrics. Park Metrics is a tool that
provides guidance in determining the level of
service (LOS) for parks, recreation, trails, and
open space facilities and programming. The
tool can be customized to assist the City in
determining the recreational demand of the
City’s residents. It is imperative that the City
account for citizen requests, as well as
understand the City’s demographic
characteristics including age, cultural
requirements, and income when planning
and programming the City’s parks, recreation
facilities, trails, and open spaces.
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Demographics. According to the American
Community Survey (US Census) The 2020
census lists the City’s population as 47,295. The
age breakdown is 7.2% of the population is
under five (5); 26.5% is under eighteen (18)
and 10.8% of the population is sixty-five (65)
and older. The cultural population is
comprised of 45.9% white, 39.9% Hispanic,
22.1% black or African American, two-or-more
races 11.6%, and 5.7% Asian.
Existing Park & Facilities Inventory. This
subsection presents an inventory of the City’s
existing parks, recreation facilities, trails, and
civic open spaces. The inventory also
indicates the type of improvements
developed at each park. The City currently
doesn’t have joint-use agreements with local
schools that would allow the public to access
recreation facilities at school sites, to be
available when classes or after-school
activities are not in session; therefore, the
acreage nor the facilities located at Orange
County Public Schools (OCPS), or charter
school locations are included in the City’s
inventory.
The inventory provides an emphasis on public
recreation within the jurisdictional limits of the
City. Recreation facilities that are owned and
operated by the private sector include
private gyms, fitness centers, facilities in
multifamily developments and in larger single-
family communities, such as swimming pools,
playgrounds, court sports, augment public
recreation; however, they are not included
within the public parkland acreage nor are
they included in determining the number of
parks per total population. The City will assess
private recreational amenities when updating
the Ocoee Parks, Recreation, Trails, and Open
Space Master Plan.
Parks Classifications. There are numerous
ways to classify different park types; however,
recreational planning should be based on
how an agency chooses to structure their
system. Classifications provide guidance on
how to plan the way a park is developed,
programmed, and managed. The last
Comprehensive Plan update contained
seven (7) different classifications. Based on
existing inventory and community demand,
the City’s new categories and their definitions
are provided below.
7.20%
26.50%
55.50%
10.80%
Demographics -Age
Under 5 Between 5-18 Between 18-65 65-older
Unity Park
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• Civic Open Space is defined as a space
usually between 0 and 2.5 acres and may
contain such facilities as landscaped
areas, plazas, squares, areas to sit,
community gardens, small playgrounds,
green infrastructure like rain gardens,
bioswales, tree boxes, ponds, walking
paths, and natural areas. The Ocoee
Cemetery is also classified as a civic open
space, because in addition to paying
respect to the departed, some people go
to the cemetery to reflect, to rest upon the
benches and to recharge their mental
and spiritual well-being. Civic Open
Spaces have a service radius of ¼ mile – ½
mile. Examples of The City’s existing
facilities that are categorized as a civic
open space include the following:
1. City Hall Plaza
2. Ocoee Cemetery
3. Unity Park
• Neighborhood Parks are usually greater
than 2.5-acres but less than 10-acres. The
neighborhood park is the backbone of
any community’s park system. The park
should preserve natural habitats and
enhance landscapes that serve as green
infrastructure.
Facilities found at neighborhood parks are
those that usually are not accommodated
on residential lots. Typical facilities include
play equipment, social space, picnic
areas, pavilion(s) or gazebo, and
multipurpose open space that can
function as a place for pick-up sports such
as football and frisbee. Many
neighborhood parks provide facilities for
unprogrammed play such as a basketball
court, tennis/pickleball court, fit trail or
even dog park. Support facilities such as
bike racks, trash cans, and water fountains
should be provided.
When developing a neighborhood park,
street frontage should be maximized in a
way that promotes visibility. Provide
sidewalks or trails, making it easy and safe
to ride a bike or walk safely to and from a
park. The average service radius for
neighborhood parks is ½ mile or a ten (10)
minute walk. Neighborhood parks include
the following:
1. Freedom Park
2. Forest Oaks Park
3. Frank W. Turner Park
4. Montgomery Park
5. Palm Drive Park
6. Palm Park
7. Parkside Coventry Park
8. Silver Glen Park
• Community Parks serve a broader purpose
than neighborhood parks or civic open
spaces. Community parks serve multiple
neighborhoods and normally have a
service area of up to 3-miles; however, the
City has reduced the service area for
Montgomery Park
Freedom Park
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community parks to 2-miles; which,
Orange County Public Schools (OCPS)
defines as a safe distance to walk or bike
to school, if there is a safe route to school.
Community parks are usually no smaller
than 10-acres but no larger than 50-acres.
The average community park size is 25
acres; however, they can be much smaller
if they offer a single recreational,
environmental, or cultural element that
has community draw.
Community parks are usually designed to
have recreation facilities in which to offer
structured play. Examples include a sports
complex with three (3) or more fields,
multiple soccer or multipurpose fields, a
recreation center, museum, and other
amenities. Community parks are usually a
drive-to-park; but it is just as important that
sidewalks and trails connect the
community park to surrounding
neighborhoods and bike racks provided
throughout the park. Existing community
parks include the following:
1. Jim Beech Recreation Center
2. Bill Breeze Park
3. Bob Sorenson Park (incudes senior
center and the ballfields)
4. Healthy West Orange Wellness Park
5. Prairie Lake Park
6. Tiger Minor Park
7. Vandergrift Central Park
8. Vignetti Park
• Regional Parks usually are over 50-acres in
size and have a countywide or regional
draw. The City currently does not have a
regional park; however, they are working
with a private entity to plan, design,
construct and manage the Ocoee
Regional Sport Complex (ORSC). ORSC is
located on the SE corner of Ocoee
Apopka Road and Fullers Cross Road. This
private regional sports complex will
include a public park site to be developed
in partnership with the City. The City park
acreage has yet to be determined. The
169.55-acre private facility will include the
following elements.
o Baseball Fields
o Batting Cages
o Multipurpose Sports Fields
o Inclusive Playground
o Support facilities include a welcome
center, promenade, hotels,
restaurant/retail buildings,
maintenance facilities, parking
garages and lots, office/retail
buildings
Since the design of ORSC has not been
finalized, the City is not ready to define
what acreage from the 169.55-acre
Regional Sports Complex will be counted
toward public parkland LOS or facility
Jim Beech Recreation Center
Youth Baseball Programs
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count. When the plans have been
finalized, the City will determine what
acreage, and areas will be counted
towards public parkland LOS.
• Nature Parks are defined as natural areas
that provide public access in a manner
that immerses the park visitor with nature,
while not damaging the natural resources.
Facilities found include parking areas
(including bike parking) nature trails,
environmental interpretative signage,
photo-blinds, and where permissible,
boardwalks, observation platforms, piers
and non-motorized boat launches. Other
parks classifications can include natural
areas and offer similar facilities and
programs; however, the difference
between natural areas at parks and
nature parks is that other types of active
recreation are not provided.
Environmental recreation and education
are important for numerous reasons. It has
been proven that when people walk
along a nature trail or simply sit upon the
banks of a lake or creek their blood
pressure is lowered, stress tends to
dissipate, and a sense of mental wellbeing
is reached. Of equal importance to
nature-based recreation is the
management of natural resources.
The City currently has only one property
that would fall under the classification of a
Nature Park and that is the 99.2-acre
wetland along the banks of Lake Apopka.
Since this park has yet to be constructed, it
is listed as an undeveloped park.
In the future, the City seeks to acquire and
provide additional public access to
natural areas along Lake Meadow, Lake
Bennet, Prairie Lake, and Shoal Creek by
2045.
• Special Facility is a specialized park and
recreation facility, often with a single major
use. Golf courses, historical sites,
community center sites, theme parks,
water parks, boat ramps or launches, and
other single use facilities fall into this
category. These parks may also include
neighborhood or community park
elements, but with amenities that have a
regional appeal to visitors from outside the
boundaries of the City. The City currently
has only one facility that has been
assigned to the special facilities
designation.
o Forest Lake Golf Club – only 60 acres of
the 229.40-acre golf course are
counted as parkland – or recreational
open space.
The park locations are shown on REC Figure
1.0 - Existing & Future City Parks. It is important
to note that the City’s park classification
system is not meant to limit the flexibility of
park/facility design or designation. The
components that make up parks and
recreational facilities should be based on the
needs of its users and site compatibility. REC
Table 1 - Park Inventory identifies the City’s
parks, their acreage, their park classification,
their service area, and facilities on site as of
2025. The parks/civic open spaces are
organized by category then in ascending
order by acreage.
Lake Apopka Nature Park Concept
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REC Table 1: Park Inventory
Existing Parks Total Acreage 371.62
Park Name Acreage
Classification
and Service
Area Radius
Facilities
Civic Open Space – 12.89 Acres
1. City Hall Plaza .5
Civic Open
Space
¼ mile
Landscape Areas/Plaza
Seating Areas
Plaza
2. Unity Park 5.20 Civic Open
Space ½ mile
Stormwater Pond
Boardwalk
Seating Areas
Small Performance Green
Memorial
Parking
3. Ocoee
Cemetery 7.19
Civic Open
Space
½ mile
Seating Areas
Landscape Areas
Parking
Neighborhood Parks – 60.89 Acres
4. Forest Oaks Park .21 Neighborhood
Park ¼ mile
½ Basketball Court
Seating Areas
Nature Observation
Parking
5. Palm Drive Park 1.29 Neighborhood
Park ¼ mile
½ Basketball Court
Playground
Open Play Area & Seating Areas
6. Frank W. Turner
Park 2.76 Neighborhood
Park ¼ mile
Playground
Fishing
Picnic Area
Parking
7. Montgomery
Park 4.51 Neighborhood
Park ½ mile
Dog Park
Playground
Open Play
Perimeter Walking Path
Picnic Area
Parking
8. Parkside
Coventry Park 5.91 Neighborhood
Park ½ mile
Basketball Court
Tennis Court
Open Play Area
Picnic Area
Pavilion & Seating Areas
Parking
9. Palm Park 6.80 Neighborhood
Park ¼ mile
Walking Path
Parking Area
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REC Table 1: Park Inventory
Existing Parks Total Acreage 371.62
10. Freedom Park 14.47
Neighborhood
Park
½ mile
Baseball/Softball Field
Open Play Area
Picnic Area
Pavilion
Restroom
Playground
Walking/Nature Trail
Parking
11. Silver Glen Park 24.94 Neighborhood
Park ½ mile
Fishing
Picnic Area
Seating Areas
Nature Trail
Community Parks – 237.85
12.
Healthy West
Orange Wellness
Park
6.69 Community Park
1 mile
Ceremonial Plaza
Seating Areas
Landscaped Gardens
Multipurpose Path ( ½ mile loop)
Boardwalk
Fountain
4-Covered Outdoor Exercise
Stations
13. Bob Sorenson
Park 12.60 Community Park
1 mile
Ison Senior Center
Baseball Academy
2 Senior Baseball Fields
14. Tiger Minor Park 14.16 Community Park
2 miles
Inclusive Playground
Tennis Courts
Pickleball Courts
Walkways
Pavilion & Picnic Areas
Restroom
Basketball Court
Adjoining Conservation Area
Parking
15.
Bill Breeze Park
(Municipal
Lakefront Park)
16.74 Community Park
2 miles
Pavilions
Open Performance Green
Boat ramp/2 lanes
Shoreline Fishing
Fishing Pier
Lakeshore Center
Walking Paths
Historic Wither Maguire House
Wedding Garden & Pavilion
War Memorial
1920 Ocoee Massacre Memorial
Parking
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REC Table 1: Park Inventory
Existing Parks Total Acreage 371.62
16. Vignetti Park 20.04 Community Park
1 mile
2 Youth Baseball Fields
Basketball Court
Community/Fitness Center
Playground
Tennis Courts
Picnic Area
17. Vandergriff
Central Park 22.04 Community Park
2 miles
Action Sports Park (Skate/BMX)
Football Field
Little League Fields
Basketball Court
Volleyball Court
Playground
Fishing Pier
Canoe/Kayak Launch
Boardwalk
Parking
18.
Beech
Recreation
Center
24.52 Community Park
2 miles
Aquatic Center
Recreation Center w/Gym
Soccer Fields
Conservation/Nature Areas
19. Hackney Prairie
Park 121.06 Community Park
2 miles
Playground
Basketball Court
Volleyball
Open Play Area
Picnic Areas
Disc Golf
Fishing Pier
Nature Trails
Conservation Areas
20. Forest Lake Golf
Course
60.00 of
229 acres
Special Facility
(fees for use &
under
management
by contract
basis)
Citywide
18-hole golf course
Pro-shop
Clubhouse
Restaurant
Driving Range
Putting Green
Civic Open Space
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REC Table 1: Park Inventory
Future Parks Total Acreage 102.76Acres
Park Name Acreage
Classification
and Service
Area Radius
Facilities
1. Clarke Road
Trailside Park 1.69
Neighborhood
Park & Trailhead
½ mile
Estimated construction by 2030.
2. Crown Point
Trailside Park 1.87
Civic Open
Space
½ mile
Being developed by the developers
of the Ocoee Crown Point PUD. The
park will include a civic green,
picnicking and access to the West
Orange Trail. This park should be open
to the public in 2026.
3. Lake Apopka
Nature Park 99.20 Nature Park
1 Mile
Will be developed as a nature park
with a picnic area, small playground,
open play area, observation tower,
outdoor educational area, nature
trails. Master Plan for this park to
adopted in 2025.
Total Parkland Acreage
(Existing & Future) 474.38
III. ANALYSIS
Current and Projected Needs, Level of Service
(LOS). The establishment of LOS standards
helps to determine current and future
recreational needs. These standards should
comply with the policies of the City and be
adequate for existing and future populations.
In determining LOS, the City will use NRPA’s
Park Metrics tool to benchmark overall
performance and LOS by number of parks per
population and park acreage per 1,000
population. NRPA updates national data
annually. Parks and Leisure Services will review
this data and modify standards accordingly.
REC Table 2 – Residents Per Developed Park
for Existing & Future Populations is based on
the 2024 NRPA Agency Performance Review.
REC Table 2: Residents Per Developed Park for Existing & Future Populations (NRPA 2024) Exist. #
of
Parks
# of Residents per Park
Current Pop. of 47,295
Population Range
20,000-49,999
# of Residents per Park if no Additional
Parks are Developed
With est. population of 74,541
Population Range 50,000-99,999
Median 2,062 2,346
Upper
Quartile
1,233 1,489
Lower
Quartile
3,000 4,048
City Info 20
Parks
1 park per every 2,364.75
residents
1 park per every 3,727 residents
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The 2020 Census identified the population for
the City as 47,295. This will place the City in
NRPA’s population category of 20,000-49,999.
With 20 developed parks/ public open
spaces, the City has one park/open space for
every 2,364.75 residents, which means the City
has more people per park than the median
but has fewer residents per park based on the
Lower Quartile score. If the City added no
additional parks and the population grew to
74,541 in 2045, there would be one park for
every 3,727 residents, placing it less than the
lower quartile but greater than the median.
The City’s current adopted LOS for parkland is
4.0 acres parkland/open space per every
1,000 residents. With 371.62 acres of
developed parkland the City has 7.85 acres
per every 1,000 residents. If you add the
undeveloped parkland of 102.76 to the
developed parkland, the City will have 474.38
total acres of parkland, the City then has 10.03
acres of parkland per every 1,000 residents. As
seen in Table 3 - Park Acreage Standard Per
1,000 Residents, this is slightly less than NRPA’s
median score of 11.2, but greater than the
lower quartile of 6.2 acres per 1,000
population. Therefore, if the median score is
our target, the City has a deficit of 55.264
acres of parkland.
The population projection for the year 2045 is
74,541. This would place the City in the 50,000-
99,999-population range. If the City didn’t
acquire any additional parkland and/or open
space, the LOS in 2045 would be 6.36 acres of
parkland per 1,000 population. That’s slightly
above the lower quartile of 4.8 acres per 1,000
population. To meet the median score of 10.2
for 2045 the City would need to have 760.03
acres of parkland. That means the City would
need to acquire an additional 285.65 acres to
reach the median score in 2045.
Based on this assessment, the City’s
recommend LOS for parkland is 8 acres per
1,000 population, doubling the 2002 LOS of 4.0
acres per 1,000 population. The goal,
however, is to meet, at least NRPA’s median
score of 10.2 acres per 1,000 population by
2045.
REC Table 3: Park Acreage Standard per 1,000 Residents (NRPA 2024)
Existing
Park
Acreage
2020 City Pop. of 47,295
Pop. Range
20,000-49,999
NRPA Standard (2024)
Est. City Pop. Of 74,541
Pop. Range
50,000-99,999
NRPA Standard (2024)
Median
11.2 10.2
Upper
Quartile
18.0 17.4
Lower
Quartile
6.2 4.8
City of
Ocoee
474.38
Acres 10.03 acres per every 1,000
residents
6.36 acres per every
1,000 presidents
Hackney Prairie Park Natural Area
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Distribution of Parks. In developing a
comprehensive parks system, distribution and
proximity to neighborhoods is equally
important. When service areas are evaluated,
physical limitations such as roads or water
bodies are taken into consideration. Typically,
the bigger the park the more facilities it may
have, the larger the service area. Based on
national standards, neighborhood parks
typically have a service radius of
approximately ½ mile and community parks
have a service radius of approximately 3-
miles.
When assessing service radius for each City
park, staff looked at park size, the type of
facilities at the park, as well as if there are
access barriers such as roads or water bodies.
Based on this assessment, staff assigned
service areas for each park. REC Table 1 - Park
Inventory identifies the service areas assigned
to each City park. The following map series
demonstrates park distribution by service
areas.
• REC Figure No. 2 - Civic Open Spaces &
Neighborhood Parks
• REC Figure 3 – Community Parks & Special
Facilities
• REC Figure 4 – Composite Map of City
Parks
The composite map demonstrates that most
residential areas within the City are close to a
City Park. However, when looking at
walkability to the parks from neighborhoods,
there are areas that aren’t adequately being
served. What is not yet known is the location
and availability of private recreation sites and
facilities. We expect that once these sites are
inventoried, the City will be much closer to
having a park within a 10-minute walk from
one’s home.
In 2017, the Trust for Public Land (TPL)
launched a national campaign to improve
access to parks and open spaces called “10-
Minute Walk”. Understanding the importance
of access to recreation and nature plays in
not only creating communities, but also in
enhancing community health is critical to
building a comprehensive parks system. A 10-
minute walk is approximately ½ mile and is the
distance most people are willing to walk to
reach a destination. Park agencies
throughout the nation have committed to
meeting this metric. Based on the City’s park
service areas, meeting this metric is
achievable by 2045, and even sooner once
private parks and recreation facilities are
documented. REC Figure 5 – 10 Minute Walk,
and REC Figure 6 - 10-Minute Walk over Future
Land Use identify priority areas where
additional parks are needed to provide our
residents with a park within a quick 10-minute
walk.
Trails. Trails within a park include walking
paths, fitness paths, and nature trails;
however, what is needed to increase
connectivity are trails that connect
neighborhoods to parks, schools, shopping
and other destinations. This connection
addresses not only equity, but also health and
wellness, and community sustainability. The
goal is to make it convenient and safe, so
people choose to walk or bike to their
neighborhood and community destinations.
Currently the only City trail external of a park is
the nearly 1-mile long, 10-foot wide,
Tiger Minor Park
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multipurpose path located along both sides of
Bluford Avenue between Silver Star Road and
Delaware Street. The continuation of this
multipurpose path between Delaware Street
and Old Winter Garden Road is expected to
be constructed by the end of 2027, making it
nearly 2.5 miles in length.
In addition, the City, through an interlocal
agreement with the Central Florida
Expressway Authority (CFX), a 12’ wide, ¼ mile
long trail is being constructed between SR 429
and Bowness Avenue. An additional ¼ mile
long 12-foot-wide trail is being constructed on
West Oakland Avenue between Bluford
Avenue and Kissimmee Avenue.
Ocoee’s Downtown Master Plan and the Silver
Star Road Complete Street Project identified
trails and roadway treatments, such as cycle
tracks, that enhance overall pedestrian and
bicycle mobility. In addition to the City’s trails,
Orange County’s 23-mile West Orange Trail is
a segment of the Coast-to-Coast Trail and runs
through The City’s northern area. The Healthy
West Orange Trail Connection has identified
the SUN Trail Loops as a priority. The loop
includes the Trails in the City’s Downtown and
the Fifty West Redevelopment District as
priority segments. REC Figure 7 – Trails Plan
identifies the existing, funded, and future
trails/trail corridors. To implement the Trails
Plan, it is important to work with developers
that are adjacent to trail corridors to build
parts of the trail system as development
occurs. There are national standards for trail
implementation. For municipalities between
20,000 and 49,999 in population the NRPA
median score for trails is 8 miles per 1,000
people. The City currently has less than this;
however, there are plans to increase this
number. Trails were one of the top public
requests identified through the 2020 Parks,
Recreation, and Trails Community Survey.
The City is a partner with the Healthy West
Orange Trails Connection (HWOTC). This is a
trail advocacy group facilitated by the
Foundation for a Healthier West Orange and
Bike Walk Central Florida. The group is
comprised of representatives from
municipalities in West Orange County in
addition to the County, FDOT, MetroPlan
Orlando, and other similar interests. HWOTC’s
mission is to connect healthy communities
through trail activation.
Public Recreation Facilities. REC Table 4 –
Recreation Facilities – Population and Median
Demand Per Facility provides a comparison
between the number of recreation facilities
provided by the City and the median number
of residents per the 2020 population range, as
well as the residents per facility based on the
projected population in 2045. NRPA’s 2023
Agency Performance Review median
standard per facility is used for comparison
purposes for 2020 and 2045 populations.
Wellness Park Multipurpose Path
S. Bluford Multipurpose Path
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REC Table 4: Recreation Facilities - Population and Median Demand per Facility
(City Population 2020 - 47,295; 2045 - 74,541)
Type of Facility Exist. # of
City
Facilities
Exist. # of
Residents
per Facility
Based on
Pop. of
47,295
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Per Facility Pop.
Range of 20,000
to 49,999
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Needed to
meet
demand
# of Residents
Per Facility Pop.
Range of 50,000
to 99,999
Additional
Facilities
Needed
to meet
future
demand
OUTDOOR FACILITIES
Playgrounds 16 2,955.94 3,028 -0.38 3,779 3.58
Baseball Fields
- youth 7 6,756.43 5,033 2.40 7,237 3.23
Softball Fields -
youth 0 0.00 9,060 5.22 12,176 6.08
Softball Fields -
adult 0 0.00 11,802 4.01 17,078 4.33
Multi-purpose
Fields 6 7,882.50 7,674 0.16 13,244 -0.41
Football Fields 1 47,295.00 17,785 1.66 29,374 1.52
Soccer Fields 4 11,823.75 10,775 0.39 17,741 0.17
Basketball
Courts 6 7,882.50 7,117 0.65 8,790 2.42
Tennis Courts 6 7,882.50 5,815 2.13 5,577 7.27
Pickleball
Courts 3 15,765.00 9,257 2.11 11,150 3.64
Volleyball
Courts 1 47,295.00 14,800 2.20 22,960 2.22
Mix-use Courts 0 0.00 9,667 4.89 16,556 4.47
Dog Parks 1 47,295.00 28,000 0.69 54,117 0.37
Skate Parks 1 47,295.00 32,000 0.48 62,927 0.18
Swimming
Pools 1 47,295.00 25,191 0.88 43,100 0.72
18-hole Golf
Course 1 47,295.00 32,990 0.43 69,374 0.07
Community/
Garden 1 47,295.00 26,741 0.77 52,906 0.40
Amphitheater 3 15,765.00 30,283 -1.44 60,495 -1.78
INDOOR FACILITIES
Recreation
Centers 1 47,295.00 24,380 0.94 38,018 0.95
Senior Centers 1 47,295.00 31,199 0.52 37,139 0.99
Community
Rooms/Venue 2 23,647.50 30,283 -0.44 60,495 -0.78
History Site 1 47295 no standard 0 no standard 0
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Health & Wellness. There have been numerous
studies highlighting the health benefits of
increased outdoor physical activity including,
but not limited to, reduced obesity, lower
blood pressure, improved mental health, and
enhanced childhood development. The City
of Ocoee Parks and Leisure Services
Department recognizes that by activating
and providing safe access to facilities,
services, and programs they play a very
important role in our community’s overall
health and wellbeing. During COVID, the
number of mental illnesses related to isolation
skyrocketed; however, people went outdoors,
they walked, ran and visited the City’s parks
and recreation facilities to not just escape the
feeling of being enclosed, but also, to have a
social experience in a safe place. As the role
of our park system shifts from a place to play
sports to facilities to improve and advance
community health, the City needs to maintain
an understanding of the underlying health
issues that plague our residents and the health
benefits that parks and trails provide. A few of
these benefits include:
• Parks provide facilities and activities that
lead to healthy lifestyles.
• Being close to nature can help improve
one’s mental wellbeing.
• Participating in recreation, both active
and passive, has been proven to reduce
stress.
• Parks play a role in improving social
wellness within a community by providing
safe places and activities to interact with
other people.
Underlying Health Issues. When preparing the
Healthy West Orange Trails Activation Initiative
Report, staff got information from the Florida
Department of Health; however, the most
helpful at generating targeted health
information was through MetroPlan Orlando.
Their consultant, VHB, developed the Healthy
Mobility Model and ran it for the West Orange
Healthcare District’s service area, which
includes the City. The Model correlates
socioeconomic, demographic, commuting,
land use, urban design, and the transportation
network to community health. The Model runs
two tiers designed to identify areas at risk; they
are the built environment and mobility factors
such as: demographic and socioeconomic
data, mobility network data, location of
sidewalks, bike lanes, trails, unmarked parking
and destinations including proximity to transit,
jobs, grocery stores, shopping areas, dining,
parks and healthcare facilities. The
assessment is based on addressing six primary
health outcomes: asthma, coronary heart
disease, high cholesterol, diabetes, high
blood pressure and obesity.
Based on this health assessment, the City,
north of the Florida Turnpike, is either high or
very high for all six of the health outcomes. Of
special concern are areas in The City’s older
areas especially in Downtown, mobile home
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parks, and neighborhoods between Silver Star
Road and Wurst Road.
To meet the health and wellness needs of the
City, NRPA, the American Planning
Association (APA), Centers for Disease Control
(CDC), and the TPL recommends recreation
professionals, park planners, and designers
approach park development as wellness
hubs, connecting residents with facilities and
programs that serve to advance community
health. To enhance the health and wellness
offerings, the City should consider partnerships
with local health and wellness agencies such
as Healthy West Orange, Orlando Health, and
Advent Health. When updating the Parks,
Recreation, Trails, and Open Space Master
Plan, the City should perform health impact
assessments for specific areas within the
community. The National Park Service and the
CDC published the Parks, Trails, and Health
Workbook. This document is a great resource
in understanding how the City can be an
effective leader in enhancing community
health and wellbeing through its parks,
recreation, trails and open space facilities,
programs, events, and services.
Diversity is the understanding that people are
unique, this includes such attributes as race,
gender, ethnicity and cultural heritage, age,
socioeconomic class, educational
background, religion, other closely held
beliefs, as well as one’s ability or inability to
actively play. Understanding that the City’s
parks, recreation facilities, trails, and even
open spaces need to be planned, designed,
developed and maintained so to welcome
people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities.
Nationally, there is an issue with the
inequitable distribution of quality close-to-
home parks. As presented in the Trust for
Public Land’s Key Park Equity Policies Toward
a 10-Minute Walk Park Equity Policy
Framework publication, there is a noticeable
divestment in lower income minority
neighborhoods when it comes to walk-to
quality recreation facilities. TPL created the
“10-minute Walk Program” to address equity,
as well as, community health initiatives, in that
planning professionals have defined walkable
as a 10-minute walk or ½ mile.
The City has done a good job when it comes
to parkland distribution, especially for
community parks. The City is recommending
that the service area range for community
parks be up to a 2-mile radius. The traditional
service area for community parks is 3-miles.
The City decreased the range to 2 miles
because that’s the distance the Orange
County Public Schools defined as being
walkable, if safe sidewalks and/or trails are
available. When the Parks, Recreation, Trails
and Open Space Master Plan is updated it
should evaluate the City’s ability to locate
and access a park within ½ mile of every
resident.
Increasing diversity not only pertains to park
accessibility it speaks to the inclusive nature of
our facilities and programs. Active,
independent play is important to the
development of all residents.
Jolly Jamboree 2024
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Sustainable and Environmental Resilience.
Environmental resilience is a complex issue but
starts with creating policies and procedures
that make our parks, recreation, and trail
facilities sustainable through carbon
mitigation, addressing energy efficiencies,
water conservation, to natural resource
management techniques and practices.
Some of these practices include the selection
of green building materials, tree mitigation,
removal programs for invasive fauna and
flora, use of rain gardens to treat stormwater,
and planting pollinator gardens. Parks and
recreation departments across the United
States are in the forefront of these issues and
work hard to protect precious habitats that
benefit community resilience.
Programming. Recreational programming
refers to the provision of structured activities
that are of interest to the community,
Therefore, it is important to know what people
want to do, then plan a program that
addresses that demand. When programs end,
it's important to ask the participants how the
program can be improved. Programming
currently is provided at the Jim Beech
Recreation Center, Tom Ison Senior Center
and at Bill Breeze Park. Special Events are also
held at these facilities, as well as Downtown.
One of the largest events put on by the City is
the Ocoee Music Festival when over 25
thousand people come from all over central
Florida to our Downtown. Per request, the City
has increased the programming through
special events such as the Healthy West
Orange Block Party at Wellness Park to the
Christmas Jamboree. The key to
programming is providing an activity people
want to participate in and making it age
appropriate, safe, and accessible.
Management Plans. Management plans
should be prepared for each park and facility.
Management Plans identify how many staff
are needed to operate and maintain each
park, including recreation specialists needed
for any programs to be offered at that park or
facility. When updating the Parks, Recreation,
Trails and Open Space Master Plan, the City
should prepare a facility plan for each park,
including any updates or replacements
needed to maintain safe and accessible
facilities. Resource management plans should
be prepared for parks with natural areas. In
addition, the Master Plan Update should
identify the responsibilities the Parks and
Leisure Services Department is responsible for.
The management plan should evaluate if the
City has adequate staffing assigned to each
facility. NRPA identifies that the average parks
and recreation agency has 8.9 full time
equivalents (FTE) per every 10,000 in
population. Therefore, based on a population
of 47,295 in 2020, the minimum FTE for the City
would be 42.09 FTE and in 2045 with an
estimate population of 74,000, the City would
need 65.86 FTEs.
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In preparing each management plan, an
assessment should determine if the
Department has adequate equipment to
maintain the facilities, if not identify funding
needed to adequately take care of the
facilities in addition to what is needed for
programming and special events.
Community Demand. It is important to
understand community demographics as well
as the type of facilities, amenities,
programming and services City residents are
looking for from the City’s Parks and
Recreation system. In 2020, the City, with
support from the East Central Florida Regional
Planning Council (ECFRPC), developed and
implemented a community survey to solicit
input regarding existing parks, recreation, and
trail facilities and programs. The City is
committed to implementing similar surveys in
the future to maintain an understanding of
community demand to help shape the future
of the City’s Parks and Recreation System.
In the 2020 survey, respondents were
requested to provide information about future
facilities and programs. The survey was held
virtually in a format where respondents were
encouraged to use maps to identify the
location of future facilities or programs. A total
of 475 surveys were completed with 745
additional comments provided throughout
the survey.
To garner an accurate assessment of the
overall population of The City, the survey
sample size needed to be high enough to be
statically significant. Statistical significance is
how likely it is that the difference between a
control version and the test version is not due
to error or random chance. The standard for
this measure is usually 95%. Generally, the
larger the sample size the more statistically
significant the results are. In determining the
sample size, the City used the 2018 US Census
American Survey population of 44,829 and the
z-score of 1.96, which is the value to achieve
the 95% confidence level. With a population
of 44,829 reaching the 95% confidence level
required the receipt of 381 responses. With 475
surveys returned, the results for the 2020
Community Survey are statically valid.
The City of Ocoee Parks and Leisure Services
Department will use the findings within the
“Building Community with Parks, Recreation &
Trails Community Engagement Survey” Report
when planning improvements to existing
facilities and planning new facilities and
programs to the City’s park system. The
following are survey highlights. Input is
organized to reflect systemwide generalities,
new facilities, and new or improvements to
recreational programming. Efforts to identify
improvements made since the 2020 Survey
are within parentheses.
Systemwide
• Take care of and improve maintenance at
existing facilities. (The City’s Parks & Leisure
Services Department has updated the
maintenance standards used to take care
of the City parks since the time the survey
was conducted).
• Bring parks up to contemporary standards,
including ADA compliance. (The City is
working on updating existing facilities on an
annual basis).
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• Preserve, protect, and provide reasonable
access to conservation areas, lakes, and
open space.
• Increase opportunities to improve wellness,
health, and overall wellbeing.
• Improve marketing of programs and
facilities. It is noted that across all
demographics, respondents were not
aware of City park facilities and offerings.
• Increase special events throughout the
community.
• 64% of respondents said they would pay
additional dollars into a fund if those dollars
were directed only to parks and recreation
improvements.
New Facilities
• Increase trails and sidewalks throughout
the City ranked the highest in need. (In
2021, the City participated with the West
Orange Healthcare District to draft a
regional trails plan for West Orange
County. This included a trails’ plan for the
City. This Plan is referenced due to the
influence it has in trails planning and
implementation.)
• Construct a trail that connects Starke Lake
to the West Orange Trail. (Portions of this
trail have been constructed on Franklin
Street between SR 429 and Bowness
Avenue and on W. Oakland Avenue
between N. Bluford Avenue and
Cumberland Avenue.)
• Greater access to lakes and conservation
areas,
• Develop the new nature park on Lake
Apopka. (The park master concept plan
was developed in 2025.)
• Develop a park south of the Turnpike.
• Develop and manage a new multipurpose
sports complex to include multipurpose
fields, ballfields, court sports such as
basketball, tennis and pickleball and other
recreational facilities. (The City is
partnering with a private entity to create
and manage a regional sports complex.)
• Build splash pads in a couple of parks.
• Add playgrounds. (Since the time of the
survey, the City has improved many of the
playgrounds in existing parks, including an
inclusive playground at Tiger Minor Park in
2024.)
• Add dog parks throughout the City. (In
2021 a dog park was built in Montgomery
Park.)
• Add more pickleball courts. (Pickleball
courts were added to Tiger Minor Park.)
• Skate Park. (The City opened the Ocoee
Action Sports Park, at Vandergrift Central
Park.)
• Add community gardens throughout the
City. (In 2023, a Florida Friendly Landscape
Demonstration Garden was installed using
funds from the Saint Johns River Water
Management District.)
New Programming or Improvement to Existing
Recreational Programs
• Expand drop-in and/or individual adult
programming such as arts & crafts, fitness,
educational, aquatic and therapeutic
recreation.
• Increase programming for Tweens, Teens,
Seniors and Disabled populations.
Demonstration Garden at Bill Breeze Park
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• Add nature-based programing such as
birding, interpretative walks and natural
resource management.
• Expand swimming lessons and
programming, including time for swim
teams.
The Parks, Recreation and Trails Community
Survey should be updated at least every five
years concurrently when updating the Parks,
Recreation and Trails Master Plan.
Future Park Sites. To continue with the
adopted level of service, as the population
increases, the City should identify and
improve additional parks and open spaces.
The monitoring and evaluation to meet
national and state standards should be
continued.
Private Recreation. Private recreation facilities
provide a supplement to public facilities for
certain segments of the population. Many
existing single-family subdivisions and most
multi-family residential projects have
recreational facilities. Most developments use
a combination of active and passive
elements such as playgrounds, community
pools, nature trails, lakes with boat ramps and
docks, dog parks, trails, community centers,
sport courts, and open play/multipurpose
fields. These private recreation facilities should
be assessed when updating the Parks,
Recreation, Trails, and Open Space Master
Plan.
Increasing Recreational Opportunities. In
addition to improving and adding City parks,
the City should move forward with
coordinating with other agencies to increase
and enhance the City’s recreational
opportunities. Such coordination may include
the following:
A. Future Use of School Recreation Sites. The
use of school recreation areas for public
recreation purposes represents efficient
use of these facilities and, ultimately, of
public tax expenditures. Once students
leave school grounds after daily classes
end, recreational facilities are left unused
when not made available to the public.
The City should continue efforts to secure
use agreements with OCPS.
B. Coordination with Other Agencies.
County parks and trails are easily
accessible and used by City residents. In
addition, the City should continue their
coordination with Winter Garden,
Windermere and Apopka as it relates to
recreation facilities, services, programs,
and special events. In doing so, the goal
is to avoid duplication of services
provided by all agencies.
Unity Park Boardwalk
Summer Camp
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Correction of Existing Deficiencies. The City
currently collects impact fees from new
developments for parks and recreation
services to raise revenues for additional park
land, recreational facilities and site
improvements needed to support the added
population. Furthermore, the City is in the
process of updating existing park facilities. The
City should continue its practice for applying
for local, state, and federally grant programs
to leverage City’s dollars.
Funding. The Parks and Leisure Services
Department currently receives funds through
the General Fund, through fees, and through
Recreation Impact Fees (capital dollars for
new parks and facilities based on new
population impacts). Occasionally, state and
federal grants are awarded for new facilities;
the Department should continue their efforts
in acquiring grant funds. In addition, the City
should evaluate other funding mechanisms in
the Master Plan Update. One of these
mechanisms could be a program for smaller
developments in that they could pay into a
fund in lieu of providing such facilities. The City
should include a funding and financing
discussion in the Parks, Recreation, Trails and
Open Space Master Plan Update.
Conclusion. The City has systematically built a
park system that addresses the passive,
active, indoor, and outdoor recreational
needs of its citizens. To satisfy these needs, the
City should continue to expand its park system
including recreation programs and events.
Additionally, the City should work closely with
the private sector to further identify and
provide facilities to accommodate the
special leisure needs of the corporate
community. The proposed improvements
contained in this document, and to be further
detailed by the update of the Parks,
Recreation, Trails and Open Space Master
Plan, will enhance the quality of life in Ocoee
and help the City keep pace with the growing
recreational needs of its citizens.
S. Bluford Ave Multipurpose Path
Sunrise at Starke Lake
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City of Ocoee JPAWaterbodiesUndeveloped ParksDeveloped ParksCity BoundaryUnincorporated Orange County
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EFFICIENT, RELIABLE & WELL-
MAINTAINED INFRASTRUCTURE
3 CHAPTER
Infrastructure
Element
comprised of:
Utilities
Sub-Element
Drainage
Sub-Element
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3 CHAPTER
Utilities
Sub-Element
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Utilities Sub-Element DIA | 1
I. INTRODUCTION
Pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 163
of the 2018 Florida Statutes, the Infrastructure
Element Data, Inventory, and Analysis (DIA)
sets forth the plan for the future infrastructure
of the City of Ocoee. This section provides an
inventory and analysis of the existing potable
water, wastewater, reclaimed water,
stormwater, solid waste, pavement, and
public safety facilities and services within the
City of Ocoee.
II. INVENTORY AND DATA
Utilities Service Areas. Four (4) territorial
agreements between the City of Ocoee and
Orange County establish the jurisdictional
boundaries for Ocoee potable water,
wastewater, and reclaimed water service
areas. These include the Joint Planning Area
Agreement, the Orange County/City of
Ocoee Water Service Territorial Agreement,
the Orange County/City of Ocoee Sewer
Service Territorial Agreement, and the City of
Ocoee/Orange County Reclaimed Water
Territorial Agreement. A description of each
service area boundary is provided in the
applicable sections below.
The City maintains one (1) wholesale water
and sewer service agreement with Orange
County for Forest Lake Estates subdivision
(formerly known as Ocoee Pines), the City of
Ocoee/Orange County Agreement For The
Delivery And Use Of Wholesale Water And
Wastewater To Ocoee Pines Development.
The City owns, operates, and maintains the
Forest Lake Estates utilities system, and
potable water supply and wastewater
treatment are provided by Orange County.
Potable Water. The Orange County/City of
Ocoee Water Service Territorial Agreement
establishes the Ocoee potable water
territorial boundary shown in UTL Figure 1:
Water Service Areas. Parcels located north
and south of the Ocoee water service area
and within the Ocoee Joint Planning Area
(JPA) are supplied by either the Orange
County Utilities or private wells.
Parcels within the City’s service area are
supplied potable water from either the Ocoee
water system, or private wells, apart from
Forest Lake Estates. Within this development,
the City maintains the water system and
Orange County supplies the potable water
through a master meter at Clarcona Ocoee
Road development entrance.
Consumptive Use Permit. The Ocoee water
service area is wholly located within the
boundary of the St. Johns River Water
Management District (SJRWMD).
Groundwater withdrawals are permitted
under SJRWMD Consumptive Use Permit (CUP)
3216, which authorizes a maximum annual
groundwater withdrawal of 1,781 million
gallons (4.88 MGD annual average) from the
Floridian aquifer and expires November 15,
2026.
The CUP includes seven (7) Floridan aquifer
wells. In 2023, four (4) Lower Floridan aquifer
wells and one (1) Upper Floridan aquifer well
were in service. Construction and connection
South Water Treatment Plant
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of any future wells will be developer-driven.
UTL Table 1: Public Supply Well Summary
summarizes public supply wells included in the
Ocoee CUP. In 2023, 1,335 million gallons (3.66
MGD) of groundwater was pumped from the
Ocoee wells.
UTL Table 1: Public Supply Well Summary
District
ID
Station
Name
Casing
Diameter
(inches)
Casing
Depth
(in feet)
Total
Depth
(ft)
Capacity
(GPM) Source Status
11961 Forest Oaks #1 7.0 610.0 1,140 800 Floridan
Aquifer Active
11962 Forest Oaks #2 16.0 147.0 318.0 2,000 Floridan
Aquifer Active
11965 Forest Oaks #3 24.0 1,192.0 1,450 3,000 Floridan
Aquifer Active
104699 Forest Oaks #4 24.0 800.0 1,450 3,500 Floridan
Aquifer Proposed
11963 South #1 24.0 800.0 1,450 1,500 Floridan
Aquifer Active
11964 South #2 24.0 800.0 1,450 800 Floridan
Aquifer Active
11966 South #3 24.0 811.0 1,452 2,500 Floridan
Aquifer
Constructed/
Not
Connected
1. Source: SJRWMD CUP
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Central Florida Water Initiative. The Ocoee
water service area is also located within the
Central Florida Water Initiative (CFWI)
boundary. The CFWI is a collaborative water
supply planning initiative for the Central
Florida region involving the SJRWMD, the
South Florida Water Management District
(SFWMD), the Southwest Florida Water
Management District (SWFWMD), FDEP,
representatives from water utilities, and other
interested groups.
The CFWI was created in 2009, and the first
joint planning evaluation for population and
water demands within the CFWI planning
area, the 2015 CFWI Regional Water Supply
Plan, was adopted by the SJRWMD, SFWMD,
and SWFWMD in November 2015. This water
supply plan is updated every five (5) years.
Ocoee and other water providers within the
CFWI are also subject to additional
consumptive use permit requirements
outlined in Chapter 62-41 F.A.C. Furthermore,
under F.S. Section 163.3177(6)(c)3, Ocoee
must maintain a 10-Year Water Supply
Facilities Work Plan. Ocoee maintains an
integrated water resource plan for water use
efficiency and reuse to support CFWI goals
and objectives. The Forest Oaks and South
WTPs have a permitted FDEP maximum
operating treatment capacity of 5.227 MGD
and 5.623 MGD, respectively, for a total
permitted maximum operating capacity of
10.85 MGD. In 2023, the City treated 1,388
million gallons (3.80 MGD, annual average) of
groundwater for public supply. Potable water
customer population and demands for the
City’s water service area are summarized in
UTL Table 2: Potable Water Demands. This
data aligns with the 2025 draft CFWI Regional
Water Supply Plan.
The City has several projects underway that
will further reduce projected potable water
demands, including the construction of a new
reclaimed watermain and reclaimed pump
station and storage tank to transfer 1.0 MGD
of reclaimed water from Orange County. The
City will evaluate needed projects and
potable water demand reductions
associated with these improvements as part
of the 2027 Reclaimed Water Master Plan
update and findings will be incorporated into
the next CFWI Regional Water Supply Plan
update.
CFWI Boundary
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UTL Table 2: Potable Water Demands
Year Existing or
Projected
Supplied from City’s Water Treatment Plants Supplied By Orange
County2
Population1 Demand
(MGD)
Percent of Permitted
Capacity Remaining Population Demand
(MGD)
2022 Existing 38,496 3.70 66% 834 0.05
2023 39,045 3.80 65% 834 0.05
2024
Projected
39,593 4.00 63% 834 0.05
2025 40,141 4.10 62% 834 0.05
2030 43,374 4.99 54% 834 0.05
2035 48,542 5.58 49% 834 0.05
2040 50,285 5.78 47% 834 0.05
2045 53,579 6.16 43% 834 0.05
Notes:
1. 2025 CFWI BEBR medium population projections
2. Forest Lake Estates development
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Water Conservation. The City’s water
conservation plan promotes the efficient use
of water resources and the prevention of
water waste with technology, partnership,
and sustainability as the driving forces.
Technology. Ocoee utilizes several forms of
technology to improve water conservation
and mitigate water loss. The City was an early
adopter of Advanced Metering Infrastructure
(AMI), which provides near real-time water
use data to proactively identify water leaks
and high-water users.
In 2012, the City adopted WaterSenseTM
requirements for higher efficiency plumbing
fixtures and appliances to reduce indoor
water consumption. The City also adopted
Florida Water StarSM irrigation criteria for
landscape irrigation in 2012 to increase water
efficiency for both potable and reclaimed
water irrigation. Leading by example, the
Utilities Administration Building was
constructed to Florida Water StarSM standards
and received Florida Water StarSM
certification.
Partnership. Ocoee’s public engagement
focuses on providing our residents with proven
tools to use water efficiently. The City provides
education through social media outreach,
educational events, and partnerships with
local libraries and schools to help residents of
all ages understand the importance of
protecting Ocoee’s water resources.
Customers are encouraged to track their
consumption by signing up for the Sensus
Customer Portal.
Free irrigation evaluations are provided and a
Florida-Friendly LandscapeTM Demonstration
Garden adjacent to Bill Breeze Park provides
examples of Florida-Friendly plants with low
maintenance and water needs, as well as an
irrigation system designed to provide
supplemental water during dry periods.
Ocoee also maintains a continuous water use
notification program where customers
receive a phone call when continuous water
use for greater than 48 hours is detected.
The Ocoee Water Conservation Program is
evaluated annually and updated as needed
to ensure it stays relevant to customer water
use habits, patterns, and interests.
Sustainability. Ocoee’s commitment to
sustainability is demonstrated in its proactive
water conservation plan, which prioritizes the
extensive use of reclaimed water to reduce
groundwater dependency and utilize
available lower-quality water sources. The City
has secured supplemental reclaim supply
through agreements with adjoining
municipalities. Using multiple sources of water
to balance needs reduces the demand for
Water Meter Demonstration Garden
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any one source. The City expands its
reclaimed water system by retrofitting existing
neighborhoods and connecting new
neighborhoods. Retrofit priorities for existing
neighborhoods are determined by proximity
to the existing reclaimed water system,
irrigation demand, and cost-effectiveness.
The connection of new neighborhoods has
been made possible by the early adoption of
a policy requiring dual-line water mains. This
means that reclaimed water mains were
installed in all new neighborhoods, regardless
of immediate reclaimed water availability, to
facilitate cost-effective future system
expansion.
10-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan. The
Florida Legislature enacted bills in the 2002,
2004, 2005, and 2011 sessions to address the
State’s water supply needs. These bills, in
particular Senate Bills 360 and 444 (the 2005
legislative session), significantly changed
Chapters 163 and 373, F.S. by strengthening
the statutory links between the regional water
supply plans prepared by the water
management districts and the
comprehensive plans prepared by local
governments. Section 373.036 F.S. requires
each water management district to develop
a Regional Water Supply Plan (RWSP) for a 20-
year planning period to ensure that existing
water sources are adequate to meet
projected water demands. In turn and within
18 months following approval of a regional
water supply plan, local governments within a
regional water supply planning area are
required to develop a Work Plan to ensure
that adequate water supplies will be
available to meet future demands for a
minimum 10-year planning period, under F.S.
Section 163.3177(6)(c)3.
According to state guidelines, the Work Plan
must address:
• A local government’s water demands for
at least a 10-year period;
• Development of traditional and
alternative water supplies and required
facilities to meet those demands;
• Conservation and reuse programs; and
• Capital projects needed for the first five
years, including financially feasible
revenue sources, in the 5-Year Schedule of
Capital Improvements.
In addition to the above Work Plan
requirements, local governments are required
to revise their comprehensive plan for
consistency with the Work Plan and regional
water supply planning initiatives. Ocoee
maintains a 10-Year Water Supply Facilities
Work Plan (Work Plan) in accordance with
163.3177 F.S. and this Work Plan is adopted by
reference.
Sanitary Sewer. The Orange County/City of
Ocoee Sewer Service Territorial Agreement
establishes the Ocoee territorial boundary for
sewer service shown in UTL Figure 2:
Wastewater Service Area. Parcels within the
Ocoee wastewater service area either
connect to the Ocoee wastewater system or
use private onsite sewer treatment and
disposal systems (OSTDS) for wastewater
treatment. Parcels located north and south of
the Ocoee sewer service area and within the
Ocoee Wasterwater Treatment Facility
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Ocoee Joint Planning Area (JPA) are either
provided wastewater service by Orange
County Utilities wastewater system or using
private OSTDS.
The City operates one (1) wastewater
treatment facility, the Ocoee Wastewater
Treatment Facility (WWTF). This facility receives
wastewater from properties located within the
Ocoee wastewater service area. In 2023, the
Ocoee Wastewater Treatment Facility treated
approximately 687 million gallons of
wastewater. UTL Table 3: Wastewater System
Flow and Treatment Capacity shows the
current and projected wastewater flows
and permitted wastewater treatment
plant surplus.
UTL Table 3: Wastewater System Flow and Treatment Capacity
Year Existing or
Projected
Projected Wastewater
Population
WWTF Annual Average
Daily Flow (MGD)
Percent of Permitted
Capacity
2022 Current 28,093 1.76 41%
2023 28,606 1.88 37%
2024
Projected
30,476 1.92 36%
2025 29,427 1.95 35%
2030 32,491 2.07 31%
2035 35,871 2.21 26%
2040 39,604 2.35 22%
2045 43,512 2.51 16%
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Several major upgrades to the Ocoee WWTF
were initiated in 2022 and will be completed
by the end of 2026. These upgrades include:
• New Motor Control Room and electrical
upgrade;
• Replacement of four transfer pumps and
purchase of one spare pump;
• Replacement of four high service reuse
pumps and of purchase one spare;
• Replacement of three existing rotors, add
two new rotors, underground Electrical
Chases, Associated Gear Boxes, VFD
Pumps and Motors; and
• Replacement of three existing rotors and
the addition of a new rotor to each
Oxidation Ditch, and along with the
replacement/upgrade of the
underground electrical chases,
associated gear boxes, variable
frequency drive pumps and motors. A
concurrency management system
monitors wastewater flows and treatment
plant capacity to maintain compliance
with the FDEP permitted treatment
capacity and effluent water quality
requirements.
In 2022, the City completed a Biological
Nutrient Removal Improvement Evaluation
and in 2024 the City initiated a phased plan to
evaluate treatment processes and options to
ensure that advanced wastewater treatment
will come online before reaching the existing
permitted treatment plant capacity, and
before the July 1, 2038 advanced wastewater
treatment requirement specified in the FDEP
permit.
Advanced Wastewater Treatment. The Florida
Springs and Aquifer Protection Act (Chapter
373, Part VIII, Florida Statutes [F.S.]) protects
and remediates impaired Outstanding Florida
Springs (OFS) and their associated spring runs.
FDEP has assessed thirty OFS, and twenty-four
of these springs were determined to be
impaired for the nitrate form of nitrogen. FDEP
then delineated priority focus areas (PFAs) for
each OFS or group of springs and developed
BMAPs with specific water quality protection
and remediation provisions. As shown in UTL
Figure 3: BMAP Boundaries, the Ocoee
wastewater service area is located within the
Wekiwa and Rock Springs BMAP, with most of
the service area also located within the Priority
Focus Area (PFA), a subarea within the BMAP
where the aquifer is most vulnerable. The
western portion of the Ocoee utility service
area is also located within the Upper
Ocklawaha BMAP. The majority of the City’s
utility service area is located within the
Wekiwa and Rock Springs BMAP PFA, where
the most stringent nutrient load reduction
requirements are applied.
In 2022 FDEP issued a 10-year Ocoee WWTF
permit limiting the annual average total
nitrogen concentration to 10 mg/L for treated
wastewater from the Ocoee WWTF. Unless
further rulemaking occurs prior to the next
permit renewal, a new total nitrogen effluent
limit of 3 mg/L annual average will be written
into the next permit in 2032. Advanced
wastewater treatment will need to be online
by 2038. The City maintains compliance with
the current total nitrogen limit and additional
treatment and operational changes will need
to occur to meet total nitrogen reduction
concentrations required by BMAP rulemaking.
New WWTP Electrical Building (Under Construction)
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Onsite Sewer Treatment and Disposal Systems.
Where central sewer service is not available,
private OSTDS provide wastewater treatment.
The Florida Department of Health and
Rehabilitation Services (DHRS) permits and
regulates OSTDS and drain field installation
within the State. Subparagraph
403.067(7)(a)9, Florida Statutes, requires that
local governments within a BMAP must
develop an onsite sewage treatment and
disposal system (OSTDS) remediation plan.
The City completed its remediation plan in
2024, identifying 31 percent of parcels within
the wastewater service area that use OSTDS
(City of Ocoee OSTDS Remediation Plan,
2024). The City continues to work diligently to
pursue opportunities to connect homeowners
and businesses to City sewer service and
reduce nitrogen loading within its jurisdictional
limits. Orange County Health Department has
jurisdiction over all OSTDS. All permitting and
enforcement continue to be administered
through the Orange County Health
Department. UTL Figure 4: OSTDS presents
parcels using OSTDS for wastewater
treatment.
Reclaimed Water. The City of Ocoee/Orange
County Reclaimed Water Territorial
Agreement establishes the Ocoee territorial
boundary for reclaimed water service shown
in UTL Figure 5: Reclaimed Water. The City
provides reclaimed water service to
commercial and residential users by way of
two (2) separate service areas, the North
Reclaim Service area and Central Reclaim
Service area.
Reclaimed water for North Reclaim Service
Area, except for the Forest Trails, Orchard
Park, and Windstone neighborhoods, is
provided by Ocoee through a retail-
wholesale agreement with Orange County.
The Central Reclaim Service Area supplies
reclaimed water from the Ocoee Wastewater
Treatment Facility and this supply is
supplemented through an interconnect to the
south with CONSERV II (Orange County -
Orlando cooperative) and an interconnect to
the north with Orange County. In 2025
construction of a new 1.5-million-gallon
reclaimed storage tank and pump station
were initiated. Construction will be completed
by Fall 2026. Upon completion, the new pump
station will accept 1.0 MGD of reclaimed
water available from a wholesale purchase
agreement with Orange County. The City also
continues exploring additional lowest-quality
water sources to further offset groundwater
withdrawals.
In 2023, Ocoee provided approximately 1,688
million gallons of reclaim water to residents
and commercial businesses within the
reclaimed water service area. UTL Table 4:
Annual Reclaimed Water Flows by Service
Area shows the current and projected
reclaimed water flows based on customer
demands and the City’s reclaimed
partnerships. Future reclaimed water
customers will primarily be infill from vacant or
redeveloped parcels. Reclaimed water
retrofit projects will continue to be explored
based on available reclaimed water supply.
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UTL Table 4: Annual Reclaimed Water Flows by Service Area
Year RIBs
(MGD)
Golf
Course1
(MGD)
Ocoee
Reclaimed
Water2 (MGD)
CONSERV II
Wholesale3
(MGD)
Orange County:
Central Service
Area4
(MGD)
Orange
County: North
Service Area5
(MGD)
2022 0.21 0.01 1.41 0.43 0.04 2.15
2023 0.16 0.03 1.58 0.50 0.01 2.34
2024 0.17 0.03 1.78 0.44 0.05 2.01
2025 0.16 0.05 1.88 0.45 0.10 2.00
2030 0.17 TBD 2.00 0.45 1.00 2.00
2035 0.17 TBD 2.12 0.45 1.00 2.00
2040 0.17 TBD 2.24 0.45 1.00 2.00
2045 0.16 TBD 2.38 0.45 1.00 2.00
Notes:
1. Forest Lake Golf Course currently supplied reclaimed water by the City of Winter Garden. Future demand
and supply to be determined (TBA).
2. Reclaimed water generated at the Ocoee WWTP
3. Conserv II whole reclaimed water purchase
4. Orange County Wholesale purchase (1.0 MGD Reservation)
5. Orange County Wholesale purchase directly supplied to North Service Area
III. Analysis
As detailed in the above sections, the City
currently maintains and plans for safe,
reliable, and economical potable water,
wastewater, and reclaimed water supply for
its customers. Existing facilities are continually
repaired, replaced, or improved as required
to maintain level of service. These facilities are
maximized through the implementation of
the City’s Water Conservation plan to reduce
customer costs and wasted water. As the City
grows over the next 20 years, the growth of its
utility system will follow a data-driven
approach to ensure that the City continues to
thrive, and customer rates are utilized
efficiently.
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Drainage
Sub-Element
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Drainage Sub-Element DIA | 1
I. INTRODUCTION
The purpose of the Drainage and Aquifer
Recharge Sub-element is to provide a guide
for management and storage of surface
waters created by the runoff generated from
rainfall events and to manage and regulate
groundwater aquifer recharge. The guidelines
in this element are intended to protect and
enhance the public health, safety and welfare
and the quality of the environment within the
City as it relates to stormwater management
and aquifer recharge. In addition, this element
will provide plan and policy direction
concerning use of existing drainage criteria for
the drainage basins within the City and
provide a basis for future modifications to
existing development regulations.
Stormwater drainage needs to be managed
for flooding and water quality protection as
well as regulating stormwater runoff as a
potential source for groundwater/aquifer
recharge for continued use of the aquifer as a
water supply for drinking water. This Drainage
and Aquifer Recharge Sub-element is
consistent with the Conservation Element as
drainage systems need to consider
conservation, protection, and sage utilization
of natural resources in their design.
The City has proposed an array of
maintenance initiatives and Capital
Improvement Projects (CIPs) focused on
drainage infrastructure. Predominantly, these
CIPs originated from extensive basin analyses
undertaken by Professional Engineering
Consultants (PEC) during the 1990s, which
outlined 31 specific stormwater initiatives.
These projects were designed to mitigate
localized flooding, bolster flood management
systems, and enhance water quality
throughout the city. Ocoee has demonstrated
a committed and proactive approach to
executing these critical improvements.
In addition to the projects identified in City’s
basin studies, the City coordinates with local,
regional, and State agencies to identify areas
of stormwater improvements, maintenance,
and aquifer recharge opportunities.
Specifically, the City participates in the
Orange County Municipal Separate Storm
Sewer Systems (MS4) National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
program and the Federal Emergency
Management Agency’s Community Rating
System (FEMA, CRS). Both of these programs
help to drive stormwater policy within the City.
As growth continues in the City, the need for
protection, management, and remediation of
the City's water resources will increase. The
City will continue to work on improvements
identified in the existing basin studies and will
create a new Stormwater Management
Master Plan based on developing new basin
specific Watershed Master Plans for all basins
within the City.
The City will also continue participation and
coordination with the St. Johns River Water
Management District (SJRWMD), Upper
Ocklawaha Basin Working Group, Wekiva
River Basin Commission, Orange County, other
adjacent municipalities on joint projects. The
City will continue to support the
implementation of projects and policies that
allow for further identification of deficiencies,
maintenance of existing facilities, and
improvements stormwater infrastructure.
II. INVENTORY AND DATA
Environmental Setting and Natural Drainage
Features. The City occupies the west-central
region of Orange County, Florida,
characterized as a suburban community with
a diverse mix of residential neighborhoods,
commercial districts, and light industrial
sectors. The terrain is predominantly level,
interspersed with gently rolling hills, and
elevations span from below 100 feet to roughly
170 feet above mean sea level. Annual
precipitation averages approximately 48
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inches, with the majority concentrated during
the rainy season from June through October.
Stormwater Basins. The City is located within
the St. Johns River and the Upper Ocklawaha
River drainage basins. Each drainage basin is
further divided into sub-basins. The City drains
to sixteen (16) drainage sub-basins shown on
DRN Figure 1: Sub-Basin Map. Information
pertinent to the drainage sub-basins is
provided in DRN Table 1: City Sub-Basins.
DRN Table 1: City Sub-Basins
Sub-Basin
Sub-
Basin
Area
(Acres)
Lake Addah ~ 387.9
Lake Bennet 124.0
Lake Florence ~ 946.5
Lake Good Homes/Rose Hill
Lake ~
208.9
Lake Johio* 228.9
Lake Lilly/Lake Pearl*~ 335.5
Lake Lotta ~ 2485.1
Lake Meadow 1129.4
Lake Olympia 432.5
Lake Stanley ~ 467.4
East McCormick Road ~ 1213.2
West McCormick Road 1674.4
Northwest Ditch**~ 1729.8
Prairie Lake ~ 664.1
South Maguire ~ 1063.5
Spring Lake* 465.4
Stake Lake* 910.8
* Sub-Basins with a drainage well
** Open Basin (all other sub-basins within the City are
closed basins)
~ Sub-Basin with a portion of its overall area outside
of the JPA
The City has carried out drainage basin studies
for lakes and systems fully within its boundaries,
excluding basins that straddle the city limits
where the lakes are within unincorporated
Orange County (i.e., Lake Stanley/Florence,
Lake Lilly/Pearl, etc.). These analyses have
identified deficiencies in service levels,
assessed water quality conditions and
trajectories, and provided summaries of
recommended capital improvements to
ensure compliance with the City’s established
standards for flood mitigation, water quality,
and localized flooding improvements. Given
the substantial population and development
growth since the original studies, the City will
update these basin assessments to identify
new areas for improvements.
Flood Plains. The flood plains of Ocoee consist
of depressions and lowlands adjacent to the
lakes, streams, waterways. The limits of the 100-
year flood plains, 500-year floodplain, and
floodways within the City are delineated on
the DRN Figure 2: Floodplain Base Map This
map utilizes information gathered from the
Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) for the City
and Orange County effective September 27th
2021.
Aquifers and Soil Conditions. Aquifers are
water-bearing layers of porous rock, sand or
gravel. The Floridan Aquifer, where the City
obtains its potable water from, is located
beneath a clay confining layer known as the
Hawthorne Formation. The Floridan Aquifer
ranges from approximately 100 feet below
ground surface to over 2000 feet deep.
DRN Figure 3: Soils Drainage Map identifies the
types of soils found in the City as provided by
the United States Department of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service (SCS) Soil Survey for
Orange County, Florida. Also included in this
Figure is the SCS hydrologic soil classifications
that are identified by the letters A, B, C, and D.
The "A" group soils are those soils characterized
as having the highest infiltration rates, having
the highest potential for aquifer recharge and
have the lowest potential for surface runoff.
Conversely, the "D" group soils have the lowest
infiltration rates, have the highest potential for
surface runoff and are often accompanied by
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high groundwater levels, with little or no
recharge.
SJRWMD defines the areas of the City having
type “A” soils as being the “Most Effective
Recharge Area”. These soils average between
10 to 20 inches per year of aquifer recharge
while areas of Type “C” or “D” soils average
between 0 to 3 inches per year of aquifer
recharge. SJRWMD has a recharge standard
that specifically applies to the “Most Effective
Recharge Area” of the Wekiva River Hydrologic
Basin. The areas of Type “A” soils shown on the
DRN Figure 3: Soils Drainage Map correlates to
the areas best suited for aquifer recharge
Ocoee’s Location with the Wekiva Study Area.
The State of Florida implemented the Wekiva
Parkway and Protection Act in 2004 which
established requirements for the construction
of the Wekiva Parkway (State Road 429). The
Act established specific requirements for the
protection of the Wekiva River system. Portions
of the City are located within the Wekiva Study
Area. To meet the requirements of the Wekiva
Parkway and Protection Act, the City has
done the following measures:
• Developed a Master Stormwater
Management Plan that assesses and
address existing problems and deficiencies
in the community and identifies projects to
meet long-range needs; utilizing the City’s
Stormwater Utility Fee to fund stormwater
improvements.
• Identified and mapped the most effective
recharge areas; shown on DRN Figure 3:
Soils Drainage Map
• Identified and mapped Kasrst Features and
closed topographic depressions; shown on
DRN Figure 4: Karst Features/Closed
Topographic Depressions
• Identified and mapped Wetlands which
contain sensitive natural habitats; shown on
CON Figure 1 Wetlands
Drainage Facilities and Management
Public Drainage Facilities. As of 2025, there are
87 City maintained stormwater ponds.
Stormwater runoff from roadways, parking lots,
buildings, and other impervious surfaces are
routed to these ponds. The publicly
maintained ponds help reduce flooding,
supports groundwater recharge, and help
remove pollutants like nitrogen and
phosphorus from entering the natural
waterways and waterbodies within the City.
The City’s stormwater manholes and curb
inlets are maintained on a rotating basis
annually. The City’s street sweeper runs daily
routes and sweeps approximately 130 miles of
roadway per annum. The City also actively
improves and maintains underdrain systems,
roadway swales and ditches, and exfiltration
systems.
The City manages stormwater projects that
not only improve stormwater conveyance
and storage but also improves water quality.
An example of a major drainage
improvement project to help improve water
quality would include Unity Park which treats
stormwater runoff from approximately 40
acres of the Downtown Ocoee area.
Additionally, the City has installed second
generation baffle boxes which contain Bold &
Gold Filtration Media in the Downtown Ocoee
area as a passive means to remove pollutants
such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and large
floatable debris. Moreover, the City conducts
water quality improvement projects that seeks
to capture and inactivate pollutants within the
water column such as phosperous and
nitrogen.
The City seeks to improve stormwater facility
management by mapping all of the
stormwater infrastructure within the City in a
Geographic Information System (GIS). GIS
mapping will include the size, length, and
material of all stormwater pipes. The City will
also map all stormwater inlets, manholes, and
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baffle boxes, splitter boxes and any other
stormwater infrastructure. GIS layers will be
provided for invert and geolocation
information for all structures. Completion of this
mapping will help guide current stormwater
facilities management and will help govern
future stormwater projects and improvements.
The City seeks to complete this mapping by
2035 and is partnering with local, regional, and
State agencies to fund this undertaking.
Private Drainage Facilities. As of 2025, there
are over 180 privately maintained stormwater
ponds with the City limits. These ponds are
maintained by Homeowner Associations
(HOA’s), Property Owner Associations (POA’s),
or private business owners. Stormwater ponds
which are not maintained by the City are
required to be maintained by the property
owner per the City’s Land Development
Code. While these private ponds are not
maintained by the City, the City conducts
inspections on all stormwater ponds with
outfall pipes that are 36-inches in diameter or
larger bi-annually. City inspectors contact
property owners if any pond deficiencies are
noted during the bi-annual inspections and
provide suggestions for improvements.
The City requires all new developments that
exceed five acres in construction impacts to
prepare and submit a Notice of Intent (NOI) to
DEP and EPA, which includes the preparation
of a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan
(SWPPP) to minimize erosion and
sedimentation during construction. A Notice
of Termination (NOT) will also be required upon
completion of construction to transfer NPDES
permit coverage to the City’s MS4 permit. All
construction activities under five acres that
disturb soil shall have a City approved SWPPP.
The City employs NPDES inspectors to enforce
implementation and compliance with the
SWPPP on construction sites within the City.
Enforcing these policies reduces the amount
of pollutants in the City’s stormwater system
which in turn reduces the amount of
maintenance necessary within the system that
would arise without these policies.
Stormwater Drainage and Aquifer Recharge
Regulations. Listed below is a list of drainage
regulations enforced and adhered to in the
City. This list is not to be construed as the only
regulations that inform City policy; drainage
policy shall be updated as new regulations are
enacted.
Federal:
• Clean Water Act (CWA)
o Section 402 - National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
o Section 208 – Areawide Waste
Treatment Management
o Section 303(d) – Impaired Waters and
TMDLs
• Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) – Title 40
o Part 122 – NPDES Permit Regulations
o Part 131 – Water Quality Standard
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) Regulations through participation
in the National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP)
State:
• Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.)
o Environmental Regulations, Chapter 62
• Florida Statutes (F.S.)
o Chapter 163 – Intergovernmental
Programs
o Chapter 166 – Municipalities
o Chapter 373 – Florida Water Resources
Act
o Chapter 403 – Environmental Control
• St. Johns River Water Management District
(SJRWMD)
o Applicant’s Handbook: Environmental
Resource Permits
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o Chapter 40C-4 – ERP Individual Permits
o Chapter 40C-42 – Regulation of
Stormwater Management Systems
Regional:
• MS4 (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer
System) NPDES permit (Permit No.
FLS000011)
• Upper Ocklawaha River Basin
Management Action Plan (BMAP)
• Wekiva and Rock Springs Basin
Management Action Plan (BMAP)
City:
• City Engineering Standards Manual Storm
Water Management Article
• City Land Development Code
• City Code of Ordinances
III. ANALYSIS
Stormwater Drainage Level of Service and
Standards. The Stormwater Inventory and
Data demonstrates the need for a robust
framework for managing stormwater and
groundwater resources. The City seeks to be
proactive and utilizes a multi-faceted
approach to balancing urban growth with
environmental protection. The plan
emphasizes dual priorities: mitigating flood risks
and maintaining water quality while
leveraging stormwater as a resource for
recharging the Floridan Aquifer, the city’s
potable water source.
The City’s current and recommended Level of
Service (LOS) standards are comprised of the
following components:
Flood Prevention. The City Code of
Ordinances, Land Development Standards,
and Engineering Standards Manuals contain
regulations and requirements pertaining to
flood prevention practices. The City does not
allow structures to be constructed under the
flood elevation resulting from a 100-year, 24
hour storm event of the nearest water body
plus two feet. The nearest water body would
include the site stormwater pond, nearby
lakes, or other natural flowing water bodies.
The City does not permit encroachment within
the 100-year floodplain without compensating
storage. Any changes to the 100-year
floodplain must be approved by FEMA
through the submittal of a Letter of Map
Revision (LOMR)
No development shall be permitted within a
designated floodway. The City utilizes the Base
Flood Elevation as reported by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
when reviewing new development plans.
The City currently participates in the National
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Community
Rating System (CRS). This program recognizes
and encourages community floodplain
management activities that exceed minimum
NFIP standards. Participation in this system
provides flood insurance premium reductions
for residents in the City. The CRS uses a Class
rating system to determine the discount
percentage off flood insurance for residents
within the Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHS’s).
The City seeks to continue to improve its Class
rating for its residents to become eligible for
increased NFIP policy discounts. Improving
the City’s CRS rating will encourage policy
improvements related to comprehensive
floodplain management.
Land Development Standards. City standards
require complete stormwater management
systems to be provided for
an entire project to handle the stormwater
runoff flowing onto and across a site without
causing an increase of the elevation of
downstream flooding and/or flooding of
neighboring properties. The requirements for
the stormwater management systems are
contained within the City Engineering
Standards which references the standards
from the Florida Department of Transportation
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(FDOT), the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection (FDEP), and
SJRWMD. In the event there are more stringent
standards for stormwater management
required by FDOT, FDEP, or SJRWMD,
developments shall be required to utilize the
more stringent standard as determined by the
City.
The City uses 25-year and 100-year frequency
storm events for design criteria for peak runoff,
flood protection level of service, for habitable
and/or insurable structures. The City requires
that there be no increase of post-
development runoff rate over the pre-
development runoff rate for a 25-year, 24-hour
storm event in open basins and be no increase
of post-development runoff rate over the pre-
development runoff rate for a 100-year, 24-
hour storm event in closed basins. The City
requires that the finished floor elevation of a
structure be two-feet above the 100-year
flood elevation of the nearest waterbody or
stormwater management system. It is also
required that all developments in closed
basins provide retention of the volume
produced by a 100-year, 24-hour event, which
should be recovered within 14 days following
the storm event. DRN Table 2: Design Storms
and Discharge Conditions summarizes the
required stormwater quantity criteria for the
City. Discharges into closed basins shall not
cause a net increase in the Base Flood
Elevation estimated by FEMA. Additionally,
areas with downstream flooding are defined
as areas that have been observed and
validated by the City Engineer or Public Works
Director.
Conservation, Recreation, and Recharge. The
City protects and conserves floodplains to
maximize natural stormwater storage areas.
The City seeks to encourage stormwater
management practices to that imitate natural
stormwater features that will harmonize with
conservation and parks and recreation
standards. Stormwater pond design presents
opportunities for natural flora and fauna
proliferation and recreation facilities for City
residents. The City encourages stormwater
pond designs that are sinusoidal or curvilinear
with berms large enough to accommodate
recreational facilities.
DRN Table 2. Design Storms and Discharge Conditions
Basin Frequency/
Duration
Discharge
Rates Discharge Volumes
Open Basin 25year, 24hour
event
Post25 less than or equal
to Pre25
Post25 less than or equal
to Pre25
Closed Basin
25year, 24hour
event and 100year,
24hour event
Post25 less than or equal
to Pre25 and Post100 less
than or equal to Pre100
Post25 less than or equal
to Pre25 and Post100 less
than or equal to Pre100
Closed Basin with
Downstream
Flooding
25year, 24hour
event and 100year,
24hour event
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High growth and reduced rainfall necessitate
aquifer protection. Ocoee will align with FDEP
and SJRWMD standards and will continue to
encourage cluster development to preserve
recharge spaces and monitoring
potentiometric changes via USGS data.
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SAFE & CONVENIENT MOBILITY
4 CHAPTER
Mobility Element
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Mobility Element DIA | 1
I. INTRODUCTION
The Transportation Element has been
renamed to the Mobility Element to reflect the
City’s goal of providing a safe, convenient,
and accessible multimodal mobility system for
all mode users.
This document contains the relevant data,
inventory, and analysis of transportation
conditions in support of the City’s Mobility
Element within the Comprehensive Plan, as
described in Florida Statutes (FS)
163.3177(1)(f). This information was
considered in developing the Goals,
Objectives, and Policies in the City’s Mobility
Element.
NOTE: Due to their size, all tables (except MOB
Table 11) are located at the end of this
Element DIA.
II. INVENTORY AND DATA
Existing Conditions. The existing conditions
within the City are identified herein, including
an inventory of roadways, transit service, trails,
bicycle facilities, and sidewalk facilities, as well
as corresponding roadway features and the
corresponding number of lanes, jurisdictional
responsibility, traffic volumes, functional
classification, and context classification. This
information was used to existing levels of
service for roadways within the City.
Roadways. Ocoee is served by a network of
state, county, and local roads which range
from limited access principal arterials, such as
SR 429, to local neighborhood streets. The
existing roadway network and number of
lanes of key roadways within the City are
illustrated on MOB Figure 1.
Jurisdiction
The jurisdiction refers to the “ownership” and
maintenance responsibility of the roadway.
For example, the Florida Department of
Transportation (FDOT) has the responsibility to
maintain roadways within their jurisdiction and
controls the access to these roads. Orange
County and the City have similar
responsibilities for roads within their respective
jurisdictions. In addition, jurisdictional
responsibilities can be transferred between
FDOT, Orange County, and the City upon the
parties reaching agreement regarding the
transfer. The existing ownership of the key
roadways within the City are displayed on
MOB Figure 2.
Functional Classification
All roadways within the City are assigned a
functional classification based on the
agreement between FDOT, MetroPlan
Orlando, and the Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), which considers input
from Orange County and City of Ocoee.
Functional classification is the process of
streets and highways being grouped into
classes or systems according to the character
of service they provide. The designation of
functional classification is made at least once
every 10 years following the decennial
Census. Five functional classification
categories that are common to roads are:
• Principal Arterial
• Minor Arterial
• Major Collector
• Minor Collector
• Local
The existing functional classification of
roadways within the City are displayed on
MOB Figure 3.
Context Classification
All roadways within the City were assigned a
context classification based on the general
characteristics of the adjacent land uses,
development patterns, and extent of
connectivity in the area. There are eight
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context classification categories for non-
limited access roadways as listed below and
depicted in Figure 1.
• C1 - Natural
• C2 - Rural
• C2T - Rural Town
• C3R - Suburban Residential
• C3C - Suburban Commercial
• C4 - Urban General
• C5 - Urban Center
• C6 - Urban Core
Most of the key roadways within the City are
classified as C3R or C3C, with some C4 in the
downtown area, as shown on MOB Figure 4.
MOB Table 1 summarizes the existing number
of lanes, functional classification, and context
classification of the key roadways within the
City.
Roadway Level of Service
Level of service (LOS) is a quantitative
stratification of quality of service established in
the Highway Capacity Manual. LOS is divided
into six letter grades, A through F, with A
describing the highest quality of comfort and
least level of congestion on the roadway, and
F the lowest quality of comfort and most
congestion, from the traveler’s perspective.
The service volume thresholds to determine
LOS for the key roadways within the City were
derived from the generalized service volume
tables published in FDOT’s 2023 Multimodal
Quality/Level of Service Handbook. MOB
Table 2 summarizes the generalized peak hour
directional volumes for LOS of roadways,
based on the context classification of the
roadway.
As part of the update to the Mobility Element,
the City intends to establish a LOS standard of
E for all roads within the City based on Context
Class.
The existing LOS standards for roadways within
Ocoee are identified in MOB Table 3 and
illustrated on Map 5. All roadways currently
operate at LOS E or better, except for the
following:
City Jurisdiction
• Maguire Road, from Park Ridge Gotha
Road to Tomyn Boulevard
County Jurisdiction
• Good Homes Road, from SR 50 to White
Road
State Jurisdiction
• SR 50, from 9th Street to SR 429
MOB Figure 1: Context Classification
Source: FDOT’s 2022 Context Classification Guide
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Constrained Roadways
As part of the City’s update to the Mobility
Element, the City does not specifically
designate any roadways as constrained.
Constrained roadways are roadways that will
not be considered for widening to add
additional through lanes of traffic due to
physical, social, or political
limitations/constraints. However, where City
roads are physically constrained, operational
improvements will be considered in lieu of
roadway widening improvements in the
future. For roadway segments under State or
County jurisdiction, the City will coordinate
with the respective agencies regarding
projects to improve LOS.
Transit Service. Public transportation services
are provided by LYNX, which currently serves
the City with three (3) routes, as follows:
• 54 – Old Winter Garden Road
• 105 – West Colonial Drive
• 125 – Silver Star Road
LYNX also provides a transit “SuperStop” at
West Oaks Mall, north of SR 50 and east of
Clarke Road, which serves all three routes that
run through the City.
LYNX also provides the NeighborLink flex-route
service as a means of making it easier for
residents living in less-populated areas to
make use of both local transportation and
LYNX’s local bus system. NeighborLink 811 runs
Monday through Sunday, has a service area
generally bounded by SR 429, Clarcona
Ocoee Road, Clarke Road, and Old Winter
Garden Road, and serves the West Oaks Mall
SuperStop, Health Central Hospital, Walmart
Supercenter, Ocoee Middle School, and
Ocoee High School. Riders may call at least
two (2) hours in advance to arrange a pickup
or may use LYNX’s real-time mobile
application to reserve trips and receive
vehicle location alerts directly on their mobile
device.
The routes are illustrated on Map 6, and the
hours of service and headways are
summarized in MOB Table 4.
Transit Level of Service
The criteria to determine transit quality of
service for the key roadways within the City
were derived from guidance published in
FDOT’s 2023 Multimodal Quality/Level of
Service Handbook, as summarized in MOB
Table 5. It is based on the scheduled service
frequency.
The existing LOS for roadway segments with
transit routes within the City are identified in
MOB Table 6 and most currently operate at a
transit LOS of D.
Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities. The City
coordinates bicycle and pedestrian planning
with MetroPlan Orlando and Bike/Walk
Central Florida. A majority of the City’s primary
and secondary streets have sidewalks on at
least one side of the street, and most State
and County roads have bicycle facilities on at
least one side of the street. There are also
several existing trails located within the City.
As pedestrians and bicyclists are more
vulnerable mode users, the levels of service for
pedestrian and bicycle facilities are classified
by the level of traffic stress (LTS).
The City’s existing bicycle and pedestrian
facilities are identified in MOB Table 10 and
illustrated in MOB Figure 7.
Bicycle Level of Service/Level of Traffic Stress
Level of traffic stress (LTS) for a bicyclist
quantifies the amount of discomfort that
people feel when they bicycle close to traffic,
as depicted in MOB Figure 2.
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The criteria to determine bicycle LTS for the
key roadways within the City were derived
from the LTS flow charts published in FDOT’s
2023 Multimodal Quality/Level of Service
Handbook, as summarized in MOB Tables 7
and 8.
Most roads currently operate with a bicycle
LTS of 2 or 4. As part of the City’s update to
the Mobility Element, the City intends to
establish a bicycle LTS standard of 2 for
collector and arterial roadways.
Pedestrian Level of Traffic Stress
Similar to bicycle LTS, pedestrian LTS quantifies
the amount of discomfort that people feel
when they walk along a road, as depicted in
Figure 3.
The criteria to determine pedestrian LTS for the
key roadways within the City were derived
from the LTS flow charts published in FDOT’s
2023 Multimodal Quality/Level of Service
Handbook, as summarized in MOB Table 9.
MOB Figure 2: Bicycle Level of Traffic Stress
Source: FDOT’s 2023 Multimodal Quality/Level of Service Handbook
MOB Figure 3: Pedestrian Level of Traffic Stress
Source: FDOT’s 2023 Multimodal Quality/Level of Service Handbook
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Most roads in Ocoee currently operate with a
pedestrian LTS of 3 or 4. As part of the City’s
update to the Mobility Element, the City
intends to establish a pedestrian LTS standard
of 2 for collector and arterial roadways.
Trends
Population. Based on data provided by the
Bureau of Economic and Business Research
(BEBR), the 2023 population of Orange County
is estimated to be 1,492,951 (see MOB Table
11). Orange County is projected to
experience annual growth rates ranging from
0.14% to 2.36% between 2023 and 2045.
Historic Traffic Volumes. Historic traffic volumes
were obtained from FDOT and Orange
County for the key roadways within the City.
5-year historic traffic trends were calculated
where sufficient data was available.
MOB Table 12 summarizes the annual growth
rates calculated based on the FDOT and
Orange County historic traffic counts.
Travel Demand Model Review. The base travel
demand modeling to support the Mobility
Element was the latest FDOT District Five
Central Florida Regional Planning Model
(CFRPM), version 7, which includes a 10-
county area, from Flagler County to the north,
Osceola County to the south, Sumter County
to the west and Brevard County to the east.
The model divides the region into thousands of
traffic analysis zones (TAZs), which do not
follow jurisdictional boundaries. Ocoee is
represented by 72 TAZs, including TAZs that are
entirely within and partially within the City’s
jurisdictional limits.
The primary socioeconomic data that drives
the model include population (by single family
and multi-family households), dwelling units
(by single family and multi-family units), and
employment (grouped by commercial,
service, and industrial). School enrollment and
hotels are also included in the model socio-
economic data and are considered in
developing traffic forecasts.
The model was
developed by FDOT
District Five and
calibrated to 2015
conditions, using census
data for population and
actual traffic counts for
that year. Employment
and other data were
obtained from various
sources. The 2025 model
interim year was used to
represent existing (2023)
conditions. The model horizon year is 2045.
The review of the travel demand model
focused on the model horizon year of 2045 for
reasonableness in reflecting anticipated
development levels for the City.
Future Development Levels
Based on the BEBR data, from 2023 to 2045,
Orange County’s population is projected to
increase by 1.25% using BEBR medium forecast
and by 2.36% using BEBR high forecast.
Residential developments that have been
recently approved, constructed, or likely to be
constructed by 2045 were identified for each
TAZ within the City. The estimated 2045
dwelling units in the model within the City are
18,500 single family units and 6,600 multi-family
units (an increase of 3,100 or 16.7% and 2,900
or 43.9%, respectively, from 2025). After
MOB Table 11: Population Projections
BEBR Pop BEBR Population Projected Annual
County Estimate Projections (April 1) Growth Rate Apr 1, 2023 Range 2045 Range 2045
Orange 1,492,951
Low 1,531,600 Low 0.11%
Medium 1,926,600 Medium 1.26%
High 2,321,500 High 2.41%
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accounting for likely occupancy rates, the
2045 population in the model within the City is
70,600 (a 22% increase over 2025).
Non-residential developments that have
been recently approved, constructed, and
likely to be constructed by 2045 were also
identified for each TAZ within the City. The
estimated increase from 2025 to 2045 in the
model by development type is 1.36 million
square feet of additional commercial
development (translating to approximately
3,400 additional commercial employees), 2.80
million square feet of additional service
development (translating to approximately
11,200 additional service employees) and 1.15
million square feet of additional industrial
development (translating to approximately
2,300 additional industrial employees). These
levels of development appear to represent
conservative levels of development in Ocoee
by 2045.
Traffic Forecasts
The travel demand model was reviewed for its
accuracy in replicating 2025 (2023)
conditions. There was a wide range in
accuracy in replicating 2023 traffic volumes
on the key roadways within the City. This is
common performance for large urban models
which are developed to evaluate regional
needs.
In an effort to capture the value of the model
in projecting the impacts of future growth,
without being affected by any inaccuracies in
replicating existing conditions, growth rates
were calculated based only on the growth in
traffic on each roadway (i.e., only the change
in model traffic volumes between the 2025
and 2045 model scenarios). The model
growth rates are summarized MOB Table 12.
Projected Growth Rates. After considering
BEBR growth rates, historic growth rates, and
projected model growth rates, the growth
rates to be used in projecting future conditions
were identified and are also shown in MOB
Table 12. Generally, an annual growth rate
between 1.26% and 2.41% per year was
applied to all roadway segments.
III. ANALYSIS
Future Conditions
Planned Improvements. As part of the Mobility
Element update, planned improvements for
transit, bicycle, pedestrian, and roadway
facilities were evaluated to assess the City’s
ability to meet mobility needs.
Transit Improvements
Based on the LYNX Transit Development Plan
(TDP) Major Update, dated September 2022,
there are no new routes planned to provide or
increase transit facilities serving the City.
However, LYNX identified SR 50 as a high-
capacity corridor and Silver Star Road as a
primary corridor for inclusion in its 10-year
service plan. High-capacity and primary
corridor improvements are envisioned to
consist of high-quality transit features
including walk-up stations, community
stations, enhanced facility connections and
access, signal timing and coordination, transit
signal priority, dedicated transit lanes, and
park and ride facilities.
The City supports the implementation of transit
priority along transit routes to facilitate
efficient transit service for current and future
residents.
Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements
The City reviewed opportunities to further
expand the planned trail network, close gaps
between existing trails, and ensure
connection to trails in other jurisdictions.
Furthermore, the City reviewed possible
locations for additional planned trail corridors
for inclusion in the Trails Master Plan. The
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planned bicycle and pedestrian
improvements are illustrated on MOB Figure 8.
Roadway Improvements
By 2034, the following roadway improvements
are planned to be completed:
• Apopka Vineland Road, from AD Mims
Road to Clarcona Ocoee Road
o Widen from 2 to 6 lanes
• Fullers Cross Road, from Ocoee Apopka
Road to Lakewood Avenue
o Widen from 2 to 3 lanes
• Lakewood Avenue, from Fullers Cross
Road to Clarcona Ocoee Road
o Realignment and local connectivity
improvements
o Increase functional classification of
facility from major collector to minor
arterial
• Maine Street, from Maguire Road to
Blackwood Avenue
o New 2-lane facility
• Ocoee Crown Point Parkway, from E
Crown Point Road to Stonegate Drive
o New 2-lane facility
• Ocoee Apopka Road, from SR 438
(Franklin Street) to McCormick Road
o Widen from 2 to 4 lanes
• Old Winter Garden Road, from SR 50 to
Maguire Road
o New 2-lane facility
The planned 2034 roadway network and
number of lanes are illustrated on MOB Figure
9.
By 2045, the following additional roadway
improvements are planned to be completed:
• Bowness Avenue, between SR 438 (Franklin
Street) and SR 438 (Silver Star Road)
o Realignment with a curve to provide
continuous movement/redirect flow of
traffic for SR 438
• Lakewood Avenue, from Rewis Street to
Fullers Cross Road
o Widen from 2 to 3 lanes
• Palm Drive, from Pine Street to Ocoee
Apopka Road
o Widen from 2 to 4 lanes
• Palm Drive at Ocoee Apopka Road
o Realignment
• SR 438 (Franklin Street) from E Crown Point
Road to Bowness Avenue
o Widen from 2 to 4 lanes
• SR 438 (Silver Star Road), from Bluford
Avenue to Clarke Road
o Widen from 2 to 4 lanes
• Tomyn Road, from Warrior Road to
Maguire Road
o Widen from 2 to 4 lanes
• Windermere Road, from Roberson Road to
Warrior Road
o Widen from 2 to 4 lanes
• Florida Turnpike, from Gotha Road to SR 50
o Widen to 10 lanes
The planned 2045 roadway network and
number of lanes are illustrated on MOB Figure
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2034 Conditions. In accordance with Florida
Statutes, an evaluation of the 10-year
planning horizon was conducted. The results
of that evaluation are provided herein.
Transit Level of Service
The future 2034 LOS for roadway segments
with transit routes within the City are identified
in MOB Table 13, and most are projected to
operate at a transit LOS of D.
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Bicycle and Pedestrian Level of Traffic Stress
The future 2034 LTS for most bicycle and
pedestrian facilities in Ocoee are projected to
operate at a bicycle LTS of 2 or 4 and
pedestrian LTS of 3 or 4. MOB Table 14 details
the 2034 Bicycle and Pedestrian LTS within the
city.
Roadway Level of Service
Year 2034 conditions were projected using the
growth rates identified in MOB Table 12. The
resulting roadway LOS are summarized in MOB
Table 15 and illustrated on Map 11.
All roadways are projected to operate at LOS
E or better, except for the following:
City Jurisdiction:
• Clarke Road, from White Road to SR 438
(Silver Star Road)
• Maguire Road, from Park Ridge Gotha
Road to SR 50
• Old Winter Garden Road, from Bluford
Avenue to Hempel Avenue
County Jurisdiction:
• Clarcona Ocoee Road, from SR 429 to
Lakewood Avenue
• Good Homes Road, from Old Winter
Garden Road to SR 408
• Good Homes Road, from SR 50 to White
Road
• Old Winter Garden Road, from Hempel
Avenue to Good Homes Road
State Jurisdiction:
• SR 50, from 9th Street to Clarke Road
No specific improvements are planned to
address these deficiencies; however, the City
will continue to implement pedestrian and
bicycle improvements to support these
modes of transportation in an effort to provide
improved mobility throughout the City.
2045 Conditions. In accordance with Florida
Statutes, an evaluation of the 20-year
planning horizon was conducted. The results
of that evaluation are provided herein.
Transit Level of Service
The future 2045 LOS for roadway segments
with transit routes within the City are identified
in MOB Table 16, and most are projected to
operate at a transit LOS of D.
Bicycle and Pedestrian Level of Traffic Stress
The future 2045 LTS for most bicycle and
pedestrian facilities within the City are
projected to operate with a bicycle LTS of 2 or
4 and pedestrian LTS of 3 or 4. The 2045 Bicycle
and Pedestrian LTS are identified in MOB Table
17. As previously indicated, the City’s goal is
to bring pedestrian and bicycle LTS to 2.
Roadway Level of Service
Year 2045 conditions were projected using the
growth rates identified in MOB Table 12. The
resulting roadway LOS are summarized in MOB
Table 18 and illustrated on Map 12.
All roadways are projected to operate at LOS
E or better, except for the following:
City Jurisdiction:
• Clarke Road, from White Road to SR 438
(Silver Star Road)
• Maguire Road, from Park Ridge Gotha
Road to SR 50
• Maguire Road, from Marshall Farms Road
to Kissimmee Avenue
• Old Winter Garden Road, from Maguire
Road to Hempel Avenue
County Jurisdiction:
• Clarcona Ocoee Road, from SR 429 to
Clarke Road
• Good Homes Road, from Old Winter
Garden Road to SR 408
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• Good Homes Road, from SR 50 to White
Road
• Old Winter Garden Road, from Hempel
Avenue to Good Homes Road
State Jurisdiction:
• Ocoee Apopka Road, from SR 438 (W
Franklin Street) to SR 438 (W Silver Star
Road)
• SR 438 (Silver Star Road), from Ocoee
Apopka Road to Bluford Avenue
• SR 50, from 9th Street to Clarke Road
• SR 50, from Good Homes Road to Apopka
Vineland Road
Future Conditions. There are no specific
improvements planned to address
deficiencies beyond those presented in the
various transportation maps and discussed
herein. However, the City will continue to seek
developer contribution towards road
improvements as new projects come online,
through such mechanisms as easements,
right-of-way dedications, proportionate share
payment, or construction of needed
improvements. The City will also implement
pedestrian and bicycle improvements to
support these modes of transportation in an
effort to provide improved mobility
throughout the City. Coordination between
the goals and objectives of the Future Land
Use Element, the Recreation and Open Space
Element, and this Mobility Element will help
make Ocoee a safe, connected, well-
balanced, and active community where
present and future residents, as well as visitors,
can enjoy all stages of life.
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MOB Table 1: Number of Lanes, Jurisdiction, Functional Classification, and Context Classification
Roadway Segment From To No. of
Lanes Jurisdiction Functional
Classification
Context
Classification
A.D. Mims Rd Sandy Cove &
Wurst Rd Clarke Rd 2 Ocoee Minor Collector C3R
A.D. Mims Rd Clarke Rd Apopka Vineland
Rd 2 Ocoee Minor Collector C3R
Adair St Wurst Rd Clarcona Ocoee
Rd 2 Ocoee Local C3R
Apopka Vineland
Rd
SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) AD Mims Rd 4 Orange Major Collector C3R
Apopka Vineland
Rd AD Mims Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd 2 Orange Major Collector C3R
Apopka Vineland
Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd Clarcona Ocoee
Rd 2 Orange Major Collector C3R
Apopka Vineland
Rd
Clarcona Ocoee
Rd McCormick Rd 2 Orange Major Collector C3R
Blackwood Ave Old Winter Garden
Rd SR 50 4 Ocoee Local C3C
Blackwood Ave SR 50 Maine St 4 Ocoee Local C3C
Bluford Ave Old Winter Garden
Rd SR 50 2 Ocoee Minor Arterial C3C
Bluford Ave SR 50 Geneva St 2 Ocoee Minor Arterial C3C
Bluford Ave Geneva St Orlando Ave 2 Ocoee Minor Arterial C3C
Bluford Ave Orlando Ave McKey St 2 Ocoee Minor Arterial C3C
Bluford Ave McKey St SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) 2 Ocoee Major Collector C4
Bluford Ave SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) Lakewood Ave 2 Ocoee Major Collector C3R
Bowness Ave SR 438 (Franklin St) SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) 2 Ocoee Local C3C
Clarcona Ocoee
Rd SR 429 Lakewood Ave 4 Orange Local C3R
Clarcona Ocoee
Rd Lakewood Ave Ingram Rd/Lake
Meadow Rd 4 Orange Local C3R
Clarcona Ocoee
Rd
Ingram Rd/Lake
Meadow Rd Clarke Rd 4 Orange Local C3R
Clarcona Ocoee
Rd Clarke Rd Apopka Vineland
Rd 4 Orange Local C3R
Clarke Rd SR 50 White Rd 4 Ocoee Major Collector C3C
Clarke Rd White Rd SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) 4 Ocoee Major Collector C3C
Clarke Rd SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) A.D. Mims Rd 4 Ocoee Major Collector C3R
Clarke Rd A.D. Mims Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd 2 Ocoee Major Collector C3R
Clarke Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd Clarcona Ocoee
Rd 2 Ocoee Major Collector C3R
Clarke Rd Clarcona Ocoee
Rd McCormick Rd 2 Ocoee Local C3R
E Crown Point Rd SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) Palm Dr 2 Orange Major Collector C3C
E Crown Point Rd Palm Dr Fullers Cross Rd 2 Orange Major Collector C3R
E Crown Point Rd Fullers Cross Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd 2 Orange Major Collector C3R
Flewelling Ave Rewis St Ocoee Hills Rd 2 Ocoee Major Collector C3R
Fullers Cross Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd Lakewood Ave 2 Orange Major Collector C3R
Geneva St Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 2 Ocoee Major Collector C3C
Good Homes Rd Old Winter Garden
Rd
SR 408 (East-West
Expy) 4 Orange Major Collector C3R
Good Homes Rd SR 408 (East-West
Expy)
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) 4 Orange Major Collector C3C
Good Homes Rd SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) Balboa Dr 2 Orange Major Collector C3R
Good Homes Rd Balboa Dr White Rd 2 Orange Major Collector C3R
Good Homes Rd White Rd SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) 2 Orange Major Collector C3R
Hackney-Prairie Rd Clarke Rd Apopka Vineland
Rd 2 Ocoee Local C3R
Hempel Ave Gotha Rd Old Winter Garden
Rd 2 Orange Major Collector C3R
Ingram Rd Clarcona Ocoee
Rd McCormick Rd 2 Ocoee Local C3R
Johio Shores Rd SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) A.D. Mims Rd 2 Ocoee Local C3R
Kissimmee Ave Maguire Rd McKey St 2 Ocoee Minor Arterial C3R
Lakewood Ave Rewis St Wurst Rd 2 Ocoee Major Collector C3R
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MOB Table 1: Number of Lanes, Jurisdiction, Functional Classification, and Context Classification
Roadway Segment From To No. of
Lanes Jurisdiction Functional
Classification
Context
Classification
Lakewood Ave Wurst Rd Fullers Cross Rd 2 Orange Major Collector C3R
Lakewood Ave Fullers Cross Rd Clarcona Ocoee
Rd 2 Orange Major Collector C3R
Maguire Rd Park Ridge Gotha
Rd
Roberson Rd /
Moore Rd 2 Ocoee Major Collector C3R
Maguire Rd Roberson Rd /
Moore Rd Tomyn Blvd 2 Ocoee Major Collector C3R
Maguire Rd Tomyn Blvd Old Winter Garden
Rd 4 Ocoee Major Collector C3R
Maguire Rd Old Winter Garden
Rd
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) 4 Ocoee Major Collector C3C
Maguire Rd SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) Marshall Farms Rd 2 Ocoee Minor Arterial C3C
Maguire Rd Marshall Farms Rd Story Rd 2 Ocoee Minor Arterial C3C
Maguire Rd Story Rd Kissimmee Ave 2 Ocoee Minor Arterial C3C
Maguire Rd Kissimmee Ave SR 438 (W Franklin
St) 2 Ocoee Major Collector C3C
Maine St Maguire Rd Blackwood Ave 0 Ocoee Local
Marshall Farms Rd SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) Maguire Rd 2 Ocoee Major Collector C3C
McCormick Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd Ingram Rd 2 Orange Minor Collector C3R
McCormick Rd Ingram Rd Apopka Vineland
Rd 2 Orange Minor Collector C3R
McKey St Kissimmee Ave Bluford Ave 2 Ocoee Minor Arterial C4
Montgomery Ave Blackwood Ave White Rd 2 Ocoee Local C3R
Ocoee Crown
Point Pkwy Stonegate Dr Ocoee Apopka Rd 2 Ocoee Local C3R
Ocoee Hills Rd SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) Flewelling Ave 2 Ocoee Major Collector C3R
Ocoee Apopka Rd SR 438 (W Franklin
St)
SR 438 (W Silver
Star Rd) 2 FDOT Major Collector C3C
Ocoee Apopka Rd SR 438 (W Silver
Star Rd) Fullers Cross Rd 2 Orange Major Collector C3C
Ocoee Apopka Rd Fullers Cross Rd West Rd 2 Orange Major Collector C3C
Ocoee Apopka Rd West Rd McCormick Rd 2 Orange Major Collector C3C
Old Winter Garden
Rd Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 4 Ocoee Minor Arterial C3C
Old Winter Garden
Rd Bluford Ave Blackwood Ave 4 Ocoee Minor Arterial C3C
Old Winter Garden
Rd Blackwood Ave Hempel Ave 4 Ocoee Minor Arterial C3C
Old Winter Garden
Rd Hempel Ave Citrus Oaks Ave 4 Orange Minor Arterial C3R
Old Winter Garden
Rd Citrus Oaks Ave Good Homes Rd 4 Orange Minor Arterial C3R
Orlando Ave Bluford Ave Montgomery Ave 2 Ocoee Minor Collector C3R
Palm Dr E Crown Point Rd Pine St 2 Ocoee Local C3C
Palm Dr Pine St Ocoee Apopka Rd 2 Ocoee Local C3C
Pine St Palm Dr N of Palm Dr 2 Ocoee Local C3R
Rewis St Lakewood Ave Flewelling Ave 2 Ocoee Major Collector C3R
Roberson Rd Windermere Rd Maguire Rd 2 Orange Major Collector C3R
Russell Dr Flewelling Ave Willow Creek Rd 2 Ocoee Minor Collector C3R
SR 438 (Plant
St/Franklin St) E Crown Point Rd SR 429 2 FDOT Minor Arterial C3C
SR 438 (Plant
St/Franklin St) SR 429 Bowness Ave 2 FDOT Minor Arterial C3C
SR 438 (Plant
St/Franklin St) Bowness Ave Ocoee Apopka Rd 2 FDOT Minor Arterial C3C
SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) Ocoee Apopka Rd Bluford Ave 2 FDOT Minor Arterial C3C
SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) Bluford Ave Ocoee-Hills Rd 2 FDOT Minor Arterial C3R
SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) Ocoee-Hills Rd Clarke Rd 2 FDOT Minor Arterial C3R
SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) Clarke Rd Johio Shores Rd 4 FDOT Minor Arterial C3R
SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) Johio Shores Rd Good Homes Rd 4 FDOT Minor Arterial C3R
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) 9th St SR 429 6 FDOT Principal Arterial C3C
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) SR 429 Marshall Farms Rd 6 FDOT Principal Arterial C3C
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MOB Table 1: Number of Lanes, Jurisdiction, Functional Classification, and Context Classification
Roadway Segment From To No. of
Lanes Jurisdiction Functional
Classification
Context
Classification
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) Marshall Farms Rd Maguire Rd 6 FDOT Principal Arterial C3C
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 6 FDOT Principal Arterial C3C
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) Bluford Ave Blackwood Ave 6 FDOT Principal Arterial C3C
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) Blackwood Ave Clarke Rd 6 FDOT Principal Arterial C3C
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) Clarke Rd Good Homes Rd 6 FDOT Principal Arterial C3C
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) Good Homes Rd Apopka Vineland
Rd 6 FDOT Principal Arterial C3C
Story Rd 9th St Maguire Rd 2 Ocoee Major Collector C3C
Taylor St Franklin St McKey St &
Kissimmee Ave 2 Ocoee Minor Arterial C3C
Tomyn Blvd Warrior Rd Maguire Rd 2 Ocoee Major Collector C3R
West Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd SR 429 4 Orange Major Collector C3C
White Rd Montgomery Ave Clarke Rd 2 Ocoee Minor Collector C3R
White Rd Clarke Rd Good Homes Rd 2 Ocoee Minor Collector C3R
Willow Creek Rd Russell Dr Wurst Rd 2 Ocoee Local C3R
Windermere Rd McKinnon Rd Roberson Rd 2 Orange Major Collector C3R
Windermere Rd Roberson Rd Warrior Rd 2 Orange Major Collector C3R
Wurst Rd Lakewood Ave Adair St 2 Orange Minor Collector C3R
Wurst Rd Adair St A.D. Mims Rd 2 Ocoee Minor Collector C3R
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Notes: 1) Service volumes adjusted +5% for roadways with exclusive left turn lane(s)
2) Service volumes adjusted -10% for non-state signalized roadways
3) Volumes greater than LOS D become LOS F
MOB Table 2: Generalized Peak Hour Directional Volumes for Roadways
Context Classification Lanes
(Directional) LOS B LOS C LOS D LOS E
C3R - Suburban
Residential 1, 2
1 - 970 1,110 - 3
2 - 1,700 1,850 - 3
3 - 2,620 2,730 - 3
C3C - Suburban
Commercial 1, 2
1 - 760 1,070 - 3
2 - 1,520 1,810 - 3
3 - 2,360 2,680 - 3
C4 - Urban General 1, 2
1 - - 870 1,190
2 - 1,210 1,790 2,020
3 - 2,210 2,810 2,990
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MOB Table 3: 2023 Roadway Level of Service
Roadway Segment From To No. of
Lanes
Daily
Volume
PHPD
Volume
PHPD
V/C
PHPD
LOS
A.D. Mims Rd Sandy Cove & Wurst
Rd Clarke Rd 2 5712 275 0.28 C
A.D. Mims Rd Clarke Rd Apopka Vineland Rd 2 6338 305 0.31 C
Adair St Wurst Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd 2 5704 275 0.28 C
Apopka Vineland Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) AD Mims Rd 4 15764 759 0.46 C
Apopka Vineland Rd AD Mims Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd 2 15968 769 0.77 C
Apopka Vineland Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd 2 10833 522 0.52 C
Apopka Vineland Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd McCormick Rd 2 14911 718 0.72 C
Blackwood Ave Old Winter Garden
Rd SR 50 4 12867 620 0.38 C
Blackwood Ave SR 50 Maine St 4 7033 339 0.21 C
Bluford Ave Old Winter Garden
Rd SR 50 2 7282 351 0.36 C
Bluford Ave SR 50 Geneva St 2 11016 530 0.55 C
Bluford Ave Geneva St Orlando Ave 2 11016 530 0.55 C
Bluford Ave Orlando Ave McKey St 2 6732 324 0.34 C
Bluford Ave McKey St SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) 2 8580 413 0.39 D
Bluford Ave SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Lakewood Ave 2 8568 413 0.41 C
Bowness Ave SR 438 (Franklin St) SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) 2 11850 571 0.59 C
Clarcona Ocoee Rd SR 429 Lakewood Ave 4 27363 1318 0.79 C
Clarcona Ocoee Rd Lakewood Ave Ingram Rd/Lake
Meadow Rd 4 21829 1051 0.63 C
Clarcona Ocoee Rd Ingram Rd/Lake
Meadow Rd Clarke Rd 4 21829 1051 0.63 C
Clarcona Ocoee Rd Clarke Rd Apopka Vineland Rd 4 22075 1063 0.64 C
Clarke Rd SR 50 White Rd 4 23780 1145 0.70 C
Clarke Rd White Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) 4 30816 1484 0.91 D
Clarke Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) A.D. Mims Rd 4 21368 1029 0.62 C
Clarke Rd A.D. Mims Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd 2 17126 825 0.83 C
Clarke Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd 2 11533 555 0.56 C
Clarke Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd McCormick Rd 2 4200 202 0.20 C
E Crown Point Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Palm Dr 2 8532 411 0.43 C
E Crown Point Rd Palm Dr Fullers Cross Rd 2 8262 398 0.40 C
E Crown Point Rd Fullers Cross Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd 2 10544 508 0.51 C
Flewelling Ave Rewis St Ocoee Hills Rd 2 1881 91 0.09 C
Fullers Cross Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd Lakewood Ave 2 3867 186 0.19 C
Geneva St Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 2 7522 362 0.38 C
Good Homes Rd Old Winter Garden
Rd
SR 408 (East-West
Expy) 4 30411 1464 0.88 C
Good Homes Rd SR 408 (East-West
Expy) SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) 4 25500 1228 0.75 C
Good Homes Rd SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Balboa Dr 2 20974 1010 1.01 F
Good Homes Rd Balboa Dr White Rd 2 20974 1010 1.01 F
Good Homes Rd White Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) 2 8159 393 0.39 C
Hackney-Prairie Rd Clarke Rd Apopka Vineland Rd 2 1678 81 0.08 C
Hempel Ave Gotha Rd Old Winter Garden Rd 2 8026 386 0.39 C
Ingram Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd McCormick Rd 2 2368 114 0.11 C
Johio Shores Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) A.D. Mims Rd 2 1711 82 0.08 C
Kissimmee Ave Maguire Rd McKey St 2 3009 145 0.15 C
Lakewood Ave Rewis St Wurst Rd 2 7481 360 0.36 C
Lakewood Ave Wurst Rd Fullers Cross Rd 2 7481 360 0.36 C
Lakewood Ave Fullers Cross Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd 2 5712 275 0.28 C
Maguire Rd Park Ridge Gotha Rd Roberson Rd / Moore
Rd 2 34639 1668 1.67 F
Maguire Rd Roberson Rd / Moore
Rd Tomyn Blvd 2 34639 1668 1.67 F
Maguire Rd Tomyn Blvd Old Winter Garden Rd 4 30733 1480 0.89 C
Maguire Rd Old Winter Garden
Rd SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) 4 30733 1480 0.91 D
Maguire Rd SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Marshall Farms Rd 2 13905 670 0.70 C
Maguire Rd Marshall Farms Rd Story Rd 2 13770 663 0.69 C
Maguire Rd Story Rd Kissimmee Ave 2 15626 752 0.78 D
Maguire Rd Kissimmee Ave SR 438 (W Franklin St) 2 13974 673 0.70 C
Marshall Farms Rd SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Maguire Rd 2 3315 160 0.17 C
McCormick Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd Ingram Rd 2 5640 272 0.27 C
McCormick Rd Ingram Rd Apopka Vineland Rd 2 4803 231 0.23 C
McKey St Kissimmee Ave Bluford Ave 2 3264 157 0.15 D
Montgomery Ave Blackwood Ave White Rd 2 3033 146 0.15 C
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Roadway Segment From To No. of
Lanes
Daily
Volume
PHPD
Volume
PHPD
V/C
PHPD
LOS
Ocoee Crown Point
Pkwy Stonegate Dr Ocoee Apopka Rd 2 6422 309 0.31 C
Ocoee Hills Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Flewelling Ave 2 2652 128 0.13 C
Ocoee Apopka Rd SR 438 (W Franklin St) SR 438 (W Silver Star
Rd) 2 13260 638 0.60 C
Ocoee Apopka Rd SR 438 (W Silver Star
Rd) Fullers Cross Rd 2 11126 536 0.56 C
Ocoee Apopka Rd Fullers Cross Rd West Rd 2 14688 707 0.73 D
Ocoee Apopka Rd West Rd McCormick Rd 2 14835 714 0.74 D
Old Winter Garden Rd Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 4 26763 1289 0.79 C
Old Winter Garden Rd Bluford Ave Blackwood Ave 4 31619 1522 0.93 D
Old Winter Garden Rd Blackwood Ave Hempel Ave 4 31619 1522 0.93 D
Old Winter Garden Rd Hempel Ave Citrus Oaks Ave 4 28560 1375 0.83 C
Old Winter Garden Rd Citrus Oaks Ave Good Homes Rd 4 30585 1473 0.88 C
Orlando Ave Bluford Ave Montgomery Ave 2 5855 282 0.28 C
Palm Dr E Crown Point Rd Pine St 2 3960 191 0.20 C
Palm Dr Pine St Ocoee Apopka Rd 2 4140 199 0.21 C
Pine St Palm Dr N of Palm Dr 2 1230 59 0.06 C
Rewis St Lakewood Ave Flewelling Ave 2 1887 91 0.09 C
Roberson Rd Windermere Rd Maguire Rd 2 12770 615 0.62 C
Russell Dr Flewelling Ave Willow Creek Rd 2 2286 110 0.11 C
SR 438 (Plant
St/Franklin St) E Crown Point Rd SR 429 2 15198 732 0.68 C
SR 438 (Plant St/Franklin
St) SR 429 Bowness Ave 2 13668 658 0.61 C
SR 438 (Plant
St/Franklin St) Bowness Ave Ocoee Apopka Rd 2 13668 658 0.61 C
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Ocoee Apopka Rd Bluford Ave 2 15198 732 0.68 C
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Bluford Ave Ocoee-Hills Rd 2 11934 575 0.52 C
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Ocoee-Hills Rd Clarke Rd 2 15410 742 0.67 C
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Clarke Rd Johio Shores Rd 4 15810 761 0.41 C
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Johio Shores Rd Good Homes Rd 4 16456 792 0.43 C
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) 9th St SR 429 6 56100 2701 1.01 F
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) SR 429 Marshall Farms Rd 6 52530 2529 0.94 D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Marshall Farms Rd Maguire Rd 6 52286 2518 0.94 D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 6 45900 2210 0.82 C
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Bluford Ave Blackwood Ave 6 50490 2431 0.91 D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Blackwood Ave Clarke Rd 6 52207 2514 0.94 D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Clarke Rd Good Homes Rd 6 34680 1670 0.62 C
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Good Homes Rd Apopka Vineland Rd 6 35190 1694 0.63 C
Story Rd 9th St Maguire Rd 2 9055 436 0.45 C
Taylor St Franklin St McKey St & Kissimmee
Ave 2 3264 157 0.16 C
Tomyn Blvd Warrior Rd Maguire Rd 2 7956 383 0.38 C
West Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd SR 429 4 19588 943 0.58 C
White Rd Montgomery Ave Clarke Rd 2 6567 316 0.32 C
White Rd Clarke Rd Good Homes Rd 2 8002 385 0.39 C
Willow Creek Rd Russell Dr Wurst Rd 2 2286 110 0.11 C
Windermere Rd McKinnon Rd Roberson Rd 2 5672 273 0.27 C
Windermere Rd Roberson Rd Warrior Rd 2 13189 635 0.64 C
Wurst Rd Lakewood Ave Adair St 2 7778 375 0.38 C
Wurst Rd Adair St A.D. Mims Rd 2 5100 246 0.25 C
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MOB Table 4: Existing Transit Service
Route Weekday Saturday Sunday and Holiday
Hours Headway Hours Headway Hours Headway
54 – Old Winter Garden
Road
5:30 AM –
8:00 PM 1 Hr. 5:30 AM –
8:00 PM 1 Hr. None N/A
105 – West Colonial
Drive
5:00 AM –
11:30 PM 30 Min. 5:00 AM –
11:30 PM 30 Min. 5:00 AM –
10:00 PM 1 Hr.
125 – Silver Star Road 4:30 AM –
1:30 AM 30 Min. 4:30 AM –
1:30 AM 30 Min. 5:00 AM –
10:30 PM 1 Hr.
811 - NeighborLink 5:30 AM –
7:30 PM 1 Hr. 5:30 AM –
7:30 PM 1 Hr. None N/A
MOB Table 5: Transit Level of Service Thresholds
LOS A LOS B LOS C LOS D LOS E LOS F
Service
Frequency
(vehicles/hour)
Greater
than 6 5-6 3-4 2 1 Less than 1
Headway
(minutes)
Less than
10 10-14 15-20 21-30 31-60 Greater
than 60
Description
Passengers
do not
need
schedules
Frequent
service,
passengers
consult
schedules
Maximum
desirable
time to
wait if
transit
vehicle
missed
Service
unattractive
to choice
riders
Service
unavailable
during hour
Service
unattractive
to all riders
MOB Table 6: 2023 Transit Level of Service
Segment From To Transit
LOS
Blackwood Ave Old Winter Garden Rd SR 50 D
Bluford Ave Old Winter Garden Rd SR 50 E
Clarke Rd SR 50 White Rd D
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MOB Table 6: 2023 Transit Level of Service
Segment From To Transit
LOS
Clarke Rd White Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) C
Old Winter Garden Rd Bluford Ave Blackwood Ave D
Old Winter Garden Rd Blackwood Ave Hempel Ave D
Old Winter Garden Rd Hempel Ave Citrus Oaks Ave D
Old Winter Garden Rd Citrus Oaks Ave Good Homes Rd D
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Clarke Rd Johio Shores Rd C
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Johio Shores Rd Good Homes Rd C
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) 9th St SR 429 A
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) SR 429 Marshall Farms Rd D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Marshall Farms Rd Maguire Rd D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Maguire Rd Bluford Ave D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Bluford Ave Blackwood Ave D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Blackwood Ave Clarke Rd D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Clarke Rd Good Homes Rd D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Good Homes Rd Apopka Vineland Rd D
Story Rd 9th St Maguire Rd D
MOB Table 7: Bicycle Level of Traffic Stress Thresholds When Bicycle Facility Present
LTS 1 LTS 2 LTS 3 LTS 4
Posted Speed (mph) 30 or less 30 or less 35 35 40+
AADT <7,000 >7,000 -- -- -- --
Bicycle Lane
Characteristics -- 6’ or
greater
Less
than 6’ Buffered Not
Buffered --
Notes: 1) If bicycle lane width is less than listed, increase LTS by 1.
2) If bicycle lane is not continuous along entire segment, increase LTS by 1.
MOB Table 8: Bicycle Level of Traffic Stress Thresholds When Bicycle Facility Not Present
LTS 1 LTS 2 LTS 3 LTS 4
Posted Speed
(mph) -- 25 to 30 35+ 25 to 30 25 to 30 35+
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Vehicular Travel
Lanes -- Up to 3 -- Up to 3 4 or more --
Land Use -- Residential -- Commercial
or Industrial -- --
AADT -- -- <3,000 -- -- 3,000+
MOB Table 9: Pedestrian Level of Traffic Stress Thresholds
LTS 1 LTS 2 LTS 3 LTS 4
Sidewalk
Coverage Continuous Continuous Continuous Continuous Not
continuous
Posted Speed
(mph) 25 25 30 to
35
30 to
35 40+ 40+ --
Separation from
Traffic1 Yes No Yes No Yes No --
Notes: 1) If vertical separation is present, reduce LTS by 1.
2) This analysis is conducted for each side of the road. If continuous sidewalk coverage is provided only on
one side of the road, increase LTS by 2.
MOB Table 10: 2023 Bicycle and Pedestrian Level of Traffic Stress
Segment From To Bike
LTS
Ped
LTS
A.D. Mims Rd Sandy Cove & Wurst Rd Clarke Rd 4 4
A.D. Mims Rd Clarke Rd Apopka Vineland Rd 4 4
Adair St Wurst Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd 2 4
Apopka Vineland Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) AD Mims Rd 4 4
Apopka Vineland Rd AD Mims Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd 4 4
Apopka Vineland Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd 4 4
Apopka Vineland Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd McCormick Rd 4 4
Blackwood Ave Old Winter Garden Rd SR 50 3 4
Blackwood Ave SR 50 Maine St 4 4
Bluford Ave Old Winter Garden Rd SR 50 4 2
Bluford Ave SR 50 Geneva St `4 4
Bluford Ave Geneva St Orlando Ave 4 4
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Segment From To Bike
LTS
Ped
LTS
Bluford Ave Orlando Ave McKey St 4 4
Bluford Ave McKey St SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) 3 2
Bluford Ave SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Lakewood Ave 3 2
Bowness Ave SR 438 (Franklin St) SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) 3 4
Clarcona Ocoee Rd SR 429 Lakewood Ave 4 3
Clarcona Ocoee Rd Lakewood Ave Ingram Rd/Lake
Meadow Rd 4 4
Clarcona Ocoee Rd Ingram Rd/Lake
Meadow Rd Clarke Rd 4 3
Clarcona Ocoee Rd Clarke Rd Apopka Vineland Rd 4 3
Clarke Rd SR 50 White Rd 4 4
Clarke Rd White Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) 4 3
Clarke Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) A.D. Mims Rd 4 3
Clarke Rd A.D. Mims Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd 4 4
Clarke Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd 4 4
Clarke Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd McCormick Rd 4 4
E Crown Point Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Palm Dr 4 4
E Crown Point Rd Palm Dr Fullers Cross Rd 4 4
E Crown Point Rd Fullers Cross Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd 4 4
Flewelling Ave Rewis St Ocoee Hills Rd 2 3
Fullers Cross Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd Lakewood Ave 4 4
Geneva St Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 3 4
Good Homes Rd Old Winter Garden Rd SR 408 (East-West Expy) 4 4
Good Homes Rd SR 408 (East-West Expy) SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) 4 4
Good Homes Rd SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Balboa Dr 4 4
Good Homes Rd Balboa Dr White Rd 4 4
Good Homes Rd White Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) 4 4
Hackney-Prairie Rd Clarke Rd Apopka Vineland Rd 2 4
Hempel Ave Gotha Rd Old Winter Garden Rd 4 4
Ingram Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd McCormick Rd 2 4
Johio Shores Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) A.D. Mims Rd 2 4
Kissimmee Ave Maguire Rd McKey St 4 4
Lakewood Ave Rewis St Wurst Rd 2 4
Lakewood Ave Wurst Rd Fullers Cross Rd 2 4
Lakewood Ave Fullers Cross Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd - -
Maguire Rd Park Ridge Gotha Rd Roberson Rd / Moore
Rd 4 3
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Segment From To Bike
LTS
Ped
LTS
Maguire Rd Roberson Rd / Moore
Rd Tomyn Blvd 4 3
Maguire Rd Tomyn Blvd Old Winter Garden Rd 4 2
Maguire Rd Old Winter Garden Rd SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) 4 2
Maguire Rd SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Marshall Farms Rd 4 4
Maguire Rd Marshall Farms Rd Story Rd 4 4
Maguire Rd Story Rd Kissimmee Ave 4 4
Maguire Rd Kissimmee Ave SR 438 (W Franklin St) 4 4
Maine St Maguire Rd Blackwood Ave 1 4
Marshall Farms Rd SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Maguire Rd 4 4
McCormick Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd Ingram Rd 4 4
McCormick Rd Ingram Rd Apopka Vineland Rd 4 4
McKey St Kissimmee Ave Bluford Ave 2 1
Montgomery Ave Blackwood Ave White Rd 2 4
Ocoee Crown Point
Pkwy E Crown Point Rd Stonegate Dr - -
Ocoee Crown Point
Pkwy Stonegate Dr Ocoee Apopka Rd 2 4
Ocoee Hills Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Flewelling Ave 2 3
Ocoee Apopka Rd SR 438 (W Franklin St) SR 438 (W Silver Star Rd) 4 4
Ocoee Apopka Rd SR 438 (W Silver Star Rd) Fullers Cross Rd 4 4
Ocoee Apopka Rd Fullers Cross Rd West Rd 4 4
Ocoee Apopka Rd West Rd McCormick Rd 4 4
Old Winter Garden Rd SR 50 Maguire Rd - -
Old Winter Garden Rd Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 3 2
Old Winter Garden Rd Bluford Ave Blackwood Ave 3 2
Old Winter Garden Rd Blackwood Ave Hempel Ave 3 2
Old Winter Garden Rd Hempel Ave Citrus Oaks Ave 4 3
Old Winter Garden Rd Citrus Oaks Ave Good Homes Rd 4 3
Orlando Ave Bluford Ave Montgomery Ave 2 2
Palm Dr E Crown Point Rd Pine St 4 4
Palm Dr Pine St Ocoee Apopka Rd 4 4
Pine St Palm Dr N of Palm Dr 2 4
Rewis St Lakewood Ave Flewelling Ave 2 3
Roberson Rd Windermere Rd Maguire Rd 4 4
Russell Dr Flewelling Ave Willow Creek Rd 2 3
SR 438 (Plant St/Franklin
St) E Crown Point Rd SR 429 3 4
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MOB Table 10: 2023 Bicycle and Pedestrian Level of Traffic Stress
Segment From To Bike
LTS
Ped
LTS
SR 438 (Plant St/Franklin
St) SR 429 Bowness Ave 3 4
SR 438 (Plant St/Franklin
St) Bowness Ave Ocoee Apopka Rd 3 4
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Ocoee Apopka Rd Bluford Ave 4 4
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Bluford Ave Ocoee-Hills Rd 4 4
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Ocoee-Hills Rd Clarke Rd 4 4
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Clarke Rd Johio Shores Rd 4 3
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Johio Shores Rd Good Homes Rd 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) 9th St SR 429 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) SR 429 Marshall Farms Rd 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Marshall Farms Rd Maguire Rd 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Bluford Ave Blackwood Ave 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Blackwood Ave Clarke Rd 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Clarke Rd Good Homes Rd 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Good Homes Rd Apopka Vineland Rd 4 3
Story Rd 9th St Maguire Rd 4 4
Taylor St Franklin St McKey St & Kissimmee
Ave 3 4
Tomyn Blvd Warrior Rd Maguire Rd 4 4
West Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd SR 429 4 3
White Rd Montgomery Ave Clarke Rd 4 4
White Rd Clarke Rd Good Homes Rd 4 4
Willow Creek Rd Russell Dr Wurst Rd 2 3
Windermere Rd McKinnon Rd Roberson Rd 4 4
Windermere Rd Roberson Rd Warrior Rd 4 4
Wurst Rd Lakewood Ave Adair St 2 4
Wurst Rd Adair St A.D. Mims Rd 2 3
[MOB Table 11 is located in body of text.]
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Table 12: Projected Annual Growth Rates
Segment From To
5-Year
Historic
Trend
Model
Growth
BEBR
Med
BEBR
High
Rate
Used
A.D. Mims Rd Sandy Cove &
Wurst Rd Clarke Rd -2.02% 0.38% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
A.D. Mims Rd Clarke Rd Apopka Vineland
Rd -0.14% 0.49% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Adair St Wurst Rd Clarcona Ocoee
Rd 6.38% 1.39% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Apopka Vineland Rd SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) AD Mims Rd 1.18% 0.76% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Apopka Vineland Rd AD Mims Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd 0.78% 2.14% 1.26% 2.41% 2.14%
Apopka Vineland Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd Clarcona Ocoee
Rd - 2.32% 1.26% 2.41% 2.32%
Apopka Vineland Rd Clarcona Ocoee
Rd McCormick Rd - -0.09% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Blackwood Ave Old Winter
Garden Rd SR 50 - -2.17% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Blackwood Ave SR 50 Maine St - 4.70% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Bluford Ave Old Winter
Garden Rd SR 50 -0.36% -0.32% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Bluford Ave SR 50 Geneva St 3.95% 1.38% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Bluford Ave Geneva St Orlando Ave 3.95% 0.96% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Bluford Ave Orlando Ave McKey St 0.93% 1.91% 1.26% 2.41% 1.91%
Bluford Ave McKey St SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) -0.42% 3.38% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Bluford Ave SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) Lakewood Ave -1.59% 0.36% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Bowness Ave SR 438 (Franklin St) SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) - 1.69% 1.26% 2.41% 1.69%
Clarcona Ocoee Rd SR 429 Lakewood Ave 7.97% 2.39% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Clarcona Ocoee Rd Lakewood Ave Ingram Rd/Lake
Meadow Rd 8.81% 1.67% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Clarcona Ocoee Rd Ingram Rd/Lake
Meadow Rd Clarke Rd 8.81% 1.33% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Clarcona Ocoee Rd Clarke Rd Apopka Vineland
Rd 1.15% 1.16% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Clarke Rd SR 50 White Rd 0.28% 0.37% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Clarke Rd White Rd SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) -0.15% 0.40% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Clarke Rd SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) A.D. Mims Rd 0.49% 1.63% 1.26% 2.41% 1.63%
Clarke Rd A.D. Mims Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd 1.80% 1.57% 1.26% 2.41% 1.80%
Clarke Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd Clarcona Ocoee
Rd - 1.53% 1.26% 2.41% 1.53%
Clarke Rd Clarcona Ocoee
Rd McCormick Rd - 1.06% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
E Crown Point Rd SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) Palm Dr -3.81% 1.90% 1.26% 2.41% 1.90%
E Crown Point Rd Palm Dr Fullers Cross Rd -2.09% 1.32% 1.26% 2.41% 1.32%
E Crown Point Rd Fullers Cross Rd Ocoee Apopka
Rd - 1.17% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Flewelling Ave Rewis St Ocoee Hills Rd -1.16% 0.71% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Fullers Cross Rd Ocoee Apopka
Rd Lakewood Ave - 1.91% 1.26% 2.41% 1.91%
Geneva St Maguire Rd Bluford Ave - 0.74% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Good Homes Rd Old Winter
Garden Rd
SR 408 (East-West
Expy) -0.05% 0.07% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Good Homes Rd SR 408 (East-West
Expy)
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) -2.59% 0.34% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Good Homes Rd SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) Balboa Dr 1.14% 0.51% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Good Homes Rd Balboa Dr White Rd 1.14% 0.72% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Good Homes Rd White Rd SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) -1.56% 1.34% 1.26% 2.41% 1.34%
Hackney-Prairie Rd Clarke Rd Apopka Vineland
Rd - 1.42% 1.26% 2.41% 1.42%
Hempel Ave Gotha Rd Old Winter
Garden Rd -1.57% 3.77% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Ingram Rd Clarcona Ocoee
Rd McCormick Rd -6.85% 5.19% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
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Table 12: Projected Annual Growth Rates
Segment From To
5-Year
Historic
Trend
Model
Growth
BEBR
Med
BEBR
High
Rate
Used
Johio Shores Rd SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) A.D. Mims Rd - 1.31% 1.26% 2.41% 1.31%
Kissimmee Ave Maguire Rd McKey St -16.34% 4.05% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Lakewood Ave Rewis St Wurst Rd 3.79% 1.72% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Lakewood Ave Wurst Rd Fullers Cross Rd 3.79% 3.03% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Lakewood Ave Fullers Cross Rd Clarcona Ocoee
Rd -2.27% 0.82% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Maguire Rd Park Ridge Gotha
Rd
Roberson Rd /
Moore Rd 21.50% 0.69% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Maguire Rd Roberson Rd /
Moore Rd Tomyn Blvd 21.50% 0.70% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Maguire Rd Tomyn Blvd Old Winter
Garden Rd 2.43% 0.93% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Maguire Rd Old Winter
Garden Rd
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) 2.43% 0.09% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Maguire Rd SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) Marshall Farms Rd -0.10% 0.51% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Maguire Rd Marshall Farms Rd Story Rd 1.71% 0.38% 1.26% 2.41% 1.71%
Maguire Rd Story Rd Kissimmee Ave -0.28% 0.50% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Maguire Rd Kissimmee Ave SR 438 (W Franklin
St) -1.80% 0.64% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Maine St Maguire Rd Blackwood Ave - - 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Marshall Farms Rd SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) Maguire Rd 1.61% -0.06% 1.26% 2.41% 1.61%
McCormick Rd Ocoee Apopka
Rd Ingram Rd 6.68% 0.78% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
McCormick Rd Ingram Rd Apopka Vineland
Rd 2.82% 0.61% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
McKey St Kissimmee Ave Bluford Ave -1.21% 5.38% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Montgomery Ave Blackwood Ave White Rd - 4.38% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Ocoee Crown Point
Pkwy E Crown Point Rd Stonegate Dr - - 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Ocoee Crown Point
Pkwy Stonegate Dr Ocoee Apopka
Rd - - 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Ocoee Hills Rd SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) Flewelling Ave -3.46% 1.09% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Ocoee Apopka Rd SR 438 (W Franklin
St)
SR 438 (W Silver
Star Rd) 1.61% 2.62% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Ocoee Apopka Rd SR 438 (W Silver
Star Rd) Fullers Cross Rd 2.14% 4.25% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Ocoee Apopka Rd Fullers Cross Rd West Rd -0.28% 3.22% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Ocoee Apopka Rd West Rd McCormick Rd 2.22% 4.03% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Old Winter Garden
Rd SR 50 Maguire Rd - - 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Old Winter Garden
Rd Maguire Rd Bluford Ave -0.60% 2.12% 1.26% 2.41% 2.12%
Old Winter Garden
Rd Bluford Ave Blackwood Ave -0.72% 0.90% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Old Winter Garden
Rd Blackwood Ave Hempel Ave -0.72% 1.27% 1.26% 2.41% 1.27%
Old Winter Garden
Rd Hempel Ave Citrus Oaks Ave 1.89% 0.79% 1.26% 2.41% 1.89%
Old Winter Garden
Rd Citrus Oaks Ave Good Homes Rd 0.82% 0.65% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Orlando Ave Bluford Ave Montgomery Ave -0.81% 1.47% 1.26% 2.41% 1.47%
Palm Dr E Crown Point Rd Pine St - 7.63% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Palm Dr Pine St Ocoee Apopka
Rd - 7.34% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Pine St Palm Dr N of Palm Dr - 16.87% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Rewis St Lakewood Ave Flewelling Ave -0.53% -0.59% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Roberson Rd Windermere Rd Maguire Rd -0.64% 1.03% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Russell Dr Flewelling Ave Willow Creek Rd 2.07% 2.10% 1.26% 2.41% 2.10%
SR 438 (Plant
St/Franklin St) E Crown Point Rd SR 429 -4.64% 0.31% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
SR 438 (Plant
St/Franklin St) SR 429 Bowness Ave -1.43% 0.68% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
SR 438 (Plant
St/Franklin St) Bowness Ave Ocoee Apopka Rd -1.43% 0.68% 1.26% 2.41% 1.78%
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Ocoee Apopka
Rd Bluford Ave -0.79% 1.78% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
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Table 12: Projected Annual Growth Rates
Segment From To
5-Year
Historic
Trend
Model
Growth
BEBR
Med
BEBR
High
Rate
Used
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Bluford Ave Ocoee-Hills Rd -1.63% 2.65% 1.26% 2.41% 2.24%
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Ocoee-Hills Rd Clarke Rd -0.57% 2.24% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Clarke Rd Johio Shores Rd -4.68% 0.71% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Johio Shores Rd Good Homes Rd - 0.62% 1.26% 2.41% 2.34%
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) 9th St SR 429 2.34% 0.25% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) SR 429 Marshall Farms Rd 1.00% 0.31% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Marshall Farms Rd Maguire Rd 2.46% 0.14% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 4.86% 0.13% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Bluford Ave Blackwood Ave 3.84% 0.37% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Blackwood Ave Clarke Rd 4.41% 0.36% 1.26% 2.41% 1.86%
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Clarke Rd Good Homes Rd 1.86% 0.57% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Good Homes Rd Apopka Vineland
Rd 2.50% 0.34% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Story Rd 9th St Maguire Rd -3.42% 1.21% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Taylor St Franklin St McKey St &
Kissimmee Ave -1.21% 5.88% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Tomyn Blvd Warrior Rd Maguire Rd 0.00% 0.25% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
West Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd SR 429 15.32% 2.83% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
White Rd Montgomery Ave Clarke Rd - 1.23% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
White Rd Clarke Rd Good Homes Rd -1.20% 0.51% 1.26% 2.41% 2.07%
Willow Creek Rd Russell Dr Wurst Rd 2.07% 2.00% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Windermere Rd McKinnon Rd Roberson Rd 4.19% 2.22% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Windermere Rd Roberson Rd Warrior Rd 10.54% 1.29% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
Wurst Rd Lakewood Ave Adair St 7.38% 1.59% 1.26% 2.41% 1.26%
Wurst Rd Adair St A.D. Mims Rd -1.89% 0.07% 1.26% 2.41% 2.41%
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MOB Table 13: 2034 Transit Level of Service
Segment From To Transit
LOS
Blackwood Ave Old Winter Garden Rd SR 50 D
Bluford Ave Old Winter Garden Rd SR 50 E
Clarke Rd SR 50 White Rd D
Clarke Rd White Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) C
Old Winter Garden Rd Bluford Ave Blackwood Ave D
Old Winter Garden Rd Blackwood Ave Hempel Ave D
Old Winter Garden Rd Hempel Ave Citrus Oaks Ave D
Old Winter Garden Rd Citrus Oaks Ave Good Homes Rd D
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Clarke Rd Johio Shores Rd C
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Johio Shores Rd Good Homes Rd C
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) 9th St SR 429 A
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) SR 429 Marshall Farms Rd D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Marshall Farms Rd Maguire Rd D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Maguire Rd Bluford Ave D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Bluford Ave Blackwood Ave D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Blackwood Ave Clarke Rd D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Clarke Rd Good Homes Rd D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Good Homes Rd Apopka Vineland Rd D
Story Rd 9th St Maguire Rd D
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MOB Table 14: 2034 Bicycle and Pedestrian Level of Traffic Stress
Segment From To Bike
LTS
Ped
LTS
A.D. Mims Rd Sandy Cove & Wurst Rd Clarke Rd 4 4
A.D. Mims Rd Clarke Rd Apopka Vineland Rd 4 4
Adair St Wurst Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd 2 4
Apopka Vineland Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) AD Mims Rd 4 4
Apopka Vineland Rd AD Mims Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd 4 4
Apopka Vineland Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd 4 4
Apopka Vineland Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd McCormick Rd 4 4
Blackwood Ave Old Winter Garden Rd SR 50 3 4
Blackwood Ave SR 50 Maine St 4 4
Bluford Ave Old Winter Garden Rd SR 50 2 2
Bluford Ave SR 50 Geneva St 4 4
Bluford Ave Geneva St Orlando Ave 4 4
Bluford Ave Orlando Ave McKey St 4 4
Bluford Ave McKey St SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) 3 2
Bluford Ave SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Lakewood Ave 3 2
Bowness Ave SR 438 (Franklin St) SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) 3 4
Clarcona Ocoee Rd SR 429 Lakewood Ave 4 3
Clarcona Ocoee Rd Lakewood Ave Ingram Rd/Lake
Meadow Rd 4 3
Clarcona Ocoee Rd Ingram Rd/Lake
Meadow Rd Clarke Rd 4 3
Clarcona Ocoee Rd Clarke Rd Apopka Vineland Rd 4 3
Clarke Rd SR 50 White Rd 4 4
Clarke Rd White Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) 4 3
Clarke Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) A.D. Mims Rd 4 3
Clarke Rd A.D. Mims Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd 4 3
Clarke Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd 4 3
Clarke Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd McCormick Rd 4 4
E Crown Point Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Palm Dr 4 4
E Crown Point Rd Palm Dr Fullers Cross Rd 4 4
E Crown Point Rd Fullers Cross Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd 4 4
Flewelling Ave Rewis St Ocoee Hills Rd 2 3
Fullers Cross Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd Lakewood Ave 4 4
Geneva St Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 3 4
Good Homes Rd Old Winter Garden Rd SR 408 (East-West Expy) 4 4
Good Homes Rd SR 408 (East-West Expy) SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) 4 4
Good Homes Rd SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Balboa Dr 4 4
Good Homes Rd Balboa Dr White Rd 4 4
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MOB Table 14: 2034 Bicycle and Pedestrian Level of Traffic Stress
Segment From To Bike
LTS
Ped
LTS
Good Homes Rd White Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) 4 4
Hackney-Prairie Rd Clarke Rd Apopka Vineland Rd 2 4
Hempel Ave Gotha Rd Old Winter Garden Rd 4 4
Ingram Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd McCormick Rd 2 4
Johio Shores Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) A.D. Mims Rd 2 4
Kissimmee Ave Maguire Rd McKey St 4 4
Lakewood Ave Rewis St Wurst Rd 2 4
Lakewood Ave Wurst Rd Fullers Cross Rd 2 4
Lakewood Ave Fullers Cross Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd - -
Maguire Rd Park Ridge Gotha Rd Roberson Rd / Moore
Rd 4 3
Maguire Rd Roberson Rd / Moore
Rd Tomyn Blvd 4 3
Maguire Rd Tomyn Blvd Old Winter Garden Rd 4 2
Maguire Rd Old Winter Garden Rd SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) 4 2
Maguire Rd SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Marshall Farms Rd 4 4
Maguire Rd Marshall Farms Rd Story Rd 4 4
Maguire Rd Story Rd Kissimmee Ave 4 4
Maguire Rd Kissimmee Ave SR 438 (W Franklin St) 4 4
Maine St Maguire Rd Blackwood Ave 1 4
Marshall Farms Rd SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Maguire Rd 4 4
McCormick Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd Ingram Rd 4 4
McCormick Rd Ingram Rd Apopka Vineland Rd 4 4
McKey St Kissimmee Ave Bluford Ave 2 1
Montgomery Ave Blackwood Ave White Rd 2 4
Ocoee Crown Point
Pkwy E Crown Point Rd Stonegate Dr 2 4
Ocoee Crown Point
Pkwy Stonegate Dr Ocoee Apopka Rd 2 4
Ocoee Hills Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Flewelling Ave 2 3
Ocoee Apopka Rd SR 438 (W Franklin St) SR 438 (W Silver Star Rd) 4 4
Ocoee Apopka Rd SR 438 (W Silver Star Rd) Fullers Cross Rd 4 4
Ocoee Apopka Rd Fullers Cross Rd West Rd 4 4
Ocoee Apopka Rd West Rd McCormick Rd 4 4
Old Winter Garden Rd SR 50 Maguire Rd 3 2
Old Winter Garden Rd Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 3 2
Old Winter Garden Rd Bluford Ave Blackwood Ave 3 2
Old Winter Garden Rd Blackwood Ave Hempel Ave 3 2
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MOB Table 14: 2034 Bicycle and Pedestrian Level of Traffic Stress
Segment From To Bike
LTS
Ped
LTS
Old Winter Garden Rd Hempel Ave Citrus Oaks Ave 4 3
Old Winter Garden Rd Citrus Oaks Ave Good Homes Rd 4 3
Orlando Ave Bluford Ave Montgomery Ave 2 2
Palm Dr E Crown Point Rd Pine St 3 4
Palm Dr Pine St Ocoee Apopka Rd 3 4
Pine St Palm Dr N of Palm Dr 2 4
Rewis St Lakewood Ave Flewelling Ave 2 3
Roberson Rd Windermere Rd Maguire Rd 4 4
Russell Dr Flewelling Ave Willow Creek Rd 2 3
SR 438 (Plant St/Franklin
St) E Crown Point Rd SR 429 3 4
SR 438 (Plant St/Franklin
St) SR 429 Bowness Ave 3 4
SR 438 (Plant St/Franklin
St) Bowness Ave Ocoee Apopka Rd 3 4
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Ocoee Apopka Rd Bluford Ave 4 4
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Bluford Ave Ocoee-Hills Rd 4 4
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Ocoee-Hills Rd Clarke Rd 4 4
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Clarke Rd Johio Shores Rd 4 3
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Johio Shores Rd Good Homes Rd 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) 9th St SR 429 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) SR 429 Marshall Farms Rd 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Marshall Farms Rd Maguire Rd 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Bluford Ave Blackwood Ave 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Blackwood Ave Clarke Rd 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Clarke Rd Good Homes Rd 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Good Homes Rd Apopka Vineland Rd 4 3
Story Rd 9th St Maguire Rd 4 4
Taylor St Franklin St McKey St & Kissimmee
Ave 3 4
Tomyn Blvd Warrior Rd Maguire Rd 4 4
West Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd SR 429 4 3
White Rd Montgomery Ave Clarke Rd 4 4
White Rd Clarke Rd Good Homes Rd 4 4
Willow Creek Rd Russell Dr Wurst Rd 2 3
Windermere Rd McKinnon Rd Roberson Rd 4 4
Windermere Rd Roberson Rd Warrior Rd 4 4
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MOB Table 14: 2034 Bicycle and Pedestrian Level of Traffic Stress
Segment From To Bike
LTS
Ped
LTS
Wurst Rd Lakewood Ave Adair St 2 4
Wurst Rd Adair St A.D. Mims Rd 2 3
MOB Table 15: 2034 Roadway Level of Service
Roadway
Segment From To
No.
of
Lanes
Daily
Volume
PHPD
Volume
PHPD
V/C
PHPD
LOS
A.D. Mims Rd Sandy Cove
& Wurst Rd Clarke Rd 2 6,558 316 0.32 C
A.D. Mims Rd Clarke Rd Apopka
Vineland Rd 2 7,276 350 0.35 C
Adair St Wurst Rd Clarcona
Ocoee Rd 2 7,415 357 0.36 C
Apopka
Vineland Rd
SR 438 (Silver
Star Rd) AD Mims Rd 4 18,098 871 0.52 C
Apopka
Vineland Rd AD Mims Rd Hackney-
Prairie Rd 6 20,160 971 0.40 C
Apopka
Vineland Rd
Hackney-
Prairie Rd
Clarcona
Ocoee Rd 6 13,949 672 0.27 C
Apopka
Vineland Rd
Clarcona
Ocoee Rd
McCormick
Rd 2 17,118 824 0.82 C
Blackwood
Ave
Old Winter
Garden Rd SR 50 4 14,772 711 0.44 C
Blackwood
Ave SR 50 Maine St 4 9,142 440 0.27 C
Bluford Ave Old Winter
Garden Rd SR 50 2 8,360 403 0.42 C
Bluford Ave SR 50 Geneva St 2 14,319 689 0.72 D
Bluford Ave Geneva St Orlando Ave 2 14,319 689 0.72 D
Bluford Ave Orlando Ave McKey St 2 8,292 399 0.41 C
Bluford Ave McKey St SR 438 (Silver
Star Rd) 2 11,153 537 0.50 D
Bluford Ave SR 438 (Silver
Star Rd)
Lakewood
Ave 2 9,836 474 0.47 C
Bowness Ave SR 438
(Franklin St)
SR 438 (Silver
Star Rd) 2 14,252 686 0.71 D
Clarcona
Ocoee Rd SR 429 Lakewood
Ave 4 35,569 1,713 1.03 F
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MOB Table 15: 2034 Roadway Level of Service
Roadway
Segment From To
No.
of
Lanes
Daily
Volume
PHPD
Volume
PHPD
V/C
PHPD
LOS
Clarcona
Ocoee Rd
Lakewood
Ave
Ingram
Rd/Lake
Meadow Rd
4 28,375 1,366 0.82 C
Clarcona
Ocoee Rd
Ingram
Rd/Lake
Meadow Rd
Clarke Rd 4 28,375 1,366 0.82 C
Clarcona
Ocoee Rd Clarke Rd Apopka
Vineland Rd 4 25,343 1,220 0.73 C
Clarke Rd SR 50 White Rd 4 27,300 1,314 0.81 C
Clarke Rd White Rd SR 438 (Silver
Star Rd) 4 35,378 1,703 1.05 F
Clarke Rd SR 438 (Silver
Star Rd) A.D. Mims Rd 4 25,535 1,230 0.74 C
Clarke Rd A.D. Mims Rd Hackney-
Prairie Rd 4 20,843 1,004 0.60 C
Clarke Rd Hackney-
Prairie Rd
Clarcona
Ocoee Rd 4 13,633 656 0.39 C
Clarke Rd Clarcona
Ocoee Rd
McCormick
Rd 2 4,822 232 0.23 C
E Crown
Point Rd
SR 438 (Silver
Star Rd) Palm Dr 2 10,490 505 0.52 C
E Crown
Point Rd Palm Dr Fullers Cross
Rd 2 9,540 459 0.46 C
E Crown
Point Rd
Fullers Cross
Rd
Ocoee
Apopka Rd 2 12,105 583 0.58 C
Flewelling
Ave Rewis St Ocoee Hills
Rd 2 2,159 104 0.10 C
Fullers Cross
Rd
Ocoee
Apopka Rd
Lakewood
Ave 3 4,760 229 0.23 C
Geneva St Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 2 8,635 416 0.43 C
Good Homes
Rd
Old Winter
Garden Rd
SR 408 (East-
West Expy) 4 34,913 1,681 1.01 F
Good Homes
Rd
SR 408 (East-
West Expy)
SR 50 (W
Colonial Dr) 4 29,275 1,410 0.87 D
Good Homes
Rd
SR 50 (W
Colonial Dr) Balboa Dr 2 24,079 1,159 1.16 F
Good Homes
Rd Balboa Dr White Rd 2 24,079 1,159 1.16 F
Good Homes
Rd White Rd SR 438 (Silver
Star Rd) 2 9,447 455 0.46 C
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MOB Table 15: 2034 Roadway Level of Service
Roadway
Segment From To
No.
of
Lanes
Daily
Volume
PHPD
Volume
PHPD
V/C
PHPD
LOS
Hackney-
Prairie Rd Clarke Rd Apopka
Vineland Rd 2 1,959 94 0.09 C
Hempel Ave Gotha Rd Old Winter
Garden Rd 2 10,433 502 0.50 C
Ingram Rd Clarcona
Ocoee Rd
McCormick
Rd 2 3,078 148 0.15 C
Johio Shores
Rd
SR 438 (Silver
Star Rd) A.D. Mims Rd 2 1,973 95 0.10 C
Kissimmee
Ave Maguire Rd McKey St 2 3,911 188 0.19 C
Lakewood
Ave Rewis St Wurst Rd 2 9,724 468 0.47 C
Lakewood
Ave Wurst Rd Fullers Cross
Rd 2 9,724 468 0.47 C
Lakewood
Ave
Fullers Cross
Rd
Clarcona
Ocoee Rd 2 6,558 316 0.32 C
Maguire Rd Park Ridge
Gotha Rd
Roberson Rd /
Moore Rd 2 45,026 2,168 2.17 F
Maguire Rd Roberson Rd
/ Moore Rd Tomyn Blvd 2 45,026 2,168 2.17 F
Maguire Rd Tomyn Blvd Old Winter
Garden Rd 4 39,949 1,924 1.16 F
Maguire Rd Old Winter
Garden Rd
SR 50 (W
Colonial Dr) 4 39,949 1,924 1.18 F
Maguire Rd SR 50 (W
Colonial Dr)
Marshall
Farms Rd 2 15,963 769 0.80 D
Maguire Rd Marshall
Farms Rd Story Rd 2 16,601 799 0.83 D
Maguire Rd Story Rd Kissimmee
Ave 2 17,939 864 0.90 D
Maguire Rd Kissimmee
Ave
SR 438 (W
Franklin St) 2 16,043 772 0.80 D
Maine St Maguire Rd Blackwood
Ave 2 2,640 127 0.13 C
Marshall
Farms Rd
SR 50 (W
Colonial Dr) Maguire Rd 2 3,953 190 0.20 C
McCormick
Rd
Ocoee
Apopka Rd Ingram Rd 2 7,331 353 0.35 C
McCormick
Rd Ingram Rd Apopka
Vineland Rd 2 6,243 301 0.30 C
McKey St Kissimmee
Ave Bluford Ave 2 4,243 204 0.19 D
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MOB Table 15: 2034 Roadway Level of Service
Roadway
Segment From To
No.
of
Lanes
Daily
Volume
PHPD
Volume
PHPD
V/C
PHPD
LOS
Montgomery
Ave
Blackwood
Ave White Rd 2 3,943 190 0.19 C
Ocoee
Crown Point
Pkwy
E Crown
Point Rd Stonegate Dr 2 958 46 0.05 C
Ocoee
Crown Point
Pkwy
Stonegate Dr Ocoee
Apopka Rd 2 8,348 402 0.40 C
Ocoee Hills
Rd
SR 438 (Silver
Star Rd)
Flewelling
Ave 2 3,045 147 0.15 C
Ocoee
Apopka Rd
SR 438 (W
Franklin St)
SR 438 (W
Silver Star Rd) 2 17,236 830 0.78 D
Ocoee
Apopka Rd
SR 438 (W
Silver Star Rd)
Fullers Cross
Rd 4 14,462 696 0.43 C
Ocoee
Apopka Rd
Fullers Cross
Rd West Rd 4 19,093 919 0.56 C
Ocoee
Apopka Rd West Rd McCormick
Rd 4 19,284 929 0.57 C
Old Winter
Garden Rd SR 50 Maguire Rd 2 8,722 420 0.44 C
Old Winter
Garden Rd Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 4 33,711 1,623 1.00 D
Old Winter
Garden Rd Bluford Ave Blackwood
Ave 4 36,300 1,748 1.07 F
Old Winter
Garden Rd
Blackwood
Ave Hempel Ave 4 36,345 1,750 1.07 F
Old Winter
Garden Rd Hempel Ave Citrus Oaks
Ave 4 35,085 1,689 1.01 F
Old Winter
Garden Rd
Citrus Oaks
Ave
Good Homes
Rd 4 35,113 1,691 1.02 F
Orlando Ave Bluford Ave Montgomery
Ave 2 6,873 331 0.33 C
Palm Dr E Crown
Point Rd Pine St 2 5,148 248 0.26 C
Palm Dr Pine St Ocoee
Apopka Rd 2 5,381 259 0.27 C
Pine St Palm Dr N of Palm Dr 2 1,599 77 0.08 C
Rewis St Lakewood
Ave
Flewelling
Ave 2 2,166 104 0.10 C
Roberson Rd Windermere
Rd Maguire Rd 2 14,660 706 0.71 C
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MOB Table 15: 2034 Roadway Level of Service
Roadway
Segment From To
No.
of
Lanes
Daily
Volume
PHPD
Volume
PHPD
V/C
PHPD
LOS
Russell Dr Flewelling
Ave
Willow Creek
Rd 2 2,872 138 0.14 C
SR 438 (Plant
St/Franklin St)
E Crown
Point Rd SR 429 2 17,448 840 0.79 D
SR 438 (Plant
St/Franklin St) SR 429 Bowness Ave 2 15,691 756 0.71 C
SR 438 (Plant
St/Franklin St) Bowness Ave Ocoee
Apopka Rd 2 15,691 756 0.71 C
SR 438 (Silver
Star Rd)
Ocoee
Apopka Rd Bluford Ave 2 18,454 889 0.83 D
SR 438 (Silver
Star Rd) Bluford Ave Ocoee-Hills
Rd 2 15,513 747 0.67 C
SR 438 (Silver
Star Rd)
Ocoee-Hills
Rd Clarke Rd 2 19,653 946 0.85 C
SR 438 (Silver
Star Rd) Clarke Rd Johio Shores
Rd 4 18,150 874 0.47 C
SR 438 (Silver
Star Rd)
Johio Shores
Rd
Good Homes
Rd 4 18,892 910 0.49 C
SR 50 (W
Colonial Dr) 9th St SR 429 6 72,332 3,483 1.30 F
SR 50 (W
Colonial Dr) SR 429 Marshall
Farms Rd 6 60,306 2,904 1.08 F
SR 50 (W
Colonial Dr)
Marshall
Farms Rd Maguire Rd 6 67,965 3,273 1.22 F
SR 50 (W
Colonial Dr) Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 6 59,664 2,873 1.07 F
SR 50 (W
Colonial Dr) Bluford Ave Blackwood
Ave 6 65,631 3,160 1.18 F
SR 50 (W
Colonial Dr)
Blackwood
Ave Clarke Rd 6 67,863 3,268 1.22 F
SR 50 (W
Colonial Dr) Clarke Rd Good Homes
Rd 6 42,495 2,046 0.76 C
SR 50 (W
Colonial Dr)
Good Homes
Rd
Apopka
Vineland Rd 6 45,743 2,203 0.82 C
Story Rd 9th St Maguire Rd 2 10,395 501 0.52 C
Taylor St Franklin St
McKey St &
Kissimmee
Ave
2 4,243 204 0.21 C
Tomyn Blvd Warrior Rd Maguire Rd 2 9,134 440 0.44 C
West Rd Ocoee
Apopka Rd SR 429 4 25,462 1,226 0.75 C
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MOB Table 15: 2034 Roadway Level of Service
Roadway
Segment From To
No.
of
Lanes
Daily
Volume
PHPD
Volume
PHPD
V/C
PHPD
LOS
White Rd Montgomery
Ave Clarke Rd 2 7,539 363 0.36 C
White Rd Clarke Rd Good Homes
Rd 2 9,187 442 0.44 C
Willow Creek
Rd Russell Dr Wurst Rd 2 2,863 138 0.14 C
Windermere
Rd McKinnon Rd Roberson Rd 2 7,373 355 0.36 C
Windermere
Rd Roberson Rd Warrior Rd 2 17,144 825 0.83 C
Wurst Rd Lakewood
Ave Adair St 2 10,110 487 0.49 C
Wurst Rd Adair St A.D. Mims Rd 2 5,855 282 0.28 C
MOB Table 16: 2045 Transit Level of Service
Segment From To Transit
LOS
Blackwood Ave Old Winter Garden Rd SR 50 D
Bluford Ave Old Winter Garden Rd SR 50 E
Clarke Rd SR 50 White Rd D
Clarke Rd White Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) C
Old Winter Garden Rd Bluford Ave Blackwood Ave D
Old Winter Garden Rd Blackwood Ave Hempel Ave D
Old Winter Garden Rd Hempel Ave Citrus Oaks Ave D
Old Winter Garden Rd Citrus Oaks Ave Good Homes Rd D
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Clarke Rd Johio Shores Rd C
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Johio Shores Rd Good Homes Rd C
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) 9th St SR 429 A
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) SR 429 Marshall Farms Rd D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Marshall Farms Rd Maguire Rd D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Maguire Rd Bluford Ave D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Bluford Ave Blackwood Ave D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Blackwood Ave Clarke Rd D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Clarke Rd Good Homes Rd D
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Good Homes Rd Apopka Vineland Rd D
Story Rd 9th St Maguire Rd D
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SMOB Table 17: 2045 Bicycle and Pedestrian Level of Traffic Stress
Seg From To Bike
LTS
Ped
LTS
A.D. Mims Rd Sandy Cove & Wurst Rd Clarke Rd 4 4
A.D. Mims Rd Clarke Rd Apopka Vineland Rd 4 4
Adair St Wurst Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd 1 3
Apopka Vineland Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) AD Mims Rd 4 4
Apopka Vineland Rd AD Mims Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd 4 4
Apopka Vineland Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd 4 4
Apopka Vineland Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd McCormick Rd 4 4
Blackwood Ave Old Winter Garden Rd SR 50 3 4
Blackwood Ave SR 50 Maine St 4 4
Bluford Ave Old Winter Garden Rd SR 50 2 2
Bluford Ave SR 50 Geneva St 4 4
Bluford Ave Geneva St Orlando Ave 4 4
Bluford Ave Orlando Ave McKey St 3 4
Bluford Ave McKey St SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) 3 2
Bluford Ave SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Lakewood Ave 1 2
Bowness Ave SR 438 (Franklin St) SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) 3 4
Clarcona Ocoee Rd SR 429 Lakewood Ave 4 3
Clarcona Ocoee Rd Lakewood Ave Ingram Rd/Lake
Meadow Rd 4 4
Clarcona Ocoee Rd Ingram Rd/Lake
Meadow Rd Clarke Rd 4 3
Clarcona Ocoee Rd Clarke Rd Apopka Vineland Rd 4 3
Clarke Rd SR 50 White Rd 4 4
Clarke Rd White Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) 4 3
Clarke Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) A.D. Mims Rd 4 3
Clarke Rd A.D. Mims Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd 4 3
Clarke Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd 4 3
Clarke Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd McCormick Rd 3 4
E Crown Point Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Palm Dr 4 4
E Crown Point Rd Palm Dr Fullers Cross Rd 4 4
E Crown Point Rd Fullers Cross Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd 4 4
Flewelling Ave Rewis St Ocoee Hills Rd 2 3
Fullers Cross Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd Lakewood Ave 4 4
Geneva St Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 3 4
Good Homes Rd Old Winter Garden Rd SR 408 (East-West Expy) 4 4
Good Homes Rd SR 408 (East-West Expy) SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) 4 4
Good Homes Rd SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Balboa Dr 4 4
Good Homes Rd Balboa Dr White Rd 4 4
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SMOB Table 17: 2045 Bicycle and Pedestrian Level of Traffic Stress
Seg From To Bike
LTS
Ped
LTS
Good Homes Rd White Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) 4 4
Hackney-Prairie Rd Clarke Rd Apopka Vineland Rd 2 4
Hempel Ave Gotha Rd Old Winter Garden Rd 2 4
Ingram Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd McCormick Rd 2 4
Johio Shores Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) A.D. Mims Rd 2 4
Kissimmee Ave Maguire Rd McKey St 4 4
Lakewood Ave Rewis St Wurst Rd 1 4
Lakewood Ave Wurst Rd Fullers Cross Rd 1 4
Lakewood Ave Fullers Cross Rd Clarcona Ocoee Rd 2 4
Maguire Rd Park Ridge Gotha Rd Roberson Rd / Moore
Rd 4 3
Maguire Rd Roberson Rd / Moore
Rd Tomyn Blvd 4 3
Maguire Rd Tomyn Blvd Old Winter Garden Rd 4 2
Maguire Rd Old Winter Garden Rd SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) 4 2
Maguire Rd SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Marshall Farms Rd 4 4
Maguire Rd Marshall Farms Rd Story Rd 4 4
Maguire Rd Story Rd Kissimmee Ave 4 4
Maguire Rd Kissimmee Ave SR 438 (W Franklin St) 4 4
Maine St Maguire Rd Blackwood Ave 1 4
Marshall Farms Rd SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Maguire Rd 4 4
McCormick Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd Ingram Rd 4 4
McCormick Rd Ingram Rd Apopka Vineland Rd 4 4
McKey St Kissimmee Ave Bluford Ave 2 1
Montgomery Ave Blackwood Ave White Rd 1 4
Ocoee Crown Point
Pkwy E Crown Point Rd Stonegate Dr 2 4
Ocoee Crown Point
Pkwy Stonegate Dr Ocoee Apopka Rd 2 4
Ocoee Hills Rd SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Flewelling Ave 2 3
Ocoee Apopka Rd SR 438 (W Franklin St) SR 438 (W Silver Star Rd) 2 4
Ocoee Apopka Rd SR 438 (W Silver Star Rd) Fullers Cross Rd 4 4
Ocoee Apopka Rd Fullers Cross Rd West Rd 4 4
Ocoee Apopka Rd West Rd McCormick Rd 4 4
Old Winter Garden Rd SR 50 Maguire Rd 2 2
Old Winter Garden Rd Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 3 2
Old Winter Garden Rd Bluford Ave Blackwood Ave 3 2
Old Winter Garden Rd Blackwood Ave Hempel Ave 3 2
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SMOB Table 17: 2045 Bicycle and Pedestrian Level of Traffic Stress
Seg From To Bike
LTS
Ped
LTS
Old Winter Garden Rd Hempel Ave Citrus Oaks Ave 4 3
Old Winter Garden Rd Citrus Oaks Ave Good Homes Rd 4 3
Orlando Ave Bluford Ave Montgomery Ave 2 2
Palm Dr E Crown Point Rd Pine St 4 4
Palm Dr Pine St Ocoee Apopka Rd 4 4
Pine St Palm Dr N of Palm Dr 2 4
Rewis St Lakewood Ave Flewelling Ave 1 3
Roberson Rd Windermere Rd Maguire Rd 4 4
Russell Dr Flewelling Ave Willow Creek Rd 2 3
SR 438 (Plant St/Franklin
St) E Crown Point Rd SR 429 3 4
SR 438 (Plant St/Franklin
St) SR 429 Bowness Ave 3 4
SR 438 (Plant St/Franklin
St) Bowness Ave Ocoee Apopka Rd 3 4
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Ocoee Apopka Rd Bluford Ave 2 4
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Bluford Ave Ocoee-Hills Rd 4 4
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Ocoee-Hills Rd Clarke Rd 4 4
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Clarke Rd Johio Shores Rd 4 3
SR 438 (Silver Star Rd) Johio Shores Rd Good Homes Rd 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) 9th St SR 429 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) SR 429 Marshall Farms Rd 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Marshall Farms Rd Maguire Rd 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Bluford Ave Blackwood Ave 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Blackwood Ave Clarke Rd 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Clarke Rd Good Homes Rd 4 3
SR 50 (W Colonial Dr) Good Homes Rd Apopka Vineland Rd 4 3
Story Rd 9th St Maguire Rd 4 4
Taylor St Franklin St McKey St & Kissimmee
Ave 2 4
Tomyn Blvd Warrior Rd Maguire Rd 3 2
West Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd SR 429 4 3
White Rd Montgomery Ave Clarke Rd 2 4
White Rd Clarke Rd Good Homes Rd 2 4
Willow Creek Rd Russell Dr Wurst Rd 2 3
Windermere Rd McKinnon Rd Roberson Rd 4 4
Windermere Rd Roberson Rd Warrior Rd 2 4
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SMOB Table 17: 2045 Bicycle and Pedestrian Level of Traffic Stress
Seg From To Bike
LTS
Ped
LTS
Wurst Rd Lakewood Ave Adair St 1 4
Wurst Rd Adair St A.D. Mims Rd 1 3
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MOB Table 18: 2045 Roadway Level of Service
Roadway Segment From To Number
of Lanes
Daily
Volume
PHPD
Volume
PHPD
V/C PHPD LOS
A.D. Mims Rd Sandy Cove &
Wurst Rd Clarke Rd 2 7,528 362 0.36 C
A.D. Mims Rd Clarke Rd Apopka Vineland
Rd 2 8,353 402 0.40 C
Adair St Wurst Rd Clarcona Ocoee
Rd 2 9,638 464 0.46 C
Apopka Vineland
Rd
SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) AD Mims Rd 4 20,777 1,000 0.60 C
Apopka Vineland
Rd AD Mims Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd 6 25,452 1,226 0.50 C
Apopka Vineland
Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd Clarcona Ocoee
Rd 6 17,961 865 0.35 C
Apopka Vineland
Rd
Clarcona Ocoee
Rd McCormick Rd 2 19,652 946 0.95 D
Blackwood Ave Old Winter
Garden Rd SR 50 4 16,958 817 0.50 C
Blackwood Ave SR 50 Maine St 4 11,884 572 0.35 C
Bluford Ave Old Winter
Garden Rd SR 50 2 9,597 462 0.48 C
Bluford Ave SR 50 Geneva St 2 18,614 896 0.93 D
Bluford Ave Geneva St Orlando Ave 2 18,614 896 0.93 D
Bluford Ave Orlando Ave McKey St 2 10,215 492 0.51 C
Bluford Ave McKey St SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) 2 14,497 698 0.65 D
Bluford Ave SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) Lakewood Ave 2 11,292 544 0.54 C
Bowness Ave SR 438 (Franklin St) SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) 2 17,141 825 0.86 D
Clarcona Ocoee
Rd SR 429 Lakewood Ave 4 46,235 2,226 1.34 F
Clarcona Ocoee
Rd Lakewood Ave Ingram Rd/Lake
Meadow Rd 4 36,884 1,776 1.07 F
Clarcona Ocoee
Rd
Ingram Rd/Lake
Meadow Rd Clarke Rd 4 36,884 1,776 1.07 F
Clarcona Ocoee
Rd Clarke Rd Apopka Vineland
Rd 4 29,094 1,401 0.84 C
Clarke Rd SR 50 White Rd 4 31,341 1,509 0.93 D
Clarke Rd White Rd SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) 4 40,615 1,956 1.20 F
Clarke Rd SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) A.D. Mims Rd 4 30,515 1,469 0.88 C
Clarke Rd A.D. Mims Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd 4 25,366 1,221 0.73 C
Clarke Rd Hackney-Prairie Rd Clarcona Ocoee
Rd 4 16,116 776 0.47 C
Clarke Rd Clarcona Ocoee
Rd McCormick Rd 2 5,535 267 0.27 C
E Crown Point Rd SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) Palm Dr 2 12,897 621 0.64 C
E Crown Point Rd Palm Dr Fullers Cross Rd 2 11,015 530 0.53 C
E Crown Point Rd Fullers Cross Rd Ocoee Apopka Rd 2 13,897 669 0.67 C
Flewelling Ave Rewis St Ocoee Hills Rd 2 2,479 119 0.12 C
Fullers Cross Rd Ocoee Apopka
Rd Lakewood Ave 3 5,859 282 0.28 C
Geneva St Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 2 9,914 477 0.50 C
Good Homes Rd Old Winter
Garden Rd
SR 408 (East-West
Expy) 4 40,081 1,930 1.16 F
Good Homes Rd SR 408 (East-West
Expy)
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) 4 33,608 1,618 0.99 D
Good Homes Rd SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) Balboa Dr 2 27,643 1,331 1.33 F
Good Homes Rd Balboa Dr White Rd 2 27,643 1,331 1.33 F
Good Homes Rd White Rd SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) 2 10,938 527 0.53 C
Hackney-Prairie Rd Clarke Rd Apopka Vineland
Rd 2 2,288 110 0.11 C
Hempel Ave Gotha Rd Old Winter Garden
Rd 2 13,561 653 0.65 C
Ingram Rd Clarcona Ocoee
Rd McCormick Rd 2 4,001 193 0.19 C
Johio Shores Rd SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) A.D. Mims Rd 2 2,276 110 0.11 C
Kissimmee Ave Maguire Rd McKey St 2 5,084 245 0.25 C
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MOB Table 18: 2045 Roadway Level of Service
Roadway Segment From To Number
of Lanes
Daily
Volume
PHPD
Volume
PHPD
V/C PHPD LOS
Lakewood Ave Rewis St Wurst Rd 3 12,641 609 0.58 C
Lakewood Ave Wurst Rd Fullers Cross Rd 3 12,641 609 0.58 C
Lakewood Ave Fullers Cross Rd Clarcona Ocoee
Rd 2 7,528 362 0.36 C
Maguire Rd Park Ridge Gotha
Rd
Roberson Rd /
Moore Rd 2 58,529 2,818 2.82 F
Maguire Rd Roberson Rd /
Moore Rd Tomyn Blvd 2 58,529 2,818 2.82 F
Maguire Rd Tomyn Blvd Old Winter Garden
Rd 4 51,929 2,500 1.50 F
Maguire Rd Old Winter
Garden Rd
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) 4 51,929 2,500 1.53 F
Maguire Rd SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) Marshall Farms Rd 2 18,326 882 0.92 D
Maguire Rd Marshall Farms Rd Story Rd 2 20,015 964 1.00 F
Maguire Rd Story Rd Kissimmee Ave 2 20,595 992 1.03 F
Maguire Rd Kissimmee Ave SR 438 (W Franklin
St) 2 18,417 887 0.92 D
Maine St Maguire Rd Blackwood Ave 2 3,432 165 0.17 C
Marshall Farms Rd SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) Maguire Rd 2 4,715 227 0.24 C
McCormick Rd Ocoee Apopka
Rd Ingram Rd 2 9,530 459 0.46 C
McCormick Rd Ingram Rd Apopka Vineland
Rd 2 8,116 391 0.39 C
McKey St Kissimmee Ave Bluford Ave 2 5,515 266 0.25 D
Montgomery Ave Blackwood Ave White Rd 2 5,125 247 0.25 C
Ocoee Crown
Point Pkwy E Crown Point Rd Stonegate Dr 2 1,245 60 0.06 C
Ocoee Crown
Point Pkwy Stonegate Dr Ocoee Apopka Rd 2 10,851 522 0.52 C
Ocoee Hills Rd SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) Flewelling Ave 2 3,495 168 0.17 C
Ocoee Apopka
Rd
SR 438 (W Franklin
St)
SR 438 (W Silver Star
Rd) 2 22,405 1,079 1.01 F
Ocoee Apopka
Rd
SR 438 (W Silver
Star Rd) Fullers Cross Rd 4 18,799 905 0.56 C
Ocoee Apopka
Rd Fullers Cross Rd West Rd 4 24,818 1,195 0.73 C
Ocoee Apopka
Rd West Rd McCormick Rd 4 25,066 1,207 0.74 C
Old Winter Garden
Rd SR 50 Maguire Rd 2 11,338 546 0.57 C
Old Winter Garden
Rd Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 4 42,462 2,045 1.26 F
Old Winter Garden
Rd Bluford Ave Blackwood Ave 4 41,673 2,007 1.23 F
Old Winter Garden
Rd Blackwood Ave Hempel Ave 4 41,778 2,012 1.24 F
Old Winter Garden
Rd Hempel Ave Citrus Oaks Ave 4 43,100 2,075 1.25 F
Old Winter Garden
Rd Citrus Oaks Ave Good Homes Rd 4 40,310 1,941 1.17 F
Orlando Ave Bluford Ave Montgomery Ave 2 8,068 388 0.39 C
Palm Dr E Crown Point Rd Pine St 2 6,691 322 0.33 C
Palm Dr Pine St Ocoee Apopka Rd 2 6,995 337 0.21 C
Pine St Palm Dr N of Palm Dr 2 2,078 100 0.10 C
Rewis St Lakewood Ave Flewelling Ave 2 2,487 120 0.12 C
Roberson Rd Windermere Rd Maguire Rd 2 16,831 810 0.81 C
Russell Dr Flewelling Ave Willow Creek Rd 2 3,608 174 0.17 C
SR 438 (Plant
St/Franklin St) E Crown Point Rd SR 429 2 20,031 964 0.53 C
SR 438 (Plant
St/Franklin St) SR 429 Bowness Ave 4 18,014 867 0.48 C
SR 438 (Plant
St/Franklin St) Bowness Ave Ocoee Apopka Rd 4 18,014 867 0.81 D
SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd)
Ocoee Apopka
Rd Bluford Ave 2 22,407 1,079 1.01 F
SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) Bluford Ave Ocoee-Hills Rd 4 20,165 971 0.52 C
SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) Ocoee-Hills Rd Clarke Rd 4 25,065 1,207 0.65 C
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MOB Table 18: 2045 Roadway Level of Service
Roadway Segment From To Number
of Lanes
Daily
Volume
PHPD
Volume
PHPD
V/C PHPD LOS
SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) Clarke Rd Johio Shores Rd 4 20,837 1,003 0.54 C
SR 438 (Silver Star
Rd) Johio Shores Rd Good Homes Rd 4 21,689 1,044 0.56 C
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) 9th St SR 429 6 93,260 4,490 1.68 F
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) SR 429 Marshall Farms Rd 6 69,233 3,334 1.24 F
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) Marshall Farms Rd Maguire Rd 6 88,347 4,254 1.59 F
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) Maguire Rd Bluford Ave 6 77,556 3,734 1.39 F
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) Bluford Ave Blackwood Ave 6 85,312 4,108 1.53 F
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) Blackwood Ave Clarke Rd 6 88,213 4,247 1.58 F
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) Clarke Rd Good Homes Rd 6 52,071 2,507 0.94 D
SR 50 (W Colonial
Dr) Good Homes Rd Apopka Vineland
Rd 6 59,460 2,863 1.07 F
Story Rd 9th St Maguire Rd 2 11,934 575 0.60 C
Taylor St Franklin St McKey St &
Kissimmee Ave 2 5,515 266 0.28 C
Tomyn Blvd Warrior Rd Maguire Rd 4 10,486 505 0.30 C
West Rd Ocoee Apopka
Rd SR 429 4 33,098 1,594 0.98 D
White Rd Montgomery Ave Clarke Rd 2 8,655 417 0.42 C
White Rd Clarke Rd Good Homes Rd 2 10,546 508 0.51 C
Willow Creek Rd Russell Dr Wurst Rd 2 3,586 173 0.17 C
Windermere Rd McKinnon Rd Roberson Rd 2 9,584 461 0.46 C
Windermere Rd Roberson Rd Warrior Rd 4 22,285 1,073 0.64 C
Wurst Rd Lakewood Ave Adair St 2 13,142 633 0.63 C
Wurst Rd Adair St A.D. Mims Rd 2 6,722 324 0.32 C
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ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY,
RESILIENT & SUSTAINABLE
5 CHAPTER
Conservation
Element
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The purpose of the Conservation Element is to
promote the conservation, protection, and
sage utilization of natural resources within the
City of Ocoee. The objective of the
Conservation Element Data, Inventory, and
Analysis (DIA) is to document the quantity,
condition, and availability of natural resources
found within the City to collaborate with Open
Space Preservation, Drainage, Transportation,
and Future Development Elements to identify
community priorities for conservation
strategies that will result in a Friendly, Resilient,
and Sustainable Community.
I. INTRODUCTION
The City of Ocoee is poised to undergo
significant growth in the next 20 years. Driving
this growth is the migration of those seeking
the mild climate of the Central Florida region,
the abundance of beautiful and accessible
lakes, rivers, springs, and nearby ocean, and
the lush vegetation. Furthermore, as global
temperatures increase it is expected that
there will be an influx of climate refugees
moving from the Florida Coast to Central
Florida as sea levels rise, and storm intensity
and frequency increases. Finally, the City of
Ocoee should expect growth resultant from
the overflow of the expansion of the City of
Orlando by those seeking to live near but not
in the metropolitan itself. As development and
growth is embraced by the City of Ocoee, the
difficulty, but importance, of protecting and
conserving the community’s natural resources
increases. The City can learn from the
challenges faced by municipalities that
developed prior to the current understanding
of how urbanization and development
impact environmental and human health to
promote sustainable city development. The
implementation of policies that take a
proactive stance in conservation and
sustainable development is paramount in
safeguarding community health and
happiness in a time when habitat and species
diversity loss are occurring at an alarming rate,
and water demand and scarcity are
increasing. Policies established with longevity
in mind based on evidence, science, and
historical observation will protect human and
environmental health, reduce the necessity
for rewilding activities, and mitigate disaster
related and nature-based redevelopment
costs.
II. INVENTORY AND DATA
Wetlands. Wetlands perform an important role
in the global water cycle, purifying, retaining,
and releasing water. They support water
quality, provide water security, regulate and
maintain local and global water cycles,
absorb carbon dioxide and store carbon,
moderate temperature extremes, and
support disaster risk reduction. However, more
than 64% of wetlands worldwide have been
lost since 1900.
As with everywhere in Florida, the City of
Ocoee has a latticework of wetlands that
permeates the community. Wetlands in
Central Florida are usually created by a
combination of surface water flooding and
groundwater discharge and form along non-
tidal rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds but can
also form in isolated upland depressions
where the water table is near the surface for
prolonged periods. The delineation of
wetlands within the City is depicted in the
CON Figure 1 Designated Wetland Map. The
area of identified wetlands within the JPA can
be found in CON Table 1. The CON Figure 1
Designated Wetlands Map also includes areas
Orange County has designated as wetlands
in its 2023 survey and areas that have been
identified by the Natural Resource
Conservation Service as having hydric
qualities. CON Table 1 shows the amount of
area of wetlands within the Joint Planning
Area (JPA) identified by Ocoee, identified by
Orange County, the areas that both the City
and County have identified as wetlands, area
of wetlands identified by Orange County but
not Ocoee within the JPA, and the total area
of hydric soils in the JPA, the area of hydric soils
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within the JPA but outside the Ocoee
identified wetlands, soils that can possibly
exhibit hydric qualities within the JPA, and soils
that can possibly exhibit hydric qualities within
the JPA abut outside the Ocoee identified
wetlands. Hydric soils are included in this
wetlands table since hydric soils are often an
indicator of the presence of wetland
ecosystems.
Riverine Systems. Within the City of Ocoee
there are four (4) unnamed riverine systems
identified in DRN Figure No. 2 Floodplain Base
Map and are listed in CON Table 2 based on
their drainage basin. Floodway maps can only
be prepared for riverine floodplains as is
depicted for the Lake Lotta Floodway in DRN
Figure 2 Floodplain Base Map.
While riverine floodplains have readily
identifiable channels and ecosystems that
contain distinct flora, fauna, and soils that are
dependent upon high water tables and
occasional flooding to maintain viability, the
riverine ecosystems can extend beyond the
Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA). These
ecosystems often exhibit high biological
productivity and high species diversity and
suffer when a riverine system is channelized.
Channelization increases stream velocity and
runoff and disconnects the stream from its
floodplains which prohibits the deposition of
sediment and nutrients vital for wetlands while
simultaneously minimizing the available area
for stormwater storage and infiltration.
Excessive channelization can lead to
downstream flooding.
Floodplains. A floodplain is any land
susceptible to being inundated by flood
waters from any source, according to the
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), but
the most recognizable floodplains are the
areas next to a river, stream, or lake that is
expected to be covered with water after a
storm event. Collaborating with the Drainage
CON Table 1: Designated Wetland Areas
Description Area (AC)
Wetlands identified by Ocoee within the JPA 1172.44
Wetlands identified by Orange County within the JPA 1404.42
Wetlands identified by both Ocoee and Orange
County within the JPA
872.84
Wetlands identified by Ocoee but not Orange County
within the JPA
299.60
Wetlands identified by Orange County but not Ocoee
within the JPA
531.58
Hydric Soils within the JPA 1558.68
Hydric Soils outside the Ocoee and Orange County
wetlands
484.96
Waterbodies 962.78
CON Table 2: Riverine Systems
Previous Reference Basin Lake
NA McCormick Rd Apopka
adICPR 04 Northwest Ditch Apopka
Stream “A” Starke Starke
adICPR 90 Lotta Lotta
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Element, floodplains provide storage for
excess stormwater, acting as a sponge where
water can slow down, spread out, and
percolate into the ground to recharge
aquifers or rejoin the channel downstream.
The long residence time of floodplains
provides water quality benefits for the
downstream aquatic environments. The slow-
moving water allows for large sediments to
settle out of the floodwaters restoring banks,
providing important nutrients for the riparian
ecosystem, and washing away built-up salts
that accumulate in the topsoil. The large
variability of water availability found across a
floodplain creates a niche habitat that is
important to the wildlife found in the Floridian
biome.
The base floodplain, also known as the
Specific Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) as
delineated on a Flood Insurance Rate Map
(FIRM), identifies wetlands most at risk of
flooding and must be regulated under the
requirements of the National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP). The SFHA is mapped as a Zona
A. In coastal situations, Zone V is also part of
the SFHA. The City’s regulatory floodplain
includes but is not limited to the SFHA area.
City identified flood prone areas may be in
addition to the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) FIRMs and can
include areas identified with excess
groundwater discharge, upland depressions,
or poorly drained, high runoff soils.
A method to determine the base floodplain
flooding is by estimating the elevation of the
crest of the base flood, the base flood
elevation (BFE), that water is expected to
reach after a 100-year storm, or a storm event
that has a one percent (1%) probability of
occurring each year. This does not preclude
the possibility of having a 100-year storm more
frequently than once every 100 years or even
multiple times within a year. The area that is
covered with water up to the BFE designates
the 100-year flood zone, or 100-year
floodplain. This is the lowest elevation of the
lowest floor of a building where people may
live, work, or meet, excluding parking or
storage, for minimum flood protection. It is
common practice to allow for freeboard, a
margin of safety added to the base flood
elevation to account for waves, debris,
miscalculations, lack of data, or changes in
climate, between the BFE and the lowest
elevated floor; the City of Ocoee requires a
two (2) foot freeboard for flood resiliency.
The 100-year floodplain for the City is shown in
DRN Figure 2 Floodplain Base Map, data from
FEMA FIRM Panels 205, 210, 220, and 230, and
makes up approximately sixteen (15.4)
percent of the land area within the City JPA.
These are the low-lying areas of the City,
sinkholes turned into ponds and few slow-
moving streams. In conjunction with the City
of Ocoee’s Drainage Element, the City can
preserve and protect wetlands that fall within
the SFHA by restricting development in
floodplains through its Floodplain
Management Ordinance, Article VII, Part 1A
of the Land Development Code. The
ordinance includes specific standards for all
construction including mobile homes, tiny
homes, recreational vehicles, new mobile
home parks, and expansions to existing
mobile home parks. The ordinance
specifically requires all mobile homes to meet
all the requirements for new construction
contained in the ordinance and requires all
recreational vehicles to either meet all the
requirements for new construction contained
in the ordinance or be fully licensed and
ready for highway use. The ordinance also
contains specific standards relating to
setbacks from water bodies, placement of
septic tanks and drain fields, and fill material
placed within the floodplain. CON Table 3
shows the total area of SFHA in the City of
Ocoee, the total area of Ocoee Designated
Wetlands, and the Total SFHA area that has
been set aside as conservation or open
space. 52% of Ocoee’s wetlands are also
designated as SFHA, and 34% of the City’s
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SFHA has been designated as conservation or
open space.
Lakes. The City of Ocoee JPA lies within three
major basins: (1) the Wekiva River, (2) Cypress
Creek, and (3) Lake Apopka, divided into
nineteen (19) sub basins that contain twenty-
six (26) lakes. The lakes provide water security,
acting as a source of water for local plants
and animals while slowly recharging the
subsurface aquifers which are pumped to
provide potable water to the community.
Residents and visitors may engage in the lakes
for recreational activities such as fishing,
boating, and swimming.
CON Table 3: Special Flood Hazard Areas
Designation Area (AC)
Wetlands 1172.44
SFHA 1117.63
Waterbodies 962.78
SFHA Designated as Conservation or Open Space 379.99
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* No data was available for these lakes.
Lake Type Index: (1) Lakes with streams flowing into them, (2) Lakes with streams flowing out of them, (3) Lakes with
streams flowing in and out of them, (4) Lakes that are landlocked.
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As of May 2021, DEP has adopted 33 Basin
Management Action Plans (BMAPs) that act
as a framework for water quality restoration,
containing local and state commitments to
reduce pollutant loading to surface waters
through current and future projects and
strategies. The City of Ocoee is a part of two
BMAPs, the Upper Ocklawaha River Bain and
the Wekiva River, Rock Springs Run, and Little
Wekiva Canal. Water quality data is collected
quarterly for nine (9) lakes within the City as
part of the City’s Multiple Separate Storm
Sewer System (MS4) permit and analyzed to
set goals to meet BMAP objectives. Best
management practices (BMPs) are
established by the City to protect the water
bodies. Through this program three (3) lakes,
Lake Lotta, Lake Prima Vista, and Stake Lake,
have been found to be at risk of being
impaired. These findings have prompted the
City to take extra measures to monitor major
outfalls to these lakes through the National
Pollution Discharge and Elimination System
(NPDES) to identify specific pollutants and to
devise practicable solutions to improve water
quality.
Aquifer Recharge. Aquifers can be thought of
as vast underground, porous rocks that hold
water and allow water to move through holes
within the rock. The Florida Peninsula is a
porous plateau of karst carbonate rock,
mainly limestone, sitting atop bedrock known
as the Florida Platform. This has created a
geological region of numerous confined and
unconfined aquifers that provide much of the
state with fresh water. A growing population
has a greater water demand that requires
special protection and restoration efforts
including the protection of uplands and spring
sheds that provide vital recharge to aquifer
systems and are critical to the protection of
water quality and water quantity of the
aquifers and springs. CON Figure 2 Aquifer
Recharge Area was created by the Florida
Natural Areas Inventory as part of the Florida
Forever Act Needs Assessment. The map
depicts the areas of potential recharge
important for natural systems and human use
within the City of Ocoee’s JPA to help identify
and categorize areas of recharge
importance.
The City’s participation in the National
Pollution Discharge and Elimination System
(NPDES) Multiple Separate Storm Sewer
System (MS4) permitting and two Basin
Management Action Plans (BMAPS): the
Ocklawaha Basin and the Wekiva and Rock
Springs Basin, ensure that the City takes steps
towards protecting our waterbodies via best
management practices (BMPs). These include
but are not limited to lake water quality
monitoring, stormwater management,
floodplain management, sediment and
erosion controls, water conservation, fertilizer
guidelines, and pollution control measures.
Efforts made to protect surface waters that
recharge subsurface aquifers are not limited
to policies and goals identified in this
Conservation Element but also in the
Drainage Element and the Parks and Open
Spaced Element. Activities that serve to
protect wetlands, reduce flood risk, and keep
spaces free of impervious surfaces also
provide locations for aquifer recharge.
As a part of the St. Johns River Water
Management District (SJRWMD), the City
manages its water consumption, reuse, and
recharge to provide residents and businesses
with a safe and reliable supply of drinking
water while protecting the aquifer system. The
City’s drinking water is drawn from the Floridan
Aquifer at depths ranging from 340-FT to 1,450-
FT to then be disinfected distributed
throughout the community. As described in
the Infrastructure Element, the City engages in
water reclamation and reuse activities to
reduce withdrawal from the aquifer.
Air Quality. The quality of ambient air, the air
we breathe outside near ground level, and
the air found at higher elevations within the
atmosphere, influences human and
environmental health. As ambient air quality
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changes, people respond in different ways.
The Environmental Protection Agency has
identified six (6) priority pollutants that are of
greater concern for human health; carbon
monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide
(NO2), ozone (O3), lead (Pb), particle matter
(PM2.5 and PM10), and sulfur dioxide (SO2).
From 1999 to 2021, the percentage of children
living in counties with measured pollutant
concentrations above the levels of one or
more national ambient air quality standards
decreased from 76% to 59%. This includes both
concentrations, 8-hr and 24-hour average,
above the level of any current short-term
standard at least once during the year as well
as average concentrations above the level of
any current long-term standards. The
decreasing trend over the years 1999–2021
was statistically significant.
Orange County’s Air Quality Management
section operates two stationary air monitoring
stations in the County to monitor
concentrations of the criteria pollutants.
Monitoring data at two additional sites in
Oceola and Seminole Counties are utilized by
Orlando Metro Plan to get an overall air
quality assessment of the area. The EPA
indicates that attainment is determined by a
three-year rolling average of the fourth
highest ozone readings. The average must
stay below 70 parts per billion thresholds; 2023
was 62, down one from the previous year,
Table XXX. Applicable Federal standards for
ozone and particulate matter are exceeded
only occasionally due to weather conditions
or wildfires. At this time, all are pollutants are in
compliance. Air quality also relates to
concentrations of pollutants that trap heat in
the atmosphere, these are known as Green
House Gases (GHGs). The greenhouse gas
emitted in the largest quantity is carbon
dioxide (CO2); its effects on the atmosphere
and its residence time in the atmosphere are
used as a baseline to measure all other GHGs.
Other GHGs monitored are methane (CH4),
nitrogen dioxide (NO2), perfluorocarbons
(PFCs), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), sulfur
hexafluoride (SF6), and nitrogen trifluoride
(NF3). In Central Florida, the emissions
released from cars, trucks, and boats account
for more than 60% of our air pollution.
Soils. Soil types vary based on physical and
chemical characteristics that influence the
type of vegetation that grows from it and the
type of development that may be built upon
it. Maintaining soil health by avoiding
contamination from excess nutrients, oils, or
chemical addiction is important to
maintaining a healthy ecosystem and a
healthy built environment. However, the
opposite is also true, stripping soils of their
natural components can compromise the
quality of the soil and lead to environmental
degradation which then negatively impacts
development and agriculture.
Different soil types react to pollutants
differently by the degree at which the
pollutant may adsorb to the surface of the
different components of the soil. Pollution in
soil can adversely impact the natural and built
environment through direct contact,
bioaccumulation, or infiltrating into the
aquifer.
The permeability of any liquid in a soil is
dependent upon the soil’s grain size, structure,
and density. This affects the amount of
drainage or runoff that may be expected
from any type of soil, which in turn determines
the amount of stormwater that can be
expected to infiltrate into the aquifer or
surface flow to the nearest low-lying area or
storm drain.
Within the City are eleven (36) distinct soil
types as described by the National Resource
Conservation Service (NRCS), CON Table 5.
CON Figure 3 Soils Type Map shows the types
of soils that may be found around the city.
The slope of an area will affect the velocity at
which surface water flows from one place to
another and the rate of infiltration. The slope
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may be interpreted from CON Figure 4
Elevation Map.
Minerals. Precious and base metals have
various industrial and commercial
applications when mined, processed, and
refined. The same can be said of industrial
minerals and fossil fuels. The presence of such
raw materials in an area can provide
economic benefits to the community but
negatively impact the surrounding
environment. These raw materials are not
known to be present within the City in
significant deposits to justify such activities
and are therefore not addressed in this Plan.
Resource Use. The human population
continues to grow and expand. Since 1970 the
global population has increased by 120
percent from 3.6 billion people to 8.2 billion. A
larger population requires a greater amount
of resources to operate, however, the amount
of new resources a population needs can be
minimized with the implementation of closed
loop systems. In a circular economy, one of
the ways this can be accomplished is with the
reduction of waste. This is not so say that no
waste is created, but rather the waste of one
process is used as a resource for another.
When waste is not recycled or reused in a
closed system, it is discarded as trash. A
common way to dispose of trash is to take it to
a landfill. As waste accumulates to the
amount that exceeds the carrying capacity
of a landfill, more land is needed to safely
store the trash. Setting aside land as landfills
reduces the availability of land for
development or for habitat protection and
environmental conservation.
When waste is not recycled or reused, new or
“virgin” materials or resources are needed.
This causes an ever-expanding need for new
resources. Consuming resources at a rate that
is greater than the rate at which they can be
replaced creates a deficit. If the rate of
consumption is not reduced to being equal to
or less than the rate of production, then the
deficit will grow. To compensate for the
deficit, any resources that have been
produced in excess during periods of
abundance will be depleted. This will result in
a scarcity of resources. Depletion of resources
and increased scarcity negatively impact
both people and the environment. Effects of
resource scarcity include but are not limited to
hunger, drought, sickness, land shortages, the
decline if wildlife populations, the decline in
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habitat areas, the decline in biodiversity, and
the decline in unpolluted resources.
Earth Overshoot Day has partnered with
Global Footprint, the World Wildlife
Federation, and many others to measure the
consumption of resources by the global
human population. They found that the day
on which humans will have consumed the
available resources that can be regenerated
annually is falling shorter and shorter of 365
days every year, CON Figure 5 Earth
Overshoot Day 2024. This day was calculated
to be 213 days into 2024 on August 1st. When
considering just the resources available and
produced by the United States compared to
the rate of the country’s consumption of
resources, this day was calculated to be 75
days into 2024 on March 16th, CON Figure 6
Country Overshoot Day.
III. ANALYSIS
The City gathered the above data to help
direct future development through the
implementation of policies and procedures
that consider the impacts of urban growth on
the natural environment and the availability
of the natural resources found within the City’s
jurisdiction. The data collected will serve as a
record for current conditions within the City to
be compared to future conditions to then
measure the City’s progress towards effecting
its goals for the future.
CON Figure 5: Earth Overshoot Day
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While natural resources such as clean air,
water, and soil are available to the City and
its residents, efforts should be made to protect
them from future degradation. It is
recommended that this is accomplished by
preserving the City’s natural resources such as
wetlands, floodplains, and urban tree canopy
through low impact and sustainable
development practices. Additional
protection can be achieved by facilitating
the opportunity for residents to make
everyday choices that benefit the
environment by encouraging sustainable
products are services within the City.
Furthermore, efforts should be made to
reduce waste by creating a more circular
economy. This may include but is not limited
to, continuing waste collection services
throughout the City, encouraging developers
to recycle, upcycle, and salvage construction
and design materials to the maximum extent
possible, and educating residents about
actions they may take to protect themselves
and their community to ensure a safer,
cleaner, and more sustainable future.
CON Figure 6: Country Overshoot Day
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DEFINITIONS
Adsorb. (of a solid) To hold (molecules of a gas
or liquid or solute) as a thin film on the outside
surface or on internal surfaces within the
material.
Alteration of a Watercourse. A dam,
impoundment, channel relocation, change in
channel alignment, channelization, or
change in cross-sectional area of the channel
or the channel capacity, or any other form of
modification which may alter, impede, retard
or change the direction and/or velocity of the
riverine flow of water during conditions of the
base flood.
Base Flood. A flood having a one (1) percent
chance of being equaled or exceeded in any
given year. [Also defined in FBC, B, Section
202.] The base flood is commonly referred to
as the "100-year flood" or the "1-percent-
annual chance flood."
Base Flood Elevation. The elevation of the
base flood, including wave height, relative to
the National Geodetic Vertical Datum
(NGVD), North American Vertical Datum
(NAVD) or other datum specified on the FIRM.
[Also defined in FBC, B, Section 202.]
Channelization. Straightening, deepening, or
redirecting natural streams in an artificially
modified or constructed stream bed to drain
wetlands, direct water, control bank flooding.
Design Flood. The flood that is associated with
the greater of the following two (2) areas:
[Also defined in FBC, B, Section 202.]
Area with a floodplain subject to a one (1)
percent or greater chance of flooding in any
year; or
Area designated as a flood hazard area on
the City's flood hazard map, or otherwise
legally designated.
Design Flood Elevation. The elevation of the
"design flood," including wave height, relative
to the datum specified on the City's legally
designated flood hazard map. In areas
designated as Zone AO, the design flood
elevation shall be the elevation of the highest
existing grade of the building's perimeter plus
the depth number (in feet) specified on the
flood hazard map. In areas designated as
Zone AO where the depth number is not
specified on the map, the depth number shall
be taken as being equal to two (2) feet. [Also
defined in FBC, B, Section 202.]
Development. Any manmade change to
improved or unimproved real estate,
including, but not limited to, buildings or other
structures, tanks, temporary structures,
temporary or permanent storage of
equipment or materials, mining, dredging,
filling, grading, paving, excavations, drilling
operations or any other land disturbing
activities.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA). The federal agency that, in addition
to carrying out other functions, administers the
National Flood Insurance Program.
Flood or Flooding. A general and temporary
condition of partial or complete inundation of
normally dry land from: [Also defined in FBC, B,
Section 202.]
The overflow of inland or tidal waters.
The unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff
of surface waters from any source.
Flood Hazard Area. The greater of the
following three (3) areas:
The area within a floodplain subject to a 1-
percent or greater chance of flooding in any
year.
The area within a floodplain subject to a 0.2%
or greater change of flooding in a year.
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The area designated as a flood hazard area
on the City's flood hazard map, or otherwise
legally designated.
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). The official
map of the City on which the Federal
Emergency Management Agency has
delineated both special flood hazard areas
and the risk premium zones applicable to the
City. [Also defined in FBC, B, Section 202.]
Flood Insurance Study (FIS). The official report
provided by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency that contains the Flood
Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), the Flood
Boundary and Floodway Map (FBFM) (if
applicable), the water surface elevations of
the base flood, and supporting technical
data. [Also defined in FBC, B, Section 202.]
Floodplain or Flood-Prone Area. Any land
area susceptible to being inundated by water
from any source (see definition of “flooding”)
Floodway. The channel of a river or other
riverine watercourse and the adjacent land
areas that must be reserved in order to
discharge the base flood without
cumulatively increasing the water surface
elevation more than one (1) foot. [Also
defined in FBC, B, Section 202.]
Florida Building Code or FBC. The family of
codes adopted by the Florida Building
Commission, including: Florida Building Code,
Building; Florida Building Code, Residential;
Florida Building Code, Existing Building; Florida
Building Code, Mechanical; Florida Building
Code, Plumbing; Florida Building Code, Fuel
Gas.
Lake. any relatively large body of water that
occupies an inland basin of appreciable size.
Multiple Storm Sewer System (MS4). A publicly-
owned system designed to collect and
convey stormwater runoff, often discharging
untreated into local water bodies.
Nation Resource Conservation Service
(NRCS). an agency within the USDA, provides
technical and financial assistance to
landowners to help them conserve soil, water,
and other natural resources, fostering healthy
ecosystems through voluntary conservation
practices
Riverine System is of, or produced by, a river
or stream. The 2022 FS Section 373.019(20),
defines a stream as any river, creek, slough, or
natural watercourse in which water usually
flows in a defined bed or channel. It is not
essential that the flowing be uniform or
uninterrupted. The fact that some part of the
bed or channel has been dredged or
improved does not prevent the watercourse
from being a stream.
Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA). An area in
the floodplain subject to a one (1) percent or
greater chance of flooding in any given year.
Special flood hazard areas are shown on
FIRMs as Zone A, AO, A1-A30, AE, A99, AH, V1-
V30, VE or V. [Also defined in FBC, B Section
202.]
Watercourse. A river, creek, stream, channel
or other topographic feature in, on, through,
or over which water flows at least periodically.
Wetlands: Wetland: A wetland, as stated in
the 2022 FS Section 373.019(27), means those
areas that are inundated or saturated by
surface water or groundwater at a frequency
and a duration sufficient to support, and
under normal circumstances do support, a
prevalence of vegetation typically adapted
for life in saturated soils. Soils present in
wetlands generally are classified as hydric or
alluvial, or possess characteristics that are
associated with reducing soil conditions. The
prevalent vegetation in wetlands generally
consists of facultative or obligate hydrophytic
macrophytes that are typically adapted to
areas having soil conditions described above.
These species, due to morphological,
physiological, or reproductive adaptations,
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have the ability to grow, reproduce, or persist
in aquatic environments or anaerobic soil
conditions. Florida wetlands generally include
swamps, marshes, bayheads, bogs, cypress
domes and strands, sloughs, wet prairies,
riverine swamps and marshes, hydric seepage
slopes, tidal marshes, mangrove swamps and
other similar areas. Florida wetlands generally
do not include longleaf or slash pine
flatwoods with an understory dominated by
saw palmetto.
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LAKE APOPKA
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RESPONSIBLE, ACCESSIBLE &
OPEN GOVERNANCE
6 CHAPTER
Public School
Facilities Element
Intergovernmental
Coordination
Element
Capital
Improvements
Element
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Public School
Facilities Element
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PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES ELEMENT
Public School Facilities Element DIA | 1
I. INTRODUCTION
The Public Schools Element is intended to
ensure coordination among the County,
Municipalities, and the School District to
ensure that school capacity at the adopted
level of service standard is available at the
time of the impacts of development.
Residential development within Orange
County is well coordinated with Orange
County Public Schools (OCPS) and
development that occurs is mitigated prior to
approval. Orange County and its jurisdictions,
including the City of Ocoee have methods to
ensure coordination with OCPS.
Martinez Doctrine. In March 2000, Orange
County's practice of linking certain land use
changes to school capacity was termed the
Martinez Doctrine, after former Orange
County Mayor Mel Martinez. Under this
directive, if a rezoning or comprehensive plan
amendment had an adverse impact on
schools, staff recommends denials of the
request as exceeding the capacity of public
infrastructure, which is inconsistent with
Orange County's Comprehensive Policy Plan.
The adoption of this practice has led to more
coordination and information sharing with
Orange County Public Schools staff, and
created a mechanism where developments
denied under the Doctrine can enter into
Capacity Enhancement Agreements with the
School Board to mitigate adverse impacts.
This practice has withstood judicial challenge
up to the Florida Supreme Court.
Capacity Enhancement Process. Orange
County Public Schools currently reviews
residential development proposals and
comments as to the availability of school
capacity at the directly impacted
elementary, middle and high school for each
project seeking a future land use map
amendment or rezoning that increases
residential density. The Capacity
Enhancement Program attempted to
mitigate over-capacity schools affected by
new, unvested units.
Presently, any requested Comprehensive Plan
amendment and/or rezoning in Orange
County (including its municipalities) that
entails a proposed increase in residential
density must undergo a capacity review by
OCPS. If there is insufficient capacity at an
impacted elementary, middle, and/or high
school, the prospective developer and OCPS
must enter into a Capacity Enhancement
Agreement (CEA). These agreements
typically include provisions requiring the pre-
payment of impact fees, a timing mechanism,
and payment of a “capital contribution”, in
addition to school impact fees. However,
House Bill 7103, signed into law on June 28,
2019, and effective as of July 1, 2019, now
requires a credit against school impact fees
on a dollar-for-dollar basis for any such
contribution. This credit, in essence, means
OCPS would not receive any additional
monies to mitigate the impacts of additional
students generated by the increased
residential density. As such, at the June 23,
2020, School Board meeting, OCPS issued a
Declaration Relating to the HB 7103 Impact on
School Overcrowding Mitigation (the
“Declaration”). That Declaration declares
that OCPS will no longer enter into CEAs but
will only certify whether school capacity exists.
Public Schools. The Public School Facilities
Element provides a fundamental part of
Orange County’s Comprehensive Plan
because it recognizes schools as the
cornerstones of community planning and
design. Policies contained within the Element
seek to promote and optimize
intergovernmental cooperation for effective
operation of the public school system in a
multi-jurisdictional environment. This effort
involves collaboration with the School Board
and other local governments to ensure that
adequate capital facilities and technology
resources, such as computer facilities and
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support infrastructure, are available to support
system goals.
2008 Interlocal Agreement. The 2005 Growth
Management Act required all local
governments to implement school
concurrency by April 1, 2008. The Act also
required updates to local comprehensive
plans to address financial feasibility and
capital improvements planning for schools.
The City adopted a Public School Facilities
Element in 2008.
2011 Interlocal Agreement. In 2011, local
governments adopted the “First Amended
and Restated Interlocal Agreement for Public
School Facility Planning and Implementation
of Concurrency” to address minor changes in
procedures that were needed after the 2008
agreement was implemented. This
agreement superseded the 2008 agreement
and is currently implemented through the
following activities:
• Joint Meetings. An Interlocal Planners
committee, consisting of a representative
from each of the parties to the Interlocal
agreement, meet periodically to discuss
issues and formulate recommendations
regarding coordination of land use and
school facilities planning, including such
issues as population and student
projections, development trends, school
needs, co-location and joint use
opportunities, and ancillary infrastructure
improvements needed to support the
school facilities and ensure safe student
access as well as the implementation of
the Interlocal Agreement.
• Student Enrollment and Population
Projections. The City participates in
information exchange for student
enrollment and population projections.
• Land Use and School Capacity. The City
includes a representative designated by
the School Board to serve as a non-voting
member of the Planning and Zoning
Commission meetings. OCPS provides a
School Capacity Report to the City to
reference in the project analysis. Through
these processes, adequate school
capacity is verified in conjunction with
review of development projects.
• Co-Location and Shared Use of Facilities.
Co-location and shared use of facilities are
important to both the School Board
Capacity Enhancement Agreement (CEA)
Process and HB 7103. The Capacity
Enhancement Program applied to new
development that was the subject of a
comprehensive plan amendment or rezoning
that would increase residential density. OCPS
reviewed residential development proposals
and commented as to the availability of
school capacity at the directly impacted
elementary, middle and high school. The units
that are permitted under the existing future
land use designation and zoning are
considered “vested” units and are not subject
to capacity enhancements. Any additional
units that would be obtained when a property
is successfully rezoned are considered
“unvested” and were subject to the capacity
enhancement process.
To address this lack of capacity, the local
government directs the project applicant to
seek mitigation through a Capacity
Enhancement Agreement (CEA) with OCPS
for the unvested units. The capacity
enhancement process involves extensive
evaluation by several OCPS departments
(Facilities, Student Enrollment, Real Estate,
Planning) and instructional (Area
Superintendents, Principals) personnel for
classroom, site and core capacity issues and
potential solutions such as relief, renovation to
prototype size, permanent expansion,
assignment of students, or timing. The process
also includes a fiscal review by the Chief
Financial Officer of OCPS to ensure that
project pays its full share of incremental
student station cost. Any funds necessary for
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Public School Facilities Element DIA | 3
unvested units to meet the full share of
incremental student station cost as well as
school impact fees are due at Final Plat or
Final Site Plan.
Presently, any requested Comprehensive Plan
amendment and/or rezoning in Orange
County (including its municipalities) that
entails a proposed increase in residential
density must undergo a capacity review by
OCPS. If there is insufficient capacity at an
impacted elementary, middle, and/or high
school, the prospective developer and OCPS
must enter into a Capacity Enhancement
Agreement (CEA). These agreements
typically include provisions requiring the pre-
payment of impact fees, a timing mechanism,
and payment of a “capital contribution”, in
addition to school impact fees. However,
House Bill 7103, signed into law on June 28,
2019, and effective as of July 1, 2019, now
requires a credit against school impact fees
on a dollar-for-dollar basis for any such
contribution. This credit, in essence, means
OCPS would not receive any additional
monies to mitigate the impacts of additional
students generated by the increased
residential density. As such, at the June 23,
2020, School Board meeting, OCPS issued a
Declaration Relating to the HB 7103 Impact on
School Overcrowding Mitigation (the
“Declaration”). That Declaration declares
that OCPS will no longer enter into CEAs but
will only certify whether school capacity exists.
Although a legislative fix was sought in the last
legislative session by the County, OCPS, and
various stakeholders in the development
community, none was approved. Therefore,
any project that was required to apply for a
CEA on or after July 1, 2019, is on hold.
Currently, there are a total of 18 projects,
countywide, that have been placed on hold
since July 1, 2019. None of the projects are
located in Ocoee.
School Concurrency Process. School
concurrency was adopted in 2008. In 2011,
the Florida Legislature adopted the
Community Planning Act, which changed
school concurrency from mandatory to
optional. If implemented, the statutes provide
standards for adopting an interlocal
agreement and comprehensive plan
amendments. The 2010 comprehensive plan
amendments, and 2011 interlocal agreement,
continue to meet the state statutory
requirements, and the County has opted to
maintain school concurrency.
The concurrency process applies to most
residential projects. Developments that meet
one or more of the criteria in Section 18.2 of
the 2011 Interlocal Agreement are exempt
from school concurrency review.
For projects that include single family lots or
multifamily with fee simple lots (such as a
townhome or duplex), an applicant must
apply for school concurrency prior to or along
with the submission of an application for a
preliminary subdivision plat. A final agreement
with OCPS is required prior to recording the
final subdivision plat and prior to issuance of a
building permit.
For projects that include multifamily units on a
single lot (typically apartments or condos), an
applicant must apply for school concurrency
prior to or along with the submission of a
master plan.
When reviewing a developer-initiated
Comprehensive Plan amendment or rezoning
that would increase residential density,
Orange County shall seek input from OCPS as
to whether sufficient school capacity will exist
concurrent with the development. If OCPS
indicates there is insufficient capacity in the
affected schools, Orange County may take
into consideration the severity of the
overcrowding and the timing of the
availability of the capacity to accommodate
the proposed development when deciding
whether to approve or deny the
Comprehensive Plan amendment or rezoning.
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II. INVENTORY AND DATA
Existing Community Conditions in the County.
Orange County is Florida’s fifth most populous
county with 6.6% of Florida’s population
according to the 2020 census. An important
issue facing Orange County is the
overcrowding of schools and the need to
“catch up” with the growth of past decades.
Geographic areas experiencing the most
growth are the Avalon Park Boulevard corridor
in east Orange County, the Horizon West
sector plan area in southwest Orange County,
the Stoneybrook West/Foothills of Mount Dora
project, and the Tangerine Rural Settlement in
northwest Orange County.
PSF Table 1: Orange County Growth
(Countywide), 1970 to 2020
Year Total Population Average Annual
Increase %
1970 344,311 --
1980 470,865 3.68%
1990 677,491 4.38%
2000 896,344 3.23%
2005 1,002,849 3.27%
2010 1,145,956 2.85%
2015 1,314,367 2.45%
2020 1,429,908 1.75%
Source: Florida Office of Economic and Demographic
Research, Orange County Area Profile
Age of Population. In 2022, the total
population was estimated at 1,452,726
people. The total population for school age
children (ages 5 to 19) was estimated to be
268,979 people.
PSF Table 2: Orange County Population
by Age, 2022
Age 2022
Total Population by Age 1,452,726
Under 5 years 80,948
5 to 9 years 84,320
10 to 14 years 87,376
15 to 19 years 97,283
20 to 24 years 109,907
25 to 34 years 231,476
35 to 44 years 213,986
45 to 54 years 188,517
55 to 59 years 84,020
60 to 64 years 83,101
65 to 74 years 114,944
75 to 84 years 55,464
85 years and over 21,384
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 1-year estimates for
2022
Growth and Development Trends. Orange
County Public Schools maintains an inventory
of approved residential development projects
and identifies the number of projected
students from each. This data helps OCPS to
develop 10-year school capacity projections
and the inventory is readily available to the
public via their website as an interactive
mapping tool.
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School District Profile
PSF Table 3: OCPS Student Enrollment, 2010-2020
Year Total Enrollment
2010 179,040
2011 182,291
2012 185,682
2013 189,347
2014 194,275
2015 199,817
2016 203,448
2017 200,831
2018 202,654
2019 211,651
2020 212,401
Source: OCPS Student Enrollment Department
Source: OCPS Student Enrollment Department, March
2025
Student Generation Rates. The Student
Generation Rate (SGR) refers to the number of
students produced by an individual housing
unit. In Orange County, the rate varies by
single family, multi-family, townhome, and
mobile home.
The most recent SGRs was derived using the
2012 Orange County Public School Impact
Fee Update Study and used OCPS student
enrollment figures for the year 2021, internal
demographic projections based on census
data, and development activity. The rate is
developed by dividing the number of students
within a particular residential use type by the
total number of units of that land use in
Orange County.
PSF Table 4: Countywide Student Enrollment and
Capacity by Level, March 2025
School
Level
Enrollment Capacity Difference
Elementary 78,440 89,676 11,236
Middle 38,512 45,639 8,127
K-8 9,245 9,978 733
High 59,800 63,253 3,453
Total 185,997 208,546 22,549
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PSF Table 5: Student Generation Rate
Source: OCPS Facilities Planning Department
PSF Table 6: Ten-Year Student Enrollment Projections, 25/26 – 30/31
School
Year
2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30 2030-31
Total 206,556 204,744 204,706 204,903 204,900 205,574
School
Year
2031-32 2032-33 2033-34 2034-35 2035-36
Total 206,892 208,278 210,379 212,621 214,853
Source: OCPS Student Enrollment, March 2025
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PSF Table 7: Long Range Capital Improvement Plan for Additional Schools September 13, 2022
No. School New Schools School Year to Open
1 Wetherbee ES 2011
2 Lake Nona MS 2011
3 SunRidge MS 2012
4 SunRidge ES 2012
5 Prairie Lakes ES 2013
6 Sun Blaze ES 2013
7 Independence ES 2015
8 Eagle Creek ES 2015
9 Wedgefield School 2016
10 Bay Lake ES 2016
11 Millennia Gardens ES 2016
12 Timber Springs MS 2017
13 Innovation MS 2017
14 Windermere HS 2017
15 Laureate Park ES 2017
16 Westpointe ES 2017
17 Audubon Park School 2018
18 Horizon West MS 2019
19 Castleview ES 2019
20 Water Spring ES 2019
21 Sunshine ES 2020
22 Summerlake ES 2020
23 Vista Pointe ES 2020
24 Horizon HS 2021
25 Village Park ES 2021
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PSF Table 7: Long Range Capital Improvement Plan for Additional Schools September 13, 2022
No. School New Schools School Year to Open
26 Lake Buena Vista HS 2021
27 Hamlin ES 2022
28 Panther Lake ES 2022
29 Stonewyck ES 2022
30 Kelly Park School 2022
31 Hamlin MS 2022
32 Water Spring MS 2023
33 129-M-SE-2 2024
34 47-E-W-4 2024
35 97-E-SE-2 2024
36 50-H-SE-2 2024
37 130-E-SE-2 2025
38 126-E-W-4 2027
39 112-E-SE-3 2028
40 105-E-SW-4 2029
41 58-E-SE-2 2030
42 56-M-SE-2 2030
43 48-M-SW-4 2030
Source: OCPS Facilities Planning Department
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III. ANALYSIS
School Concurrency Implementation.
Capacity, Concurrency Service Areas and
Level of Service make up the three
components of concurrency. The sections
below describe OCPS’s approach to each
component.
Capacity. Permanent Florida Inventory of
School Houses (FISH) Capacity refers to the
number of students that can be housed in the
permanent portion of a school as determined
by a formula developed by the state. This
formula is based on the square footage of
classroom space divided by the allocated
square footage per student station and takes
into account the 18/22/25 students per
classroom requirement of the class size
amendment.
“Adjusted FISH” uses Permanent FISH as a base
but includes the capacity from the District’s
campuses that have modular (in-slot)
classrooms connected by covered walkways.
Adjusted FISH is further refined by capping the
total at Core Capacity, which only applies
when the facility’s FISH capacity is greater
than the facility’s core capacity.
Core capacity indicates the total enrollment
that can be served by the lunch facilities in
three shifts. Core capacity is calculated by
dividing the square footage of the school’s
dining room by a state-determined factor. If
the core space is too small for the number of
classrooms, a school is required to add lunch
periods. This often results in students eating
lunch too early or too late in the day.
In summary, the formula for Adjusted FISH is as
follows:
(Not to Exceed Core) Permanent FISH + In-
Slots = Adjusted FISH
Concurrency Service Areas (CSAs). An
essential requirement for school concurrency
is a designation of the area within which the
level of service will be measured when an
application for a residential development
permit is reviewed for school concurrency
purposes. This delineation is also important for
purposes of determining whether the local
government has a financially feasible public
school capital facilities program that will
provide schools which will achieve and
maintain the adopted level-of- service
standards.
Section 163.3180 of the Florida Statues allows
communities to adopt a districtwide or less
than districtwide CSA. In Orange County, less
than districtwide CSAs are employed, due to
the size of the County and the desire to
recognize the link between an individual
development and the affected school.
According to the Statutes, for local
governments applying school concurrency
on a less than districtwide basis, such as
utilizing school attendance zones or larger
school concurrency service areas, local
governments and school boards must
demonstrate that the utilization of school
capacity is maximized to the greatest extent
possible in the comprehensive plan, taking
into account transportation costs and court-
approved desegregation plans, as well as
other factors. In addition, in order to achieve
concurrency within the service area
boundaries selected by local governments
and school boards, the service area
boundaries, together with the standards for
establishing those boundaries, shall be
identified and included as supporting data
and analysis for the comprehensive plan.
For elementary schools, CSA boundaries
group school attendance boundaries
together in a way to balance out the
overcapacity and under capacity schools.
For middle and high schools, CSAs follow
attendance boundaries.
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Level of Service (LOS). Capacity is central to
the concept of concurrency because it forms
the basis for level of service (LOS). Public
facilities and services have limits beyond
which they become overburdened. State law
provides specific measures for determining
the capacity of a particular public facility or
service.
LOS is defined as “…an indicator of the extent
or degree of service provided by, or proposed
to be provided by, a facility based on and
related to the operational characteristics of
the facility. Level of Service shall indicate the
capacity per unit of demand for each public
facility” [formerly found in Rule 9J-5.003,
Florida Administrative Code].
The LOS standard for public schools is based
upon the “capacity of the facility,” which is
the number of students to be serviced by the
facility, rather than on the basis of the school
performance as determined by the level of
student achievement or some other
qualitative measurement. For public school
facilities, the LOS may be expressed as the
percentage or ratio of student enrollment to
the student capacity of the school.
The following LOS has been adopted:
• Elementary – 110% of Adjusted FISH
Capacity
• K through 8 – 110% of Adjusted FISH
Capacity
• Middle – 100% of Adjusted FISH Capacity
• High – 100% of Adjusted FISH Capacity
Existing Level of Service. The existing level of
service shows concurrency service areas
where the number of students enrolled
exceeds the permanent program capacity.
Even with a robust concurrency management
system, enrollment can exceed capacity
because of demographic changes within
existing developments. Further, concurrency
fees are assessed based on an average
student generation rate, while individual
housing developments may have higher or
lower rates. If a minimal amount of
overcrowding occurs, OCPS typically does
not construct an entire new school if it would
be mostly empty on the day it opens. Given
varying economic conditions, OCPS also
cannot “pre-build” schools in anticipation of
new development that may or may not
occur. OCPS is also hesitant to re-zone school
attendance areas for small amounts of
overcrowding, given the disruption to children
and families. Therefore, in fast growing parts of
Orange County, temporary overcrowding is
likely to remain common for the foreseeable
future.
Ocoee Elementary School
Ocoee High School
Ocoee Middle School
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PSF Table 8 provides the enrollment and
capacity for the public schools within the City.
According to the 2021-2022 data, the only
school that serves Ocoee residents that is
overcapacity is Gotha Middle School which is
at 133.17% of its capacity. PSF Figure Nos. 1-14
show the attendance zones for each of the
schools listed in PSF Table 8.
To maximize capacity and reduce reliance on
future revenue, OCPS will employ a variety of
options to meet LOS, including rezoning,
adding or moving special programs, or
adding additional capacity to schools being
renovated under the comprehensive
renovation program funded by local sales tax
along with the evaluation of at home learning
during a pandemic and how the school
capacity measures might change as a result
of 2020’s pandemic.
Financial Resources
PECO
The Public Education Capital Outlay funds
(PECO) are derived from proceeds of the
Gross Receipts Tax on utilities, which is
constitutionally allocated for education
capital improvement. These funds are
provided to the district for construction,
remodeling or renovations. Restrictions for use
of these funds include new athletic facilities
and performing arts centers. Any project using
these funds must have been recommended in
the educational plant survey.
Half Cent Sales Tax
On September 10, 2002, Orange County
voters passed a half-cent sales tax increase
for public schools. Voters renewed the tax in
2014 and 2024. The sales tax will be in effect
until the end of 2035 unless it is renewed again.
Tax revenues can be used for the construction
and renovation of school facilities including
the costs of retrofitting and providing
technology implementation and any related
land acquisition, land improvement, design
and engineering costs, including any bond
indebtedness. Since 2002, the sales tax has
funded the repair/replacement of 94 schools,
and the construction of one new high school
(Wekiva High School). For the remaining term
of the tax, an additional 42 schools will be
repaired or replaced.
PSF Table 8: Enrollment, Capacity, and Utilization for Schools Serving Ocoee, 2021-2022
Enrollment Capacity (FISH) Utilization
Elementary
Citrus 472 758 62.27%
Ocoee 643 830 77.47%
Prairie Lake 813 863 94.21%
Spring Lake 437 627 69.70%
Thornbrooke 599 744 80.51%
Westbrooke 519 842 61.64%
Middle
Gotha 1,092 820 133.17%
Lakeview 830 1,123 73.91%
Ocoee 1,247 1,424 87.57%
Sunridge 1,347 1,237 108.89%
High School
Ocoee 2,484 2,793 88.94%
Olympia 2,892 2,950 98.03%
Wekiva 2,121 2,797 75.83%
West Orange 2,713 3,020 89.83%
Source: OCPS Facilities Planning Department
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Property Tax
Funds are derived from a 1.5 millage levy on
local property. The legal limit for capital
improvement tax is 2.0 mills. This millage
represents a rollback of 0.5 mills as a result of
the voter-approved sales tax referendum.
Revenues may be used for payment of
principal and interest on COPS; for purchase
of new and replacement equipment; for
maintenance of existing facilities; rental and
leasing of educational facilities and sites;
purchase of new and replacement school
buses; project management; and
construction and remodeling of new or
existing facilities.
Certificates of Participation (COPS)
COPS funds are not a source of revenue but
the proceeds of a twenty five year loan
against future property tax revenues. Funds
may be used to remodel, renovate or replace
existing schools and acquire land and
construct additional schools.
State Capital Outlay and Debt Service
(CO&DS
CO&DS are derived from the first proceeds of
the State auto license fees and are
constitutionally earmarked for educational
capital improvement needs. Allocations are
made on the basis of the calculated number
of “teacher units,” and at a rate prescribed by
the Constitution. CO&DS funds may be used in
the acquisition, building, construction,
renovation or replacement of capital outlay
projects. The requirement is that these projects
be listed on a project priority list that is
developed from the plant survey.
School Impact Fees
School impact fees have been levied
countywide in Orange County since 1993. As
required by law, impact fees can only be
levied on new development and cannot be
used to correct existing infrastructure
deficiencies.
Budget. OCPS updates the budget annually
and includes planned revenues and capital
PSF Table 9: OCPS School Impact Fee Schedule
Source: OCPS Facilities Planning Department
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expenditures over the next 10 years. This
demonstrates financial feasibility.
Conclusion. OCPS has extensive planning
processes in place to keep up with a fast
growing student population. New school
construction, and comprehensive renovation
of existing schools, help to provide high quality
education across the County. While
overcrowding remains a concern, OCPS
continues to plan proactively to minimize
disruptions to students. The City is a committed
partner by working with developers to
understand and implement school
concurrency and capacity enhancement.
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PSF Figure No. 1: Citrus Elementary School Attendance Zone, 2024-2025
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PSF Figure No. 2: Ocoee Elementary School Attendance Zone, 2024-2025
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PSF Figure No. 3: Prairie Lake Elementary School Attendance Zone, 2024-2025
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PSF Figure No. 4: Spring Lake Elementary School Attendance Zone, 2024-2025
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PSF Figure No. 5: Thornebrooke Elementary School Attendance Zone, 2024-2025
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PSF Figure No. 6: Westbrooke Elementary School Attendance Zone, 2024-2025
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PSF Figure No. 7: Gotha Middle School Attendance Zone, 2024-2025
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PSF Figure No. 8: Lakeview Middle School Attendance Zone, 2024-2025
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PSF Figure No. 9: Ocoee Middle School Attendance Zone, 2024-2025
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PSF Figure No. 10: Sunridge Middle School Attendance Zone, 2024-2025
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PSF Figure No. 11: Ocoee High School Attendance Zone, 2024-2025
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PSF Figure No. 12: Olympia High School Attendance Zone, 2024-2025
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PSF Figure No. 13: Wekiva High School Attendance Zone, 2024-2025
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PSF Figure No. 14: West Orange High School Attendance Zone, 2024-2025
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6 CHAPTER
Intergovernmental
Coordination
Element
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I. INTRODUCTION
The following Intergovernmental Coordination
Element is prepared and adopted in
accordance with Chapter 163, Part III of the
Florida Statutes. This portion of the Element
provides a generalized summary of the
current intergovernmental coordination
activities of Ocoee. This summary identifies
coordinating entities, existing coordination
efforts, and coordination mechanisms.
The Comprehensive Plan for the City of
Ocoee includes eight parts called Elements.
These Elements are as follows.
1. Future Land Use
2. Housing
3. Recreation & Open Space
4. Infrastructure
5. Mobility
6. Conservation
7. Public School Facilities
8. Intergovernmental Coordination
9. Capital Improvements
10. Private Property Rights
The City of Ocoee wants to take the initiative
in intergovernmental coordination of such
major issues as annexation, water
conservation, housing, solid waste
management and land use compatibility with
neighboring cities and the unincorporated
County neighborhoods.
The purpose of the Intergovernmental
Coordination Element is to identify and resolve
incompatible goals, objectives, and policies
and development proposed in local
government comprehensive plans and to
determine and respond to the needs for
coordination processes and procedures with
adjacent local governments, and regional
and state agencies.
The Future Land Use Element is an integral part
of the City's goal of creating a vibrant,
attractive, and economically sustainable
community where businesses thrive and
neighborhoods flourish through diverse,
compact, and complementary land uses.
II. INVENTORY AND DATA
Coordination with Local Governments
City of Apopka
The City shall coordinate through the
Interlocal Agreement for Fire and Rescue
Mutual Aid.
Town of Windermere
The City shall coordinate through the
Interlocal Agreement for Police Dispatching
Services and Interlocal Agreement for Permit
Inspection and Review and Fire Services.
City of Winter Garden
The City shall coordinate through the
Interlocal Agreement for Police Dispatching
Services and Interlocal Agreement for
Regional Reuse Master Plan
Orange County
The City shall coordinate through the Joint
Planning Area Agreement, Cooperative
Right-of-Way Agreements, Sewer and Water
Service Territorial Agreements, and Law
Enforcement Mutual Aid Agreement.
The Joint Planning Area Agreement was
established December 3, 2019 with the First
and Second Amendments dated November
30, 2021 and the Third Amendment dated
September 27, 2022.
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Coordination with Regional Authorities
East Central Florida Regional Planning Council
The East Central Florida Regional Planning
Council (ECFRPC) was organized pursuant to
Chapter 186.504 and 186.505, Florida Statutes
(FS) as defined in Chapters 29, 163, and 38, FS.
ECFRPC is organized for the purpose of
providing a means wherein local
governments in East Central Florida, through
its membership, can cooperatively plan for
the future of the region. The region includes all
of Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole
and Volusia Counties.
The Council exercises the powers, duties,
functions, and responsibilities for conducting
planning and coordinating review and
assistance activities and functions
enumerated by the legislature. As a state
designated clearinghouse review agency,
the ECFRPC is responsible for review of all state
and federal grant applications, dredge and
fill permit applications and Developments of
Regional Impact (DRIs), as well as the
responsibility to ensure that the City's
Comprehensive Plan is consistent with the
Comprehensive Regional Policy Plan.
The Council also provides a forum for informal
mediation to resolve conflicts or
inconsistencies arising from development of
growth among the cities and counties in the
region. The office of the City Manager and the
City of Ocoee City Commission are the offices
with primary responsibility.
St. Johns River Water Management District
There are five water management districts in
Florida. The districts were created by the
Water Resources Act of 1972 (Chapter 373,
FS). The City of Ocoee is located within the St.
Johns River Water Management District
(SJRWMD). The purpose of the water
management districts is to purchase and
manage lands; engage in technical
investigation; develop water resource plans;
regulate surface water management facilities
and consumptive use of water, artificial
aquifer recharge and well construction; and
engage in aquatic weed control. The
SJRWMD provides technical support and data
to the City. The City Manager's Office is
primarily responsible for coordinating with
SJRWMD.
MetroPlan Orlando
The City of Ocoee is a member of MetroPlan
Orlando. MPOs are federally mandated to
coordinate regional transportation planning.
MetroPlan Orlando’s Board is comprised of
representatives from agencies throughout
Orange, Osceola, and Seminole Counties.
These agencies include local governments
and airports, Orlando-Orange County
Expressway Authority, Central Florida Regional
Transportation Authority, and the Greater
Orlando Aviation Authority. The MPO
committees include the Transportation
Technical Committee, Citizens Advisory
Committee, Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory
Committee, Municipal Advisory Committee,
and the Transportation Disadvantaged Local
Coordinating Board.
The MPO is responsible for the implementation
of the local transportation planning process
by setting transportation goals, objectives,
and policies for the area. The MPO is also
responsible for review and approval of all
plans, reports and documents developed in
the transportation planning process. The
Transportation Department of the ECFRPC has
been designated to serve as staff to the MPO.
In this capacity, the Council planners collect
and analyze data, prepare plans and reports,
and provide other services.
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Coordination with State Agencies
Florida Department of Transportation
The Florida Department of Transportation
(FDOT) was created by the Governmental
Reorganization Act of 1969. It operates under
the authority of Chapters 334-339 and 341, FS.
FDOT is responsible for coordinating the
planning of all modes of transportation on
land, sea, and air and for constructing and
maintaining the state highway system. The
State Transportation Engineer coordinates
project development in the seven districts
throughout Florida. The District Engineers
manage and administer the Department's
work program and systems maintenance.
Urban transportation system plans are
developed jointly by FDOT and the MPO.
Technical and administrative dealings among
these legally designated planning agencies
are established to conform with federal
regulations and have been formalized
through interlocal transportation planning
agreements.
Florida Department of Environmental
Protection
The Florida Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP) was created in 1975 under
Chapter 75-22, Laws of Florida. DEP is the
principal agency for the implementation of
state environmental policies and laws. The
Department establishes standards for the
protection of natural systems through the
permitting process of activities that may
impact the environment, including permitting
and monitoring potential sources of pollution
and discharges for compliance with state
standards. In the event of non-compliance or
violation, the DEP has the authority to take
enforcement action.
The DEP manages eight environmental
regulatory programs: Water Quality, Water
Quantity, Potable Water, Solid Waste, Air
Quality, Noise Control, Coastal Zone
Management, and Power Plant Sitings. DEP
programs are administered mainly through
field offices located throughout the state.
However, the Water Quantity Program is
managed through the five regional Water
Management Districts.
The functions of the DEP and its districts are
coordinated through using joint application
procedures. DEP permitting programs require
coordination with the Florida Department of
Natural Resources and the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. In administering the Water Quality
Program, DEP assists local governments in
obtaining grants for sewage treatment
facilities and loans for other pollution control
projects.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission was
created in 1999 and its agency mission is
managing fish and wildlife resources for their
long-term well-being and the benefit of
people. The agency is headquartered in
Tallahassee with five regional offices in
Panama City, Lake City, Ocala, Lakeland and
West Palm Beach.
The agency has enforcement and regulatory
authority over the state’s fish and wildlife
resources. The Office of the City Manger is
primarily responsible for coordination with the
Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission.
Florida Department of Education
The Florida Department of Education was
created in 1885 and was established in its
present form in 1969 under Article IX, Section 2
of the Constitution of the State of Florida and
Section 20.15, FS. The Department develops
comprehensive objectives for public
education, policies for the efficient operation
of all phases of public education, and all
required rules and regulations for the
enforcement of school codes.
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The State Board of Education consists of the
Governor and Cabinet, with an elected
Commissioner of Education who serves as the
chief executive officer of the Department.
Four divisions and four boards oversee the
operation of public and private educational
institutions from the primary grades through
the university system including the Florida
School for the Deaf and Blind.
The Department coordinates with all levels of
government in carrying out each phase of the
educational program and exercises general
supervision over all divisions and boards to
ensure coordination of educational plans and
programs, and to resolve controversies.
The Office of the City Manager is primarily
responsible for coordination with the Florida
Department of Education.
Florida Department of Health
The Florida Department of Health was created
in 1996 when the Florida Department of Health
and Rehabilitative Services was spilt into two
distinct departments. The Department is
primarily responsible for public health in the
state.
The Office of the City Manager is primarily
responsible for coordination with the Florida
Department of Health and Rehabilitative
Services.
Florida Department of Commerce
The Florida Department of Commerce was
created by the Government Reorganization
Act of 1969, pursuant to Section 20.17, FS. The
Department of Commerce is responsible for
the guidance, stimulation, and promotion of
economic development within the state, as it
relates to industry, marketing and
international development. The Department
also provides state leadership in the
development and promotion of the tourist
industry.
Through its five field offices the Department
assists regional and local governments in
economic planning activities and in applying
for funds in support of economic
development programs. The Department also
serves as liaison between the State and
Florida businesses, and between the State
and the Caribbean, South and Central
American concerns. The Division of Tourism
coordinates national and international ad
campaigns, and assists municipalities,
chambers of commerce and other tourist
oriented entities in formulating cooperative
promotional programs. The Office of the City
Manager is primarily responsible for
coordination with the Florida Department of
Commerce.
Executive Office of the Governor
The Executive Office of the Governor (EOG)
was created in 1972 under Section 14.201 FS.
The functions of the EOG apply mainly to
preparation of the annual executive budget
and legislative agenda of the Governor, and
review of state agency plans and programs.
Another major responsibility is the preparation,
development and revision of the State
Comprehensive Plan.
The EOG also gathers data on the state
energy resources and administers the State's
role in petroleum allocation and
conservation. The EOG is directed by an
administrative commission composed of the
Governor and Cabinet. The Office
coordinates planning among federal, state,
regional, and local levels of government and
those of other states. The Office also
coordinates all state agency planning and
programming activities, serves as the state
planning and development clearinghouse,
and designates regional and area
clearinghouse review agencies. The EOG also
serves as liaison between the state and
federal officials, agencies, and members of
Congress. The Office of the City Manager is
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primarily responsible for coordination with the
Executive Office of the Governor.
Florida Department of State, Division of
Historical Resources
The Florida Department of State’s Division of
Historical Resources is responsible for
preserving and promoting Florida’s historical
and archaeological resources. This is
accomplished through three bureaus within
the agency: Bureau of Historic Preservation,
Bureau of Historical Museums, and Bureau of
Archaeological Research.
DHR directs historic preservation efforts
throughout the state in cooperation with state
and federal agencies, local governments,
private organizations, and individuals. The
Division director serves as the State Historic
Preservation Officer, acting as the liaison with
the national historic preservation program
conducted by the National Park Service. The
Office of the City Manager is primarily
responsible for coordination with the Division
of Historical Resources.
Coordination with Federal Agencies
U.S. Department of Justice
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) was
established in 1870 under 16 Statute 162; 28,
United States Constitution (U.S.C.) 501, 503.
The DOJ plays a key role in the protection of
the public from criminals and subversion, in
providing and ensuring the healthy
competition of business, in safeguarding the
consumer, and in enforcing drug,
immigration, and naturalization laws. The
Department also protects citizens through its
efforts for effective law enforcement, crime
prevention, crime detection, and prosecution
and rehabilitation of offenders. DOJ also
represents the government on legal matters.
The Department is comprised of a number of
agencies that provide financial and technical
assistance to state and local governments for
improvement of correctional systems, drug
control capabilities, and general law
enforcement and criminal justice. Forms of
technical assistance range from training of
personnel to developing data base and
communication systems. The Office of the City
Manager is primarily responsible for
coordinating with the U.S. Department of
Justice.
U.S. Department of Transportation
The U.S. Department of Transportation
(USDOT) was established in 1966 under 80
Statute 391; 49 U.S.C. 1651. USDOT establishes
the nation's overall transportation policy in
regards to highway planning, development,
construction, urban mass transit, railroads,
aviation, and the safety of airports, ports, and
waterways, highways, and oil and gas
pipelines.
The Department consists of several
administrations, a number of which provide
financial assistance to state, regional, and/or
local agencies for various transportation
projects and programs, such as funding to the
states for highway improvement, traffic
operations and highway safety programs.
Financial assistance is also provided for
capital and operating expenses, technical
studies, managerial training, research and
development projects and demonstration
projects. The Office of the City Manager is
primarily responsible for coordinating with the
U.S. Department of Transportation.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
was established in 1970 pursuant to
Reorganization Plan Number 3 of 1970. The
purpose of the EPA is to protect and enhance
the environment through control and
abatement of pollution in the areas of water,
air, solid waste, noise, radiation and toxic
substances. The Agency integrates a variety
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of research, monitoring, standard setting, and
enforcement activities.
The Agency coordinates and supports
research and anti-pollution activities by state
and local governments, public and private
groups and educational institutions. The
development of local programs for pollution
abatement is accomplished through the EPA's
ten regional offices. The Agency also
reinforces efforts among other federal
agencies with respect to the impact their
operations may have upon the environment.
The Office of the City Manager is primarily
responsible for coordinating with the EPA.
U.S. Department of Commerce
The U.S. Department of Commerce was titled
as such in 1913 under 37 Statute 736; 15 U.S.C.
1501, which reorganized the Department of
Commerce and Labor created under 32
Statute 825; 15 U.S.C. 1501. The Department
serves and facilitates the nation's economic
development and technological
advancement.
The Department offers assistance and
information to domestic and international
business: provides social and economic
statistics and analyses for business and
government planners; assists in the
development of the U.S. Merchant Marine;
provides research and promotes the
increased use of science and technology in
the development of the economy; promotes
foreign tourism; provides assistance to speed
the development of economically
underdeveloped areas of the nation; seeks to
improve the understanding of the earth's
physical environment and oceanic life; and
assists in the growth and development of
minority businesses.
The Department encompasses a number of
agencies that provide technical assistance
and financial aid to state and local
government. The Economic Development
Administration focuses on areas of excessive
unemployment, while the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration awards
grants to states for developing and carrying
out plans for management of their coastal
zones. All levels of government utilize data
provided by the Department's Bureau of the
Census. The Office of the City Manager is
primarily responsible for coordinating with the
U.S. Department of Commerce.
U.S. Department of the Interior
The U.S. Department of the Interior was
created in 1849 under 9 Statute 395; 43 U.S.C.
1451. The Department administers most
federally owned and managed public lands
and natural resources; including water,
mineral, fish and wildlife. Jurisdictional
responsibilities include the coordination of
federal and state recreation programs, the
preservation and administration of the
nation's scenic and historic areas, operation
of conservation and youth training programs,
reclamation of lands, hydroelectric power
systems, and administration of programs for
native Americans.
State and local governments can receive
financial and/or technical assistance from the
Department for a number of activities
including: fish and wildlife restoration and
management projects, surveys and research
related to topography, geology, and water
and mineral resources; historic preservation;
acquisition of critical natural areas; acquisition
and development of parks; enhancement
and restoration of local recreational systems;
Indian Affairs programs; and development of
coal resources. The Office of the City
Manager is primarily responsible for
coordinating with the U.S. Department of the
Interior.
U.S. Department of Defense
The U.S. Department of Defense was
established as an executive department of
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the U.S. Government by the National Security
Act Amendments of 1949, 63 Statute 578; 5
U.S.C. 101. Through the Department,
specifically the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
the Defense Department administers
permitting programs designed to protect
water quality and environmentally valuable
wetland resources, to prevent alteration or
obstruction of navigable waters, and to
control the dumping of dredged material into
ocean waters. The types of activities requiring
permits include excavating and filling,
construction, and work in ocean waters such
as beach nourishment.
The Corp's programs are administered
through 37 districts nationwide. Florida falls
within the Jacksonville and Mobile, Alabama
districts. Due to overlapping legal jurisdictions,
the Corps and the Florida Departments of
Environmental Protection and Natural
Resources jointly review permit applications,
issue joint public notices, and where possible,
hold joint public hearings. The Office of the
City Manager is primarily responsible for
coordinating with the U.S. Department of
Defense.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) was established by the
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965,
79 Statute 667; 42 U.S.C. 3531-3537. The
Department is the principal federal agency
responsibility for programs related to housing
needs, fair housing opportunities and
improving and developing the nation's
communities. The HUD administers mortgage
insurance programs; rental subsidy programs;
anti-discriminatory activities related to
housing; and programs that assist in
neighborhood rehabilitation.
The Department stresses the role of states,
cities, counties, and other units of local
government in the solution of housing and
community development problems through a
number of program functions. Activities, such
as Urban Development Action Grants, assist
local governments in maintaining and
improving the availability of housing and the
preservation and rehabilitation of local
communities. Programs of research studies,
testing and demonstrations are carried out
through the awarding of grants, cooperative
agreements and contracts with industry,
educational institutions and units of local
government. The Office of the City Manager
is primarily responsible for coordinating with
HUD.
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS) was created in 1953 as the
Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare and redesignated in 1979 under its
current name by the Department of
Education Reorganization Act, 93 Statute 695;
20 U.S.C. 3508. In addition to the Social
Security system, the Department administers a
broad range of social service and human
development programs oriented toward the
elderly, children of low-income families,
persons with physical and/or mental
handicaps, runaway youths, and native
Americans.
The Department conducts the following
health-related functions: provides national
leadership and administration for a program
of federal, state, and area-wide health
planning and health delivery systems;
supports education for the health professions;
conducts and supports research in the fields
of medicine and related sciences; protects
the health of the nation against impure foods,
drugs, and cosmetics; and administers
Medicaid and Medicare programs.
Ten (10) regional offices represent the
Department in official interactions with state
and local governments. Grants and technical
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assistance are available for the development
of local health resources and the
improvement of local social service systems.
For example, state agencies may receive
funding to establish community service
programs. This is accomplished through the
designation and funding of area agencies on
aging such as the role played by the East
Central Florida Regional Planning Council. The
Office of the City Manager is primarily
responsible for coordinating with the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
U.S. Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education was
created in 1979 under the Department of
Education Organization Act, 93 Statute 668; 20
U.S.C. 3401. The Department establishes
national education policy and administers
and coordinates most federal assistance to
education. An intergovernmental advisory
council on education, composed of elected
officials, educators, parents and students
makes recommendations to the Secretary of
the Department and the President for
improvement of the administration of federal
education programs.
The Department administers grants and
technical assistance to state educational
agencies and/or local school districts for a
variety of purposes, including: the elimination
of segregation and discrimination; special
programs such as Drug and Alcohol Abuse
education; vocational and technical training;
special programs and services to assist the
handicapped; and support of post-secondary
institutions and students. The Department also
provides some financial support to federally
aided institutions, including colleges for the
deaf and blind. The Office of the City
Manager is primarily responsible for
coordinating with the U.S. Department of
Education.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) was established under Reorganization
Plan Number 3 of 1978 and Executive Orders
12147 and 12148. FEMA facilitates multiple use
of emergency preparedness and response
sources at all levels of government in
preparing for and responding to natural,
manmade and nuclear emergencies. FEMA
integrates activities related to hazard
mitigation, preparedness planning, relief
operations and recovery assistance into a
comprehensive framework.
Ten regional offices are the primary means by
which the agency administers and manages
programs carried out at state and local levels.
Programs of assistance are available to state
and local governments and other eligible
jurisdictions in declared disasters or
emergencies. In order to minimize potential
damage in flood hazard areas, the Agency
works closely with officials at all levels of
government through the National Flood
Insurance Program.
The Agency also develops and disseminates
materials concerning fire services and
provides training in civil management
preparedness activities to federal, state and
local government personnel. The Office of the
City Manager is primarily responsible for
coordinating with FEMA.
Coordination with Utility Companies
Various utility companies coordinate their
activities with the City of Ocoee through
franchise agreements or by City ordinance.
These franchise agreements cover Electric,
Gas, Cable, and Telecommunications
services. The Office of the City Manager is
primarily responsible for coordinating with
utility companies.
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III. ANALYSIS
This Element will discuss the effectiveness of
existing coordination mechanisms which are
used to further intergovernmental
coordination; identify and discuss specific
problems and needs within each element of
the Comprehensive Plan which would benefit
from additional coordination; compare the
growth and development proposed in the
plan with appropriate comprehensive
regional policies in order to evaluate the
needs for additional coordination; and,
coordinate the Plan with the rules, principals,
and guidelines for development in any area
of critical state concern falling within the local
governments jurisdiction.
Effectiveness of Existing Coordination
Mechanisms.
At the present time, all contracts and
agreements have proven to be effective. No
changes will be required. All interlocal
agreement with adjacent municipalities are
effective.
Orange County. The City of Ocoee and
Orange County have been coordinating with
one another based upon the “Joint
Comprehensive Planning Area Interlocal
Agreement (Reserve Planning Area).” On
February 11, 1994, the two jurisdictions
adopted a new Joint Planning Area
Agreement which had eighteen
amendments from 1994 to 2018. On May 1,
2018, the City notified Orange County of the
City’s intention to terminate the current
Agreement. On December 19, 2018, the two
jurisdictions adopted a new “Joint Planning
Area Agreement” which has proven to be
effective. The authority to create a new JPA
through an interlocal agreement is conferred
to the City and County by Chapters 125, 163,
164, and 166, Florida Statutes, as well and by
their respective local government charters. In
addition, the City and the County will work
together in the areas of right-of-way
reservations for County roads, planning
activities, and Sheriff's Office activities.
Joint Planning Area (JPA) Agreement. In
general, the JPA Agreement will facilitate
increased intergovernmental coordination,
the evaluation of development impacts, the
mitigation of extra jurisdictional impacts, and
the timely resolution of inter jurisdictional
disputes. The outline below highlights some of
the more notable provisions of the JPA
agreement.
Unless the JPA Agreement is abrogated, no
property located outside of the JPA may be
annexed during the term of the Agreement
unless the boundaries of the JPA are modified
to include the subject property. This would
require County Commission approval as well
as City Commission approval.
The Gotha and Clarcona Rural Settlements in
particular are protected from City
encroachment. In return, the county promises
not to contest any annexations found by the
City to be consistent with the JPA agreement.
Through adoptions of the JPA agreement,
Orange County has granted the City of
Ocoee extra jurisdictional, comprehensive
planning authority for properties within the
JPA.
The JPA agreement also specifies the
conditions in which water and sewer service
will be provided to properties situated within
the Ocoee service area. After annexations,
those properties located outside the City’s
Water/ Sewer Territory will, where feasible, be
provided with service through Orange
County. If the county is unable to provide
service in a timely manner, the County shall
request wholesale service from the City, in
order to clarify the process under which the
property may secure utilities, Ocoee adopted
resolutions #94-10 which stipulates the
conditions under which service will be
provided.
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Sewer and Water Territorial Agreements. The
JPA negotiations with Orange County also
entailed changes to the Water and Sewer
Territorial Agreements. The existing territorial
agreements remain intact, but the boundaries
of the territories were amended. It should be
noted that not all areas could be annexed by
the City of Ocoee will be served by City
utilities. In addition, some properties located
outside of the JPA will be served by City water
and sewer because they are located in the
City’s utility service area. Like the JPA
Agreement, these Water and Sewer Territorial
Agreements also outline the procedures for
resolving intergovernmental disputes
promptly.
Settlement Agreements. The City and the
County have also executed two settlement
agreements to resolve all issues related to the
challenged and disputed annexations and
rezoning.
Orange County School Board. The City
cooperates with the Orange County School
Board on a regular basis on issues related to
bond issues and the acquisition and
construction of school facilities. The
coordination mechanisms have proven to be
effective and require no changes.
Coordination with Regional and State
Agencies. As a member of the East Central
Florida Regional Planning Council, the City of
Ocoee coordinates and communicates with
the Council on a regular basis. The Council
serves as the state-designated regional
clearinghouse. As such, it reviews all grant and
permit applications submitted for regional
impacts which effect the City. Through the
permitting process and the allocation of
federal and state grant funds, the City
communicates and coordinates with various
federal and state agencies that have
regulatory and review jurisdiction over
development in the City. In addition, the City
actively participates in activities sponsored by
the MPO. These existing mechanisms have
served the City well and require no changes.
Coordination with Utilities. The provision of
utility services in the form of electric,
telecommunication, and community
antenna systems are provided through formal
franchise agreements. These existing
mechanisms have proven to be effective and
need no changes.
Intergovernmental Coordination and Plan
Elements. This section discusses specific
problems and needs within each element of
the Comprehensive Plan which would benefit
from improved or additional
intergovernmental coordination.
Future Land Use Element. The City of Ocoee is
located approximately 10 miles west of
Orlando. The City shares common borders
with the Town of Windermere, the Cities of
Apopka and Winter Garden, and the
unincorporated areas of Orange County.
ISSUE: Prevention and elimination of
incompatible land uses along common
borders.
FINDINGS: The City of Ocoee should
coordinate and consult with the Town of
Windermere, Cities of Apopka and Winter
Garden, and the County to ensure that future
changes in zoning and land use along
common borders reflect the types of land uses
typical of those areas. The City shall continue
to coordinate with Orange County on all
annexation, rezoning, de-annexation,
developments of regional impact, and
comprehensive plan text and map and land
use amendments, pursuant to the JPA
Agreement.
Housing Element. The City of Ocoee is a
residential community that is seeing rapid
growth in the area of single-family and multi-
family residential developments.
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ISSUE: Availability of Affordable Housing
FINDINGS: The City will continue to work with
local housing authorities to assist in the
provision of affordable housing.
Recreation and Open Space Element. As one
of Orange County's prime municipalities, the
City of Ocoee is experiencing tremendous
growth. The LOS Standard should be 8 acres
per 1,000 population.
ISSUE: Recreation and Open Space Level of
Service Standards
FINDINGS: The City of Ocoee shall adopt the
level of service standards as defined in the
Recreation and Open Space Element.
ISSUE: Maintenance and coordination of
recreational facilities
FINDINGS: The City of Ocoee shall coordinate
with Orange County, the Orange County
School Board, the Cities of Apopka and Winter
Garden and the Town of Windermere to
ensure that the existing and planned
recreational resources are used for maximum
benefit.
ISSUE: Preservation and Acquisition of Open
Space
FINDINGS: The City shall coordinate with
Orange County and the State to protect the
natural resources and open space of the City
and to acquire additional property that may
become available for open space.
Infrastructure Element.
ISSUE: Sanitary Sewer
FINDINGS: The City of Ocoee owns and
maintains the sanitary sewer system. The City
will continue to coordinate with the FDEP for
permitting and monitoring requirements. The
City shall provide sewer services to those
properties located within Ocoee’s Sewer
Territory, pursuant to the Sewer Territorial
Agreement and the JPA agreement. The LOS
Standard should be 250 gallons per day per
ERU.
ISSUE: Solid Waste
FINDINGS: The City collects its solid waste and
it is disposed at an Orange County transfer
facility. The City needs to ensure that the
provision of this service is included in County
plans for future construction and/or
acquisition of these facilities.
ISSUE: Potable Water
FINDINGS: The City provides potable water
through its own system of wells and
distribution. The City will continue to work with
the SJRWMD and the FDEP for permitting and
water quality monitoring requirements. The
City shall provide sewer services to those
properties located within Ocoee’s Water
Territory, pursuant to the Water Territorial
Agreement and the JPA agreement. The LOS
Standard should be 270 gallons per day per
ERU.
ISSUE: Hazardous Waste
FINDINGS: The City shall coordinate with
Orange County, ECFRPC, and DEP to inform
and educate the public and private concerns
in the City on the proper methods of
collecting and disposing of such wastes.
ISSUE: Natural Groundwater Aquifer Recharge
FINDINGS: The City of Ocoee will continue to
work with the SJRWMD, SFWMD, the EPA, and
the FDEP in natural groundwater aquifer
protection policies.
Mobility Element. The City of Ocoee is located
in one of the most rapidly growing areas in the
State of Florida. There are several arterial
roads within the Ocoee area. These include SR
50, Kissimmee Avenue, Silver Star Road,
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Ocoee-Apopka Road, Clarcona-Ocoee
Road, and Apopka-Vineland Road.
ISSUE: Traffic Circulation Improvements
FINDINGS: The City of Ocoee is not fiscally
responsible for addressing all the
transportation improvements identified in the
Transportation Element for the City. Both
Orange County and FDOT have financial
responsibility for county and state roads
located in the City. It is therefore critical that
the City coordinate and review transportation
improvement plans and programs proposed
by the County and the State. The preservation
and protection of rights-of-way should be
coordinated to integrate efficiently with
County and State plans, and address LOS
standards.
Conservation Element.
ISSUE: Air Quality
FINDINGS: The City shall continue to
cooperate with Orange County
Environmental Protection Division to ensure
the continued high ambient air quality found
in the City.
ISSUE: Surface Water Bodies
FINDINGS: There are numerous lakes within the
City. It is important that the City continue to
coordinate with DEP, FWC, SFWMD, and
SJRWMD to reduce stormwater runoff and
agricultural runoff.
ISSUE: Floral and Faunal Communities
FINDINGS: The City shall identify all ecological
communities and shall work to identify all
species considered to be endangered or
threatened. The City shall continue to
cooperate with the Florida Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services, the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Services, the Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the
Florida Committee on Rare and Endangered
Plants and Animals, and the Florida
Department of Agriculture.
ISSUE: Natural Reservations
FINDINGS: The City shall continue to preserve
and maintain the natural reservations
identified in the Conservation and Recreation
and Open Space Elements.
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6 CHAPTER
Capital
Improvements
Element
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I. INTRODUCTION
Florida Statutes requires that the Capital
Improvements Element (CIE) consider the
need for and the location of public facilities to
encourage the efficient and effective use of
such facilities to accommodate growth.
Consequently, the CIE becomes the
"cornerstone" for achieving this mandate.
The City’s CIE Data, Inventory, and Analysis
(DIA) summarizes the City’s inventory of
capital resources, financial resources, local
policies and practices, projected financial
revenues, and projected expenditures. A
discussion of issues and recommendations is
also provided. The Goals, Objectives, and
Policies (GOPs) and Five-Year Schedule of
Capital Improvements are established and
adopted within the policy document of
Envision 2045. The GOPs Policy document
includes provisions relative to:
• Principles for construction, extension, or
increase in capacity of public facilities, as
well as principles for correcting existing
public facility deficiencies to implement
the Comprehensive Plan,
• Through the Capital improvement Plan
(CIP), the estimated public facility costs,
and
• Standards to ensure the availability of
public facilities and the adequacy of those
facilities to meet established acceptable
levels of service.
II. INVENTORY AND DATA
As part of the update of the Comprehensive
Plan the City completed an inventory of the
various facilities and resources within the City,
maps were prepared to show the general
location of the facilities, a determination was
made as to when the facilities will be needed,
and projected revenue sources were
identified. The details for each facility type
are provided in their respective Elements and
a summary is provided herein.
Transportation. Within the Mobility Element,
formerly the Transportation Element, the City
conducted a detailed inventory of existing
roadway, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian
facilities and identified their current, operating
level of service. The Mobility Element contains
tables and maps for each facility type and
describes planned improvements within the
next 10-year and 20-year planning horizons.
Based on the findings of the Mobility Element,
the 2045 anticipated levels of service (LOS) for
transit, bicycle/pedestrian, and roadway
facilities will be as follows:
• Transit. Transit services and facilities will not
be extended or expanded within the city
limits;
• Bicycle/Pedestrian Facilities. Future 2045
Level of Traffic Stress (LTS) for most bicycle
and pedestrian facilities within the City are
projected to operate with a bicycle LTS of
2 or 4 and pedestrian LTS of 3 or 4, and
• Roadway Facilities. All roadways are
projected to operate at LOS E or better,
except for the following:
City Jurisdiction
o Clarke Road, from White Road to SR
438 (Silver Star Road)
o Maguire Road, from Park Ridge Gotha
Road to SR 50
o Maguire Road, from Marshall Farms
Road to Kissimmee Avenue
o Old Winter Garden Road, from Maguire
Road to Hempel Avenue
County Jurisdiction
o Clarcona Ocoee Road, from SR 429 to
Clarke Road
o Good Homes Road, from Old Winter
Garden Road to SR 408
o Good Homes Road, from SR 50 to White
Road
o Old Winter Garden Road, from Hempel
Avenue to Good Homes Road
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State Jurisdiction
o Ocoee Apopka Road, from SR 438 (W
Franklin Street) to SR 438 (W Silver Star
Road)
o SR 438 (Silver Star Road), from Ocoee
Apopka Road to Bluford Avenue
o SR 50, from 9th Street to Clarke Road
o SR 50, from Good Homes Road to
Apopka Vineland Road
No specific improvements are currently
planned to address these deficiencies;
however, the City will continue to implement
pedestrian and bicycle improvements to
support these modes of transportation in an
effort to provide improved mobility
throughout the City; the City’s Concurrency
Management System will ensure that growth
and development pay its proportionate share
of the cost of the improvements needed.
Water and Wastewater. Within the Utilities Sub-
element of the Infrastructure Element, the City
evaluated its capacities to provide water and
wastewater service to current and future
residents within its water and wastewater
service areas. The City’s capacity planning
shall be consistent with its commitments within
the Water Supply Plan, which must also be
consistent with the Central Florida Water
Inventory (CFWI) estimates for water
consumption by population, in addition to the
results from the 2022 Water Audit. The Utilities
Department use CFWI population estimates to
streamline the process and have consistency
for the 10-Year Water Supply Plan.
Drainage Basins. Updated descriptions and
analyses of the stormwater basins, floodplains,
aquifer and soil conditions, and Wekiva Study
Area are provided within the Drainage Sub-
element. The Sub-element also provides an
update on the public drainage facilities and
private drainage facilities within the city.
Stormwater drainage needs to be managed
for flooding and water quality protection and
to regulate stormwater runoff as a potential
source for groundwater/aquifer recharge.
Protection and conservation of floodplain
areas are essential to maximizing natural
stormwater storage areas.
The City will continue participation and
coordination with the St. Johns River Water
Management District (SJRWMD), Upper
Ocklawaha Basin Working Group, Wekiva
River Basin Commission, Orange County, and
other adjacent municipalities on joint projects.
The City seeks to encourage stormwater
management practices that imitate natural
stormwater systems and provides an array of
maintenance initiatives and Capital
Improvement Projects (CIPs) focused on
drainage infrastructure.
Since the previous Drainage Sub-element in
the 2002 Comprehensive Plan did not contain
a level of service for drainage, this update
provides a level of service for drainage.
Specifically, the City shall maintain a level of
service standard based on performance
standards as defined in 44 CFR, Parts 59-78 -
National Flood Insurance Program; Chapter
62-302, Florida Administrative Code (FAC);
and the City’s published design standards. The
performance standards for water quality shall
be in accordance with Class III recreational
waters, as specified in Surface Water Quality
Standards Chapter 62-302, FAC. Secondary
drainage collection and conveyance systems
shall adhere to the 10-year frequency storm
event, as specified by City codes.
The City of Ocoee uses 25-year and 100-year
frequency storm events for design criteria for
peak runoff, flood protection LOS, for
habitable and/or insurable structures. The City
requires that there be no increase of post-
development runoff rate over the pre-
development runoff rate for a 25-year, 24-hour
storm event in open basins and no increase of
post-development runoff rate over the pre-
development runoff rate for a 100-year, 24-
hour storm event in closed basins.
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Furthermore, the City requires the finished floor
elevation of a structure be two-feet above the
100-year flood elevation of the nearest
waterbody or stormwater management
system. It is required that all developments in
closed basins provide retention of the volume
produced by a 100-year, 24-hour event,
which should be recovered within 14 days
following the storm event. Lastly, the City will
continue to maintain compliance with the
Federal, State, and Regional Agency
requirements, as listed in the Drainage Sub-
element DIA.
Parks and Recreation. To prepare the
Recreation and Open Space Element, the
City conducted an inventory of existing parks
and recreation facilities and their respective
ancillary facilities and services to determine
whether the current LOS is met and to
determine if such LOS is sufficient, based on
the National Recreation and Parks Association
(NRPA) metrics by city population.
The level of service metrics within NRPA’s
Metrics Program for a city of 50,000 exceeds
the City’s current adopted level of service. In
accordance with the NRPA, the LOS for
parkland is 8 acres per 1,000 population,
doubling the 2002 LOS of 4 acres per 1,000
population. The goal, however, is to meet, at
least NRPA’s median score of 10.2 acres per
1,000 population by 2045. Based on the
inventory, the City is currently meeting the
NRPA’s metric, which means it meets and
exceeds the adopted parks LOS.
The Recreation and Open Space Element
details the City’s Civic urban spaces,
neighborhood, community, regional, nature
parks, and specialty facilities. A specialty
facility is a specialized park and recreation
facility, often with a single major use. Golf
courses, historical sites, community center
sites, theme parks, water parks, boat ramps or
launches, and other single use facilities fall into
this category.
The Recreation and Open Space Element
contains a series of tables and maps of the
City’s park and recreation facilities. The maps
show the distance/proximity of the parks to
residential areas to determine how well or to
what extent the residential areas within the
city are served by parks and recreation
facilities.
Understanding the importance that access to
recreation and nature plays in not only
creating communities, but also in enhancing
community health is critical to building a
comprehensive parks system. Thus, the City
has prepared a composite map (REC Figure
No. 4 Composite Map of City Parks) which
demonstrates that most residential areas
within the City are close to a City Park.
However, when looking at walkability to the
parks from neighborhoods, there are areas
that are not adequately being served. What
is not yet known is the location and availability
of private recreation sites and facilities. The
City expect that once these sites are
inventoried, the City will be much closer to
achieving a healthy and active community
where there is a park within a 10-minute walk
from each home, which is approximately ½
mile and is the distance most people are
willing to walk to reach a destination.
Schools. Schools are the cornerstones of
community planning and design, and the
Orange County Public Schools (OCPS), like
many other school districts, continues to face
the challenge of overcrowded schools and
the need to “catch up” with the growth of
past decades.
Within the OCPS, there are six (6) elementary,
four (4) middle, and four (4) high school
concurrency service area (CSA) boundaries
that include lands within Ocoee’s
jurisdictional limits.
OCPS maintains an inventory of approved
residential projects and identifies the number
of projected students from each to help the
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District develop its 10-year school capacity
projections.
The Public Schools Facility Element (PSFE)
details the growth and development trends in
the County and their implications on school
capacities for elementary, middle, and high
schools. With this PSFE update, changes to
LOS standards for schools are not proposed.
Funding Resources. To effectively plan for
needed capital improvements and to
systematically arrange for necessary
financing through the City’s budget process,
the City must identify facilities needing repair
or replacement, deficiencies in public
infrastructure and facilities, and available
financing sources and options for the City,
including local funding sources and non-grant
funding options. The City’s available fund
sources for capital planning and projects
include the General Fund, Utilities Fund,
Stormwater Fund, Solid Waste Fund, Impact
Fee Funds, and the Redevelopment Trust Fund
(can only be used for the projects located
within the Fifty West Redevelopment District).
The City’s General Fund sources include
residential and commercial property taxes,
utility franchise fees, local business tax, fines
and forfeitures and other miscellaneous
revenues.
Impact fees are charged in advance of new
development and are designed to pay for
infrastructure needs, but not operating costs,
which directly result from new development.
These fees must be equitably allocated to the
specific group(s) that will directly benefit from
the capital improvement, and the assessment
levied must fairly reflect the true costs of these
improvements. The City charges impact fees
for fire, police, parks and recreation and
roads.
The extremely high cost of many capital
improvements requires local governments to
occasionally resort to borrowing, whether
through short-term or long-term financing.
Short-term financing, perhaps through local
banks, is one option available to raise required
revenue for periods of, perhaps, one to five
years. The more customary method, however,
is to authorize long-term bond issues, normally
for five to forty years. The City may utilize
General Obligation Bonds and Revenue
Bonds.
General Obligation Bonds are backed by the
full faith and credit of local government and
are required to be approved by voter
referendum. General obligation bonds offer
lower interest rates than other bonds, as they
are, in effect, secured by the taxing power of
the City. Revenues collected from the ad
valorem taxes on real estate and other
sources of general revenue are used to
service the City’s debt. Capital improvements
financed through general obligation bonds
should benefit the City as a whole rather than
particular areas or groups.
Revenue Bonds are financed by those directly
benefiting from the capital improvement,
unlike general obligation bonds. Revenue
obtained from the issuance of these bonds is
used to finance publicly-owned facilities such
as roads, water and sewer facilities. Charges
collected from the users of these facilities are
used, in turn, to retire the bond obligations. In
this respect, the capital project is largely self-
supporting. Interest rates tend to be higher
than for general obligation bonds, and
issuance of the bonds may be approved by
the City Commission without voter
referendum.
Other revenue sources include:
• Half-cent sales tax
• Mobile home licenses
• Motor fuel tax
• Local option taxes
• Federal and state grants and loans
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Ocoee, like other Cities in Florida, depends on
annual disbursements from the state to
supplement its operating and capital budget
revenues.
III. ANALYSIS
Local policies and practices may be used to
guide the location and timing of land
development, in support of the goals,
objectives, and policies of the Future Land Use
Element. Table 1 shows how revenue sources
are used to pay for Ocoee Capital
Improvements. In the previous discussion,
developer contributions were not listed as a
source of revenue because they are not
predictable. However, with growth's impact
on the infrastructure, they have become a
viable mechanism for maintaining necessary
levels of service.
Level of Service Standards. Level of service
(LOS) standards are an indicator of the extent
or degree of service provided by, or proposed
to be provided, by a public facility. Generally,
LOS indicates the capacity per unit of
demand of each public facility and in short,
are a summary of existing and desired public
facility conditions. The LOS standards for
transportation, water, wastewater, parks and
recreation, and drainage facilities are
enumerated in the respective Elements. The
Capital Improvements Element establishes the
goals, objectives, and policies to direct how
these facilities will be achieved and
maintained throughout the long-term
planning horizon.
Concurrency Management System. The City’s
Concurrency Management System (CMS)
controls the timing and location of
development by conditioning development
approval upon a showing that sufficient
facilities and services are present or will be
provided in order to maintain adopted LOS
standards. The CMS may make development
approvals contingent on the City’s ability to
provide facilities and services and may require
the development to furnish facilities and
services in order to maintain adopted LOS
standards.
Additionally, implementation of the CMS:
• Supports consistency of the Capital
Improvements Element with the Future
Land Use Element,
• Provides for the orderly expansion of public
facilities,
• Stabilizes capital expenditures and taxing
structure for capital improvements, and
• Reduces the possibility of damage to the
environment from the use of
overburdened facilities.
Typically, the CMS interacts with the
development approval process by
conditioning zoning, subdivision, or
development approval on demonstrated
public facility capacities. The CMS may also
function at the building permit stage, wherein
the system and context of the project may
phase development in areas that are already
approved but not yet built out.
In 1992, the City adopted a Concurrency
Management System Ordinance and today
continues to implement concurrency, even
following the enactment of the Community
Planning Act. The CMS consists of three
primary components: inventory of existing
infrastructure for which concurrency is to be
determined, assessment of each application
for a development order or permit, and a
schedule of deficiencies. Under this system, no
development orders or permits may be issued
which will cause a public facility to operate
below its adopted level of service standard.
The City has established an application
process for those seeking new development
and issues Preliminary and Final Certificates of
Concurrency that have variable periods of
effectiveness before a building permit is
secured. The City also has provisions for the
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securing of up to three years concurrency
reservations through payment of impact fees
prior to securing building permits.
Moratorium on Development. A moratorium
may temporarily halt or freeze development
for a specified period on an emergency basis.
It may be imposed on building permits,
development approvals, or governmental
services such as potable water connections,
sanitary sewer extensions or hook-ups.
Moratoria may generally be imposed for a
"reasonable time" to allow for necessary
planning activities pending comprehensive
plan preparation, adoption, or amendment.
Florida courts have found development
moratoria to be a valid measure of last resort
for the protection of local public health,
safety, and welfare when adopted in
accordance with applicable procedures. The
most recent moratorium approved by the City
Commission was on March 17, 2024, for a six-
month period.
Fiscal Assessment. Performing an assessment
is intended to determine whether sufficient
revenue will be available within the existing
budgeting framework utilized by the City to
fund needed improvements at the time such
improvements are required. The City will
perform an annual fiscal assessment
consisting of estimating future receipts of
revenues and then balancing these receipts
against anticipated expenditures for capital
improvements.
Projected Expenditures. For the purpose of
conducting a fiscal assessment, projected
capital expenditures are aggregated into two
categories: (1) capital improvement debt
service expenditures and (2) expenditures for
improvements derived from the other
elements of this plan. The first category
includes projected expenditures required to
meet debt service obligations for outstanding
bond issues and for planned future bond
issues included in the revenue projection of
the preceding section. Projected debt service
expenditures by fund source are included in
the City’s annual budget.
The second category includes the direct costs
of major capital improvements in progress.
Expenditures represent additional costs the
City must incur in order to maintain adopted
level of service standards for public facilities
over the long-term planning horizon.
Projected expenditures required to meet debt
service obligations for outstanding bond issues
and for planned future bond issues are
included in the revenue projection of the
preceding section.
In addition to the capital costs of providing
the needed facility improvements, increases
in operating costs occur annually as projects
are built and cost of living and goods
increase. Operational costs include such
items as supplies, utilities, maintenance, and
personnel costs. The anticipated increase in
annual operating costs associated with the
assessed capital improvement needs will be
incorporated into the annual operating
budgets of the affected City departments.
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APPENDIX
Acronyms
Draft Water
Supply Plan
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ACRONYMS
Acronyms | 1
AMI Advanced Metering Infrastructure
AMI Average Median Income
APA American Planning Association
BMAP Basin Management Action Plan
CDC Centers for Disease Control
CEA Capacity Enhancement Agreement
CFWI Central Florida Water Initiative
CFX Central Florida Expressway
CIP Capital Improvement Project
CMS Concurrency Management System
COP Certificate of Participation
CSA Concurrency Service Area
CUP Consumptive Use Permit
DHRS Department of Health and Rehabilitation Services
DIA Data, Inventory, and Analysis
ECFRPC East Central Florida Regional Planning Council
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ERU Equivalent Residential Unit
ESM Engineering Standards Manual
FAC Florida Administrative Code
FAR Floor Area Ratio
FBC Florida Building Code
FDEP Florida Department of Environmental Protection
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FHSAA Florida High School Athletic Association
FIRM Flood Insurance Rate Map
FIS Flood Insurance Study
FLUM Future Land Use Map
F.S. Florida Statutes
HWOTC Healthy West Orange Trails Connection
JPA Joint Planning Area
LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
LID Low Impact Development
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2 | Acronyms
LOS Level of Service
LTS Level of Traffic Stress
MSL Mean Sea Level
MS4 Multiple Storm Sewer System
NHWE Normal High Water Elevation
NPDES National Pollution Discharge and Elimination System
NRPA National Recreation and Parks Association
NRCS National Resource Conservation Service
OCPS Orange County Public Schools
OFS Outstanding Florida Springs
ORSC Ocoee Regional Sports Complex
OSTDS Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems
PECO Public Education Capital Outlay
PFA Priority Focus Area
RWSP Regional Water Supply Plan
SFHA Special Flood Hazard Area
SFWMD South Florida Water Management District
SJRWMD St. Johns River Water Management District
SWFWMD Southwest Florida Water Management District
TPL Trust for Public Land
WPPA Wekiva Parkway and Protection Act
WSFWP Water Supply Facilities Work Plan
WWTF Wastewater Treatment Facility
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Facilities Work Plan
2025-2034
Draft
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City of Ocoee 10-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan
2025-2034
Ocoee 10-Year WSFWP
April 10, 2025
1.0 OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................. 2
Purpose .................................................................................................................................... 2
Statutory Requirements ....................................................................................................... 2
CFWI .......................................................................................................................................... 3
Wekiva Study Area ............................................................................................................... 3
2.0 DATA AND ANALYSIS .......................................................................................................... 3
Service Area ........................................................................................................................... 3
Agreements ............................................................................................................................ 4
Population and Development Trends ............................................................................. 6
Consumptive Use Permit ..................................................................................................... 6
Projected Potable Water Demands ................................................................................ 7
Potable Water Treatment Plants and Supply Wells ..................................................... 7
Potable Water Overview ................................................................................................. 7
Forest Oaks WTP ................................................................................................................. 7
South WTP ............................................................................................................................. 8
Water Conservation ............................................................................................................. 9
Wastewater Treatment - Ocoee WWTF ........................................................................ 10
Reclaimed Water ................................................................................................................ 10
Infrastructure and Capacity Analysis ............................................................................ 12
Capital Improvements Projects ....................................................................................... 12
4.0 CFWI REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY PLAN PROJECTS ................................................................. 14
5.0 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICIES IN SUPPORT OF WATER SUPPLY AND FACILITIES
PLANNING ............................................................................................................................ 15
TABLES
Table 1. Projected Potable Water Demands
Table 2. Forest Oaks Plant Well Information
Table 3. South Plant Well Information
Table 4. Projected Reclaimed Water Demands
Table 5. Capacity Analysis
Table 6. City of Ocoee Utility Department 10-Year Capital and Project Schedule
Table 7. City of Ocoee Water Supply Projects Included in 2015 CFWI RWSP
FIGURES
Figure 1: SJRWMD
Figure 2: CFWI Boundary
Figure 3: Wekiva Study Area Boundary
Figure 4: JPA, Potable Water, and Reclaimed Water Service Boundaries
Figure 5: Reclaimed Water Service Areas
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1.0 OVERVIEW
Purpose
This 10-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan (Work Plan) identifies and plans for
water supply sources and associated facilities to serve City of Ocoee’s potable
water customers supplied under its consumptive use permit (CUP). The planning
period for this Work Plan is 2025 through 2034.
Statutory Requirements
The Florida Legislature enacted bills in the 2002, 2004, 2005, and 2011 sessions to
address the state’s water supply needs. These bills, in particular Senate Bills 360
and 444 (2005 legislative session), significantly changed Chapters 163 and 373, F.S.
by strengthening the statutory links between the regional water supply plans
prepared by the water management districts and the comprehensive plans
prepared by local governments. Section 373.036 F.S. requires each water
management district to develop a Regional Water Supply Plan (RWSP) for a 20-
year planning period to ensure that existing water sources are adequate to meet
projected water demands. In turn and within 18 months following approval of a
regional water supply plan, local governments within a regional water supply
planning area are required to develop a Work Plan to ensure that adequate
water supplies will be available to meet future demands for a minimum 10-year
planning period, pursuant to F.S. Section 163.3177(6)(c)3.
According to state guidelines, the Work Plan must address:
A local government’s water demands for at least a 10-year period;
Development of traditional and alternative water supplies and required
facilities to meet those demands;
Conservation and reuse programs; and
Capital projects needed for the first five years, including financially feasible
revenue sources, in the 5-Year Schedule of Capital Improvements.
In addition to the above Work Plan requirements, local governments are required
to revise their comprehensive plan for consistency with the Work Plan and
regional water supply planning initiatives.
As shown in Figure 1, the City of Ocoee potable water service area (PWSA) is
located within the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD), and as
shown in Figure 2, the City of Ocoee PWSA is also located within the regional
supply planning area known as the Central Florida Water Initiative (CFWI).
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CFWI
The CFWI is a collaborative water supply planning initiative for the Central Florida
region, involving the SJRWMD, South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD),
Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD), Florida Department of
Environmental Protection, water utilities, and other interested groups.
The SJRWMD approved the 2020 CFWI Regional Water Supply Plan (RWSP) on
November 10, 2020. The City prepared a draft Work Plan but delayed adoption of
the Plan since a complete rewrite of the Ocoee Comprehensive Plan was
underway. The 2025 CFWI RWSP update is currently underway and draft 2025
population and water demands projections are available and being finalized by
the CFWI planning group. The information provided in this Work Plan has been
prepared in accordance with the above referenced statutory requirements, and
population and demand projections are consistent with the 2020 CFWI RWSP and
draft 2025 CFWI RWSP.
Wekiva Study Area
As shown in Figure 3, the City of Ocoee is also located within the Wekiva Study
Area. Sections 369.321 and 369.322 F.S. require local governments located within
the Wekiva Study Area to:
• Develop an up to date 10-Year Water Supply Facility Work Plan for building
potable water facilities necessary to serve existing and new developments,
• Coordinate land use and water supply within the Wekiva Study Area by
ensuring that comprehensive plan amendments that increase
development potential demonstrate that adequate potable water
consumptive use permit capacity is available, and
• Coordinate with the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD)
and other public and private utilities, on a countywide or multi-county basis
to implement cooperative solutions for development of alternative water
sources necessary to supplement groundwater supplies consistent with the
SJRWMD Regional Water Supply Plan.
2.0 DATA AND ANALYSIS
Service Area
The City of Ocoee is located in West Orange County, Florida, southeast of Lake
Apopka. The City’s potable water service area (PWSA) was established by the
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Orange County/City of Ocoee Water Service Territorial Agreement. This
agreement was first executed on November 14, 1988, and most recently
amended for a third time on January 26, 2016.
Parcels within the Ocoee PWSA are supplied by Ocoee’ s water system or private
wells with the exception of the Forest Lake Estates development (previously
known as Ocoee Pines). At the time that this development was being designed,
its project limits straddled Ocoee and Orange County’s water and sewer service
areas. Coordination with Orange County on utilities services for this development
resulted in Orange County providing water supply and sewer services to Forest
Lake Estates. On May 15, 2015, the City entered into a utility agreement with
Orange County whereby the City owns and maintains utilities infrastructure within
the development, and Orange County provides water supply and wastewater
treatment services to the development. Water and wastewater capacities for
these developments are reserved with Orange County. Potable water service is
supplied through a master meter at the entrance on Clarcona Road and
wastewater for the development is collected at a City lift station that discharges
into Orange County’s sewer collection system.
Potable water service to parcels located outside of the Ocoee PWSA and within
the Ocoee Joint Planning Area (JPA) are supplied by Orange County or private
domestic wells. The City of Ocoee PWSA, JPA, and reclaimed water service areas
are shown on Figure 4.
The City’s service area boundary has one small overlap with the City of Winter
Garden. Winter Garden’s JPA and PWSA have also been established under
agreements between Winter Garden and Orange County; however, a small
service area overlap between Ocoee and Winter Garden occurs along the
western service area boundary. Since the cities of Ocoee and Winter Garden are
not a party of the other’s agreements with Orange County and they do not have
mutual agreements with each other, should any questions over utility service
providers arise in the area of overlap, the City will coordinate with Winter Garden
to determine the utility service provider.
Agreements
The City maintains numerous agreements related to potable water and
reclaimed water.
The Orange County/City of Ocoee Water Service Territorial Agreement defines
the City’s water service area. This agreement was first executed November 14,
1988 and most recently amended for a third time on January 26, 2016.
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The Orange County/City of Ocoee Wastewater Territorial Agreement defines the
City’s wastewater service area. This agreement was first executed June 8, 1997
with the previous utility owner, Prima Vista Utility Company, and most recently
amended for a third time on September 11, 2001.
The Orange County/City of Ocoee Reclaimed Water Territorial Agreement
defines the City’s reclaimed water service area. This agreement was first
executed on July 31, 2012 and amended on September 15, 2015.
The Ocoee/Orange County Reclaimed Water Agreement provides reclaim supply
from the Orange County Northwest Regional Water Reclamation Facility to the
North Reclaim Water Service Area via a master meter on McCormick Road and
provides an additional 1.0 MGD transfer into the Ocoee Primary Reclaimed Water
Service Area. A new 16” reclaimed water transmission main and 1.5 million gallon
reclaim storage tank and pump station to allow the City to accept and distribute
the 1.0 MGD supply is currently under construction and will come online summer
2026.
The Ocoee/CONSERV II wholesale agreement dated May 23, 2001 provides for
the delivery of a maximum of 1.8 MGD of reclaimed water to the City from the
connection point on South Maguire Road. The City maintains a 0.75 million gallon
tank and pump station to accept and distribute this supply.
The City has a reclaimed water inter-local agreement with the City of Winter
Garden, dated May 4, 1999. Under this agreement, the City of Ocoee will accept
up to 0.75 MGD of reclaimed water for golf course irrigation at the Forest Lake
Golf Course during wet weather periods. In addition, Winter Garden agrees to
accept up to 0.25 MGD of wet weather discharge from the City of Ocoee
wastewater Treatment Facility.
The Forest Lake Golf Course operator leases the golf course property from the
City, and two of the lease conditions relate to reclaimed water. This includes
provisions for the City to supply reclaimed water for golf course irrigation and the
disposal of Ocoee reclaimed water during wet conditions to rapid infiltration
basins (RIBs) located on the property. The lease was most recently amended on
August 17, 2016 and discussions are currently underway to amend the lease.
Under the current golf course lease agreement, the City can provide 0.45 MGD of
reclaim water for golf course irrigation when available; however, this quantity may
be offset using flows from the City of Winter Garden as allowed by the
Ocoee/Winter Garden Interlocal Agreement executed May 4, 1999. The lease
also requires that the golf course have its own backup supply.
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Population and Development Trends
The City of Ocoee has a deep history rooted in agriculture and citrus industry;
however, the construction of several major roadway systems starting with State
Road (SR) 50 in 1959 has resulted in the transition from an agricultural to an urban
setting. Today, major roadways connecting Ocoee to the Central Florida
metropolitan area include SR 50, Florida’s Turnpike, SR 408, and SR 429.
SR 50 provides a direct east-west connection between the Ocoee and the City of
Orlando. Florida’s Turnpike allows access to north and south Central Florida. SR
408 connects to the Turnpike south of SR 50, to downtown Orlando, terminating in
east central Florida at the University of Central Florida. SR 429 connects to US 441
to the north and I-4 just south of Walt Disney World. The City of Ocoee’s proximity
to Orlando and central Florida attractions, park and trail systems, and major
roadway access offers many opportunities to developers and many amenities to
its residents.
In 2010, the City completed the Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) Target
Areas Special Development Plan. The CRA was created to support mixed use
sustainable development and to allow for flexibility with the changing real estate
market and resident preferences. In October 2016, following nearly a year-long
process of community workshops to gather public input, the City revealed its
Downtown Master Plan. The Downtown Master Plan serves as a high-level
planning document to stimulate redevelopment and expansion of the City core.
In 2024 the CRA updated the Ocoee CRA plan. The plan is complete and is
pending Orange County approval.
Consumptive Use Permit
The City maintains one (1) CUP from SJRWMD, CUP 3216. At the time of this CUP
issuance, the Central Florida Coordination Area (CFCA) rule was in effect. The
CFCA rule limited groundwater allocations to a water supplier’s 2013 groundwater
demand and required that all additional water demands beyond 2013 be met
with alternative water supply (AWS) sources. Therefore, the City’s CUP authorizes a
maximum groundwater withdrawal of 4.88 MGD for 2014 through permit
expiration (2026).
The CFCA rule expired on December 31, 2013, and this planning area is now
referred to as the CFWI. Chapter 62-41.300 through 62-41.305 of the Florida
Administrative Code (F.A.C.) and the CFWI Supplemental Applicant's Handbook
specify additional consumptive use permitting requirements related to the CFWI.
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Projected Potable Water Demands
Potable water customer population and demands for the City’s water service
area are summarized in Table 1. This data aligns with the 2020 CFWI Regional
Water Supply Plan and the 2025 draft CFWI Regional Water Supply Plan
projections.
The City has several projects related to reclaimed water expansion underway that
will further reduce projected potable water demands, including the construction
of a new reclaimed watermain and reclaimed pump station and storage tank to
transfer 1.0 MGD of reclaimed water from Orange County. Needed projects and
potential potable water demand reductions to data presented herein will be
evaluated in the 2027 Reclaimed Water Master Plan update and incorporated
into the next CFWI RWSP and Ocoee 10-Year WSFWP.
Table 1. Projected Potable Water Demands
Year
2020 CFWI RWSP 2025 Draft RWSP
Population Demand
(MGD) Population Demand
(MGD)
2025 44,120 4.99 40,141 4.62
2029 46,738 5.29 42,727 4.92
2034 47,671 5.38 47,508 5.46
The City’s SJRWMD CUP currently authorizes the use of 4.88 MGD of groundwater
to meet public supply. Future water demands over 4.88 MGD will be met using a
combination of water conservation, new lowest quality water supplies, and lastly if
necessary, a CUP modification to increase groundwater demands.
Potable Water Treatment Plants and Supply Wells
Potable Water Overview
The City owns and operates two (2) water treatment plants (WTP)s: the South WTP
and the Forest Oaks WTP. These WTPs have a combined treatment capacity of
10.85 MGD and are interconnected to provide potable water throughout the
City's PWSA.
Forest Oaks WTP
The Forest Oaks WTP is located in the northeast portion of the City’s PWSA on
Hackney-Prairie Road. This WTP currently has three (3) active wells for public
supply use, including two (2) Lower Floridan aquifer wells and one (1) Upper
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Floridan aquifer well. The City is proposing the construction of one (1) additional
Lower Floridan aquifer well, Well #4, to replace Well #1. This replacement well is
included in the CUP and is development driven. Its need is evaluated annually,
and for planning purposes, construction is planned n in the 6 to 10 year horizon.
The Forest Oaks WTP well information is presented in Table 2.
Table 2. Forest Oaks Plant Well Information
Well
Numbe
r
GRS
Station
ID
Casin
g Dia.
(in)
Casin
g
Depth
(ft)
Total
Depth
(ft)
Pump
Capacit
y (gpm)
Year
Drilled
Existing/
Proposed
Type of
Use
Forest
Oaks
#1
11961 7 610 1,140 700 1984 Existing Public
Supply
Forest
Oaks
#2
11962 16 147 318 1,300 1984 Existing Public
Supply
Forest
Oaks
#3
11965 20 1,192 1,450 3,500 1995 Existing Public
Supply
Forest
Oaks
#4
NA 24 800 1,450 3,500 - - Proposed Public
Supply
Two ground storage tanks with a combined capacity of 1.04 million gallons are
located at the Forest Oaks WTP. The treatment capacity of this WTP is 5.23 MGD.
South WTP
The South WTP is located in the southern portion of the City’s utility service area,
just south of the Florida Turnpike, off Maguire Road. This WTP has two (2) active
Lower Floridan aquifer wells and one inactive well that is capped for future use.
Connection to the WTP is developer driven. Its need is evaluated annually and for
planning purposes, construction is planned in the 6 to 10 year horizon. The South
WTP well information is presented in Table 3.
Table 3. South Plant Well Information
Well
Number
GRS
Station
ID
Casing
Dia.
(in)
Casing
Depth
(ft)
Total
Depth
(ft)
Pump
Capacity
(gpm)
Year
Drilled
Existing/
Proposed
Type of
Use
South #1 11963 24 800 1,450 3,000 1991 Existing Public
Supply
South #2 11964 24 810 1,450 3,500 1996 Existing Public
Supply
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South #3 11966 24 800 1,450 3,500 2007 Existing
(Capped)
Public
Supply
The South WTP contains two (2) ground storage tanks with a capacity of 670,000
gallons each; therefore, the total storage capacity at the South WTP is 1.34 million
gallons. The treatment capacity of the plant is 5.62 MGD.
Water Conservation
The City of Ocoee maintains a water conservation plan that exceeds the
requirements of SJRWMD permitting rules at the time of its permit issuance. This
plan includes strategies, policies, and measures to raise public awareness for
water conservation, provide tools to reduce usage, and encourage responsible
water use. The City’s conservation program includes public education and
outreach, utilization of a lowest quality water source, reclaimed water for
landscape irrigation, and development requirements to reduce overall water
demand footprint.
Leading by example, the City’s Utility Building received the Florida WaterStarSM
certification. This building serves as the main office for the Utilities Department as
well as an educational resource for water conservation. The building design
incorporates various interactive displays to provide customers with a hands-on
water conservation education for both indoor and outdoor uses. This
demonstration building has proven to be an asset to public education.
The City’s public education and outreach water conservation program is a
dynamic plan that changes based on emerging technologies and customer
response; however, there are several key components that serve as the baseline
for the plan. These key elements are listed below.
• Water conservation though public education and outreach programs,
• Advanced metering infrastructure,
• Display and distribute water conservation material,
• Post water conservation information on the City’s website and social media
platforms,
• Provide high water user customer support,
• Maintain water-conservation rate structure,
• Maintain water conservation ordinances
• High efficiency plumbing fixtures and appliances
• Limit sprinkler irrigation
• Irrigation restrictions
• Require installation of dual-lined distribution systems,
• Reclaimed water retrofit program,
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• Actively pursue lowest quality water supplies,
• Employee education.
The City maintains a water loss control program to ensure that utility and billing
practices quantify usage and do not result in unaccounted-for water loss to
exceed 10%.
The City continues to evaluate projects to reduce dependency on groundwater
and has a long history of reclaimed water retrofit programs for system expansion.
More recently and since 2020, the City has partnered with SJRWMD and FDEP on
a 50% cost share project for a reclaimed water retrofit for the Hammocks
development. In March 2025 the City received an award notice for a 50% cost
share match to construct a new 16” reclaimed water transmission main to transfer
1.0 MGD of reclaimed water from Orange County to a new reclaimed water tank
and pump station that is currently under construction at the Ocoee Wastewater
Treatment Plant property.
Wastewater Treatment - Ocoee WWTF
The City of Ocoee operates one wastewater treatment facility (WWTF), the
Ocoee WWTF. This facility treats wastewater effluent generated within the City’s
wastewater service area to public access reuse standards for landscape irrigation
use within the City’s Primary Reclaimed Water Service Area. The Ocoee WWTF has
a permitted treatment capacity of 3.0 MGD annual average daily flow (AADF).
The City is currently evaluating two options to increase wastewater treatment
capacity and meet nutrient load reduction to 3.0 mg/L nitrogen pursuant to the
Wekiwa and Rock Springs BMAP: construction of a post anoxic reaeration tank
and a new advanced wastewater treatment (AWT) plant. A preliminary study to
upgrade the wastewater treatment process to advanced wastewater treatment
(AWT) was completed in 2022 and a conceptual AWT facility layout was
completed in 2024. AWT will be accomplished by either construction of a post
anoxic reaeration tank or new AWT plant by 2038 as required by the WWTP FDEP
wastewater permit.
Reclaimed Water
The City has proactively implemented a reuse program to reduce its dependency
on traditional groundwater supplies through a robust wastewater effluent reuse
program. This program was initiated long before the creation of the CFWI, and its
predecessor, the Central Florida Coordination Area, to address predicted local
and regional future shortfalls in groundwater supplies. In 1997, the City completed
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its initial Reuse Feasibility Study, and in December 2001, the City’s reclaimed water
distribution system became operational.
The City of Ocoee provides reclaimed water service to commercial and
residential users by way of two (2) separate service areas, the North Reclaim
Service Area and the Central Reclaim Service Area. A map depicting these
service areas is provided as Figure 5.
In the North Reclaim Service Area, potable water and wastewater services is
provided by Orange County Utilities (OCU). Reclaimed water is supplied to the
majority of the North Service Area by a wholesale agreement with OCU, with
reclaimed water from the Orange County Northwest Regional Water Reclamation
Facility entering the service area through a master meter on McCormick Rd. The
City owns and maintains the reclaimed water lines in the North Service Area, and
each connection is metered and billed by the City. However, three (3)
neighborhoods in the North Service Area (Forest Trails, Orchard Park, and
Windstone) are supplied with reclaimed water from the Central Reclaim Service
Area described below.
The Central Reclaim Service Area is supplied reclaimed water primarily from the
Ocoee Wastewater Treatment Facility, which is supplemented through
unidirectional metered interconnects with Conserv II (Orange County - Orlando
cooperative) and OCU. In 2024, the Ocoee Wastewater Treatment Facility
treated 724 million gallons of wastewater, or an annual average daily flow (AADF)
of 1.97 MGD. Table 4 details the past ten years of reclaimed water flows to both
the City’s North and Central Reclaim Service Areas. In total, the City provided
1,563 million gallons of reclaimed water (4.28 MGD AADF) to customers within the
North and Central Reclaimed Water Service Areas.
Table 4. Projected Reclaimed Water Demands
Table 1: Ocoee Annual Reclaimed Water Flows (in Million Gallons) by Service Area
Year RIBs
(MGD)
Golf
Course
(MGD)1
Ocoee
Reclaimed
Water2
(MGD)
CONSERV II
Wholesale3
(MGD)
Orange
County:
Primary
Service Area4
(MGD)
Orange
County: North
Service Area
(MGD)5
2025 0.16 0.05 1.88 0.45 0.10 2.00
2029 0.17 0.05 2.00 0.45 1.00 2.00
2034 0.17 0.05 2.12 0.45 1.00 2.00
Notes:
1. Forest Lake Golf Course currently supplied reclaimed water by the City of Winter Garden. Future demand and
supply to be determined. Current demand listed in the ground lease is shown.
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2. Reclaimed water generated at the Ocoee WWTP
3. Conserv II whole reclaimed water purchase
4. Orange County Wholesale purchase (1.0 MGD Reservation)
5. Orange County Wholesale purchase directly supplied to North Service Area
Infrastructure and Capacity Analysis
The City of Ocoee water supply facilities were assessed to determine whether the
projected five-year and ten-year demands can be met. Well production
capacity was calculated by maximizing daily pumping for each City well,
excluding the well with the highest pump capacity. Based on the analysis, the
City’s existing water supply facilities are sufficient to meet the projected five-year
and ten-year water demands. A summary of the analysis is provided in Table 5.
Table 5. Capacity Analysis
Description 2020 CFWI RWSP Draft 2025 CFWI RWSP
2025 2029 2034 2025 2029 2034
Total Groundwater Water Demand
(mgd) 4.99 5.29 5.38 4.62 4.99 5.58
Total Well Production Capacity
(mgd) 17.28 17.28 17.28 17.28 17.28 17.28
Total Treatment Capacity (mgd) 10.85 10.85 10.85 10.85 10.85 10.85
Well Production Capacity Surplus
(mgd) 12.29 11.99 11.9 12.66 12.29 11.7
Treatment Capacity Surplus (mgd) 5.86 5.56 5.47 6.23 5.86 5.27
Note 1: Assumes South WTP capped well (Well 3) will come online in 6-10 year
planning horizon
Capital Improvements Projects
The City of Ocoee’s 5-Year Capital Improvements Program (CIP) includes supply-
related projects, their funding requirements, and the implementation schedule
required to ensure that adequate water supplies and infrastructure are available
to meet existing and projected demands. This CIP is adopted annually in
September of each year. The Utility Department also maintains a 10-Year Capital
and Project Schedule to identify long-term capital improvement projects and
funding needs.
Description 0 to 5
Years 6 to 10 years Status
Potable Water Projects
Forest Oaks Above Ground
Chemical Injection Design $50,000 - Under Design
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Forest Oaks WTP Above Ground
Chemical Injection Construction $972,405 - Construction
in FY 2026
Lauren Beth 12” Watermain Design $41,250 - Completed
Lauren Beth 12” Watermain
Construction $2,424,795 -
Under
Construction,
FY 2025
completion
Lakewood Rewis AC Pipe
Replacement Design $192,351 - Completed
Lakewood Rewis AC Pipe
Replacement Construction $1,668,850 -
Under
Construction,
FY 2025
completion
Orange/Jay/Cardinal Watermain 2”
Galvanized Pipe Replacement
Design
$95,429 - Under Design
Orange/Jay/Cardinal Watermain 2”
Galvanized Pipe Replacement
Construction
$1,000,000 - Planned for FY
2026
Forest Oaks WTP Floridan Aquifer
Well Design - $500,000
Forest Oaks WTP Floridan Aquifer
Well Construction - $5,000,000
South WTP Well – Connect to WTP $2,000,000
WWTP Projects
WWTP Electrical Upgrade and New
Building Design and Owner’s Rep
(ARPA + Utility Fund)
$378,213.03
- Design
completed
WWTP Electrical Upgrade and New
Building Construction -
Under Construction, FY 2026
completion
$5,500,000
-
Under
Construction,
FY 2026
completion
3rd Rotor Each Ditch (ARPA) $373,250 - Completed
4th Rotor Each Ditch $373,250 - Completed
WWTP Transfer Pump Station
Upgrade (ARPA) $364,795 - Completed
WWTP Reuse Pump Station (ARPA $227,665 - Completed
Reclaimed Water Projects
16” Reclaimed Water Transmission
Main Design OCU Interconnect $292,994 - Design
Completed
16” Reclaimed Water Transmission
Main Construction OCU
Interconnect
$2,424,795 -
Under
Construction,
FY 2025
completion
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1.5 Million Gallon Reclaimed Water
Storage Tank and Pump Station
Design and Owner’s Rep
$896,569 - Design
Completed
1.5 Million Gallon Reclaimed Water
Storage Tank and Pump Station with
Potable Back up
$5,500,000 -
Under
Construction,
FY 2026
completion
Forest Lake Golf Course Reclaimed
Water Loop Design $300,000 - FY 2028
Forest Lake Golf Course Reclaimed
Water Loop Construction $2,000,000 - FY 2028/2029
Reclaimed water Feasibility Study $50,000 - Budgeted
North Service Area Repump Station
and Storage Tank Feasibility Study $50,000 $50,000 FY 26
North Service Area Repump Station
and Storage Tank Construction - To Be
Determined -
*Preliminary cost. Project revised from 1.0 million gallon storage tank and pump station at a cost of $4,542,440, to a 1.5
million gallon storage tank. Final cost not available at this time.
The City does not have any projected well or treatment capacity deficiencies for
the 10-year planning horizon. The City will continue to evaluate water and
reclaimed water projects identified in this Work Plan as well as other projects that
may be necessary to meet projected water demands and will update the Utility
Budget and CIP accordingly.
4.0 CFWI REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY PLAN PROJECTS
The City continues to actively participate in regional water supply planning efforts
to identify and develop additional AWS sources. The 2020 CFWI Regional Water
Supply Plan Appendices to Volume II identifies three (3) water supply projects for
the City of Ocoee:
• 2015_42 City of Ocoee Northwest Reuse Re-Pump Station and
Interconnection Mains Project.
• 2020_44 The Hammocks Reclaimed Water Retrofit Project (completed)
• 2020_42 Windermere Groves Reclaimed Water Retrofit Project (completed)
The project description for the City of Ocoee Northwest Reuse Re-Pump Station
and Interconnection Mains Project currently includes 1.5 million gallon reclaimed
water tank and pump station to accept 1.0 MGD of reclaimed water from
Orange County for use in Primary Reclaimed Water Service Area (under
construction).
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Project
# Project Name Project Description
Estimated
Completion
Date
2015-
42
City of Ocoee
Northwest
Reuse Re-Pump
Station and
Interconnection
Mains
Increase availability of reclaimed water for
landscape irrigation in Ocoee and vicinity.
Includes construction of reclaimed water
transmission pipelines and pump stations. As the
North Service Area matures, additional storage
and high service pumping will be required to
meet demand and transfer flow to other storage
facilities. When this project is constructed it will
pump up to 1 MGD of RW from Orange County
NWRF.
TBD
Updated Project Description
Phase 1 Ocoee
Reclaim Pump
Station and
Storage Tank at
WWTP (Transfer
1 MGD from
OCU to Central
Reclaim Service
Area)
Phase 1: 1.5 million gallon storage tank and
pump station at the Ocoee WWTP property and
reclaimed water transmission main from the OCU
connection point to the new tank
2026
Phase 2 New
Storage Tank
and Pump
Station in North
Reclaim Service
Area
Phase 2: Reclaimed water storage tank and
pump station in the north service area and
transmission main “loop” through Forest Lake Golf
Course. Storage to address peak demand
TBD
5.0 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICIES IN SUPPORT OF WATER SUPPLY AND FACILITIES
PLANNING
Projected water demands for existing and future City of Ocoee potable water
customers can be met, subject to the continued commitment of the City to water
supply projects, conservation, reuse, and resource protection activities outlined in
this Work Plan. Supporting Comprehensive Plan Policies for this Work Plan are listed
below.
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Preparation and Maintenance of a 10-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan
UTL Policy 3.5: The City shall maintain a ten-year Water Facilities Capital
Improvements Program to correct existing deficiencies and replace existing
infrastructure as required. A Capital Improvements Program consistent with
hydraulic modeling studies, the Master Plan, and Work Plan, shall be prepared
annually in order to provide improvements and expansion to the existing water,
wastewater, and reclaimed water systems to meet existing and future demands.
UTL Policy 4.7: The City will complete projects listed in the CFWI Regional Water
Supply Plan and as described in the 10-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan
(WSFWP) based on need and economic, technical, and environmental feasibility.
UTL Policy 5.1: The City shall update and adopt its 10-Year Water Supply Facilities
Work Plan and amend the Comprehensive Plan within eighteen months following
the adoption of the updated Regional Water Supply Plan by St. Johns River Water
Management District.
UTL Policy 5.3: The City shall participate in Central Florida Water Initiative, SJRWMD,
and FDEP water supply planning efforts.
ICE Policy 1.9: The City shall maintain a Water Supply Facilities Work Plan for at
least a ten (10) year planning period to address water supply facilities and
infrastructure requirements to serve existing and future development within the
City’s potable water service area.
Agreements With Adjacent Utilities
ICE Policy 1.6: The City will continue to coordinate with the Orange County School
Board, the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council, the St. Johns River
Water Management District, and State or Federal agencies and any other special
districts on projects that fall within their “jurisdictions” or are multi-jurisdictional in
nature to identify and resolve any conflicts with the City’s Comprehensive Plan,
and in turn, amend the plan as needed to ensure coordination.
ICE Policy 1.7: The City shall maintain and revise as necessary the following
agreements, including as amended thereto:
• Joint Planning Area Agreement;
• Orange County/City of Ocoee Water Service Territorial Agreement;
• Orange County/City of Ocoee Sewer Territorial Agreement;
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• Orange County Utilities/City of Ocoee Reclaimed Water Territorial Agreement;
• Conserv II Agreement for the Delivery of Reclaimed Water;
• Water Conserv II Agreement for the Delivery of Water;
• City of Winter Garden Interlocal Agreement;
• City of Ocoee/Forest Lake Golf Course Agreement, unless terminated;
• Ocoee Pines Potable Water Service Agreement.
ICE Policy 1.8: The City shall pursue dialogue with adjacent municipalities with an
interlocal agreement being the expected outcome to accomplish recognition of
the City’s established Utility Service Area boundary.
UTL Policy 3.3: The City shall comply with St. Johns River Water Management
District (SJRWMD) Consumptive Use Permit (CUP) No. 3216.
Level of Service
UTL Policy 2.1: Water and wastewater connection fees shall cover the cost of the
needed water, wastewater, and reclaimed water system expansions. User fees
shall cover the full cost of operating and maintaining the water, wastewater, and
reclaimed water systems, including debt service.
UTL Policy 2.2: The City shall maintain an inclined block potable water rate
structure, where the price per unit increases as consumption rises, to promote
water conservation, cover all costs to maintain the potable water system, and
meet the established potable water level of service established in UTL Policy 3.1.
UTL Policy 2.3: The City shall maintain a wastewater rate structure to cover all costs
to maintain the wastewater system and meet the established wastewater level of
service established in UTL Policy 6.1.
UTL Policy 2.4: The City shall maintain an inclined block reclaimed water rate
structure, where the price per unit increases as consumption rises, to promote
water conservation and cover all costs to maintain the reclaimed water system.
UTL Policy 3.1: The City’s adopted level of service standard for potable water shall
be 270 gallons per day/equivalent residential unit (ERU).
UTL Policy 3.2: The City shall provide potable water service in compliance with or
exceeding the minimum Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Florida
Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) water quality standards.
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UTL Policy 3.4: The City shall maximize use of existing potable water facilities by
implementing management techniques that can enhance the supply source,
sustain water resources and related natural systems, and optimize water supply
yield. These techniques may include, but are not limited to well field optimization,
providing reclaimed water for landscape irrigation, demand side management,
and water conservation.
UTL Policy 3.6: The City shall annually assess the potable water treatment and
storage capacity based on future anticipated growth demands for the current
fiscal year and at least the next ten fiscal years. Should the analysis indicate that
future demands will exceed the design capacity of the potable water system, the
City shall plan and schedule improvements to expand the system’s capacity.
UTL Policy 3.7: All improvements and additions to potable water facilities to
correct deficiencies and meet future water demands shall be compatible and
adequate to meet the adopted level of service standards. These improvements
shall comply, at a minimum, with standards recognized and approved by FDEP
and SJRWMD.
Water Resource Protection
CON Policy 2.10: The City shall protect the aquifer through the adoption and
implementation of stringent policies and regulations that function to improve
water quality of any waters that naturally or through human action, whether
directly or indirectly, infiltrate or discharge into the aquifer.
CON Policy 2.11: The City shall seek opportunities to maximize and protect aquifer
recharge by prohibiting land uses in areas of high aquifer recharge area, based
on the Florida Forever Needs Analysis Map or newer study, that may negatively
impact the aquifer, such as limiting the use and placement of impervious
materials in a manner that redirects or modifies the flow of water, or limiting
development activities that otherwise significantly limit the natural absorption of
water directly into the ground or limiting development activities that pose a high
risk of contamination to the aquifer. When development in high recharge areas
are unavoidable, such development shall be designed following Best
Management Practices that protect the volume and quality of water entering the
aquifer, such as clustering or minimizing development footprints away from high
recharge areas or placement of passive and active open spaces in these high
recharge areas. (CON Figure No. 2)
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Alternative Water Supply
UTL Policy 4.8: The City shall identify additional potable, non-potable, and
alternative water supply sources and facilities required to provide adequate
services to existing and future development consistent with the Future Land Use
Element.
UTL Policy 5.2: The City shall coordinate with SJRWMD, Orange County, and the
Florida Department of Environmental Protection to develop efficient, cost-
effective, and technically feasible water sources to supplement existing
groundwater supplies to meet future water supply demands, while minimizing
impacts to water quality, wetlands, and aquatic systems.
UTL Policy 8.1: The City shall require the installation of reclaimed water lines for
landscape irrigation for all new developments.
UTL Policy 8.2: The City shall maintain agreements for the wholesale purchase of
reclaimed water and pursue additional alternative water supply sources to offset
groundwater irrigation demands.
UTL Policy 8.3: The City shall develop efficient, cost-effective, and technically
feasible water sources to supplement existing groundwater supplies to meet
future water demands while minimizing impacts to water quality, wetlands, and
aquatic systems.
UTL Policy 8.4: The City shall continue to expand its reclaimed water system where
feasible to increase availability of reclaimed water and to conserve potable
water.
Water Conservation
UTL Policy 4.1: The City shall encourage water conservation to promote the
efficient use of water resources and prevent waste.
UTL Policy 4.2: The City shall maintain a Water Conservation Program that meets
the requirements of the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD)
Consumptive Use Permit (CUP). The Water Conservation Program shall also be
consistent with the Central Florida Water Initiative (CFWI) goals and be updated
as needed to address customer water use habits. The program shall at a
minimum include:
• Customer education and outreach;
• High water user notification program;
• Employee education;
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• Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI);
• SJRWMD irrigation restrictions and water shortage orders enforcement;
• Irrigation system design standards;
• Florida WaterStarSM and Florida-Friendly LandscapingTM Promotion;
• Water loss control;
• Water reuse; and
• High-efficiency plumbing fixture and appliance requirements.
UTL Policy 4.3: The City shall adhere to SJRWMD emergency water shortage
restrictions when mandated.
UTL Policy 4.4: Lowest quality sources of water shall be used in place of higher
quality sources for landscape irrigation when technically, economically, and
environmentally feasible.
UTL Policy 4.5: The City shall encourage the use of low impact development (LID)
principles to minimize impacts to the natural environment and facilitate water
conservation.
UTL Policy 4.6: All service connections to the potable and reclaimed water
distribution systems shall be metered and the City shall maintain a meter
replacement program.
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FIGURES
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City of Ocoee
Business Impact Estimate
Proposed ordinance’s title/reference:
This Business Impact Estimate is provided in accordance with section 166.041(4), Florida
Statutes. If one or more boxes are checked below, this means the City is of the view that a
business impact estimate is not required by state law1 for the proposed ordinance, but the City is,
nevertheless, providing this Business Impact Estimate as a courtesy and to avoid any procedural
issues that could impact the enactment of the proposed ordinance. This Business Impact Estimate
may be revised following its initial posting.
☐ The proposed ordinance is required for compliance with Federal or State law or regulation; ☐ The proposed ordinance relates to the issuance or refinancing of debt; ☐ The proposed ordinance relates to the adoption of budgets or budget amendments,
including revenue sources necessary to fund the budget; ☐ The proposed ordinance is required to implement a contract or an agreement, including,
but not limited to, any Federal, State, local, or private grant or other financial assistance
accepted by the municipal government; ☐ The proposed ordinance is an emergency ordinance; ☐ The ordinance relates to procurement; or ☐ The proposed ordinance is enacted to implement the following:
a. Part II of Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, relating to growth policy, county and municipal
planning, and land development regulation, including zoning, development orders,
development agreements and development permits;
b. Sections 190.005 and 190.046, Florida Statutes, regarding community development
districts;
c. Section 553.73, Florida Statutes, relating to the Florida Building Code; or
d. Section 633.202, Florida Statutes, relating to the Florida Fire Prevention Code.
In accordance with the provisions of controlling law, even notwithstanding the fact that
an exemption noted above may apply, the City hereby publishes the following
information:
1 See Section 166.041(4)(c), Florida Statutes.
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1. Summary of the proposed ordinance (must include a statement of the public purpose, such as
serving the public health, safety, morals and welfare):
2.An estimate of the direct economic impact of the proposed ordinance on private, for-profit
businesses in the City of Ocoee, if any:
(a) An estimate of direct compliance costs that businesses may reasonably incur;
(b) Any new charge or fee imposed by the proposed ordinance or for which businesses will be
financially responsible; and
(c) An estimate of the City’s regulatory costs, including estimated revenues from any new charges
or fees to cover such costs.
3.Good faith estimate of the number of businesses likely to be impacted by the proposed
ordinance:
4. Additional information the governing body deems useful (if any):
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CITY OF OCOEE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ENVISION 2045 OCOEE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN –
A LARGE-SCALE UPDATE TO REPEAL AND REPLACE
OCOEE’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN ITS ENTIRETY
CASE NUMBER: CPA-2025-001
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Article I, Sections 1-8 and 1-10,
and Article V, Section 5-9, of the City of Ocoee Land Development Code,
that on TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2025, at 6:15 P.M. or as soon thereafter as
practical, the OCOEE CITY COMMISSION will hold a PUBLIC HEARING at
the City of Ocoee Commission Chambers, located at 1 North Bluford Avenue,
Ocoee, Florida, to consider the adoption of the City’s new Comprehensive
Plan, entitled Envision 2045 Ocoee Comprehensive Plan, which repeals and
replaces the 2002 Comprehensive Plan in its entirety, in accordance with the
requirements of Part II, Chapter 163, Florida Statutes.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE
CITY OF OCOEE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS ADOPTED IN 1991, AS
AMENDED, TO REPEAL THE 2002 OCOEE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN
ITS ENTIRETY AND REPLACE SUCH PLAN WITH A NEW, UPDATED
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENTITLED ENVISION 2045; PROVIDING
FOR TRANSMITTAL TO REVIEWING AGENCIES; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Interested parties may appear at the public hearing and be heard with
respect to the proposed action. The complete case file may be inspected
at the Ocoee Development Services Department located at 1 North Bluford
Avenue, Ocoee, Florida, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except legal holidays. The City Commission may
continue the public hearing to other dates and times, as it deems necessary.
Any interested party shall be advised of the dates, times, and places of any
continuation of these or continued public hearings shall be announced during
the hearing. No further notices regarding these matters will be published.
You are advised that any person who desires to appeal any decision made
at the public hearings will need a record of the proceedings and, for this
purpose, may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is
made, which includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal
is based. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons
needing special accommodations or an interpreter to participate in this
proceeding should contact the City Clerk’s Office 48 hours in advance of the
meeting at (407)905-3105.
Melanie Sibbitt,
City Clerk
Publish Date:
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