Escambia County will adopt a concurrency management system in compliance with F.A.C. 9J-5.0055 within the Escambia County Land Development Code to ensure that facilities and services needed to support development are available concurrent with the impacts of such development. Prior to the issuance of a development permit (order), the system shall ensure that the adopted level of service standards in this ordinance for roadways, mass transit, potable water, sanitary sewer, solid waste, drainage and recreation will be maintained. The Escambia County Development Services Bureau has two divisions dealing with these issues. The Long Range Planning and the Transportation Planning Division. The TPD is responsible for duties including bu not limited to the following:
access management, concurrency management, bicycle/pedestrian programs, capital improvement program, TPO/FDOT planning coordination, legislative requests, GIS, crash reporting, grants, development/comp plan amendment review
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Public School Facilities Element
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Legislation enacted by the 2005 Florida Legislature (Senate Bill 360, Laws of Florida 2005-290) mandates a comprehensive focus on school planning by requiring local governments and school boards to adopt a school concurrency system. School concurrency ensures coordination between local governments and school boards in planning and permitting developments that affect school capacity and utilization rates. The Department of Community Affairs (DCA) made it mandatory for all counties, school districts and municipalities in the State of Florida. |
Requirements to Meet School Concurrrency : |
All counties/municipalities must complete Public School Facilities Element adoptions and interlocal agreement updates no later than December 1, 2008. The requirements to meet school concurrency are as follows:
- Update existing public school interlocal agreements and the Intergovernmental Coordination Element to include coordinated procedures for implementing school concurrency (Sections 163.3177(6)(h)(1), 163.31777, Florida Statutes, and 163.3180(13), Florida Statutes.
- Adopt a Public School Facilities Element into the comprehensive plan (Sections 163.3180(13)(a) and 163.3177(12), Florida Statutes, and Rule 9J-5.025, Florida Administrative Code.
- Adopt level-of-service standards to establish maximum permissible school utilization rates relative to capacity, and include level of service standards in an amended Capital Improvements Element of the comprehensive plan and in the updated interlocal agreement (Section 163.3180(13)(b), Florida Statutes).
- Establish a financially feasible Public School Capital Facilities Program and include this program in an amended Capital Improvements Element of the comprehensive plan (Section 163.3180(13)(d)1., Florida Statutes).
- Establish proportionate-share mitigation methodology and options to be included in the Public School Facilities Element and the interlocal agreement (Section 163.3180(13)(e), Florida Statutes).
- Establish public school Concurrency Service Areas to define the geographic boundaries of school concurrency, and include the Concurrency Service Areas in the updated interlocal agreement and in the supporting data and analysis for the comprehensive plan (Sections 163.3180(13)(c) and 163.3180(13)(g)(5), Florida Statutes).
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Statewide school concurrency
School Concurrency.pdf
From DCA-Frequently Asked Questions
DCA's Best Practices Guide For Public School Concurrency |
PSFE Interlocal Agreement |
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