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Local planning agency revises draft infrastructure standards to prioritize multiuse paths, payment‑in‑lieu option and refined terminology
Summary
Commissioners and staff debated proposed LDC updates that would require wider multiuse paths on arterials, connectivity standards and a payment‑in‑lieu mechanism; the agency directed language edits (including removing two subsections and refining terminology for bike lanes/shoulders) and recommended the amended draft to the Board.
Pasco County staff presented a comprehensive draft amendment to several Land Development Code sections governing infrastructure and pedestrian/bicycle facilities, and the Local Planning Agency recommended the draft with edits after debating multiuse path widths, applicability and a payment‑in‑lieu option.
Staff described the intent as consolidating and clarifying sections (including 901.6–901.8) into an updated 901.7 that strengthens location and connectivity standards for the county’s bicycle and pedestrian network. Under the draft, arterial and collector roads would generally require a 10‑foot multiuse paved path on both sides; subdivision collectors would generally require an 8‑foot multiuse path on one side and a 5‑foot sidewalk on the other; local residential streets would continue to require…
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