Connected City
A FORWARD-THINKING COMMUNITY
What is the Connected City?
Located in Pasco County and in partnership with Metro Development Group, the Connected City is a new city under development that will be connected by technology, imagination and endless possibilities. Built from the ground up on a framework of the fastest internet and WiFi speeds available, the Connected City is positioned to be the absolute best place imaginable for a true 21st century live-play-work model.
In an area that was pre-designated for economic growth and development, the Connected City is focused on the next-generation experience of its residents. This is not simply rooftops, streets and commerce, this is Smart Homes, autonomous vehicle paths and a business core designed to attract and support the best and brightest.
Obligations of Opting Into Connected City
This Special Planning Area comprises multiple land owners who can each benefit if they choose to. The CC Overlay Zone actually offers every land owners within these boundaries the option to develop land uses with more flexibility in locations, additional incentives to receive mobility fee credits, an expedited review process, and an exemption in transportation analysis.
Land Owners may keep their existing zoning or choose to “Opt In” by formally requesting a CC MPUD under the same process in place now (with LPA/DRC and BCC approval CC MPUD hearings) or seek to be exempted from Transportation analysis or wanting their entitlements to last until 2065. Once the LPA/DRC recommends approval and the BCC approves the landowner’s requests for a CC MPUD rezoning, the details of the physical development plans are still reviewed by County planners, but now go to the CCMC for future project approvals and implementation.
Once voluntarily opting in by rezoning to CC MPUD, these CC Entitled Properties are subject to the Master Roadway and Conceptual Utilities Plans, additional school impact fees, review fees, and gigabit infrastructure and innovation enterprise costs (in the Financial Plan).
Benefits of Opting Into Connected City
- 50 year entitlements
- Exempt from Macro Trans Timing and Phasing Analysis
- Greenlight Expedited Incremental Review
- Flexible Land Uses
- Innovative Land Development Code (Home Occupation, parks, neighborhood vehicle trails, parking, etc..)
- Transportation (Mobility Fee) Credits for first two lanes if meet all conditions (Service Ready Site Acres (more liberal “targeted land uses”) pg 125 CC LDC
- All primary roads (that have received mobility fee credits) will have gigabit fiber in roadways for driverless vehicles if 100% Opt In (valuable market advantage for employment generating users)
- Credits for installing smart gigabit infrastructure (can cover costs) in homes and buildings, facilities
- Tenants/Companies/homeowners have access to start up funds, programs using gigabit technology
- Marketing advantages – first gigabit community from ground up in America
- CC POG (Metro) can assign planning fee credits to reduce costs of CC Additional Development Review Fees to any landowner in CC.
- the LPA/DRC and BCC voted unanimously to create the Connected City Corridor so they are concerned that the Special Planning Area supports this vision.
Final Adopted Documents
Land Development Code (LDC) (PDF)
Conceptual Utilities Plan (PDF)
Fiscal Benefits & Economic Impact Analysis (PDF)
REMI Model Fiscal Impact Analysis (Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council) (PDF)
Net Fiscal Impact Analysis (WTL+a) (PDF)
Peer Review Memo of WTL+a Net Fiscal Impact Analysis (PDF)
Supporting Materials
Senate Bill 1216 (PDF) / Florida Statute 163.3246(14)
Connected City Neighborhood Meeting #1 September 30, 2015
Neighborhood Meeting #1 Presentation (PDF)
Neighborhood Meeting #1 Summary Notes (PDF)
Public Involvement Meetings
>> Meetings were hosted at the Wesley Chapel Elementary School Auditorium / Cafeteria 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Neighborhood Meeting #1 09.30.15
Neighborhood Meeting #2 11.04.15 (PDF)
Neighborhood Meeting #3 11.18.15 (PDF)
Neighborhood Meeting #4 12.02.15 (PDF)
Neighborhood Meeting #5 01.14.16 (PDF)
Public Hearing Schedule
December 6: BCC Workshop #1 (1-4pm Dade City) Focus: Overview & Questions
- CC Comp Plan
- CC LDC
- CC Stewardship District Ordinance (includes CC Master Roadway Plan)
- CC Financial Plan Resolution
- CC Conceptual Utilities Plan Resolution
>> Summary of Questions & Answers (PDF)
January 17: BCC Workshop Dade City #2 (1:30 - 4:30 Dade City)
- Follow Up From December 6 Workshop
January 24: BCC Public Hearing #1 Dade City (no vote needed)
- CC Comp Plan
- CC LDC
- CC Stewardship District Ordinance (includes CC Master Roadway Plan)
- CC Financial Plan Resolution
- CC Conceptual Utilities Plan Resolution
- VOPH Boundary CPAL
- Rural Area 4 Boundary CPAL
- VOPH Stewardship District Boundary LDC
February 7: BCC Public Hearing #2 Dade City (vote needed)
- CC Comp Plan
- CC LDC
- CC Stewardship District Ordinance (includes CC Master Roadway Plan)
- CC Financial Plan Resolution
- CC Conceptual Utilities Plan Resolution
- CC Golf Cart Resolution
- VOPH Boundary CPAL
- Rural Area 4 Boundary CPAL
- VOPH Stewardship District Boundary LDC