Project 3
Exercise 3
Density in Winter Park
It isn't unusual to see pushback from residential communities, especially affluent ones, when this issue is brought up. In the correct context and with proper execution, this word can become synonymous with sustainable, successful, thriving communities.
Winter Park is no stranger to this struggle, as evidenced by the referenced article from the Winter Park Voice, which deals with the Land Development Code (LDC) and Comprehensive Plan.
In some cases as is with the newly built Village Park senior apartment complex on 550 N. Denning Drive, the Comprehensive Plan future land use amendment and rezoning, along with an amendment to an existing Conditional Use Approval has been used as a tool to allow development that would otherwise not meet the strict current limitations. But it raises the question: Shouldn't codes and ordinances readily allow for improved urban design and development?
While suitability models such as the ones developed by the Shimberg Center for Housing Studies may point to the best locations for development of affordable housing, codes and ordinances may make those same great locations unsuitable, or limit them unnecessarily.
Analysis of existing condition
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| YELLOW=arterial roads, GREEN=retail goods and services, ORANGE=example development, RED=existing affordable housing Figure Ground  |
Site Scale and Density
Walkability and Suitability
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Proposals for Improvement
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