urban planning and conceptual Design

According to the Collier County project website, “The goal of the US 41 East Corridor Zoning Overlay Project is to prepare and implement a zoning overlay that reflects community input, promotes economic vitality, and both encourages a mix of land uses and includes development standards that address the community’s needs as envisioned in the East Naples Community Development Plan.”

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During the preliminary planning and research phase of this project, my team reviewed previous studies and existing data, layered and analyzed various mapping information, and presented our findings to the community in a creative, aesthetic, and cohesive manner. My role in this effort included collecting, analyzing and presenting transportation, land use, environmental, infrastructure, and other data that contributed to two map exhibits, accessible by the buttons below. The Context Map presents the contextual elements surrounding the corridor and the Conditions and Constraints Exhibit presents various conditions along the corridor that may cause constraints to land development regulations proposed by the overlay. Due to the length of the corridor, the each exhibit is broken down into two segments. I used both AutoCAD and ArcMap GIS to create the map data contents and Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for aesthetic purposes. These exhibits were used as an aide to the general public at the community information meeting, for working groups at the stakeholder meeting, and by county staff for discussion in Spring 2022. They will be used throughout the project to guide the proposed Land Development Code language for the new US 41 East Corridor Zoning Overlay. The project is expected to go back to public outreach with the draft overlay language in November 2022 and is expected to go through the public hearing process and adoption in early 2023.