City Master Plans
On an as-needed basis, the Planning and Zoning Division develops extensive analyses of major community issues and facilities. These studies serve as useful guides when opportunities for bettering the community arise. .
Activity Center 3 Master Plan
The City of North Port’s Activity Center 3, also known as the Gateway Activity Center, is a 177.8- acre area identified as one of nine Activity Centers in the North Port Comprehensive Plan. Activity Centers are defined as lands “designated to provide an area for coordinated development of industrial, commercial, professional office, residential, public, and recreational uses.”
The Gateway Activity Center has the potential to develop quickly due to its prime location at the Sumter Boulevard and Interstate 75 interchange. A 100-bed hospital is in early development stages on the southeast quadrant. The purpose of the Gateway Master Plan is to encourage development that addresses the area’s needs and fosters its opportunities.
The City of North Port was successful in their grant request to help fund a Master Plan for their Gateway Activity Center, which will integrate strategic land use scenarios with effective stormwater solutions to allow the area to become both a commercial and environmental asset for the City. In addition, recent infrastructure investments, such as the installation of water and sewer service to the Activity Center parcels south of I-75, have spurred interest in the development potential of the Gateway Activity Center, exacerbating the need for a localized master planning approach.
- Activity Center 3 Master Plan
- Activity Center 3 Assessment Report
Heron Creek Master Plan
Heron Creek is Activity Center 2, in addition to the Urban Design Standards Pattern Book, Heron Creek has its own book that goes into further detail on design and development. This 80 page book includes design standards for non-residential, mixed use development in the Heron Creek Towne Center, and serves as Development Master Plan for all developments that take place within the Activity Center.
Myakkahatchee Creek Greenway Master Plan
The City has purchased approximately 700 acres of land on both banks of the Myakkahatchee Creek, which flows from the northeast to the southwest for approximately 7.25 miles through the city. This purchase was accomplished with the assistance of State and Federal grants totaling almost $13 million.
The Creek is both a primary source of potable water and a recreational resource for the City. Recognizing its enormous importance, the City Commission directed the Parks & Recreation Division and the Planning and Zoning Division to develop the Myakkahatchee Creek Greenway Master Plan.
This Master Plan is a conceptual blueprint for the future development of the Creek for public use. To protect the potable water resource, the Master Plan restricts development to passive and moderately active recreational pursuits, such as hiking, wildlife observation and canoeing, picnicking and public education.
Warm Mineral Springs Master Plan
- Warm Mineral Springs Master Plan
Yorkshire and I-75 Interchange
It is the goal of North Port to expand access to I-75 thru our city. Access to Yorkshire, and the associated Activity Center 6, is seen as a powerful step to insuring growth.