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Policy 11E. In conjunction with the development of the Urban Design Guidelines addressed in Policy 11A., the City may consider the development of active design guidelines to promote physical activity and health through enhancements to the built environment by 2017, and to include these guidelines in the Land Development Regulations by 2020. 32. Amend renumbered Policy 12A (formerly Policy 14A) as follows: 142A. Through development incentives and other mechanisms, continue to increase and improve the number of public beach access facilities. The City shall coordinate with property owners to seek to provide and maintain environmentally compatible public beach access points at 1/4 mile (minimum) intervals by 2030, and to ensure that public access to or enjoyment of the public realm of the beach is not inhibited by existing or planned beachfront development. 33. Add a new Policy 12E. as follows: Policy 12E. The City shall reevaluate the feasibility of providing a boardwalk or linear path parallel to the beach and/or shared use path along Collins Avenue in order to increase access and provide additional pedestrian and bicycle mobility options. 34. Amend Policy 15A. to revise the first paragraph of the interpretive text for the Medium-High Density designation as follows: Policy 15A. The Future Land Use Map shall identify all residential land uses as one of the following Residential Land Use Categories: Medium-High Density — This residential use category allows a range in density and intensity from twenty-five (25) to a maximum of fifty (50) dwelling units per gross acre and a maximum floor area ratio of 2.0. Additional density and intensity may be allowed up to a maximum density of 60 units per acre and an F.A.R. of 2.5 only for waterfront developments that comply with bonus program requirements in compliance with the Town Center Planned Development District, Community Design Element Policy 1 E, Recreation and Open Space Element 1 C, and Coastal Management Elements 3A and 3D Land Development Regulations. Additional density up to sixty-five (65) dwelling units per acre may be obtained with the affordable housing bonuses as set forth in the Land Development Regulations. This category is generally characterized by mid to high-rise multifamily developments (apartments), ancillary convenience retail services serving the principal residential use, utilities, communications, community and recreational facilities and schools serving the surrounding residential area The height of buildings and, therefore, the attainment of densities approaching the maximum;depends to a great extent on the dimensions of the site, conditions such as the location and availability of services, ability to provide sufficient off-street parking, and the compatibility with and impact of the development on surrounding areas. A-12