Purpose: As it sometimes turns out,parcels of property that are considered brownfields (because they look blighted or were near potentially hazardous activities) have little or no environmental contamination, but they are victims of negative perception and poor location. The Planning Department uses GIS as a management, decision-support, institutional control and outreach tool to help improve economic assets within brownfields and to revitalize environmental health of the surrounding community: Tracking and Inventorying Brownfields / Promoting Revitalized Sites to Potential Businesses / Mapping Site Review / Environmental ReviewA brownfield site is a piece of property that is environmentally contaminated-or is perceived to have been contaminated-and poses a health risk, is a liability toward cleanup, or otherwise contributes to neighborhood blight.

Intended Use: Geographic location of brownfields for display and analysis in web applications.

Department: All City Departments

Data Source: Layer in PSQL19-GIS-AG1 also hosted feature service on AGOL

How was the Data Manipulated: Downloaded from FDEP Open Data Site

Additional Info: Brownfields are defined by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) as abandoned, idled, or underused industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination. The primary goals of Florida's Brownfields Redevelopment Act (Ch. 97-277, Laws of Florida, codified at ss. 376.77-.85, F.S.) are to reduce health and environmental hazards on existing commercial and industrial sites that are abandoned or underused due to these hazards and create financial and regulatory incentives to encourage redevelopment and voluntary cleanup of contaminated properties. A 'brownfield area' means a contiguous area of one or more brownfield sites, some of which may not be contaminated, that has been designated as such by a local government resolution. Such areas may include all or portions of community redevelopment areas, enterprise zones, empowerment zones, other such designated economically deprived communities and areas, and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designated brownfield pilot projects. This layer provides a polygon representation of the boundaries of these designated Brownfield Areas in Florida.

Purpose: As it sometimes turns out,parcels of property that are considered brownfields (because they look blighted or were near potentially hazardous activities) have little or no environmental contamination, but they are victims of negative perception and poor location. The Planning Department uses GIS as a management, decision-support, institutional control and outreach tool to help improve economic assets within brownfields and to revitalize environmental health of the surrounding community: Tracking and Inventorying Brownfields / Promoting Revitalized Sites to Potential Businesses / Mapping Site Review / Environmental ReviewA brownfield site is a piece of property that is environmentally contaminated-or is perceived to have been contaminated-and poses a health risk, is a liability toward cleanup, or otherwise contributes to neighborhood blight.

Intended Use: Geographic location of brownfields for display and analysis in web applications.

Department: All City Departments

Data Source: Layer in PSQL19-GIS-AG1 also hosted feature service on AGOL

How was the Data Manipulated: Downloaded from FDEP Open Data Site

Additional Info: Brownfields are defined by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) as abandoned, idled, or underused industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination. The primary goals of Florida's Brownfields Redevelopment Act (Ch. 97-277, Laws of Florida, codified at ss. 376.77-.85, F.S.) are to reduce health and environmental hazards on existing commercial and industrial sites that are abandoned or underused due to these hazards and create financial and regulatory incentives to encourage redevelopment and voluntary cleanup of contaminated properties. A 'brownfield area' means a contiguous area of one or more brownfield sites, some of which may not be contaminated, that has been designated as such by a local government resolution. Such areas may include all or portions of community redevelopment areas, enterprise zones, empowerment zones, other such designated economically deprived communities and areas, and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designated brownfield pilot projects. This layer provides a polygon representation of the boundaries of these designated Brownfield Areas in Florida.