GOAL 1: The University shall provide a variety of safe, efficient and enjoyable on-campus recreation and intercollegiate athletic facilities, physical laboratories and open space areas which promote the health, welfare and campus aesthetic ambience for the students, faculty and staff.

OBJECTIVE 1.1: The University shall rely upon a variety of public and private funding sources and programs to ensure the availability of recreation facilities, intercollegiate athletics and physical education laboratories for campus students and other user groups.

POLICY 1.1.1: The University's Campus Life and Physical Education Departments shall be responsible for the provision of adequate facilities for quality recreational and academic programs for all students of the University. The development of such programs and facilities shall be based upon existing and prospective student demand and user interest and the availability of funds from such sources as student and user fees.

POLICY 1.1.2: The University's Athletics Department shall be responsible for the provision of adequate facilities for participants in intercollegiate athletic programs, consistent with the adopted campus master plan. The need and phasing for specific facilities shall be based upon specific programming studies and the availability of funds from private and public sources such as spectator and user fees, alumni donations, etc.

POLICY 1.1.3: With regard to those students and faculty who reside off-campus, the University shall continue to rely upon the recreational facility planning and programming efforts undertaken by the host community and other local government jurisdictions to address their respective local and regional service population needs.

POLICY 1.1.4: As necessary, the University shall continue to rely upon service contracts and other contractual relationships with off-campus private and public facility providers to meet recreation, physical education or intercollegiate athletic needs.

OBJECTIVE 1.2: The University shall rely upon a variety of continuing in-house planning and facility development programs to ensure that recreation, intercollegiate athletic facilities, physical education laboratories and open space areas are adequately and efficiently provided.

POLICY 1.2.1: UCF shall continue to maintain and develop functional and aesthetically pleasing open spaces between structures and throughout the campus. This shall be accomplished through the application of building development and land use intensity guidelines consistent with the Urban Design and Future Land Use Elements and the open space preservation areas and policies as identified in the Conservation Element of this Plan.

POLICY 1.2.2: While future planning shall, in some cases, recognize the distinct need the Recreation, Intercollegiate Athletics, and the Physical Education programs for separate facilities, program representatives shall coordinate and attempt to share facilities wherever feasible.

POLICY 1.2.3: Future facilities shall continue to be developed in the south and northeast portions of campus, consolidating and strengthening recreation and athletic facilities.

POLICY 1.2.4: To the extent practical, future on-campus development which impacts recreation and athletic land shall occur in phases to coincide with the efficient relocation of recreational, intercollegiate athletic and academic program laboratories. In order to implement this policy, the University's Office of Facilities Planning, Campus Life, Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education Departments shall initiate a study to provide for the orderly phased relocation of field and building facilities whenever such development occurs. The adopted campus master plan shall be amended as needed to incorporate the results of this study.

POLICY 1.2.5: As future campus development programs progress into the programming and design stage, the University's Office of Facilities Planning, Campus Life, Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education Departments shall consider those facilities and programs which could be maintained in these areas as part of the campus open space scheme.

POLICY 1.2.6:  A future Frisbee golf course may be located on lands south and east of the Academic Village residential area, as shown on Figure 4-1 Future Land Use and 8-2 Future Recreation and Open Space.

POLICY 1.2.7:  A future golf course may be located on lands in the southeast corner of the campus, primarily on the 218-acre tract acquired contiguous to the original main campus eastern boundary.

POLICY 1.2.8: The timing and phasing requirements and priorities for improvements to athletic, recreation and open space facilities necessary to correct existing deficiencies and meet the future demands are identified in the Capital Improvements Element.

OBJECTIVE 1.3: The University shall promote unrestricted or managed public access to all campus recreation and athletic facilities or open space areas to the maximum extent feasible.

POLICY 1.3.1: Campus open space areas shall be developed and maintained as areas of unrestricted public access wherever feasible. Such provisions for access would include those special provisions or design criteria necessary under federal regulations to provide for people with disabilities. Access to certain areas of environmentally sensitive habitat may be restricted (on occasion) if it is determined by the University to be necessary in order to best protect the local animal and plant species.

POLICY 1.3.2: The University shall establish the priority use of campus athletic and recreational facilities for campus students, faculty and staff. Non-campus user populations of campus facilities will be accommodated to the extent that campus user demands are adequately met while allowing for reasonable maintenance and restoration periods for the particular facility.

OBJECTIVE 1.4: To protect and enhance present campus open spaces.

POLICY 1.4.1: The University shall protect from encroachment the existing conservation areas and maximize the retention of open space by strictly enforcing the future placement of buildings, parking facilities, infrastructure and other man-made improvements consistent with sites selected and adopted in the Urban Design and Future Land Use Elements. The pattern of open spaces established in Figures 3-1 and 8-1 shall not be subject to encroachment without amending the adopted campus master plan.

POLICY 1.4.2: The University shall maintain densities and intensities for the development of the campus which maximize the retention of on-campus open space as identified in the Future Land Use Element.

POLICY 1.4.3: The University shall select sites for infrastructure and academic and support facilities which are designed to maximize the retention of campus open space.

POLICY 1.4.4: The University shall create new formal open spaces, or "greens" through the careful placement of buildings as adopted in Figure 8-1.