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Citizen-Driven Comprehensive Planning for Small Communities
Kirby Date, AICP
Melissa K. Schneider, AICP
Comprehensive Planning: the Key to Balance
• Sets development and conservation goals in an organized fashion
• Plans for long-term financial stability• Resolves tradeoffs up-front• Provides for future logical, consistent decision
making• Legal stability: logical justification of decisions• Sets a framework for implementation
Purpose of Comprehensive Planning
• To protect the public health, safety and welfare
• To ensure quality of life for future generations
• To continue biological diversity and processes
• To balance private needs with public good
Is It Time for a Comprehensive Plan or Update?
You do not have an existing comprehensive plan.
Your comprehensive plan is more than 5 years old.
Your zoning code is out of date or does not address existing and potential development demands.
A major change in development, population or funding has occurred or is planned for since the last comprehensive plan
Your existing plan does not build on the unique strengths, capabilities, or location of your community.
Your existing plan does not have measurable goals or priorities
Your existing plan has no vision
The natural environment has been threatened or degraded.
There is a sense that your community’s needs are not being met.
Your historic resources or community image are being affected by development.
Your economic base is slipping
Components Necessary for Planning
• CONSENSUS
• COMMITMENT
• CAPACITY
• CASH
The Role of the Public
ARE YOU A GOOD
CANDIDATE FOR THE
SMALL COMMUNITIES
PLANNING INITIATIVE
PILOT PROGRAM?
Small Communities Planning Initiative
• Make comprehensive planning accessible and affordable
• Create sustainable communities that balance conservation and development
• Improve the capacity for making better planning decisions
Main Components of the Initiative
• Small Communities Planning Tool Kit
• Training Workshops
• Professional Technical Assistance
Citizens Role in Plan
Consensus Commitment Capacity Cash
Traditional
Citizen-Driven
Organization ChartPlanning
Commission or Township Trustees
Steering Committee
Citizens Committee
Working Group
Population, Economics & Housing
Agriculture, Transportation & Land
Use
Infrastructure & Natural Resources
Hist., Cultural, & Scenic Resources &
Community Facilities
Professional Assistance
Importance of Professional Assistance
• Community Facilitation• Identification of Data
Resources• Assistance with Analysis• Tools for Implementation
Steps to Creating a Comprehensive Plan
• PHASE 1: Research and Analysis of Existing Conditions – Where are we?
• PHASE 2: Creating a Community Vision and Goals – Where do we want to be?
• PHASE 3: Developing Action Strategies – How will we get there?
• PHASE 4: Plan Preparation
TimelineAdministrative Organization & Plan Kick-off Weeks 1 – 2
Phase 1: Data Collection & Analysis Weeks 3 – 9
Phase 2: Visioning & Goal Setting Weeks 10 – 13
Phase 3: Action Strategies Weeks 14 – 18
Phase 4: Plan Preparation Weeks 19 – 28
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Taking the Pulse of the Community
• Community Questionnaire
• Business Retention and Expansion Survey
• Interview with Key Stakeholders
• Community Open Houses• Specialized Studies (e.g.
Agricultural Survey)
Planning Elements• Population• Housing• Economics• Infrastructure• Land Uses• Agriculture• Transportation
• Natural Resources
• Community Facilities
• Historical, Cultural, & Scenic Resources
Pulling It All Together
• Mapping
• Writing
• Draft Review Process
• Adoption
• Publicizing Your Plan
The Countryside Programwww.countrysideprogram.org
www.urban.csuohio.edu/planningcenter
Kirby Date, AICP, Coordinator216-687-5477 k.date@csuohio.edu
Melissa Schneider, AICP, Consultant
QUESTIONS?
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