1. Draft Mount Pleasant Comprehensive Plan Recommendations

2. High-Level, General Policy Directions for Entire Town; 20-year horizon
Hierarchy of Long-Range Planning
(& Zoning)
Comprehensive Plan
Special Area Plans
Zoning
High-Level, General Policy Directions for Entire Town; 20-year horizon
More Refined Policy Recommendations for Development of Certain Geographic Areas; Short- to Mid-term horizon
Very Specific, Detailed Rules & Regulations; applies to individual parcels immediately

3. Draft Mount Pleasant Comprehensive Plan Recommendations
Plan Identifies Numerous Issues Needing Additional Study, Planning Work:
Special Area Plans
Cultural Core
Centers & Hubs
Settlement Communities
Mount Pleasant Way
Boulevard Overlay Districts
Sweetgrass Basket Overlay
Etc.
Lack of Details/Specificity Raises Concerns About Future Outcomes
Some People Just Don’t Agree with Direction
Some Folks Wary of Ideas/Concepts
Want to Know Outcomes Now Before Endorsing the Concepts
Unreasonable Expectation That the Comprehensive Plan Can Do Justice/Fully Explore Ideas

4. High-Level, General Policy Directions for Entire Town; 20-year horizon
Hierarchy of Long-Range Planning (& Zoning)
Comprehensive Plan
Special Area Plans
Zoning
High-Level, General Policy Directions for Entire Town; 20-year horizon
More Refined Policy Recommendations for Development of Certain Geographic Areas; Short- to Mid-term horizon
Very Specific, Detailed Rules & Regulations; applies to individual parcels immediately

5. An Example: Thornton, CO
Population: 140,000
Suburb of Denver, 10 Miles NE
27 square miles
An Example: Thornton, CO

6. Comprehensive Plan: Concept Map

7. Comprehensive Plan: Future Land Use Map (FLUM)

8. North Washington Subarea Plan Map
> 1000 Acres
Subarea plan document = 122 pages
8 month process

9. Actions

10. Zoning: North Washington Subarea Overlay District

11. Another Example

12. Town-wide Plan

13. Special District

14. District Plan Map

15. Area 1 Policies

16. Area 8 Policies

17. District Plan Map Area 1

18. Zoning (Preliminary Development Plan)

19. Hierarchy of Long-Range Planning
(& Zoning)
Comprehensive Plan
Special Area Plans
Zoning
High-Level, General Policy Directions for Entire Town; 20-year horizon
More Refined Policy Recommendations for Development of Certain Geographic Areas; Short- to Mid-term horizon
Very Specific, Detailed Rules & Regulations; applies to individual parcels immediately