Planning Department: Planning Initiatives and Projects

Last update: 02/17/10
by Emily Gibson

Community Planning
Initiatives and Projects

The Planning Department works with other departments and agencies on special projects that implement recommendations of the Comprehensive Plan or provide opportunity to improve the quality of life within the County. For example, staff from the Planning Department, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism and the Department of Information Technology are working with staff from Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission on a Rural Transportation Grant to explore the possibility of providing a bicycle_-pedestrian trail between the Courthouse area and Beaverdam Park. The Planning staff has also worked with the Historic Preservation Commission to provide research and recommendations regarding the section of the Zoning Ordinance related to historic resources.

In addition to County initiated projects, the Planning staff participates in and encourages community based planning initiatives such as the Colonial Courthouse Village Enhancement Project, Gloucester Gateway Committee (Gloucester Point redevelopment), Historical Preservation Commission, Dragon Run Special Area Management Plan (SAMP), and others. Staff provides expertise, technical assistance, resources, research, and background materials to these community or advisory groups as well as acts as liaison between these groups and the Planning Commission and/or Board of Supervisors.

MODERN ROUNDABOUTS
Modern Roundabout Feasibility Study (pdf) for the Intersection of Main Street and John Clayton Memorial Highway (Routes 3/14) prepared by Draper Aden Associates October 2006
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: Roundabouts Q & A
Are Roundabouts Good for Business?
Experience the Roundabout
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: Roundabouts Q & A
HISTORIC PLANNING- Examples from Other Virginia Localities
Town of Smithfield Historic Preservation Overlay	Spotsylvania County Historic Overlay District
Stafford County Historical Commission Historic Resource Overlay Architectural Review Board	Town of Cape Charles Historic District Overlay Historic Harbor Area Overlay Historic District Guidelines
Prince William County ARB Application Design Review Guidelines	City of Suffolk Historic Conservation Overlay Historic Design Guidelines
York County Historic District Overlay Historic Resources Management Tourist Corridor Management
GREENWAYS
Making the Connection: Establishing a System of Greenways and Natural Linkages (PowerPoint in pdf)
MAIN STREET
New! October 2009 Presentation on Expansion of Main Street Historic District
July 2008 Public Meeting Presentation by Frazier Associates and Arnett Muldrow & Associates
April 2008 Market Study Presentation by Frazier Associates and Arnett Muldrow & Associates
April 2008 Plan Overview Presentation by Frazier Associates and Arnett Muldrow & Associates
WIND ENERGY
Information on How Other Localities Regulate Wind Energy
American Wind Energy Association
American Planning Association
Code Amendment for Small Wind Energy Systems- York County Draft with Staff Report- 1-13-2010
Handout from September 2008 Comp Plan Steering Committee Meeting

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