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AC44 Phase 2: Draft Factors for Development Areas Expansion
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The Comprehensive Plan looks out 20 years into the future, which includes uncertain economic and environmental conditions. We need to consider the possibility that at some point the current Development Areas may no longer have sufficient capacity to accommodate future housing and employment needs.
The current Comprehensive Plan includes recommendations for the potential timing of Development Areas expansion, but it does not include evaluation criteria for how to determine where and how future expansion should occur.
Evaluating Where and How:
Draft factors for where and how to expand, should an expansion be found to be needed in the future, including an assessment of needs for and impacts on infrastructure and expectations for any new development in expanded areas. They are based on recommendations in the current Comp Plan, the AC44 Framework for an Equitable and Resilient Community, and input from service providers.
Evaluating When:
Draft factors for evaluating when to expand reflect the current Comp Plan recommendations to regularly update and monitor the land use buildout analysis and add additional factors to consider.
The Comprehensive Plan looks out 20 years into the future, which includes uncertain economic and environmental conditions. We need to consider the possibility that at some point the current Development Areas may no longer have sufficient capacity to accommodate future housing and employment needs.
The current Comprehensive Plan includes recommendations for the potential timing of Development Areas expansion, but it does not include evaluation criteria for how to determine where and how future expansion should occur.
Evaluating Where and How:
Draft factors for where and how to expand, should an expansion be found to be needed in the future, including an assessment of needs for and impacts on infrastructure and expectations for any new development in expanded areas. They are based on recommendations in the current Comp Plan, the AC44 Framework for an Equitable and Resilient Community, and input from service providers.
Evaluating When:
Draft factors for evaluating when to expand reflect the current Comp Plan recommendations to regularly update and monitor the land use buildout analysis and add additional factors to consider.
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The current Comprehensive Plan includes recommendations for the potential timing of Development Areas expansion, but it does not include evaluation criteria for how to determine where and how future expansion should occur. We need to consider the possibility that at some point the current Development Areas may no longer have sufficient capacity to accommodate future housing and employment needs. Even if an expansion is not needed soon, it is important to have evaluation criteria in place and to coordinate with service providers for future infrastructure needs.
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Step One Topics
Goals and Objectives will be drafted for each Comp Plan topic. These topics reflect the chapters of the current Plan. Click on the links below to visit the topic pages. Each has a one-page summary and a more detailed report with information on data and trends, challenges, opportunities, and equity and climate action considerations.
Use Development Area land efficiently to prevent premature expansion and encourage compact, mixed-use, and dense development within the Development Areas
Monitor building activity and regularly update the capacity analysis in order to know when or if the boundaries should be expanded
Ensure sufficient land area exists in the Development Area to accommodate future residential housing needs
Update the capacity analysis every two years to ensure adequate residential land exists to meet new housing needs
Ensure coordination between County and external agencies/service providers (such as RWSA and VDOT) to plan for future infrastructure and service needs
AC44 FRAMEWORK FOR AN EQUITABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITY
Identify natural resources and sensitive areas to protect, including those in the Biodiversity Action Plan
Establish expectations for future development patterns to have a mix of uses, parks, employment centers, a variety of housing types, green and resilient deisgn, and connected networks for multimodal transportation, parks/trails, and wildlife corridors/habitats
Future expansion of Development Areas could provide land for new or expanding businesses and space for employment centers and job opportunities
