town of mount airy - Maryland Department of Planning

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• Gillis Falls Reservoir 45 • Policy Recommendations 46 IV. Land Use and Zoning 47 • Review of Existing Land Use and Zoning 47 • Town Subdivision Activity 49 • Housing Inventory and Housing Issues 50 • Downtown Land Use and Development 53 • Review of Existing Zoning Categories 54 • Comprehensive Land-Use Plan 57 • Future Annexation Areas 58 • Diversity of Zoning and the Town Character 62 • Site Design and Zoning 63 • Policy Recommendations 66 V. Transportation 67 • Development of the Town’s Street System 67 • The Relationship of Land Use and Transportation 67 • Roadway Functional Classifications 68 • Town Primary Road System 69 • Existing Secondary Road Network 71 • Evaluation of Existing Intersections 75 • Traffic Counts for the Town’s Major Road Network 76 • Street Improvement Program/Capital Improvements 78 • Bikeways and Pedestrian Pathways 78 • Policy Recommendations 80 VI. Community Facilities 83 • Town Water System 86 • Town Sewer System 90 • Schools 94 • Parks and Recreation 98 • Emergency Services 104 • Police Protection 108 • Solid Waste 110 • Policy Recommendations 111 VII. Community Design Guidelines- Enhancing the Public Realm 115 • Setting a “Big Picture” Vision 115 • Identify and Preserve Existing Community Features 116 • Historic Preservation and Downtown Revitalization 118 • Heritage Tourism 119 4
• Analysis of Town Structure 120 • Development of the Community Framework 122 • Improve Quality of New Development 125 • Protection of Cultural and Historic Features 128 • Smart Growth Suggestions for Neighborhoods 128 • Policy Recommendations 131 VIII. Implementation Strategies 133 • Purpose 133 • Zoning Amendments, Natural Resource, Polices Subdivision Regulations 133 • Public Facility and Infrastructure Policies, Inter-Jurisdictional Cooperation 134 5
Page 1 and 2: TOWN OF MOUNT AIRY MASTER PLAN 2003
Page 3: MOUNT AIRY MASTER PLAN TABLE OF CON
Page 7 and 8: in 1831. Locomotives and cars were
Page 9 and 10: Main Street Looking North, circa 19
Page 11 and 12: annexed in 1966 and was considered
Page 13 and 14: Regional Growth Patterns Growth wit
Page 15 and 16: Analysis of Surrounding Counties Gr
Page 17 and 18: Demographic Analysis of the Town Fo
Page 19 and 20: Mount Airy Population Projections t
Page 21 and 22: Overall, the number and type of job
Page 23 and 24: Policy Recommendations To better ma
Page 25 and 26: Introduction CHAPTER 2 MASTER PLAN
Page 27 and 28: Citizen involvement and participati
Page 29 and 30: 7. Adequate public facilities and i
Page 31 and 32: Goal- Mitigate the Impacts of Regio
Page 33 and 34: State Objectives CHAPTER 3 NATURAL
Page 35 and 36: Geology Geologic formations that un
Page 37 and 38: classifications as follow: a) Chest
Page 39 and 40: tributaries; however, in calculatin
Page 41 and 42: is found in Mount Airy. b. Wellhead
Page 43 and 44: pumped well. The U. S. Environmenta
Page 45 and 46: necessary reporting requirements to
Page 47 and 48: CHAPTER 4 LAND USE AND ZONING Land
Page 49 and 50: semi-commercial uses are utilizing
Page 51 and 52: Housing Inventory and Housing Issue
Page 53 and 54: Housing Stock The first major alter
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R2- Low Density Residential: This z
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expansions. Commercial zoning locat
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oughly a five and half-year buildou
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The remaining properties are consid
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categorization of current zoning. H
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The existing RE- residential existi
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8. Encourage the "master planning"
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established patterns of home-to-wor
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pressure for growth, while still en
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Staff Recommendation: The road shou
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Staff Recommendation: Minimize any
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taking its toll in several ways. Th
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Street Improvement Program/Capital
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Policy Recommendations: The overall
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(RESERVED) 83
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provision of adequate services: tha
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Town Water and Sewer System Town Wa
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Available Land Development within t
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Recent studies done by the Town’s
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Water and Sewer Service Areas The W
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Schools Both Carroll and Frederick
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Twin Ridge Elementary School, Town
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Parks and Recreation Park and recre
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amphitheater, and public swimming p
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(RESERVED) 103
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Emergency Services Fire Department:
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(RESERVED) 107
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Police Protection Since 1975, the R
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Solid Waste and Recycling The Town
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5. Promote the coordination of the
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(RESERVED) 115
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emphasized in the retail area in or
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Revitalization of the Downtown, the
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of different building types has fos
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Downtown Mount Airy, looking south-
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walking and biking between neighbor
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width (identifying parking and trav
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- An establishment of a variety of
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Policy Recommendations: 1. Reinforc
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CHAPTER 8 IMPLEMENTATION The Compre
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System wide regular evaluations of
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