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CHAPTER 6 COMMUNITY FACILITIES One of the primary goals in long-range community planning is to plan for and coordinate the expansion of vital infrastructure improvements. Community infrastructure needs are paramount when planning for the future growth of a Town, County, or a specially designated growth area within a jurisdiction. Many jurisdictions have recognized that public infrastructure or facilities are not always capable of handling the impact of new development. Public agencies cannot always provide increased services needed by new growth, and new development does not necessarily mitigate the problems it may cause. The responsibility for maintaining acceptable levels of service rests with the governing body, who must either limit growth so services need not be expanded, or assure that service levels keep pace with the planned development. Two traditional planning tools by which public services are scheduled to keep pace with new land development are the Capital Improvements Program or "CIP" and Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance or "APFO". The APFO is intended to work in conjunction with the Capital Improvements Program, by timing development, which is based on level of service currently available within a jurisdiction. The CIP is a long range planning implementation tool by which needed public improvements are placed into a specific time frame for funding, design, engineering, and construction. The CIP is an adopted document that delineates a schedule of the improvements for public facilities such as roads, parks, fire stations, schools, etc. The typical time frame for a capital improvements program is five years, with a yearly update to reprioritize needed facilities and associated funding for the listed projects. Many municipalities do not have traditional Capital Improvement Programs (CIPs) in place to obligate a specific schedule for needed public improvements. This often leads to a continuous shortfall of facilities with no specific plan in place to construct them and therefore alleviate the demand on the system. When this continual shortfall of provision of services occurs, and the demand of the new residents is not met, the quality of life within the community begins to noticeably deteriorate. The Town of Mount Airy recently adopted an Adequate Facilities Ordinance that requires proposed development to meet specific standards. The decline of the overall quality of life in a growing community is not a desirable result from allowing growth. The desired scenario is an overall balance between growth and 84
provision of adequate services: that balance should be continuously pursued. Recently the Town adopted its first formal Capital Improvements Program for a variety of facilities relating to water and sewer improvements, road improvements, recreation facilities and other various capital projects. This will ensure a specific schedule by which certain improvements will be made to offset any deficiencies of infrastructure that the town may have. Primary infrastructure improvements that will be discussed within this chapter that are necessary to serve new population growth and development are: ♣ Water Services ♣ Sewer Services ♣ County School System ♣ Parks and Recreation ♣ Emergency Services ♣ Police service ♣ Solid waste and recycling This chapter will also discuss and analyze current inventory of facilities for each category of public facilities, but also future long-term and short-term needs. 85
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TOWN OF MOUNT AIRY MASTER PLAN 2003
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MOUNT AIRY MASTER PLAN TABLE OF CON
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• Analysis of Town Structure 120
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in 1831. Locomotives and cars were
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Main Street Looking North, circa 19
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annexed in 1966 and was considered
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Regional Growth Patterns Growth wit
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Analysis of Surrounding Counties Gr
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Demographic Analysis of the Town Fo
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Mount Airy Population Projections t
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Overall, the number and type of job
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Policy Recommendations To better ma
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Introduction CHAPTER 2 MASTER PLAN
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Citizen involvement and participati
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7. Adequate public facilities and i
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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
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Page 47 and 48: CHAPTER 4 LAND USE AND ZONING Land
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Page 51 and 52: Housing Inventory and Housing Issue
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Page 111 and 112: Solid Waste and Recycling The Town
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Page 119 and 120: Revitalization of the Downtown, the
Page 121 and 122: of different building types has fos
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Page 131 and 132: Policy Recommendations: 1. Reinforc
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System wide regular evaluations of
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