T.F. Green Airport Improvement Program - FEIS Chapters - PVD

T.F. Green Airport Improvement ProgramEnvironmental Impact Statement and Final Section 4(f) EvaluationTable 4-6Land Use PlansTitle Year Preparer HighlightsCity of Warwick Comprehensive Plan 1 2002 City of Warwick, Planning Department Provides land use recommendations for the Airportand surrounding area.Warwick Station Redevelopment Plan 1998 City of Warwick, Planning Department Provides guidelines for connecting rail and air traveland creation of Airport gateway.Apponaug Village Master Plan 2004 Apponaug Village Improvement Provides streetscape and traffic planningAssociationimprovements specifically for Apponaug Village.T. F. Green Economic Development Plan 1996 Warwick and Central Rhode Island Identifies objectives for the four business districtsDevelopment Corporationssurrounding the Airport.City of Cranston, Rhode Island 1992 City of Cranston; City Planning No recommendations related to T.F. Green Airport.Comprehensive PlanCommissionLand Use 2025: Rhode Island’s State Land 2006 State of Rhode Island Department Recommends development of land in immediateUse Policies and Plan, The RI, State Guide of Administration, Division of vicinity of airports be compatible with airportPlan Statewide Planning Program operations, and to minimize adverse impacts relatedto airports on pre-existing land uses.City of Warwick Rhode Island Consolidated 2005 Scott Avedisian, Mayor Outlines goals and priorities to address the City’sPlan/Action Plan, 2005-2009affordable housing needs and presents an actionplan for the implementation of CommunityDevelopment Block Grant funding.Rhode Island Five-Year Strategic Housing 2006 Rhode Island Division of Planning Recommends a policy that subsidized Low- andPlan: 2006-2010Moderate-Income Housing units should be replacedon a one-for-one basis and that the State HousingResources Commission is charged with introducinglegislation to that effect in 2007.Draft State Guide Plan Element 640: State of 2011 State of Rhode Island Department The proposed element represent’s RIAC’s plan forRhode Island Airport System Plan of Administration, Division of the state airport system through the year 2021.Statewide Planning ProgramSources: City of Warwick Planning Department; City of Cranston Planning Commission; State of Rhode Island Department of Administration; Central Rhode IslandDevelopment Corporation.1 The City of Warwick initiated an update to its Comprehensive Plan in 2010.4.3.2 Affected EnvironmentThe land use compatibility analysis examined general land uses and zoning districts within both the ProjectArea (the area of potential direct impacts) and the Study Area.4.3.2.1 General Land UsesFigure 4-6 shows the existing general land uses surrounding the Airport. The Project Area mostly consists of theAirport (63 percent); residential uses represent the second-largest land use type (12 percent) and commercialand industrial land uses represent the third largest (7 percent). Residential land uses are the most prominentland use of the Study Area encompassing 30 percent. The Airport is the second-largest land use (17 percent).Commercial and industrial land uses are the third-largest land use within the Study Area (16 percent). 169Table 4-7 summarizes the land uses in the Project and Study Areas. Land uses directly surrounding the Airporton the northern, eastern, and southern sides are primarily residential. The majority of the residential land use is169 This land use includes “Commercial”, “Commercial/Industrial Mixed”, and “Industrial” categories of land uses.Chapter 4 – Affected Environment 4-14 July 2011\\mawatr\ev\09228.00\reports\FEIS_Final_July_2011\PVD_CH04_Affected_Env_JUL_2011.doc