Comprehensive Master Plan - City of Alvin

facts & figuresLand Usevalue of each single‐family dwelling located within 500 feet of the loton which the industrialized housing is proposed to be located;requiring exterior siding, roofing, roof pitch, foundation fascia, andfenestration compatible with the single family dwellings within 500feet; requiring compliance with building setbacks, side and rear yardoffsets, subdivision controls, and other site requirements applicable tosingle‐family dwellings in the community.‣ Identify the areas that are more conducive for intensive developmentwhile being conscious of environmentally sensitive areas, such as thosewithin or adjacent to the floodplain along Mustang Bayou and otherdrainageways, near the gas well fields, and surrounding primeagricultural lands.1. Incorporate into the unified development ordinance flood protectionstandards, which would restrict/prohibit uses in proximity to thefloodplain; protect vulnerable uses against flood damage; control thealteration of natural floodplains, stream channels and naturalprotective barriers; control activities that may increase flood heights,velocities, or damage; and regulate the construction of flood barriersthat may unnaturally divert flood waters or increase flood hazards toother lands. Such standards would establish a process for reviewingand issuing floodplain development permits and provisions for floodhazard reduction and handling nuisances within hazard areas.2. Adopt an ultimate growth policy, consistent with Chapter 5, GrowthPolicies, as to the nature and extent of urban service provision,including water, wastewater, transportation, and drainageinfrastructure, into the outlying areas of the extraterritorialjurisdiction. Provision of services and allowance of urbanizingdevelopment patterns result in premature conversion of agriculturallands and deterioration of the natural environment, as well as creatinga fiscal strain on municipal resources. Consider the incorporation anduse of concurrency requirements, thereby tying land development toconcurrent provision of adequate facilities and services.3. Establish standards to prevent encroachment of housing and otherincompatible uses within the City limits and the extraterritorial area innear proximity to both operating and abandoned oil and gas well sites,which pose potential hazards to housing, including potential fire,explosion, spray, and other pollution. As regulated by the U.S.Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for approvalof projects and financing, which may apply to local regulation as well,April 1, 2005Page 3-14