Master Plan - City of Troy

More documents

Recommendations

Info

$K:\FORMS-BLANK & SAMPLE LETTERS\plan.review ...$

InvestmentThe City of Troy prides itself on providingthe highest quality municipal services. Inpartnership with the Detroit Water andSewerage Department (DWSD), the MichiganDepartment of Environmental Quality (MDEQ),and the Oakland County Drain Commission,residents and businesses in Troy enjoy reliable,affordable, municipal services.Water and sanitary sewer service in the Cityare managed by the City’s Water and SewerDivision within the Department of Public Works.The Division is responsible for ensuring thatthe quality of the City’s water supply exceedsexpectations and that water is always availableand sufficient to fight fires.Troy is one of 126 customer communities whowork with DWSD for regional water service. InTroy, there are 500 miles of water main, morethan 5,300 fire hydrants, and over 26,000 watermeters. Troy residents and businesses use morethan 5 billion gallons of water annually. 1The Water and Sewer Division is alsoresponsible for monitoring the discharge ofwastewater to the Detroit Water and SewerageDepartment (DWSD) waste treatment facility.Stormwater in the City of Troy is managedin partnership with the Oakland County DrainCommission. The City’s Streets and Storm DrainsDivision investigates residential storm waterissues and maintains the City’s storm waterdrainage as regulated by Oakland County StormWater Permit and the MDEQ. In addition to thehundreds of miles of water mains in the City,there are also many hundreds of miles of stormdrains, which empty into 134 detention basinsand the City’s 6 lakes. 21. 2006 Troy Annual Water Quality Report2. 2007/8 Streets and Drains BudgetThe City of Troy falls within two watersheds.The northwest quarter of the City lies within theRouge River Watershed, specifically, it is entirelywithin the Main 1-2 Subwatershed of the RougeRiver. The remainder of the City is located withinthe Red Run Subwatershed of the Clinton RiverWatershed. The City is served by a complex andextensive network of County Drains, and manyare enclosed. Major open drains in the Cityinclude Sprague Ditch, Sturgis Ditch, Big BeaverCreek, and Gibson Drain.The Streets and Storm Drains Division isresponsible for a network of 364 miles ofroads and 500 miles of sidewalks, as well astraffic control devices and signs. Troy is acommunity that is very tightly integrated with itssurrounding communities, and as such, is hometo many major regional roads and highways.Many of the City’s major thoroughfares areunder the jurisdiction of other agencies, as wasdemonstrated in Chapter 5.CoordinationManagement of infrastructure assets mustinclude coordination between jurisdictions.Just as with its natural systems, Troy’sinfrastructure is largely part of a regionaljoint effort. Coordination also refers to thatbetween departments and between boards andcommissions within the City’s administrationitself.Troy is a leader in many areas within theregion. The City is a center of commerce, and issecond only to the City of Detroit in the State ofMichigan in terms of total property valuation.Consequently, relative to other communitiesin the area, the City has a low millage rate andexcellent property values. This results in afinancially stable City prepared to maintain itsinfrastructure at a very high level. 33. http://www.troychamber.com/gli/whytroy.htm56 CHAPTER 6: INFRASTRUCTURE
CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANRegional Smart Growth Development Patternsand Infrastructure ImprovementsGiven the high quality of Troy’s sanitary sewer,water, and storm sewer infrastructure, Troy isable to continue to absorb new developmentin selected areas. This situation makes Troyunique to other regional communities thatsuffer from aging infrastructure, facilities alreadyat their maximum capacity, and insufficientfinances to update the systems without relyingon outside assistance. Therefore, Troy can servea larger smart growth purpose that extendsbeyond its own borders in that it can accept alarger regional share of new development thanoutlying areas in the region.A national study conducted by the UnitedStates Department of Commerce EconomicDevelopment Administration (USEDA) showedconclusively that money spent updating orbuilding new urban water and sewer facilitiesyielded much greater economic benefitsthan money spent on new systems in largelyrural areas. Although construction costs forinfrastructure projects in urban locations wasslightly higher (1.3 times higher) than thosein rural areas, the study concluded that theimprovements in urban areas allowed newbusinesses to create 1.9 times as many new,permanent jobs than those in rural areas.Furthermore, the urban improvements werelinked to 2.8 times as much private investmentas rural areas realized, and added 2.9 times asmuch to the tax base as similar improvements inrural areas. 4,5With this in mind, it is plain to see thatinvestment in infrastructure improvementsin already established communities results insignificant economic and smart growth benefitsto the region as a whole. Tenet 9 of the Ten4. United States Department of Commerce Economic DevelopmentAdministration, “Public Works Program: Perfromance Evaluation, “5. Bagli, Fagir, “Economic Impact of Water/Sewer Facilities on Ruraland Urban Communities,” Rural America Vol. 17, Issue 4Tenets of Smart Growth challenges communitiesto “Strengthen and direct development towardsexisting communities.” In order for this to occur,established communities like Troy must bewilling to accept that new development inorder to serve as a growth “zone” for the region.It is especially critical in Troy, as it is more able toaccommodate that new development than manyof its neighbors.This philosophy towards Troy’s position in theregional growth pattern complements findingsof the Big Beaver Corridor Study and TroyVision 2020 to be both strategic and selectiveregarding growth.Visions presented by Troy Vision 2020 involveeconomic growth, new development, andredevelopment in the City. The Image and FeelTask Force, for example, seeks to make Troy acommunity of “village” developments to create aconnected sense of place and community with avariety of activity nodes. This vision encouragessmart growth in targeted areas. The Big BeaverCorridor Study speaks extensively about infilldevelopment throughout the corridor, andtaking advantage of the excess space andcapacity this area possesses.In other words, by accepting a degree of newdevelopment and redevelopment, Troy can useits strong position in terms of infrastructurecapacity to accommodate a significant portionof the region’s growth. Consequently, Troy canhelp alleviate pressure on outlying areas.Coordination Between Land Use Planning &Capital ImprovementsTroy’s capital improvement planning is largelydone as part of the City’s budgeting process.While the City does not have a separate anddistinct Capital Improvements Plan, it doesforecast needs and plan projects 5 years inCHAPTER 6: INFRASTRUCTURE57
Page 1 and 2:
MASTERPLAN2008
Page 3 and 4:
CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANMASTERPLANM
Page 5 and 6:
CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANCONTENTSInt
Page 7 and 8:
CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANPeople: The
Page 9 and 10:
CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANIntroductio
Page 11 and 12:
CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANThe Ten Ten
Page 13 and 14: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANInfrastruct
Page 15 and 16: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANThe five co
Page 17 and 18: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANTroy’s Co
Page 19 and 20: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANfor interna
Page 21 and 22: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANMobility, w
Page 23 and 24: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANSurvey Resp
Page 25 and 26: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANA Place to
Page 27 and 28: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLAN4.Invest in
Page 29 and 30: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANbuilding us
Page 31 and 32: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANQuality of
Page 33 and 34: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANthat are ac
Page 37 and 38: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANA Place of
Page 39 and 40: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANICLEI—Loc
Page 41 and 42: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANemerging tr
Page 43 and 44: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLAN• Tenant
Page 45 and 46: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANThe Land Us
Page 49 and 50: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANThe City in
Page 51 and 52: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANCity from 2
Page 53 and 54: COOLIDGELIVERNOISJOHN R RDJOHN R RD
Page 55 and 56: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLAN2020, the c
Page 57 and 58: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANdensity, mi
Page 61 and 62: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANWhat does t
Page 63: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANInfrastruct
Page 67 and 68: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANSpecific LI
Page 71 and 72: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANGreen City:
Page 73 and 74: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANEncouraging
Page 75 and 76: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANa $200 mill
Page 77 and 78: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANprominent o
Page 79 and 80: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANThe U.S. Gr
Page 81 and 82: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANon environm
Page 85 and 86: People:The Changing Face of Housing
Page 87 and 88: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANa bachelor
Page 89 and 90: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANVisitabilit
Page 91 and 92: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANLofts and U
Page 95 and 96: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANLand Patter
Page 97 and 98: ADAMS RDJOHN R RDSOUTH BOULEVARDCIT
Page 99 and 100: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIALCITY OF TR
Page 101 and 102: NEIGHBORHOOD NODESCITY OF TROY MAST
Page 103 and 104: CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANABCDEFGHIJN
Page 105 and 106: ADAMS RDJOHN R RDCITY OF TROY MASTE
Page 107 and 108: HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIALCITY OF TRO
Page 109 and 110: BIG BEAVER ROADBig Beaver Road:A Wo
Page 111 and 112: ROCHESTER ROADCITY OF TROY MASTER P
Page 113 and 114: MAPLE ROADCITY OF TROY MASTER PLANM
Page 115 and 116:
SOUTH JOHN R ROADCITY OF TROY MASTE
Page 117 and 118:
NORTHFIELDCITY OF TROY MASTER PLANN
Page 119 and 120:
THE SMART ZONECITY OF TROY MASTER P
Page 121 and 122:
AUTOMALLCITY OF TROY MASTER PLANAut
Page 123 and 124:
THE TRANSIT CENTERCITY OF TROY MAST
Page 125 and 126:
21ST CENTURY INDUSTRIALCITY OF TROY
Page 127 and 128:
RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE/PUBLIC AN
Page 129 and 130:
CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANImplementat
Page 131 and 132:
CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANPlanned Uni
Page 133 and 134:
CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANDowntown De
Page 135 and 136:
CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANcombination
Page 137 and 138:
CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANIn addition
Page 139 and 140:
CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANRegulationI
Page 141 and 142:
CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANIndex of Ke
Page 143 and 144:
CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANAppendix 1.
Page 145 and 146:
CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANTable A.2:
Page 147 and 148:
CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANsection 26
Page 149 and 150:
Page 151 and 152:
IntroductionOn June 21, 2007, the C
Page 153 and 154:
Executive SummaryThe following is a
Page 155 and 156:
The assessment awarded Troy just ov
Page 157 and 158:
Tenet 8: Provide a variety of trans
Page 159 and 160:
Page 161 and 162:
City of Troy Master PlanPlanning an
Page 163 and 164:
Glossary of TermsAccess ManagementA
Page 165 and 166:
Form-based codes commonlyinclude:Re
Page 167 and 168:
facilities into compact, pedestrian
Page 169 and 170:
Some TNDs thatare substantiallybuil
Page 171 and 172:
Page 173 and 174:
CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANHouseholds4
Page 175 and 176:
CITY OF TROY MASTER PLANHousehold T
Page 177 and 178:
Page 179:
MASTERPLAN
show all

Master Plan - City of Troy

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?