Leadership Clarksville Guiding our Growth - City of Clarksville

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6 Current Growth Plan In 1998, the Tennessee State Legislature mandated the creation of a Growth Plan for Clarksville Montgomery County. A cross-section of community leaders with varying levels of expertise gathered to form the Economic & Community Development Advisory Committee. They, along with the Regional Planning Commission staff and the Montgomery County GIS staff worked together to compile our Growth Plan. It focuses on guiding residential development and residential density within the City and County. The current growth plan also requires communities to determine appropriate boundaries for municipal expansion. The main implementation tool for the policies of the growth plan is the application of local zoning regulations (Growth Plan). Additionally, a Land Use Study Update was completed. The goal of the Land Use Plan Update is to direct development in a way that maximizes the use of critical resources, ensures orderly land use, and guides infrastructure placement. It maps out the current land use inventory and projects a pattern of future land use. It is used as a tool by local government in planning and rezoning and by members of the private sector for the purpose of locating future developments. The Land Use Study Update, however, is not a regulatory tool. It sets aside goals and is used as a guide in recommending or not recommending proposed zoning changes. As a team, we have examined and discussed both documents. We have also met with members of the Regional Planning Commission as well as numerous members of our community that are involved with major components that relate to community planning. We, as a group, have determined that our current Growth Plan does a very good job of letting us know who we are and where our population is residing, working, and playing as well as where our growth is occurring. The Land Use Update has set aside some ambitious goals that address environmental concerns and our infrastructure. The Montgomery County Regional Planning Commission and our local governments should be commended for all the work that has been completed. As previously mentioned, one of the objectives of the Growth Plan is to establish the areas that would be appropriate for municipal expansion. The Growth Plan contains three main elements: the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB), the Planned Growth Area (PGA), and the Rural Areas (RA). The Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) is the area where a full complement of urban type services are either presently available or have the potential to be available over the 20 year planning period.
149 13 79 13 149 374 Planned Growth Area 1 UGB 79 41A UGB 236 RURAL AREA 13 41A 374 41A 48 48 48 48 41A 13 41A 236 79 374 41A I-24 41A 48 48 CITY LIMITS Planned Growth Area 2 79 374 41A UGB 79 I-24 237 76 Planned Growth Area UGB UGB 4 41A I-24 12 UGB UGB Planned Growth Area 12 79 Planned Growth Area The Planned Growth Areas (PGA) have a history of low to moderate levels of residential development or are in the path of present and projected growth trends in the County. The Rural Areas (RA) are areas where the lowest densities of residential development are considered to be most appropriate. Our current UGB is a well defined area and has been used successfully as a sprawl prevention mechanism. The UGB serves as a regulatory tool for our RPC and has provided a framework for the regular flow of re-zoning decisions that comes through their office. One of the benefits of the UGB is that its long term focus has a 20 year vision and is believed to contain enough land area for 20 years of development. In addition, it is a valuable storehouse of data and statistics about our county. UGB 3 237 41A 5 76 41 I-24 7
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Page 11 and 12: Top Ten Principles of Smart Growth
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Page 25 and 26: Comprehensive Plan Process - Phase
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Page 31 and 32: Cumberland Region Tomorrow Regional
Page 33 and 34: Our Region’s Existing Communities
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Page 37 and 38: Increase Flexibility of Regulations
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