The plan lists the following areas of concern for the Five Forks area:
Increasing (stifling) traffic congestion on area roads
Infrastructure and community facilities are not keeping pace with development.
Not enough attention, emphasis, and requirements on preservation of rural land and natural landscape.
Five Forks, which is a rapidly growing area southeast of Greenville and north of Simpsonville, is bisected by the heavily congested Woodruff Road corridor. It gets its name from being an intersection point of five major roadways: Woodruff Road, Batesville Road, Five Forks Road, Scuffletown Road and South Bennetts Bridge Road.
The approximately 16 square mile area has seen its population sky rocket by nearly 50% in just over 12 years, from about 19,000 residents in 2007 to more than 28,000 today, according to the plan. Its annual rate of growth is twice that of Greenville County as a whole, with much of its former farmland now home to subdivisions.
Portsmouth Master Plan includes Future Land Use Plan
Staff report
In the strengths and opportunities map results, the Boneyfiddle District and Chillicothe Street Downtown received the most votes. The East End was identified as the city’s greatest challenge but also received many votes as an opportunity area for the city as well.
PORTSMOUTH Portsmouth’s new Master Plan – Elevate Portsmouth, released early this year, contains a “Future Land Use Plan” as an important component of the city’s development envisioned by the MKSK firm in Columbus along with local city officials, Scioto Foundation personnel and area representatives.
The Land Use Plan is to be accompanied by a Housing Study conducted by the Greater Ohio Policy Center, now underway. The Future Land Use Plan is a statement of policy to be used as a guide for development and infrastructure decisions, according to the Master Plan.
December 29, 2020 By Mike Kruzman / news@whmi.com
A local township has called a public hearing, asking residents for input on an update to their Comprehensive Plan.
The Hartland Township Planning Commission has prepared a 2020-2021 draft update to the Townshipâs Comprehensive Plan. This includes a newly proposed Future Land Use Plan and Future Land Use Map. It draws upon the townshipâs 2004 plan that was last amended in 2015.
The Future Land Use Plan is used to graphically portray the communityâs vision for the future and illustrate how residents would like the township to function over the coming years. This is done largely through showing Hartlandâs 15 different classifications for zoning districts on a township map, so residents and planners can better visualize which types of developments could come into different areas of Hartland.