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Duluth Planning Commission
Comprehensive Plan Update
September 16th, 2013
Comprehensive Plan
• Shows relationships between community
issues.
• Tracks implementation of community-based
policies.
• Creates an environment of predictability for
business and industry, investors, property
owners, tax payers and the general public.
Comprehensive Plan Update
• Georgia Department of Community affairs
requires that each local government must
prepare, adopt, maintain, and implement a
comprehensive plan in order to maintain
qualified local government certification, and
remain eligible for selected state funding and
permitting programs.
Areas of Focus
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Character Areas/Overlays
Buford Highway Automobile Use
Signs/Wayfinding
Density/Building Heights
Short Term Work Program
Graphics/Maps
Atlanta Regional Commission
ARC has been at the
forefront of regional
planning in the U.S.
since its creation in 1947
• Local Government Services
• Aging Services
• Workforce Development
• Research - Data
• Environmental Planning
• Transportation Planning
• Land Use Planning
• Arts and Culture Coordination
Guiding Principles of the New Planning Rules
• Simple (Reduced Cost)
• Flexible (Local Choice)
• Customized
• Incentives
• Continuity
• State Use of Local Plans
Menu of Plan Elements
REQUIRED
for all
COMMUNITY
GOALS
NEEDS &
OPPORTUNITIES
COMMUNITY
WORK
PROGRAM
REQUIRED for some communities
OPTIONAL
Elements
(Examples)
CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS
ELEMENT
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
LAND USE
TRANSPORTATION
TARGET AREAS
PUBLIC SAFETY
GREENSPACE
EDUCATION
RECREATION
HUMAN SVCS
INTERGOVERNMENT
COORDINAT’N
SOLID WASTE
MANAGE-MENT
INFRASTRUCTURE &
FACILITIES
COMMUNITY
SUSTAINABILITY
HISTORIC &
CULTURAL
RESOURCES
DISASTER
RESILIENCE
HOUSING
NATURAL
RESOURCES
Overview of Plan Elements
REQUIRED
for all
COMMUNITY
GOALS
NEEDS &
OPPORTUNITIES
COMMUNITY
WORK
PROGRAM
Overview of Plan Elements
REQUIRED COMMUNITY
for all
GOALS
NEEDS &
OPPORTUNITIES
COMMUNITY
WORK
PROGRAM
1 or a Combination of any of the following:
General Vision Statement
List of Community Goals
Community Policies
Character Areas & Defining Narrative
The Community Vision: what you want the community to
become
Overview of Plan Elements
REQUIRED
for all
COMMUNITY
GOALS
NEEDS &
OPPORTUNITIES
COMMUNITY
WORK
PROGRAM
Like a SWOT Analysis.
We recommend consulting
statistical and demographic
data as well as the QCOs.
Key needs or opportunities the community wants to
address
Overview of Plan Elements
REQUIRED
for all
COMMUNITY
GOALS
NEEDS &
OPPORTUNITIES
COMMUNITY
WORK PROGRAM
A Five-Year STWP
The Community’s project list, for addressing issues, achieving
goals
Updated every 5 years
Duluth: Yesterday and Today
Questions?
Exercises