Transcript Comprehensive Plan Update

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE
MEETING 4 – POPULATION & HOUSING
ELEMENTS
1/30/2014
GOALS FOR TODAY
1. Discuss Population & Housing Elements goals and strategies
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Review current goals and strategies
Discuss possible amendments or additions
2. Discuss Population & Housing Elements Action Plan items
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Review current action plan items
Discuss possible amendments or additions
3. Comprehensive Plan Schedule Update
INTRODUCTION TO GOALS
 The 2009 Comprehensive Plan goals were derived from
various sources of stakeholder input, including the Town -wide
Visioning Workshop, stakeholder interviews, and ongoing
conversations with Town of Mount Pleasant staf f and
management. Many of the goals were adapted from the 2003
Comprehensive Plan.
 The goals provide the big picture direction for the
development and implementation of the Comprehensive Plan.
Strategies, incentives, and regulations are continuously
updated and necessarily adapt to changing circumstances, but
goals should endure and provide stability and direction over
time.
To w n o f M o u n t P l e a s a n t C o m p r e h e n s i v e P l a n 2 0 0 9 - 2 0 1 9 , I n t r o d u c t i o n t o G o a l s
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POPULATION ELEMENT GOALS
1. Keep the Town of Mount Pleasant a place where families want
to live.
2. Encourage a diverse and inclusive Mount Pleasant where
people of all ages and backgrounds are welcomed and invited
to participate in the community.
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Ensure that the Town of Mount Pleasant can meet the needs of older
residents.
Increase the attractiveness of the Mount Pleasant community to
young adults by providing urban lifestyle options, educational
opportunities, and cultural amenities.
3. Develop one or more destinations for tourism, business
conventions, events, culture, and arts for Mount Pleasant to
increase the attractiveness of the community for all ages.
4. Increase the community’s involvement in crime prevention
ef forts.
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POPULATION ELEMENT GOALS
5. Guide annexation policy to promote ef ficient service
provision, to foster an inclusive and diverse community, and
to consider the strategic implications regarding the growth
of other nearby municipalities.
6. Foster and support excellent educational and recreational
opportunities and facilities for all ages.
7. Recognize the importance of the physical and cultural
aspects of traditional African - American communities found
in the planning area.
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Coordinate with Charleston County on planning issues involving
communities located in unincorporated areas.
Encourage the annexation of unincorporated communities to
provide enhanced neighborhood services.
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POPULATION ELEMENT STRATEGIES
 Increase the attractiveness of the Mount Pleasant community to
young adults by providing urban lifestyle options, educational
opportunities, and cultural amenities.
 Ensure that the Town of Mount Pleasant plans for and meets the
needs of older residents.
 Review the Town’s marketing strategy annually.
 Continue to seek the annexation of unincorporated areas within
the Mount Pleasant planning area.
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HOUSING ELEMENT GOALS
1. Provide a mix of housing types in a variety of price ranges,
including rental housing options, to meet the needs of the
wide range of Town residents and workforce and to promote
Mount Pleasant as a lifelong community.
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Provide greater housing options that promote universal design and
aging in place to ensure residential options for the entire life -cycle.
Identify desirable locations for future housing development within the
Town of Mount Pleasant, with a focus on locating workforce housing
within walking distance of existing or planned center of employment
and with a focus on locating senior housing near everyday services
and medical facilities.
REVIEW OF 2009 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
HOUSING ELEMENT STRATEGIES
 TARGET STRATEGY: Increase the number of workforce and life
cycle housing units.
 Recognize the character of Mount Pleasant’s existing residential
neighborhoods and communities.
 Increase residential densities in appropriate areas. Focus the
development of higher density housing (condominiums and
apartments) in the Core Redevelopment Corridors of Coleman,
Johnnie Dodds, and Ben Sawyer Boulevards.
 Permit accessory dwelling units that adhere to appropriate
design criteria.
 Rewrite the Town’s Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND)
requirements.
 Promote employer-assisted housing programs.
 Promote housing options that provide universal design and
foster aging in place to ensure residential options for the entire
life cycle.
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POPULATION & HOUSING ELEMENTS ACTION
PLAN
HOUSING
Continue to research workforce housing incentives such as
expedited permit review and density bonuses, and monitor the
effectiveness of existing incentives.
Develop accessory dwelling regulations to permit more of these
types of units and ensure they are constructed in a manner
consistent with surrounding development.
Revise Traditional Neighborhood Development regulations.
This may be done during the Zoning Code revision.
Provide incentives to development community to include
universal design elements in new residential construction.
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014 Ongoing
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Current Status
Ongoing. Urban Corridor Overlay District incentives;
Workforce Housing Exemption
Grant program.
Complete. Accessory Dwelling
Unit ordinance (#09062)
adopted 9/08/09.
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Note: The 2009 Comprehensive Plan did not include specific Action Plan items for
the Population Element as most relevant items were addressed in other Elements of
the Plan.
CONSIDERATIONS FOR
AMENDMENTS OR ADDITIONS
 Strengthen goals and strategies related to the elderly/aging
population and include appropriate tasks in action plan to
support implementation.
 Incorporate age-in place language
 Incorporate language relative to the creation of a transitional
zone (may consider for Land Use element).
 Incorporate references to our Annexation Plan in the goals
and strategies related to annexation.
 Add an action plan item relating to the location of Workforce
Housing.
 Revise the action plan item relating to Traditional
Neighborhood Development regulations to apply to all PD
regulations and move to the Land Use Element.
 Other Considerations
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SCHEDULE
UPDATE
 Meetings to Date:
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September 5, 2013 – Comprehensive Plan kick-off at the Meet & Greet
October 17, 2013 – Initial meeting with Planning Commission
November 7, 2013 – Annexation & Planning Area
December 5, 2013 – Transportation Element
January 9, 2014 – Natural & Cultural Resource Elements
January 30, 2014 – Population & Housing Elements
 Future Scheduled Meetings:
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February 13, 2014 – Economics & Priority Investment Elements
February 27, 2014 – Community Facilities Element
March 13, 2014 – Land Use Element
April 3, 2014 – TBD
 Meetings TBD:
 Public Meetings, Meetings to review final changes, PC/TC Public
Hearing, review and adoption. Final adoption proposed for Fall 2014
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