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GIS & Planning, Looking Back and Looking Forward

GIS & Planning, Looking Back and Looking Forward. Chad Hoover, GISP Steuben County GIS Coordinator. Steuben County 1883 Map. Steuben County Current. Looking Back. Comprehensive Plan adopted 1970 Revision of Comprehensive Plan 2006 Adopted New Zoning Ordinance August 2008

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GIS & Planning, Looking Back and Looking Forward

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  1. GIS & Planning, Looking Backand Looking Forward Chad Hoover, GISP Steuben County GIS Coordinator

  2. Steuben County 1883 Map Steuben County Current

  3. Looking Back Comprehensive Plan adopted 1970 Revision of Comprehensive Plan 2006 Adopted New Zoning Ordinance August 2008 Adopted New Subdivision Control Ordinance August 2008

  4. Why did we need Change? • Properties & County Changing without proper planning • Properties could split up to 5-1Acre tracts in 6 years without Plan Commission Approval • Many “Rural Subdivisions” being created without being intended and putting pressures on the local ag community.

  5. How will the County look with the existing plan? Parcel Predictions Splits By Township Current 2008 Total 39,620 New splits 13,601 ----------   Grand Total 53,221 Jan 2010 39942

  6. How has County changed since 1970? • What resources do we have from that era? • Scanned 1964,1973 & 1982 Aerial photographs from Surveyors Office • Assessor’s Office created Landuse layer from 1973 photographs. • Compared number of home sites as addresses 1973 vs. 2008

  7. Historical Photos • Georeferenced 1973 Aerials using 911 road centerlines & USPLS Sections • Intern Scanned 1964, 1973, & 1982 aerial photographs with Oce TDS 400 Scanner at 400dpi • Over 250 images scanned

  8. Georeference • Add image to Map • Changed Transparency • Zoom to Sections of Aerial • Use Georeference Tools (Rotate, Shift, Scale) • When Selecting Points Use Window Magnifier • Add Control Points

  9. Rectify Image

  10. 2005 ½ foot pixel 1973 Georeferenced

  11. 1973 Land Use • Assessor’s Office created land use layer for Scott Township based on Ag related criteria • Type 4 Tillable Land • Type 5 Non Tillable • Type 6 Forest

  12. 1973 Land use Current Land use

  13. Acreage

  14. Home site Comparison • 1973 Aerials • Current 911 Address Points • Selected current points from Scott Township • Removed from selection, points not existing in 1973

  15. 1973 Addresses

  16. Current Addresses 212 New Homes

  17. 1973 2008

  18. Future Landuse Map

  19. Ordinance Findings • More Robust Land Division Regulations • Splits less than 20 Acre Require Platting • More Restrictive Setbacks • Limitations to Number of Dwellings per Parcel • Zoning Changes with Better Definitions

  20. Getting Ordinance to users • Attached Zoning Ordinance to GIS, Making Information Available to Public

  21. Chad Hoover, GISP Steuben County Government choover@co.steuben.in.us 260-668-1000 ext. 1228 Questions?

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