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Licking Township Philosophy Of The Proposed Zoning Resolution October 26, 2004. What Licking Township Can Expect To Happen Regarding Projected Growth. Cost of Community Services. How do different land uses compare?. * Skagit County COCS Study, American Farmland Trust
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Licking Township Philosophy Of The Proposed Zoning Resolution October 26, 2004
What Licking Township Can Expect To Happen Regarding Projected Growth.
Cost of Community Services How do different land uses compare? * Skagit County COCS Study, American Farmland Trust ** Knox County COCS Report, American Farmland Trust, October 2003
Nationwide, Between 1982-1992, the U.S. lost an averageof45.7 acres of farmland per hour, every day. 4,000,000 acres in total!(American Farmland Trust) Average of17,000 acresof farmland areconvertedeach yearin 7-county Columbusregion. This is ten times the rate before WWII.(Columbus Dispatch)
Public Dissatisfaction with Conventional Zoning William H. (“Holly”) Whyte, Put his finger on a large part of the problem in the 1960’s with his wry observation that developers seem to always name their subdivisions after precisely those attractive features they have destroyed! Rural By Design, 1994
Central Ohio Urban Areas 2000 Central Ohio Urban Areas 1980
Priorities Of The Licking Township Comprehensive Plan
Conservancy Land Use Planning Is it really a better way?
Example Township Zoning Tools Applied Township zoning: Lot area requirement – 2 acres minimum Lot width requirement - 200’ minimum Site to be developed: Acreage – 100 acres Results: Existing zoning – 50 building sites no open space.
Example Clustering Development Tools Applied Township zoning: Lot area requirement – 2 acres reduced by 50% = 1 acre minimum. Lot width requirement - 200’ reduced by 50% = 100’ minimum. Site to be developed: Acreage – 100 acres Results: Existing zoning – 50 building sites with 50 acres of open space preserved.