Licking Township

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Licking Township Philosophy Of The
Proposed Zoning Resolution October 26, 2004
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What Licking Township Can Expect To Happen
Regarding Projected Growth.
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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
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Nationwide, Between 1982-1992, the U.S. lost an
average of 45.7 acres of farmland per hour, every
day. 4,000,000 acres in total!
(American Farmland Trust) Average of
17,000 acres of farmland areconverted each year
in 7-county Columbusregion. This is ten times
the rate before WWII. (Columbus Dispatch)
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Public Dissatisfaction with Conventional
Zoning William H. (Holly) Whyte, Put his finger
on a large part of the problem in the 1960s with
his wry observation that developers seem to
always name their subdivisions after precisely
those attractive features they have destroyed!
Rural By Design, 1994
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Central Ohio Urban Areas 2000
Central Ohio Urban Areas 1980
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COMMUTING PATTERNS TO AND FROM LICKING COUNTY
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Priorities Of The Licking Township Comprehensive
Plan
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Conservancy Land Use Planning Is it really a
better way?
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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.
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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.
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