Comprehensive Land Use Planning

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Comprehensive Land Use Planning
Preparing the path to the future of your
community.
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Comprehensive Land Use Planning

• Establishes community goals, objectives and
  policies
• Sets framework for standards and ordinances
• Guides the decisions of local officials

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Comprehensive Land Use Planning Recommended
Approaches

• Identify basic principles
• Write specific policy statements
• Identify specific actions
• Identify and map natural resources
• Coordinate with communities, forest preserves,
  park districts, and wastewater authorities

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Comprehensive Land Use Planning Local Examples

• Kane Countys 2020 Land Resource Management Plan
• Village of New Lenox Comprehensive Plan
• DuPage County Natural Areas Study
• St. Charles Park District Master Plan

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Kane County Land Resource Management Plan

• Identifies benefits of natural area protection
• Makes clear policy statements
• Lists specific actions to achieve county policies

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Village of New Lenox

• A small, growing community
• Incorporates natural areas into its vision and
  land use plan for the future before rapid growth
  occurs
• Presents alternative development scenarios

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Village of New LenoxNatural Features Map
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Village of New LenoxLand Use Map
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Village of New LenoxAlternative Development
Scenarios
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Village of New Lenox Alternative Development
Scenarios
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DuPage County Natural Areas Study

• Identifies, ranks, and maps natural areas and
  resources
• Identifies tools for preserving open space
• Provides a methodology that individual
  communities can use for their own assessment

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DuPage County Regional Open Space Sites
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Illinois Natural Areas in DuPage County
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DuPage CountyStreams and Floodplains
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St. Charles Park District Comprehensive Master
Plan

• Identifies natural area goals and objectives
• Identifies natural features and greenways on maps
• Uses the goals, objectives and maps to generate
  land acquisition strategy

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St. Charles Park District Greenways
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St. Charles Park District Existing Natural
Features
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St. Charles Park DistrictExisting Open Land
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St. Charles Park DistrictLand Acquisition
Strategy
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RelatedNIPC Publication