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Minutes for the Land Use Advisory Committee meeting on March 20, 2014
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Members present: James Dunivan, Terry Bare, Mark Enos, Carroll Caldwell, Todd Burton and Pam Alexander
Members absent: Shawnie Carrier, Kevan Inboden, Bill Hall, Darren May, Don Parker, Eric Scarbrough, Faye McCall, Jerry Halsey, Jr., Dr. Jim Sanders, Joe Tomlinson, Mark Hogue, Nadine Straitt and Wixson Huffstetler
Dr. Marsha Guffey, MPO Director, gave a PowerPoint presentation discussing the Land Use Plan Advisory Committee and what the committee has done in past meetings (see attached). She explained Mayor Perrin has indicated that he would like to keep the Land Use Plan and the Master Street Plan current, so they’ve been asked to review the Land Use Plan and make changes if needed. She suggested having a 20-year planning horizon for the plan, but that can be finalized at a later meeting. She also recommended looking at growth boundaries to ensure the city doesn’t annex in more territory than it can handle.
Dr. Guffey also noted the committee needs to discuss a flood plains development policy because so many sources recommend limiting development in the flood plain. Mr. Bare stated one problem with the flood plain issue is that the city agreed to not have more stringent rules than FEMA. FEMA allows development in flood zones, so the city allows development as long as it’s under certain criteria, such as being one foot above the 100-year flood zone. Those regulations are in the city’s Storm Water Management Plan. He questioned with that being known, how the city would restrict development in the flood plain. Dr. Guffey noted she did not know about those regulations and would talk with City Engineer Craig Light about them.
Dr. Guffey further explained one of the reasons for the revision of the 2009 Land Use Plan is because it had a lot of categories and cities don’t typically have as many as that plan included. She added it looked more like a zoning map rather than a Land Use Ma...
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