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Table 2, Future Land Use Map Versus Zoning Map
Aspect Future Land Use and Character Map Zoning Map
Purpose • Outlook for future use of land and character • Basis for applying different land use regulations
of particular areas of the community. and development standards in different areas
• Macro level, showing generalized of the community.
development patterns. • Micro level, with an area- and site-specific
focus.

Use • Guidance for Township’s zoning map and • Regulating development as it is proposed or
related decisions (zone change requests, as sites are positioned for the future with
variance applications, etc.) appropriate zoning (by the property owner or
• Baseline for monitoring consistency of actions the Township).
and decisions with the Master Plan.
Inputs and • Existing land use in the community. • Master Plan and future land use map for
Considerations • The locational aspects of community planning general guidance.
priorities involving housing, economic • Zoning decisions that differ substantially from
evelopment, infrastructure, parks and the general development pattern depicted
recreation, public facilities, etc. on the future land use and character map will
indicate the need for some map adjustments
during the next Master Plan update.

Criteria for Proposed conditions, infrastructure or public services, market
Amendments to the Future factors including need for more land in a particular
designation, etc.)?
Land Use Map – Consistency with Other Plans: In addition to the
Master Plan, is the proposed map change consistent
Along with procedures for monitoring and periodically with the intent and policy direction of any other
updating the Master Plan, another specific issue involves applicable plans (utility infrastructure or drainage
consideration of proposed amendments to the adopted plans, parks master plan, etc.)?
future land use map. A first consideration is whether a – Adequate Information: Do Township staff, the
map amendment is necessary immediately, such as in Planning Commission and/or Board of Trustees have
conjunction with a particular rezoning request? Or, can a enough and appropriate information to move ahead
potential adjustment to the future land use map wait so with a decision (e.g., utility capacity, potential traffic
that it may be examined more holistically, along with any impacts, other public service implications, resident/
other map changes under consideration, through the next stakeholder concerns and input)?
interim review and update of the entire Master Plan?
– Stakeholder Input: What points, concerns and
The items below should be reviewed and addressed, insights have been raised by area residents, property
especially by the Planning Commission, when a future owners, business owners or others?
land use map adjustment is proposed:

– Scope of Amendment: Is the proposed map change Unified Development Codes
limited to one or a few parcels or would it affect a
much larger area? In recent years, many local governments across the
– Change in Circumstances: What specific conditions country have migrated toward Unified Development
have changed sufficiently to render the current map Ordinances or Codes (UDOs, UDCs) to achieve a better
designation(s) inappropriate or out-of-date (e.g., coordinated set of development-related regulations,
Township’s population size and/or characteristics, standards and procedures. A UDC typically yields the
area character and building form, property/structure following benefits:

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