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City Hires Consultant to Assist with Updating Comprehensive Plan
The primary means of managing growth in a community rests in the adoption of a Comprehensive Plan and zoning and subdivision regulations. It is critical to keep these plans and laws current and effective. For example, in early 2005 the O’Fallon City Council adopted a major overhaul of its subdivision regulations in an attempt to better manage the growth of new subdivisions in and around the City. As part of the City’s continuing efforts to manage and direct these new developments, the City of O’Fallon will update its Comprehensive Plan and its zoning ordinance this fall.
The Comprehensive Plan identifies the City’s development policies, capacities, and trends, and it provides a basis for making decisions on current and future projects and initiatives. It identifies existing and future land use patterns as well as development goals, opportunities, and constraints. The Plan evaluates land use alternatives, makes recommendations concerning future land use patterns and establishes development guidelines. The City of O’Fallon’s current Comprehensive Plan was adopted in November 2001. Since the plan’s adoption, the City has experienced growth in rural areas not anticipated in the current plan.
Woolpert, Inc. of Fairview Heights, IL, has been chosen to help prepare the Comprehensive Plan and zoning ordinance updates. The process will begin in September with completion of these documents anticipated by May 2006. The project will involve input from the public at key points in the process, and we encourage your comments as the Plan update proceeds. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ted Shekell, Planning Director, at tshekell@ofallon.org.
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