Public Hearing Presentation - February 5, 2014

Town of Pines Comprehensive Plan
Town
of Pines Comprehensive Plan
February 5, 2014
Agenda:
Overview of Planning Process
Contents of the Master Plan Report
Key Recommendations from the Master Plan
Questions & comments
Questions & comments
Comprehensive Planning Process:
•10+ months
•Kickoff in May 2013
•Public meetings in July, October, g
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December and February
•Monthly working group meetings
•Public Survey
20 years from now?
What one thing would
you change?
Vision Statement:
The Town of Pines is a peaceful and sustainable duneland small‐town where residents enjoy a safe, healthy, and beautiful community and visitors are welcomed to take pleasure in the town’s recreational amenities.
Plan Objectives:
Objective 1: Ensure residential quality of life. Objective 2: Protect and enhance the natural environment. Objective 3: Increase economic development in a way that balances residents’ and visitors’ needs. Objective 4: Provide infrastructure and essential services that will increase quality of life for residents and spur economic growth
and spur economic growth. Objective 5: Encourage intergovernmental cooperation. cooperation
Land Use Planning Recommendations
•Adjust existing land use designations so that large commercial tracts do not bisect residential neighborhoods.
Create a new “mixed use” land •use category, defined as a mixture, either vertically within the same building or horizontally the
same building or horizontally
adjacent to each other, of commercial shops, restaurants, bars, hotels, professional offices, multi‐family residential, and indoor and outdoor recreational f iliti
facilities; and apply it to the d
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majority of the non‐commercial US‐12 corridor between IN‐520 and County Line Road.
•Create an industrial corridor business land use category specifically for land uses on US‐
20 and IN‐520 like storage units and auto‐related businesses. This category differentiates these uses from more retail‐oriented uses along US‐12.
Public Ways Planning Recommendations
Public Ways Planning Recommendations
US‐12 Corridor
Public Ways Planning Recommendations
IN‐520 Corridor
Public Ways Planning Recommendations
US‐20 Corridor
Public Utilities Planning Recommendations
•Create the requisite utility boards to be eligible for outside sources of funding
outside sources of funding.
•Extend water service to the remaining 53 homes that do not yet have municipal water as
municipal water as recommended in the Town of Pines Preliminary Engineering Report for Municipal Water Service.
•Introduce phased municipal sewer service in the northeast corner of Town along US‐12 as part of the Town’ss economic the Town
economic
development strategy with the goal of eventually providing sewer service to the entire Town.
Public Utilities Planning Recommendations
Public Places, Lands and Structures Planning Recommendations
Public input on Programming g
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Options
Favorite included:
Favorite
included:
•Walking/jogging paths
•Adventure Course
•Bird watching
•Cross country skiing
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•Landscape restoration
•Seasonal Markets
•Sleddingg
Public Places, Lands and Structures Planning Recommendations
Wardean Park Plan
Pines Park Plan
Public Places, Lands and Structures Planning Recommendations
•Form a park board and complete an IDNR approved parks master plan to become eligible for outside funding opportunities.
Secure funding and enact elements •of the parks master plan according to the priority list in the parks master plan.
•Seek cooperation with county parks system and/or private parties for the development of new parkland in the area of Brown Ditch and at the landfill.
Work with Porter County to upgrade •Calumet Trail along existing alignment or re‐route Calumet Trail within the US‐12 Corridor to activate the business core.
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•Coordinate with NPS to maximize benefit to the Town and coordination of visitor management, including the potential of off‐site beach parking.
Overview of Recommendations
Community Economic Development Strategy
Goal 1 –
Goal
1 Implement practices that will encourage appropriate economic development Implement practices that will encourage appropriate economic development
and community investment.
•Blend community and commerce by having people live, work, and shop in the same area.
Goal 2 – Leverage tourism opportunities.
•Promote the Town’s unique location and attractions in becoming a year round destination.
destination
Goal 3 – Promote smart growth strategies.
•Promote compact growth patterns by encouraging new development adjacent to existing developed areas where there are existing or available utilities and infrastructure.
Overview
Overview of Recommendations
of Recommendations
Community Economic Development Strategy, cont.
Type of Prospective Business – Locally owned businesses
•Ice Cream Parlor – Dog Days Ice Cream Parlor, Chesterton; Bubbles Ice Cream Parlor, Michigan City; Dari‐Dip, Portage; •Coffee Shops Red Cup Café, Chesterton; Third Coast Spice Café, Chesterton; •Coffee Shops –
Red Cup Café Chesterton; Third Coast Spice Café Chesterton;
Beach Glass Café, Long Beach; Lakeshore Coffee, Michigan City
•Hot Dog Stand – Carlsons Drive‐In, Michigan City; SodaDog, Michigan City; George’s Gyros Spot, Chesterton
•Family Recreational – CP Family Fun Center, Crown Point; Zao Island, Valparaiso; Zig‐E’s, St. John; Flip’s Cascade Mountain Adventure Park
Cost of Retail space Cost
of Retail space – Approximate $8
Approximate $8‐12/SF
12/SF based on current listing prices in and based on current listing prices in and
around the Town of Pines
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Key Elements:
• Expanding clustered p
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development along US‐
12 initiating at Town’s eastern border
• Streetscape enhancements to US
enhancements to US‐
12, US‐20, and IN‐520
• Recreation, off‐site beach parking, and business development at landfill
• Re‐route Calumet Trail Business Route through Town
• Five traffic calming Five traffic calming
gateways with pedestrian crossings
• Clean up and “road diet” IN‐520
Economic Development Recommendations: Sub Area Plan
US‐12 looking West Existing
Economic Development Recommendations: Sub Area Plan
US‐12 looking West Proposed
Economic Development Recommendations: Sub Area Plan
US‐12 and Central Ave Intersection Existing
Economic Development Recommendations: Sub Area Plan
US 12 d C t l A I t
US‐12 and Central Ave Intersection Historic Photo
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Economic Development Recommendations: Sub Area Plan
US‐12 and Central Ave Intersection Proposed
Thank You!