2016 Comprehensive Plan
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Anderson Township 2016 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JANUARY 19, 2017 ii 2016 Anderson Township Comprehensive Plan Update A MESSAGE FROM THE STEERING TEAM On behalf of the Anderson Tomorrow Steering Team, we present ideas, plans, and insights concerning the future of Anderson Township. This document incorporates input from many different sources including the public, Township staff, Steering Team members, market analysis studies and other data as well as stakeholder interviews. This plan process did not intend to result in a consensus document, but rather a collective set of recommendations for the future that will allow the Township to continue to be a premier community in the greater Cincinnati area. Our Township is unique in its proactive planning for projects and services. The exciting growth and development Anderson has experienced the past five years is a direct result of priorities set forth during this ongoing comprehensive planning process. The 2016 Comprehensive Plan is both visionary and practical. It will serve as a guide for the next twenty years by providing the framework for a vibrant and safe multi- generational community. Guided by this plan, Anderson will continue to grow and evolve as a great place to live, where innovative businesses can thrive and residents enjoy cultural, educational, entertainment and recreational opportunities. We are fortunate to live in a community that considers all its citizens valuable. Through the Anderson Tomorrow initiative, spanning over eight months, residents were invited to contribute, both in person and online. In-depth research studies determined concrete facts like demographics and trends, but individual insights were added for depth and context. To encourage in-depth participation, a diverse group of residents, representing local businesses and organizations, worked together in monthly Steering Team, meetings. To obtain residents’ comments and suggestions, people were engaged using social media, web sites, and discussion meetings. The community as a whole was engaged using printed materials and local media outlets. The key to obtaining comments and feedback was the “What’s Next” workshop. This meeting received the largest citizen turnout for any planning meeting ever held in Anderson Township. The information communicated through these efforts helped form the content and priorities for the plan. We want to thank our consultants, Planning NEXT and McBride Dale Clarion and the hundreds of Anderson Township citizens who offered their time, ideas and participation in Anderson Tomorrow. We have come together to make Anderson Township the best it can be today —and even better tomorrow. 2016 Anderson Township Comprehensive Plan Update iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS STEERING TEAM TOWNSHIP STAFF Elizabeth Barber Paul Drury, AICP Julie Bissinger Steve Sievers, AICP Amy Broghamer Thomas Caruso Sandra Coleman Betty Cowan Jeff Cowan Jennifer Bakes (intern) Shane Deeds Nathan Baker (intern) Catherine Di Biagio Sarah Donovan (intern) Clyde Dial Ron Edgerton TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES Stephen Feagins Turpin Fischer Andrew S. Pappas Jennifer Flinchpaugh Dee Stone John (Jack) Gauche Joshua S. Gerth Aimee Goetz Julie Hein TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR Mike Howard Jessica Hudson Bechtel Vicky Earhart Jason Kershner Pinky Kocoshis TOWNSHIP FISCAL OFFICER Ken Kushner Kenneth G. Dietz Jon Lindy Brad McCombs Eric Miller CONSULTANTS Mike Mrozek Planning NEXT Zach Peterson McBride Dale Clarion Michael Rimler DiSalvo Development Advisors, LLC. Andy Smith Dee Stone Rick Toepfer Kathleen Wagoner Dominic Wolfer Anne Zimmerman Tom Zins iv 2016 Anderson Township Comprehensive Plan Update CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 1 Process Vision and comprehensive plan goals TRANSPORTATION ................................................................................................ 10 Transportation Overview Streets Mass Transit Non-Vehicular Transit Future Outlook and Needs Transportation Plan Initiatives ECONOMIC HEALTH .............................................................................................. 18 Economic Health Overview Property Values and Tax Rates Retail Market Conditions Office Market Conditions Future Outlook and Needs Economic Health Plan Initiatives PEOPLE AND HOUSING ......................................................................................... 26 People and Housing Overview Housing Future Outlook and Needs People and Housing Plan Initiatives QUALITY OF LIFE ................................................................................................... 34 Quality of Life Overview Education Parks and Recreation Township Greenspace Township Facilities Future Outlook and Needs Quality of Life Plan Initiatives LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................... 42 Land Use and Development Overview Residential Uses Commercial Uses Industrial Uses General Land Use Institutional Land Uses Transitional Land Uses Incorporation of Other Planning Efforts Future Outlook and Needs Land Use and Development Plan Initiatives 2016 Anderson Township Comprehensive Plan Update v NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES ............................................... 55 Natural and Environmental Resources Overview Water Resources Hillsides Future Outlook and Needs Natural and Environmental Plan Initiatives PUBLIC SERVICES .................................................................................................... 61 Public Services Overview Public Safety Public Infrastructure Future Outlook and Needs Public Services and Facilities Plan Initiatives IMPLEMENTATION ................................................................................................ 69 APPENDIX A - MARKET ANALYSIS APPENDIX B - PUBLIC INPUT vi 2016 Anderson Township Comprehensive Plan Update 1 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Anderson Tomorrow was a process to update the Township’s comprehensive plan. This update takes a strategic approach to updating the previous 2011 plan focusing on topics such as transportation, economic health, housing, quality of life and public facilities among others. BACKGROUND HOW THIS PLAN IS ORGANIZED With a large population of approximately of 43,500, Anderson Township is one of Ohio’s largest and most progressive townships. This plan is organized into chapters In 2005, the Township adopted its first comprehensive plan to by topic. Each topic has three main sections: help guide officials in making decisions for the betterment of the community. 1. Background information 2. Future Outlook and Needs Sticking to its progressive planning efforts, the Township updated the plan for the first time in 2011. With the accomplishment 3. Initiatives of many of the initiatives laid out in the first update, this 2016 edition of the plan aims to ensure that it remains an actively used document. RELATED PLANNING EFFORTS WHAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? > ANCOR Area Plan A comprehensive plan looks at the various elements of the > Ohio Riverfront Plan Township and creates a series of broad policies to help guide > Beechmont Plan future decisions about the physical, economic, and social aspects > of the community. Comprehensive plans are general in nature and ANCOR Connector are purposely long-term, recognizing that some visions cannot be > Anderson Trails Update achieved immediately but take years to accomplish. > Ohio River Trail > Some planning efforts are localized, undertaken by the Township Little Miami Trail itself, while others are regional and involve the Township as a > Downtown Anderson Plan player in regional dynamics. The list of documents in the sidebar > Anderson Township Design identifies an extensive sampling of some of the plans and Guidelines processes that are utilized in combination with this plan. > Continuous Flow Intersection > Eastern Corridor Land Use SUSTAINABILITY Vision Plan and Multi-Modal The 2016 Plan omits the sustainability chapter that is found in the Transportation Project 2011 comprehensive plan. This was done to make sustainability > Hamilton County Thoroughfare throughout the plan. To call out the elements of sustainability, the Plan use of the leaf symbol will identify the accompanying information > Metropolitan Sewer District’s as a statement of sustainability. Capital Improvements Plan > Clough Pike Business District 2 2016 Anderson Township Comprehensive Plan Update MARKET ANALYSIS A market analysis was completed for identification of general market conditions and a wide range of residential and commercial near-term (re)development opportunities in Anderson Township. The findings related to market opportunities should not be considered a directive on what type or quantity of development should occur, but rather a market reference for whatever future development is desired by the township and its residents. During the course of work, a DDA representative met with the Anderson Township Economic Development Committee, and interviewed several local and regional residential and commercial brokers including, but not limited to, representatives of Coldwell Banker West Shell, HER Realtors, C-III Realty Services, and Equity. More than 50 rental housing leasing agents were contacted, of which a select group provided tenant mobility patterns. I-275 Hamilton I-75 County I-74 I-71 I-275 City of Cincinnati Anderson Township S.R. 32 Clermont County S.R. 125 ® 01 2 4 6 8 Miles 2016 Anderson Township Comprehensive Plan Update 3 PROCESS Anderson Tomorrow invited the citizens