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Middle Carbon County Comprehensive Plan MIDDLE CARBON COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Borough of Jim Thorpe """ Borough of Lansford Township of Penn Forest """ Borough of Summit Hill 2012 MIDDLE CARBON COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Borough of Jim Thorpe """ Borough of Lansford """ Township of Penn Forest """ Borough of Summit Hill DRAFT MAY 2012 Assistance provided by: Community Planning & Management, LLC Paupack, PA Sarcinello Planning & GIS Services Swarthmore, PA Funding for this Plan was provided by: - The Borough of Jim Thorpe - The Borough of Lansford - The Township of Penn Forest - The Borough of Summit Hill - The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development - The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation - The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Table of Contents Contents - 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Planning Needs ............................................................................ 1 Middle Carbon County ...................................................................... 1 Planning Issues Overview .................................................................... 6 Multimunicipal Planning - Continued Cooperation ................................................. 6 Planning Process: Key Questions .............................................................. 7 SECTION 2 COMMUNITY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES Need for Goals and Objectives ................................................................ 1 Community Balance......................................................................... 1 County Planning and Area Wide Planning ....................................................... 1 A Guide and Policy Statement................................................................. 2 General Community Development Objectives .................................................... 2 Goal 1 - Lifestyle and Community Character ..................................................... 4 Goal 2 - Land Use .......................................................................... 7 Goal 3 - Natural Resources .................................................................. 10 Goal 4 - Housing .......................................................................... 13 Goal 5 - Community Facilities and Services ..................................................... 15 Goal 6 - Circulation........................................................................ 18 Goal 7 - Historic Resources.................................................................. 21 SECTION 3 FINDINGS AND SUMMARY OF ACTIONS Introduction ............................................................................... 1 Planning in Carbon County, Contiguous Municipalities and the Region ................................ 1 Land Use Plan ............................................................................. 2 Housing Plan .............................................................................. 4 Community Facilities and Services Plan ......................................................... 6 Natural Resources Protection Plan .............................................................. 8 Transportation Plan ........................................................................ 10 Historic Preservation Plan ................................................................... 12 SECTION 4 PLANNING PROCESS AND INTERRELATIONSHIP OF PLAN ELEMENTS AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES Framework for the Future .................................................................... 1 Planning Process ........................................................................... 1 Conservation of Community Character.......................................................... 1 Community Vision.......................................................................... 2 Community Involvement ..................................................................... 2 Implementation Strategies.................................................................... 2 Jim Thorpe, Lansford, Penn Forest, Summit Hill Comprehensive Plan 05.12 Table of Contents Contents - 2 SECTION 5 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IN CARBON COUNTY, CONTIGUOUS MUNICIPALITIES AND THE REGION Planning Code ............................................................................. 1 Counties and Contiguous Municipalities ......................................................... 1 Carbon County ............................................................................ 1 Local Municipal Plans....................................................................... 2 County Plan and Local Plan Consistency ........................................................ 2 Zoning in Contiguous Municipalities ........................................................... 3 Regional Planning .......................................................................... 3 Actions................................................................................... 4 SECTION 6 LAND USE PLAN Introduction .............................................................................. 1 Overview.............................................................................. 1 Land Use Goal and Objectives ............................................................... 1 Existing Land Use ......................................................................... 5 Land Use Pattern........................................................................ 5 Existing Land Use....................................................................... 6 Build-Out Analysis ......................................................................... 9 Overview.............................................................................. 9 Planning Implications ..................................................................... 11 Overview ............................................................................11 Current Land Use and Environmental Controls ............................................... 12 Cooperative Planning and Zoning .......................................................... 13 Conservation Subdivision Design .......................................................... 13 Conservation Design Process ............................................................. 15 Transfer of development Rights ........................................................... 17 Traditional Neighborhood Development .................................................... 18 Considerations for Conservation Design, TDR and TND........................................ 19 Conservation Easements ................................................................. 19 Farmland Preservation Program ........................................................... 19 Agricultural Security Aras................................................................ 19 Tax Incentives; Clean and Green........................................................... 20 Official Map .......................................................................... 21 Planning Policies and Actions: The Future land Use Plan ........................................ 22 Future Land Use Plan Overview........................................................... 22 Growth Areas and Rural Resource Area ..................................................... 22 Nonresidential Development.............................................................. 23 Open Space ........................................................................... 24 Forestry.............................................................................. 25 Mineral Extraction ..................................................................... 26 Implementation Strategies .................................................................. 26 Overview............................................................................. 26 Cooperative Zoning ..................................................................... 26 Cooperative Zoning Actions .............................................................. 27 Specific Ordinance Actions............................................................... 27 Non-Regulatory Actions................................................................. 28 Jim Thorpe, Lansford, Penn Forest, Summit Hill Comprehensive Plan 05.12 Table of Contents Contents - 3 SECTION 7 HOUSING Introduction .............................................................................. 1 Housing Goal and Objectives ................................................................ 1 Housing Considerations .................................................................... 2 Municipalities Planning Code Requirements .................................................. 2 Planning Area Zoning.................................................................... 3 Housing Affordability ................................................................... 4 Existing Housing Conditions ................................................................. 5 Overview.............................................................................. 5 Housing Trends......................................................................... 5 Age/Condition of Housing ................................................................ 7 Housing Starts......................................................................... 10 Home Ownership....................................................................... 10 Housing Value......................................................................... 11 Housing Structural
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