City of Warren Comprehensive Plan
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CITY OF WARREN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 1998 Prepared by the WARREN CITY PLANNING COMMISSION for the CITY OF WARREN Assisted by GRANEY, GROSSMAN, RAY AND ASSOCIATES Hanisville, Pennsylvania This document was financed, in part, by a State Planning Assistance Grant (SPAG) from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development. City of Warren Council Members John R. Nemcovsky, Mayor Mary E. Conarro James P. Hunter Mark Danielson Mark A. Phillips Karen Davis Mark Zavinski A. Kenneth Dupont, City Manager David Hildebrand, Planner Warren Citv Plannine Commission David See, Chairman James Carbon Ellen Shepherd Peter Mangini William Tarpenning Pat Scutella Donna Zariczny TABLE OF CONTENTS .. Background Analysis Population ................................................................. P-1 .. Agecharactensacs ....................................................... P-3 Gender ................................................................. P-5 Race ................................................................... P-5 HouseholdTypeandSize .................................................. P-5 PersonsPerHousehold .................................................... P-7 Group Quarters .......................................................... P-7 .. PopulationProjections ....................................................... P-8 Preschoolers (0-4) ....................................................... P-11 SchoolAgers(5-19) ..................................................... P-11 Young Adults (20-34) .................................................... P-11 Adults (35-64) .......................................................... P-11 Older Citizens (65+) ..................................................... P-11 FutureHouseholds ...................................................... P-12 EconomicBase ............................................................. E-1 Personallncome ......................................................... E-1 LaborForce ............................................................. E-3 . Occupation and Employment Characteristics ................................... E-4 SectorAnalysis .......................................................... E-4 Tax Base ............................................................... E-6 CulTentEconomicInitiatives ............................................... E-6 Summary ............................................................... E-8 Housing .................................................................. H-1 Introduction ............................................................ H-1 Housingcount ......................................................... H-2 HousingType .......................................................... H-2 HousingTenure ......................................................... H-3 AgeofHousing ......................................................... H-4 GroupQuarters ......................................................... H-5 Housingvalues ......................................................... H-5 Housing Affordability .................................................... H-7 HousingSurvey ......................................................... H-8 Code Enforcement ..................................................... H-10 Housing Rehabilitation .................................................. H-10 AssistedHousing ...................................................... H-10 Summary ............................................................. H-11 I E LandUse ................................................................ 1u-1 Introduction ........................................................... 1u-1 1’ ExistingLandUse ...................................................... 1u-2 ExistingZoning ........................................................ 1u-6 I: Summary ............................................................. 1u-7 Transportation .............................................................. T-1 Air .................................................................... T-1 c Rail ................................................................... T-2 RoadsandHighways ...................................................... T-2 .. RoadCharactenstlcs ...................................................... T-2 I Route6 ................................................................ T-3 Route62 ............................................................... T-3 SR6006 ................................................................ T-3 I; Conewango Avenue (SR 1011) ............................................. T-3 Jackson Avenue (SR 1021) ................................................. T-4 ParkAvenue(SR1013) ................................................... T-4 HemlockStreet(SR1006) ................................................. T-4 Market Street (SR 1017) ................................................... T-4 6 Hickory Street Bridge/ Crescent Park. Mohawk Avenue (SR 3005) ........ : ........ T-4 Pennsylvania Avenue (West of Ludlow) ...................................... T-4 City Streets ............................................................. T-5 a TruckUse .............................................................. T-5 Bridges ................................................................ T-5 Trafficsignals ........................................................... T-6 1. Transit ................................................................. T-6 Accidents .............................................................. T-7 Parking ................................................................ T-8 I. Analysis ............................................................... T-9 Community Facilities and Services ........................................... CF-1 I Introduction ........................................................... CF-1 Public Buildings ....................................................... CF-1 StormDrains .......................................................... CF-2 1 Sanitary Sewers ........................................................ CF-5 Recreation ............................................................ CF-7 I Activeparks .......................................................... CF-8 BeatyPark ......................................................... CF-8 Clifford R . Betts Memorial Park ........................................ CF-8 1 Betts-Jacksonpark .................................................. CF-9 John Carbon Memorial Park ........................................... CF-9 Conewango/Allegheny River Pool Park ................................. CF- 10 I Crescent ......................................................... CF-10 DeFrees Park ...................................................... CF-10 I MemorialPark .................................................... CF-10 1. ................................................................................................ CF-1 1 Passive Parks ..... ..................................... .................................... CF-I 1 Celoron Park and the General Joseph Warren Park ................................................. CF-I 1 Clemens and Wetmore .................................. ................................. CF-11 Fourth Avenue, Levee, Reier, Boulevard, and Liberty Mall Parks ............................ CF-11 Pennsylvania Avenue Park .................... ...................................................... CF-11 I Point Park .............................................................................. ................ CF-11 . Morck Park ........................................... ............................ ................CF-12 Scofield Park .......................................................................................................... CF-12 I Washington Park ..... ..................................................................................... CF-12 Waterfront , ,. , . , ,. , . ................................................................................... CF-12 YMCA ................... ................................................................................... CF-12 I Warren County Scho Ct .............................................. ............CF-12 Analysis ...................... ............................ Non-Municipal Corn y Facilities .......... I Library .................................................. Schools ................................................. ................................. CF-15 Water ................... ................................. CF-16 I Public Services ........... ...................... .................... Police .................................................................................... Fire Service ........................................................................... ..................CF-17 I Warren General Hospital ......................................................................................... CF-18 I Struthers Library Theater ........................................................................................ CF-19 Historic Resources .............................................................................................................. HR-1 I Trbles Table P-I, Population Change -Warren City, Warren County, and State ................................ P-1 I Table P-2, 1990 Age Characteristics - Warren City, Warren County, and Pennsylvania Table P-3, General Household Types - Warren City, Warren County, and Pennsylvania Table P-4, Detailed Household