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Union County, South Carolina Comprehensive Plan 2040 UNION COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2040 A SHARED VISION FOR OUR TOMORROW JANUARY 26, 2021 DRAFT ADOPTED (INSERT DATE) UNION COUNTY | COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 1 1 This page left blank intentionally. 22 UNION COUNTY | COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................9 CHAPTER 2 THE VISION .................................................................................................................. 17 CHAPTER 3 POPULATION .............................................................................................................. 23 CHAPTER 4 LAND USE ..................................................................................................................... 31 CHAPTER 5 TRANSPORTATION .................................................................................................... 43 CHAPTER 6 HOUSING ..................................................................................................................... 55 CHAPTER 7 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................. 63 CHAPTER 8 CULTURAL RESOURCES .......................................................................................... 85 CHAPTER 9 NATURAL RESOURCES ............................................................................................ 93 CHAPTER 10 COMMUNITY FACILITIES .....................................................................................107 CHAPTER 11 HEALTH ........................................................................................................................113 CHAPTER 12 EDUCATION ..............................................................................................................125 CHAPTER 13 PRIORITY INVESTMENT ........................................................................................139 APPENDIX A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ..............................................................................143 APPENDIX B EXISTING CONDITIONS ........................................................................................183 UNION COUNTY | COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 3 3 FIGURES FIGURE 1.1 PLANNING CONTEXT .................................................................................................. 13 FIGURE 1.2 PLANNING AREA .........................................................................................................14 FIGURE 2.1 VISION 2040 PLAN ..................................................................................................... 21 FIGURE 3.1 2050 POPULATION ESTIMATE ................................................................................ 24 FIGURE 3.2 2017 AGE CLASSIFICATIONS ....................................................................................26 FIGURE 3.3 2017 MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND PER CAPITA INCOME ..............27 FIGURE 4.1 DEVELOPMENT STATUS .............................................................................................33 FIGURE 4.2 FUTURE LAND USE PLAN .........................................................................................35 FIGURE 5.1 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS PLAN ........................................................47 FIGURE 5.2 FREIGHT MOBILITY PLAN .......................................................................................49 FIGURE 5.3 WALKABLE UNION PEDESTRIAN PLAN ...............................................................51 FIGURE 6.1 UNION COUNTY VACANCY RATES ....................................................................... 57 FIGURE 6.2 YEAR HOUSING STRUCTURE BUILT ..................................................................... 59 FIGURE 7.1 REGIONAL JOB GROWTH TRENDS ....................................................................... 65 FIGURE 7.2 COMMUTER SHED PATTERNS ................................................................................ 66 FIGURE 7.3 BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE - RESIDENTIAL ........................................... 69 FIGURE 7.4 BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE - BUSINESS .................................................. 69 FIGURE 7.5 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN ....................................................................... 71 FIGURE 7.6 TRAKAS INDUSTRIAL PARK .....................................................................................72 FIGURE 7.7 MIDWAY GREEN INDUSTRIAL PARK .................................................................... 74 FIGURE 7.8 CUDD INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ............................................................................. 76 44 UNION COUNTY | COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FIGURES FIGURE 7.9 MAC JOHNSON INDUSTRIAL PARK ..................................................................... 78 FIGURE 7.10 UNION COMMERCE PARK ....................................................................................80 FIGURE 8.1 CULTURAL RESOURCES PLAN ...............................................................................89 FIGURE 9.1 TRAILS, PARKS, AND BLUEWAYS CORRIDORS PLAN ...................................... 96 FIGURE 9.2 HABITAT CORRIDORS .............................................................................................. 99 FIGURE 9.3 PRIORITY CONSERVATION AREAS ..................................................................... 101 FIGURE 9.4 RIPARIAN BUFFERS ................................................................................................ 102 FIGURE 9.5 AQUATIC CONNECTIVITY ..................................................................................... 103 FIGURE 9.6 ANIMAL FARMS ........................................................................................................104 FIGURE 11.1 ACTIVE LIVING ............................................................................................................117 FIGURE 11.2 FOOD DESERT ........................................................................................................... 119 FIGURE 11.3 LOCKHART FLAT STACK TRAIL ..............................................................................121 FIGURE 12.1 2017 EDUCATION ATTAINMENT POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER .....127 FIGURE 12.2 UNION COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARY PLAN ............................129 FIGURE 12.3 INSTITUTES OF HIGHER LEARNING ................................................................. 130 FIGURE A.1-A.24 COMMUNITY SURVEY QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES ...............169-182 FIGURE B.1 POPULATION ............................................................................................................. 184 FIGURE B.2 EXISTING LAND USE ................................................................................................186 FIGURE B.3 FUNCTIONAL CLASS AND TRAFFIC COUNT ................................................... 188 FIGURE B.4 HOUSING DENSITY ................................................................................................ 190 FIGURE B.5 HOUSING TYPE ......................................................................................................... 191 UNION COUNTY | COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 5 5 FIGURES FIGURE B.6 SOILS .......................................................................................................................... 200 FIGURE B.7 WATERSHEDS ...........................................................................................................205 FIGURE B.8 UPLAND HARDWOOD BIRDS .............................................................................208 FIGURE B.9 RESILIENT BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS ...............................................................209 FIGURE B.10 CRITICAL WATERSHED AREAS .......................................................................... 210 FIGURE B.11 CRITICAL LANDS MAP .............................................................................................211 FIGURE B.12 COMMUNITY FACILITIES PLAN / INSET ....................................................216-217 FIGURE B 13 WATER SERVICE AREA ..........................................................................................218 FIGURE B.14 SEWER SERVICE AREA ..........................................................................................219 TABLES TABLE 3.1 AGE COHORTS 2000, 2010, AND 2017......................................................................25 TABLE 4.1 DEVELOPMENT STATUS ................................................................................................ 32 TABLE 4.2 FUTURE LAND USE STATUS ........................................................................................ 34 TABLE 5.1 FUNDED CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS ...................................................................45 TABLE 6.1 HOUSING INVENTORY BY TENURE .......................................................................... 56 TABLE 6.2 JURISDICTIONS AND COMMUNITIES ..................................................................... 58 TABLE 7.1 UNION COUNTY OCCUPATIONS ...............................................................................64 TABLE 7.2 AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE BY INDUSTRY ...............................................................66 TABLE 7.3 TOTAL ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR TROY SHELTON FIELD ................68 TABLE 7.4 OPPORTUNITY ZONE DATA ........................................................................................69 TABLE 7.5 BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDERS ........................................................................70 66 UNION COUNTY | COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TABLES TABLE 8.1
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