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The City of Hermitage Comprehensive Plan (1993) (PDF) CITY OF HERMITAGE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 1993 As prepared by the Hermitage Planning Commission INDEX SECTION TITLE PAGE NO . CREDITS & PREFACE I ECONOMY.......................................................................... General ........................................................................... County Economic Patterns ......................................... Figure 1 .Mercer County Unemployment Rate 1980-1991......................................................... 2 . Table 1-1 .Employment Data .Mercer County Selected Periods ...................................................... 4 Industry and Manufacturing ..................................... 4 . Table 1-2 .Key Manufacturing Industries in Mercer County .1989 ............................................. 5 . Table 1-3 .Average Wages .Key Manufacturing Industries Mercer County .1989 ......................... 6 Retail............................................................................... 6 . Table 1-4 .Mercer County Retail Sales and Establishments .1982 ............................................ 7 . Table 1-5 .Retail Sales in the Overall Market Area ........................................................................... 8 . Table 1-6 .1987 .Estimated Comparative Per Capita Retail Expenditures ................................... 9 Service Business........................................................... 10 . Table 1-7 .Service Business by Type Hermitage .1987 ..................................................... 11 Manufacturing .............................................................. 12 . Table 1-8 .Employment .Hermitage, 1990....... 12 Income ............................................................................ 13 . Table 1-9 .Average Annual Wages in Mercer County 1989............................................................. 13 . Table 1-10 .Hourly Wages for Selected Occupations in Mercer County .Spring, 1990.. 15 11 POPULATION.................................................................... 16 Population Trends ....................................................... 16 . Table 11-1 .Population Change .1940 to 1990 Shenango Valley Communities......................... 17 . Figure 2 .Population Trends Hermitage & Shenango Valley Communities......................... 17 . Table 11-2 .City of Hermitage and Neighboring.. Communities ................................. 18 Age Charactenstics....................................................... 18 . Table 11-3 .Population by Age Groups City of Hermitage ................................................................ 19 . Figure 3 .Population by Age Group City of Hermitage ................................................................ 20 Social and Economic Characteristics ........................ 20 . Table 11-4 .General Social Profile .City of Hermitage and Neighboring Communities .... 20 . Table 11-5 .General Economic Profile City of Hermitage and Neighboring Communities .... 21 Neighborhood Characteristics................................... 22 . Table 11-6 .Population by Census Tract City of Hermitage ........................................................... 22 . Table 11-7 .Socio-Economic Profile City of Hermitage Census Tracts ...................................... 23 . Table 11-8 .Per Capita Income 1979-1987 City of Hermitage and Neighboring Communities 23 . Figure 4 .Per Capita Income 1979.1987, Hermitage, County, State & Nation ................... 24 Population Projections ............................................... 24 m TRAFFIC AND CIRCULATION..................................... 26 REGIONAL HIGHWAY NETWORK ......................... .. 26 1980 FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION....................... 27 . Table 111-1 .Functional Classification System .. 28 LOCAL STREETS............................................................... 29 Physical Limitations .............................................. 29 - Table 111-2 - Hermitage - Street System Weight 0 Limits ........................................................................ 29 Maintenance Responsibility................................ 30 Bridges...................................................................... 30 - Table 111-3 - State and County Bridges Hermitage, Pennsylvania ..................................... 31 Rights-of-Ways and Cartways ............................. 32 - Table 111-4 - Cartway Widths for State Routes .. 33 Traffic Volumes ..................................................... 33 Street Resurfacing Program ................................. 34 - Table 111-5 - Hermitage Road Resurfacing Schedule 1991-1995................................................ 35 IV EXISTING LAND USE ...................................................... 36 Introduction .................................................................. 36 Existing Land Use ......................................................... 36 Agricultural and Open Space.................................... 36 Single-Family Residential.......................................... 37 Multi-Family Residential ........................................... 37 Public / Semi-Public ...................................................... 37 Neighborhood Business ............................................. 37 Office Complex............................................................. 38 Major Commercial and Service Land Uses ............ 38 Industrial....................................................................... 38 . Table IV-1 .Hermitage Land Use Categories by Acreage ................................................................ 39 Physical Considerations .............................................. 39 Soils with Hydric Inclusions..................................... 40 Hydric Soils................................................................... 40 Land Use Controls....................................................... 41 V HOUSING ............................................................................ 42 General Characteristics............................................... 42 . Figure 5 .Type of Housing City of Hermitage . 42 . Table V-1 .General Housing Profile City of Hermitage .1990 ..................................................... 44 . Table V-2 Housing Units by Tract .1990 .......... 45 .. Housing Conditions .................................................... 46 . Figure 6 .Units with Deferred Maintenance ... 46 Housing Cost and Availability .................................. 46 . Table V-3 .City of Hermitage .Occupant/ Housing Value and Vacancy Trends 1980-1990 47 . Table V-4 .Population and Housing Trends 1960-1990................................................................... 48 . Table V-5 .City of Hermitage Number of New Single-Family Homes 1980-1990............... 48 Summary....................................................................... 49 VI COMMUNITY FACILITIES/SERVICES........................ 50 Hermitage Municipal Building................................ 50 Hermitage Police Department ................................... 51 Fire Department........................................................... 52 Library ............................................................................. 53 Post Office...................................................................... 54 Shenango Valley Council of Governments........... 54 OTHER PUBLIC (NON-MUNICIPAL) SERVICES ..... 54 Hospital Services........................................................... 54 The Shenango Valley Medical Center ..................... 54 Sharon Regional Health System.............................. 55 Greenville Regional Hospital ................................... 55 Solid Waste Disposal ................................................... 56 Natural Gas Service..................................................... 56 Telephone Services..................................................... 56 Electrical Service.......................................................... 56 Water Service............................................................... 56 Sanitary Sewer System ................................................ 57 RECREATION .................................................................... 58 PUBLIC AND SCHOOL RECREATIONAL FACILITIES .................................................................... 58 Hermitage High School.............................................. 58 Hermitage School Complex ....................................... 58 Baker Avenue Playground ........................................ 58 Dam Overlook. Mahaney Recreation Site .............. 58 Summer Recreation Program ................................... 58 Kennedy Christian High School ............................... 59 QUASI-PUBLIC RECREATION FACILITIES............... 59 Hermitage Little League............................................. 59 YMCA ............................................................................. 59 CHURCH-RELATED RECREATION AREAS ............. 60 Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Baseball Field ....... 60 Notre Dame Church .................................................... 60 Hickory United Methodist Church .......................... 60 Holy Cross Romanian Orthodox Church Picnic Grounds................................................................... 60 60 PRIVATE RECREATION... FACILITIES .......................... New Virgnia Park ....................................................... 60 Sharon Country Club.................................................. 60 COMMERCIAL RECREATION FACILITIES ................ 60 Hickory
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