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Upper Frederick Open Space Plan Identified Three Primary Goals Upper Frederick Township Open Space Plan UPPER FREDERICK TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS Township Building 3205 Big Road Obelisk, Pennsylvania 19492 TOWNSHIP MANAGER Jackie Tallon BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Robert C. Young, Chairperson Peter D. Webster, Vice-Chairperson Michael J. Frederick OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE Peter D. Webster Jay Discianni Desra Keenan John Plasterer Kevin Murray Upper Frederick Township Open Space Plan Table of Contents Table of Contents....................................................................................................i List of Maps ...........................................................................................................ii Plan Audit..............................................................................................................1 1994 Open Space Plan.......................................................................................1 1994 Plan Goal 1...............................................................................................1 1994 Plan Goal 2...............................................................................................2 1994 Plan Goal 3...............................................................................................2 Chapter 1: Community Background .......................................................................4 Section 1-1: Regional Setting..............................................................................4 Section 1-2: Existing Land Use............................................................................7 Section 1-3: Demographics ..............................................................................10 Section 1-4: Housing Information.....................................................................11 Section 1-5: Employment Information...............................................................12 Section 1-6: Existing Municipal Plans ...............................................................13 Chapter 2: Goals and Objectives..........................................................................15 Chapter 3: Existing Protected Lands......................................................................18 Section 3-1: Permanently Protected Land .........................................................18 Section 3-2: Temporarily Protected Land ..........................................................23 Chapter 4: Potentially Vulnerable Resources ........................................................29 Section 4-1: Geology........................................................................................29 Section 4-2: Soils..............................................................................................32 Section 4-3: Steep Slopes .................................................................................34 Section 4-4: Hydrology ....................................................................................35 Section 4-5: Woodlands ...................................................................................38 Section 4-6: Cultural Assets ..............................................................................39 Chapter 5: Open Space Linkages..........................................................................42 Section 5-1: Internal Trail System .....................................................................42 Section 5-2: Regional Trail Systems ..................................................................43 Chapter 6: Analysis of Unprotected Resources .....................................................49 Section 6-1: Analysis of Vulnerable Resources..................................................49 Section 6-2: Community Assets ........................................................................51 Chapter 7: Evaluation of Growth Areas ................................................................52 Chapter 8: Evaluation of Open Space Needs ........................................................58 Section 8-1: Open Space Categorization ..........................................................58 Section 8-2: Open Space Needs .......................................................................59 Section 8-3: Needs Summary ...........................................................................64 Chapter 9: Evaluation of County and Abutting Municipal Plans............................65 Section 9-1: Comparison to Montgomery County Open Space, Natural Features, and Cultural Resources Plan.............................................................................65 Section 9-2: Relation to Plans of Abutting Municipalities ..................................66 Section 9-3: Relation to Other Plans.................................................................68 Chapter 10: Policies for Protecting Open Space ...................................................69 Section 10-1: Policy Ideas ................................................................................69 i Upper Frederick Township Open Space Plan Section 10-2: Zoning and Subdivision Code Revisions......................................69 Section 10-3: Acquire Easements......................................................................70 Section 10-4: Encourage Private Donations ......................................................71 Section 10-5: Community Education ................................................................71 Chapter 11: Municipal Trail and Pathway Development ......................................73 Section 11-1: North-South Trails.......................................................................73 Section 11-2: Scioto Creek and Goschenhoppen Creek Greenways..................75 Section 11-3: Swamp Creek Greenway.............................................................75 Section 11-4: Perkiomen Creek Greenway .......................................................77 Section 11-5: Municipal Coordination..............................................................78 Section 11-6: Overall Goals for Trail Development ..........................................79 Chapter 12: Farmland Preservation ......................................................................80 Section 12-1: Scioto Creek Parcels ...................................................................81 Section 12-2: South of Big Road .......................................................................82 Section 12-3: North of Little Road ....................................................................82 Section 12-4: Zoning........................................................................................83 Chapter 13: Recommendations ............................................................................87 Section 13-1: General Guidelines.....................................................................87 Section 13-2: Specific Recommendations .........................................................88 Chapter 14: Implementation ................................................................................93 Section 14-1: Implementation Methods ............................................................93 Section 14-2: Funding Sources .........................................................................95 Section 14-3: Implementation Matrix................................................................99 List of Maps Map 1: Regional Setting .........................................................................................6 Map 2: Existing Land Use.......................................................................................9 Map 3: Existing Parks and Trails...........................................................................20 Map 4: Preserved Farms.......................................................................................22 Map 5: Act 319 Farmland ....................................................................................25 Map 6: Private Open Space Areas.......................................................................28 Map 7: Geologic Features ....................................................................................31 Map 8: Agricultural Soils......................................................................................33 Map 9: Existing Natural Features.........................................................................36 Map 10: Historic Resources .................................................................................41 Map 11: Open Space Linkages.............................................................................48 Map 12: Build Out Analysis .................................................................................55 Map 13: Recommendations .................................................................................90 ii Upper Frederick Township Open Space Plan Plan Audit 1994 Open Space Plan The 1994 Upper Frederick Township Open Space Plan was designed to “serve as a guide for landowners and potential developers so that they can be aware of the townships’s intentions concerning open space and development”. The plan presented three goals with seven recommendations followed by a timeline of 20 steps for plan implementation. Upon review of the plan the Open Space Committee felt that the goals of the plan were generally sound and still applicable to the township, although they noted they were broad and did not emphasize the fact that Upper Frederick is one of the last true farming communities in Montgomery County. The committee also noted that while some key recommendations and implementation steps were
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