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Comprehensive Master Plan Update 2020 Comprehensive Master Plan Update Embracing a Sustainable Future – Respecting the Past City of Parkersburg West Virginia Contents Intentionally blank for two-sided printing Embracing a Sustainable Future – Respecting the Past City of Parkersburg Comprehensive Master Plan Update Embracing a Sustainable Future – Respecting the Past City of Parkersburg Comprehensive Master Plan Update Adopted by Council of the City of Parkersburg, West Virginia March 22, 2011 Prepared by the Municipal Planning Commission of the City of Parkersburg With assistance from Adoption Embracing a Sustainable Future – Respecting the Past City of Parkersburg Comprehensive Master Plan Update Acknowledgements City Council Nancy Wilcox, District #1 Sharon Lynch, District #2 D. Bradley Kimes, District #3 John R. Sandy, District #4 Sharyn Tallman, District #5 Mike Reynolds, District #6 Tom Joyce, District #7 John W. Rockhold III, President, District #8 W. James Reed, Vice President, District #9 Municipal Planning Commission Eric Gumm Charlie Matthews Francis Angelos Eddie Staats Sharon Lynch Greg Herrick James Ritchea Pat Vincent Seldon Wigal, Jr. Stephen Gainer Kim Wilson Sherry Dugan James Green III Ann Conageski, Development Director City Administration Mayor Robert D. Newell Ann Conageski, Development Director Rickie Yeager, Planning Administrator Joseph Santer, City Attorney Jerry Edman, Public Works Director Justin Smith, City Engineer Ron Stadler, Former City Engineer Planning Advisory Committee Mike Reynolds, City Council Cecil Childress, Downtown Task Force Keith Burdette, Wood County Development Authority Susan Schuchts, Actors Guild of Parkersburg, Inc. Marie Foster Gnage, WVU-Parkersburg Bill Niday, Wood County Schools Embracing a Sustainable Future – Respecting the Past City of Parkersburg Comprehensive Master Plan Update Acknowledgements Planning Advisory Committee (cont'd.) Wayne Waldeck, Wal-bon Corporation Fred Rader, Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Council Randy Durst, Triple W Jim Oppe, Owner, Foodland Bill Casto, Board of Realtors Jim Cochrane, Developer-RCDI Charlie Matthews, Municipal Planning Commission and retired banker Eric Gumm, Municipal Planning Commission Charles Casto, Municipal Planning Commission and retired banker Greg Hetrick, Municipal Planning Commission and retired engineer Consultants Gannett Fleming, Inc. 207 Senate Avenue Camp Hill, PA 17011 Richard Koch, AICP Michelle Brummer, AICP Josephine Boyer, AICP Jeremy Goldstein, AICP Matthew Sauers, AICP Megan Witwer Matt Houtz Embracing a Sustainable Future – Respecting the Past City of Parkersburg Comprehensive Master Plan Update Contents Table of Contents Plan Purpose and Summary ................................................................................ 1 The Purpose of the Plan ........................................................................................................................... 2 Previous and Ongoing Planning Efforts .................................................................................................... 3 Summary of Recommendations ............................................................................................................... 4 Trends and Issues................................................................................................ 7 Demographics ........................................................................................................................................... 7 Land Use ................................................................................................................................................... 9 Housing ................................................................................................................................................... 10 Historic and Cultural Resources .............................................................................................................. 13 Community Services ............................................................................................................................... 14 Transportation System ........................................................................................................................... 16 Employment and Economy ..................................................................................................................... 18 Infrastructure .......................................................................................................................................... 19 Natural Resources................................................................................................................................... 20 Energy and Sustainability ....................................................................................................................... 22 Goals and Objectives for 2020 ........................................................................... 25 Community Development Goals for 2020 .............................................................................................. 26 Goals and Objectives by Planning Element ............................................................................................ 26 Land Use Plan ................................................................................................... 31 Goal for Land Use and Development...................................................................................................... 31 Future Land Use Map ............................................................................................................................. 32 Code Updates ......................................................................................................................................... 45 Visioning for Targeted Redevelopment Areas ........................................................................................ 49 Increase Land Value, Reduce Surface Parking ........................................................................................ 50 Smart Growth through Targeted Annexation and Infill Development ................................................... 52 Economic Development Plan ............................................................................ 55 Goal for Economic Development ............................................................................................................ 55 Facilitate the Growth and Development of Industry Clusters ................................................................ 56 Downtown Revitalization ....................................................................................................................... 59 Gateway Improvements ......................................................................................................................... 61 Appropriate Economic Development on Fort Boreman Hill................................................................... 62 Business Incubator .................................................................................................................................. 63 Supportive Infrastructure for 21st Century Global Economy ................................................................. 64 Housing Plan ..................................................................................................... 65 Goal for Housing ..................................................................................................................................... 65 Make Older Housing an Asset ................................................................................................................ 65 Expand Housing Diversity ....................................................................................................................... 68 Transportation Plan .......................................................................................... 71 Goal for Transportation .......................................................................................................................... 71 Complete Programmed Improvements on State Routes ....................................................................... 72 Maintain and Improve the Local Transportation Network..................................................................... 74 Complete Streets .................................................................................................................................... 77 Downtown Circulation Study .................................................................................................................. 83 Embracing a Sustainable Future – Respecting the Past City of Parkersburg Comprehensive Master Plan Update Contents Infrastructure Plan ............................................................................................ 85 Goal for Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................ 85 Managing Stormwater Runoff ................................................................................................................ 85 Provide Adequate Sewer and Water Services ........................................................................................ 88 Expand and Enhance Parkersburg's Green Infrastructure ..................................................................... 88 Wireless Technology ............................................................................................................................... 90 Community Facilities and Services Plan ............................................................
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