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2014 Adopted Comprehensive Plan Update TOWN OF SOUTHEAST Comprehensive Plan Update Prepared for: Town of Southeast Prepared by: AKRF, Inc. Adopted August 21, 2014 Town of Southeast Comprehensive Plan Update Adopted August 21, 2014 Town of Southeast Town Board: Tony Hay, Supervisor Robert Cullen, Councilman /Deputy Supervisor Elizabeth Hudak, Councilwoman Lynne Eckardt, Councilwoman Edwin Alvarez, Councilman Table of Contents Section 1: Introduction............................................................................................................. 1-1 1.0 Introduction..................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Coordination With Other Planning Efforts ..................................................................... 1-2 1.2 the Comprehensive Plan.................................................................................................. 1-3 1.3 the Vision ........................................................................................................................ 1-3 Section 2: Geographic and Historic Context .......................................................................... 2-1 2.0 Local and Regional Context............................................................................................ 2-1 2.1 Southeast’s History ......................................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Historic Resource Protection........................................................................................... 2-5 2.3 Recently Implemented Actions ....................................................................................... 2-9 2.4 Comprehensive Plan Recommendations....................................................................... 2-10 Goal and Policy ................................................................................................................ 2-10 Implementation Actions ................................................................................................... 2-10 Section 3: Patterns of Development......................................................................................... 3-1 3.0 Introduction..................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 Land Use Trends ............................................................................................................. 3-1 Cornell Surveys: 1968 and 1991 ........................................................................................ 3-2 Land Use Estimates: 1993, 2000, and 2013 ....................................................................... 3-3 3.2 Demographic and Employment Trends........................................................................... 3-5 Growth Trends.................................................................................................................... 3-5 Employment Trends ........................................................................................................... 3-6 Section 4: Natural Resources ................................................................................................... 4-1 4.0 Introduction..................................................................................................................... 4-1 4.1 Background ..................................................................................................................... 4-2 4.2 Inventory of Natural Resources ...................................................................................... 4-2 Topography ........................................................................................................................ 4-3 Soils.................................................................................................................................... 4-3 Wetlands............................................................................................................................. 4-5 Water Resources................................................................................................................. 4-7 Scenic Resources................................................................................................................ 4-9 4.3 Comprehensive Plan Recommendations....................................................................... 4-10 Goal and Policy ................................................................................................................ 4-10 Implementation Actions ................................................................................................... 4-10 Section 5: Land Use Community, Character, and Zoning.................................................... 5-1 5.0 Land Use, Community Character, and Zoning ............................................................... 5-1 5.1 Land Use ......................................................................................................................... 5-1 August 21, 2014 TOC-1 Town of Southeast Comprehensive Plan Existing Land Use Pattern ..................................................................................................5-1 Development Potential Studies...........................................................................................5-4 Future Land Use .................................................................................................................5-6 5.2 Community Character......................................................................................................5-9 General Design Principles ................................................................................................5-11 Commonality of Brewster and Southeast .........................................................................5-16 5.3 Zoning............................................................................................................................5-17 Existing Zoning ................................................................................................................5-17 Future Zoning ...................................................................................................................5-20 5.4 Comprehensive Plan Recommendations .......................................................................5-22 Land Use...........................................................................................................................5-22 Community Character.......................................................................................................5-22 Zoning...............................................................................................................................5-23 Section 6: Housing Development..............................................................................................6-1 6.0 Introduction .....................................................................................................................6-1 6.1 Background......................................................................................................................6-1 6.2 Impact of Residential Development ................................................................................6-3 6.3 Future Residential Development .....................................................................................6-4 2002 Comprehensive Plan Build-Out Analysis..................................................................6-4 6.4 Comprehensive Plan Recommendations .........................................................................6-6 Goal and Policy ..................................................................................................................6-6 Implementation Actions......................................................................................................6-7 Section 7: Economic Development...........................................................................................7-1 7.0 Introduction .....................................................................................................................7-1 7.1 Background......................................................................................................................7-1 7.2 Commercial Development in the Watershed...................................................................7-3 7.3 Comprehensive Plan Recommendations .........................................................................7-4 Goal and Policy ..................................................................................................................7-4 Implementation Actions......................................................................................................7-4 Section 8: Traffic and Transportation.....................................................................................8-1 8.0 Introduction .....................................................................................................................8-1 8.1 Current Functional Classification....................................................................................8-1 8.2 Problems in the Existing Roadway System.....................................................................8-2 8.3 Route 22 Corridor Improvement .....................................................................................8-3 8.4 Fields Lane Improvement................................................................................................8-4 8.5 Transportation Improvement District
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