PRPC Comprehensive Plan – Draft narrative 8-2-2018 Phoenixville Regional Comprehensive Plan 8-2-18 Draft Date PRPC Comprehensive Plan – Draft narrative 8-2-2018 (This page intentionally left blank) PRPC Comprehensive Plan – Draft narrative 8-2-2018 Contents Chapter 1 Introduction & Background ....................................................................................................... 1.1 Section 1.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1.1 The Phoenixville Regional Planning Committee ................................................................................ 1.1 The Phoenixville Region ..................................................................................................................... 1.1 Section 1.2 Review of Existing Regional Policies .................................................................................... 1.2 Land Use ............................................................................................................................................. 1.2 Natural Resources .............................................................................................................................. 1.3 Housing .............................................................................................................................................. 1.5 Community Facilities .......................................................................................................................... 1.5 Economic Development ..................................................................................................................... 1.6 Transportation ................................................................................................................................... 1.7 Cultural Resources ............................................................................................................................. 1.8 Open Space/Recreation ..................................................................................................................... 1.9 Section 1.3 Public Outreach ................................................................................................................. 1.11 Community Values Survey ............................................................................................................... 1.11 Community Workshop 1 .................................................................................................................. 1.12 Community Workshop 2 .................................................................................................................. 1.13 Community Workshop 3 .................................................................................................................. 1.13 Chapter 2 Demographics ........................................................................................................................... 2.1 Section 2.1 Population ........................................................................................................................... 2.1 Section 2.2 Age ...................................................................................................................................... 2.2 Section 2.3 Household Composition ...................................................................................................... 2.6 Section 2.4 Education ............................................................................................................................ 2.7 Section 2.5 Employment Status ............................................................................................................. 2.8 Section 2.6 Employment Forecast ......................................................................................................... 2.9 Section 2.7 Income ............................................................................................................................... 2.10 Section 2.8 Racial Composition ............................................................................................................ 2.11 Section 2.9 Poverty .............................................................................................................................. 2.12 Section 2.10 Vehicular Access .............................................................................................................. 2.13 Chapter 3 Land Use Plan ............................................................................................................................ 3.1 Section 3.1 Land Use Plan Goal and Objectives ..................................................................................... 3.1 Section 3.2 Historic Land Use ................................................................................................................. 3.1 Section 3.3 Existing Land Use ................................................................................................................. 3.3 i PRPC Comprehensive Plan – Draft narrative 8-2-2018 Section 3.4 Future Land Use Plan and Policy ......................................................................................... 3.3 Section 3.5 Future Land Use Categories ................................................................................................ 3.4 Mixed Use .......................................................................................................................................... 3.5 Industrial ............................................................................................................................................ 3.6 Village ................................................................................................................................................. 3.6 Residential .......................................................................................................................................... 3.7 Rural ................................................................................................................................................... 3.8 Section 3.6 Revitalization and Adaptive Reuse ...................................................................................... 3.9 Section 3.7 Implementation Strategies ............................................................................................... 3.11 Chapter 4 Environmental Resources Plan .................................................................................................. 4.1 Section 4.1 Environmental Resources Plan Goal and Objectives .......................................................... 4.1 Section 4.2 Inventory of Natural Resources .......................................................................................... 4.1 Geology and Physiography ................................................................................................................. 4.1 Topography ........................................................................................................................................ 4.3 Soils .................................................................................................................................................... 4.4 Forests & Vegetative Cover................................................................................................................ 4.5 Hydrology ........................................................................................................................................... 4.5 Waterways and Watersheds .............................................................................................................. 4.6 Section 4.3 Existing Municipal Environmental Resource Protection Regulations ................................. 4.9 Section 4.4 Environmental Resource Protection Policy ....................................................................... 4.10 Steep Slopes ..................................................................................................................................... 4.10 Floodplain and Riparian Areas ......................................................................................................... 4.11 Wetlands .......................................................................................................................................... 4.14 Forests and Woodlands ................................................................................................................... 4.15 Invasive Species ............................................................................................................................... 4.17 Critical Habitat Areas ....................................................................................................................... 4.18 Prime Agricultural Soils .................................................................................................................... 4.19 Section 4.5 IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES ........................................................................................ 4.19 Chapter 5 Energy Conservation and Sustainability Plan ............................................................................ 5.1 Section 5.1 ENERGY CONSERVATION PLAN GOAL AND OBJECTIVES ..................................................... 5.1 Section 5.2 RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS ........................................................................................... 5.1 Solar Energy 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