Peculiar, Missouri Comprehensive Plan 2008 Acknowledgements City Personnel Mayor ......................................................................Ernie Jungmeyer City Administrator ...........................................................Brad Ratliff City Clerk .........................................................................Nora Dodge City Attorney ...........................................................Reid F. Holbrook City Engineer ...................................................................Bob O’Brien Codes Offi cer ....................................................................Ty Erickson City Planner......................................................................Ed Courton Board of Aldermen North Ward ................................................................Jim Antonides South Ward ......................................................................Oren Bates West Ward ..................................................................Jason Norman West Ward .......................................................................Pat Roberts South Ward .....................................................................Steve Smith North Ward ......................................................................Holly Stark Board of Adjustment Planning Commission Dale Schoor, Chairman Roger Dougherty, Chairman Daniel Brantley Homer Dunsworth Kyle Gillespie Verdis Green Anthony Ketay Holly Stark, Alderman Liason G.C. Shores Sarah Stewart Gene Th railkill Don Turner Steering Committee Downtown Arts Council President ...........................Brenda Conway Developer ......................................................................Larry Dobson Planning Commission Chairman ...........................Roger Dougherty Planning Commissioner ................................................Verdis Green Business Owner ..................................................................Mike Holt Raymore-Peculiar Schools Superintendant ...................Dr. Jeff Kyle Planning Consultant Lions Club President .............................................Raymond Mackay City Engineer ...................................................................Bob O’Brien City Planner......................................................................Ed Courton City Administrator ...........................................................Brad Ratliff West Ward Alderman .......................................................Pat Roberts Board of Adjustment Chairman .....................................Dale Schoor Fire Chief ..........................................................................Doug Short Park Board Chairman .......................................................Doug Stark North Ward Alderman .....................................................Holly Stark Raymore-Peculiar School Board President ..............Matt Stranimier with assistance from Planning Commissioner .............................................Gene Th railkill Immediate Past Mayor .....................................................Ted Turner Peculiar Chamber of Commerce President ....................Sue Wheeler Developer ...........................................................................Jay Wilson Peculiar, MO Comprehensive Plan 2008 i Table of Contents Profi le Peculiar ..................................................1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................2 Plan Elements .....................................................................2 Planning Area .....................................................................3 Location ..............................................................................3 Community History ...........................................................3 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE .....................................5 Population Trends and Analysis ........................................6 Age Structure Analysis .......................................................8 Migration Analysis ...........................................................13 Race Characteristics .........................................................14 HOUSING PROFILE ..............................................15 Age of Housing Stock .......................................................16 Housing Trends ................................................................17 ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE........21 Income Statistics ..............................................................22 Industry Employment ......................................................25 Commuter Trends ............................................................26 COMMUNITY FACILITY PROFILE .........................27 Parks and Recreation Facilities ........................................28 Education Facilities ..........................................................30 Fire and Police Protection ................................................30 City Buildings ...................................................................31 Communication Facilities ................................................31 Public Utilities ..................................................................31 Transportation .................................................................31 EXISTING LAND USE PROFILE .............................33 Peculiar Existing Land Use Categories ............................34 Existing Land Use Analysis .............................................35 Envision Peculiar .............................................43 INTRODUCTION ..................................................44 VISIONING ..........................................................44 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROGRAM ..................47 Visioning Workshop .........................................................48 Guiding Principles ............................................................49 Focus Groups ....................................................................50 3-Day Charrette ................................................................50 Town Hall Meetings .........................................................50 ii Comprehensive Plan 2008 Peculiar, MO GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES ................53 Community Image ............................................................54 Environmental Preservation ...........................................55 Parks and Open Space ......................................................55 Built Environment ............................................................57 Residential ........................................................................58 Downtown ........................................................................59 Commercial and Offi ce .....................................................60 Industrial ..........................................................................61 Transportation .................................................................61 Community Facilities and Services .................................62 Economic Development ...................................................63 Citizen Participation ........................................................63 Plan Implementation .......................................................64 Achieve Peculiar ............................................65 INTRODUCTION ..................................................66 POPULATION PROJECTIONS .............................67 Trend Line Analysis ..........................................................68 Cohort Survival Analysis ..................................................68 Modifi ed Cohort Survival Analysis ..................................69 Selected Population Projection ........................................69 FUTURE LAND DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY .........71 Capacity Analysis ..............................................................72 Capacity Summary ...........................................................74 CITY BEAUTIFICATION .........................................75 Forms, colors, and materials ...........................................76 Signage ..............................................................................76 Streetscape ........................................................................76 Landscape .........................................................................76 Public Art ..........................................................................76 SPECIAL CHARACTER AREAS ............................77 Downtown Peculiar Arts and Culture District ................79 Peculiar Historic District .................................................85 211th and 71 Highway West .............................................89 211th and 71 Highway East ..............................................95 211th and 71 Highway East .............................................96 Community Entrances ...................................................101 TRANSPORTATION NETWORK ..........................107 Street Classifi cations ......................................................109 Street Projects ................................................................110 Pedestrian Mobility ........................................................119 Safe Routes to School .....................................................122 FUTURE LAND USE .............................................125 Land Use Designations ..................................................127 Special Land Use Designations ......................................137 Implement Peculiar ......................................147