CITY OF NEWARK DELAWARE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN IV ADOPTED BY NEWARK CITY COUNCIL, OCTOBER 27, 2008 CITY OF NEWARK DELAWARE Mayor & Council Mayor Vance A. Funk, III District One Paul J. Pomeroy District Two Jerry Clifton District Three Doug Tuttle District Four David J. Athey District Five Ezra J. Temko District Six Stu Markham Planning Commission Chairman James W. Bowman (District Two) District One Rob Osborne District Three Mary Lou McDowell District Four Katherine Sheedy District Five Peggy Brown District Six Angela Dressel At-Large Ralph Begleiter City Staff Interim City Manager Roy H. Lopata City Secretary Patricia M. Fogg City Solicitor Roger A. Akin Building Director Thomas J. Sciulli Electric Director Rick H. Vitelli Finance Director Dennis W. McFarland Parks & Recreation Director Charlie R. Emerson Police Chief Paul M. Tiernan Public Works Director Richard M. Lapointe Water & Waste Water Director Roy A. Simonson i Planning and Development Department Interim Planning and Development Director Maureen Feeney Roser Planner Michael Fortner Site Planner Robert Berndt Research Aide Joan Barrett Secretary Elizabeth Dowell Parking Administrator Marvin Howard Parking Superintendent James Pennington Bookkeeper Vivian Denisar Parking Maintenance Tyrone Wood This Plan Was Prepared By: Roy H. Lopata, Ph.D., Interim City Manager, Principal Author With the Assistance of: Maureen Feeney Roser, Interim Planning and Development Director Michael Fortner, AICP, Planner Elizabeth Dowell, Secretary, Typist And the Chair and Members of the Newark Planning Commission ii CITY OF NEWARK DELAWARE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN IV TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION - PURPOSE AND PLAN DESIGN ........................................ 1 Purpose and Plan Design .............................................................................................................. 1 Charter Requirements .................................................................................................................... 2 Comprehensive Planning Defined ................................................................................................ 3 Review Process and Public Participation ...................................................................................... 4 Intergovernmental and Agency Cooperation ................................................................................ 5 Implementation .............................................................................................................................. 6 CHAPTER II: THE HISTORY OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING IN NEWARK ............ 8 Comprehensive Development Plan (1969) .................................................................................... 8 Adjacent Areas Land Use Plan (1979) and Adjacent Areas Land Use Plan II (2003) ............... 8 Newark Comprehensive Plan II (1987) ...................................................................................... 10 Newark Comprehensive Plan (2003) ........................................................................................... 11 Historic Preservation (1983; 1995; 1996) ................................................................................... 11 Water (1986; 1990;1998) ............................................................................................................. 12 Parks, Recreation and Open Space (1977; 1978; 1990) ............................................................. 15 Transportation (1996; 1998; 2002; 2007) ................................................................................... 19 Upper Christina River Floodplain Management Study (1993) .................................................. 23 White Clay Creek and its Tributaries: Watershed Management Plan (2000) ........................... 23 Downtown Newark Economic Enhancement Strategy (1998; 2007) ........................................ 24 Design Guidelines for Main Street (1997; 2007) ....................................................................... 28 CHAPTER III: CONDITIONS AFFECTING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ............... 29 A Brief History of Newark ......................................................................................................... 29 Historical Buildings ..................................................................................................................... 33 The Setting ................................................................................................................................... 35 Existing Land Use Pattern........................................................................................................... 37 Population Trends ........................................................................................................................ 39 Land Development and Zoning Acreage Patterns ...................................................................... 49 Environmental Quality ................................................................................................................ 51 Transportation .............................................................................................................................. 59 Community Development and Housing ...................................................................................... 65 The Newark Economy .................................................................................................................. 74 Electricity ...................................................................................................................................... 81 Public Works ................................................................................................................................ 81 Public Safety ................................................................................................................................. 83 iii CHAPTER IV: LAND USE GUIDE ............................................................................................. 84 Our Community's Land Development Goals .............................................................................. 84 Review Procedures ....................................................................................................................... 85 Land Use Definitions ................................................................................................................... 85 Using this Land Use Guide .......................................................................................................... 89 LIST OF TABLES Table One: Open Area Inventory .............................................................................................. 17 Table Two: Historic Properties in the City of Newark ............................................................. 34 Table Three: Newark Population, Past Trends ........................................................................ 43 Table Four: Population Change by Age Group ....................................................................... 44 Table Five: Racial Mix .............................................................................................................. 45 Table Six: Gender Composition ............................................................................................... .46 Table Seven: Estimates of Gender by Age ................................................................................ 46 Table Eight: UD Enrollment and Newark Population ............................................................. 47 Table Nine: Population Projections .......................................................................................... 48 Table Ten: Land Development and Zoning Acreage Patterns................................................. 50 Table Eleven: Traffic Generators ............................................................................................. 61 Table Twelve: Traffic Counts .................................................................................................... 62 Table Thirteen: Residential Units ............................................................................................. 67 Table Fourteen: Employment Characteristics ......................................................................... 78 Table Fifteen: Economic Sectors ............................................................................................. 79 LIST OF FIGURES Figure One: Public Lands and Trails ....................................................................................... 18A Figure Two: Downtown Newark Development Districts .......................................................... 24A Planning Sections ...................................................................................................................... 90 Adjacent Planning Areas ............................................................................................................ 111 iv CITY OF NEWARK DELAWARE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN IV CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION - PURPOSE AND PLAN DESIGN Purpose and Plan Design This document represents the latest revised Comprehensive Development Plan for the City of Newark. The revised Comprehensive Development Plan consists of a fully updated and revised Adjacent Areas Land Use Plan, adopted by the City of Newark Council on March 12, 1979; a revised and updated where appropriate Comprehensive Development Plan II, adopted by the City of Newark Council on June 22, 1987 and a revised and updated Newark Adjacent