Leland Land Use Plan Community Meeting

set for July 23, 2005

 

July 5, 2005

 

LELAND -- The Town of Leland Planning Board is holding a community meeting to discuss the town's new Land Use Plan.  The meeting will be held Saturday, July 23, 2005 from 10:00 am until noon at the Leland Town Hall.

 

This meeting provides the Planning Board with a forum to obtain public input to begin the process of creating Town policy on future growth issues, including ecreation and water access, protection of natural resources, infrastructure (water, sewer, roads, stormwater, etc.), development in hazardous areas, water quality, and other concerns.

 

The meeting will consist of two parts:

 

- Part 1 will provide a brief overview of the current status of the Land Use Plan and an introduction to the process for completing the plan. 

 

- Part 2 will provide citizens with an opportunity to ask questions and offer their input on local growth issues.

 

"Leland residents who are interested in the town's future growth and development are invited to attend this community meeting and share their input," says Cameron Moore, Planning Director with the Town of Leland.  "It is extremely important that we obtain citizens' input as we develop the Land Use Plan that will guide our town's future growth and development.  This plan will help ensure that our town provides adequate transportation, water and sewer systems, parks and other public improvements, and it will guide the location and use of land and buildings throughout the Town."

 

The Leland Land Use Plan was last revised in 1999.  The upcoming revision is being coordinated by the Town of Leland and has been made possible by a planning and management grant from the North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources, Division of Coastal Management.  The process for revision of the Plan is expected to take two full years, with a tentative completion date for a draft plan of June 2006.

 

Please call Town Hall (910) 371-0148 for further information.

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Why do we produce a comprehensive Land Use Plan?

- To ensure that we make daily decisions that are in keeping with our long-term vision.

- To ensure that we have carefully, extensively, and rationally examined all aspects of growth and development.

- To inculcate an optimistic outlook for the future.

- To raise the aspirations of residents and visitors concerning the future of our Town.

- To give people an opportunity to participate in the long-range planning process and to be a part of long-range decisions made by the Town.

- To hear new ideas and to learn from the experiences of others.

 

What are the planning principles which represent the culture and physical environment of Leland?

- We are a small Town, growing rapidly, and we wish to preserve the small Town atmosphere.

- This Town has a profoundly unique sense of place and a historic importance.

- The Town of Leland is people oriented.

 

What are the goals of the Land Use Plan?

- To maximize public enjoyment and use of the public areas of Leland.

- To ensure the development and use of land minimizes direct and secondary environmental impacts, avoids risks to public health, safety and welfare, and is consistent with the capability of the land to withstand the development based on considerations of interactions of natural and man-made features.

- To ensure that public infrastructure systems are properly sized, located and managed to provide excellent service to the public and so the quality and productivity of environmentally fragile areas are protected or restored.

- To conserve and maintain natural features for their storm protection functions and for their natural resources attributes giving recognition to public health, safety, and welfare issues.

- To maintain, protect, and where possible, to enhance water quality in all area wetlands, rivers, streams, and estuaries.

- To integrate local concerns with the overall goals of the North Carolina coastal management program in the context of land use planning.