Sections

• CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 2 - GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
  • 2.1 - INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 3 - DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
  • 3.1 - INTRODUCTION
  • 3.2 - POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS
  • 3.3 - POPULATION AGE
  • 3.4 - HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
  • 3.5 - EDUCATION
  • 3.6 - OCCUPATIONS AND INCOMES
  • 3.7 - TAX BASE
  • 3.8 - SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 4 - EXISTING LAND USE AND PHYSICAL FEATURES
  • 4.1 - INTRODUCTION
  • 4.2 - PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE PRIMARY AREA
  • 4.3 - EXISTING LAND USE
    • 4.3.1 - Corporate Limits
    • 4.3.2 - Unincorporated Area
  • 4.4 - OTHER LAND USE PLANS AND STUDIES
    • 4.4.1 - Comprehensive Plan, 1984
    • 4.4.2 - Central Business District
    • 4.4.3 - Tax Increment Financing District
    • 4.4.4 - Enterprise Zone
    • 4.4.5 - Effingham County Plan
    • 4.4.6 - Historically Significant Sites
  • 4.5 - SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 5 - TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS
  • 5.1 - INTRODUCTION
  • 5.2 - EXISTING CONDITIONS
    • 5.2.1 - Roadway
    • 5.2.2 - At-Grade Railroad Crossings
    • 5.2.3 - Parking
    • 5.2.4 - Accidents
    • 5.2.5 - Traffic Control Devices
  • 5.3 - RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS
    • 5.3.1 - Interstate Highways 57/70 at Route 32/33 (Keller Drive)
    • 5.3.2 - North-South Circulation
    • 5.3.3 - East-West Circulation
    • 5.3.4 - Future Growth Area
  • 5.4 - SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 6 - UTILITIES ANALYSIS
  • 6.1 - INTRODUCTION
  • 6.2 - WATER SERVICE
  • 6.3 - SANITARY SEWAGE TREATMENT
  • 6.4 - STORMWATER
• CHAPTER 7 - HOUSING
  • 7.1 - INTRODUCTION
  • 7.2 - EXISTING CONDITIONS
    • 7.2.1 - Existing Housing Inventory
    • 7.2.2 - Code Enforcement
  • 7.3 - HOUSING SURVEY
  • 7.4 - ACTION RECOMMENDATIONS
    • 7.4.1 - Housing Rehabilitation Areas
    • 7.4.2 - Community Development Block Grant
    • 7.4.3 - Housing Supply
  • 7.5 - SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 8 - COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES
  • 8.1 - INTRODUCTION
  • 8.2 - PUBLIC SAFETY
    • 8.2.1 - Police Protection
    • 8.2.2 - Fire Protection Services
    • 8.2.3 - Ambulance Services
    • 8.2.4 - Emergency Management Services
  • 8.3 - PARKS AND RECREATION
    • 8.3.1 - Public Recreation Facilities
    • 8.3.2 - Semi-Public Facilities
  • 8.4 - EDUCATION
    • 8.4.1 - Public Schools
    • 8.4.2 - Private Education
    • 8.4.3 - Higher Education
  • 8.5 - MUNICIPAL SERVICES
    • 8.5.1 - City Hall
    • 8.5.2 - Library
  • 8.6 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND RELATED SERVICES
    • 8.6.1 - St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital
    • 8.6.2 - Effingham City/County Committee on Aging
    • 8.6.3 - Solid Waste Disposal
  • 8.7 - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
  • 8.8 - ACTION RECOMMENDATIONS
• CHAPTER 9 - EXISTING CONDITIONS ENVIRONS AREA
  • 9.1 - INTRODUCTION
  • 9.2 - POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS
  • 9.3 - EXISTING LAND USE
  • 9.4 - DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES/CONSTRAINTS
    • 9.4.1 - Physical Features
    • 9.4.2 - Water and Other Public Services
  • 9.5 - SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 10 - LAKE SARA EXISTING CONDITIONS
  • 10.1 - INTRODUCTION
  • 10.2 - POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS
  • 10.3 - EXISTING LAND USE
  • 10.4 - DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS
    • 10.4.1 - Physical Features
    • 10.4.2 - Utilities and Other Services
    • 10.4.3 - Lake Conditions
  • 10.5 - SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 11 - DEVELOPMENT PLAN
  • 11.1 - INTRODUCTION
  • 11.2 - DEVELOPMENT PLAN
    • 11.2.1 - Central Business District
    • 11.2.2 - Hospital Area
    • 11.2.3 - Expansion of Public School District Facilities
    • 11.2.4 - Western Addition Neighborhood
    • 11.2.5 - Outward Development
  • 11.3 - SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 12 - IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES
  • 12.1 - INTRODUCTION
  • 12.2 - OVERALL STRATEGIES FOR THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
    • 12.2.1 - Planning and Zoning
    • 12.2.2 - Municipal Growth
    • 12.2.3 - Housing
    • 12.2.4 - Community Image, Facilities and Services
    • 12.2.5 - Transportation and Infrastructure
  • 12.3 - RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO CITY REGULATIONS
    • 12.3.1 - Zoning Ordinance Definitions
    • 12.3.2 - General Regulatory Trends
    • 12.3.3 - Overlay Zones
    • 12.3.4 - Ordinance Updating
    • 12.3.5 - Floodplain Regulation
    • 12.3.6 - Wetlands Protection
  • 12.4 - SUMMARY
• CHAPTER 13 - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAMMING
  • 13.1 - INTRODUCTION
  • 13.2 - HOW CIP WORKS
  • 13.3 - CIP PREPARATION
  • 13.4 - RECOMMENDED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM
• Appendix A - Plates
• Appendix B - Citizen Participation
  • Workshop No. 1 - ISSUES AND VALUES
  • Workshop No. 2 - CHOICES
  • Workshop No. 3 - July 27, 1993
• [Appendix C] - Growth Management
  • I.- INTRODUCTION
    • A. - Purpose and Background
    • B. - Community Challenges
    • C. - Scope of the Growth Management Element
  • II. - GOALS AND POLICIES
    • A. - Goals
    • B. - Policies
  • III. - IMPLEMENTATION & ADMINISTRATION
    • A. - General
    • B. - Administration
    • C. - Relationship between Land Use Planning and Fiscal Planning
    • D. - Implementation
  • APPENDIX
• [Appendix D] - Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan