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What Is the Process?
The District 4 Master Plan process is comprised of five tasks. The
Plan is a community-driven project that must reflect the interests
and desires of the community. Because the Plan ultimately
belongs to the District 4 community, broad participation is
necessary so that it is shaped by local input. There will be several
opportunities for the community to guide the future of District 4.
What Is the Master Plan?
The Santa Rosa County District 4 Master Plan will be a
roadmap for growth and development through land use
recommendations and an overlay district to improve overall
quality of life.
The Master Plan will consider a range of topics, including, but
not limited to:
w w Land Use
w w Streetscapes and
gateways
w w Housing and housing
densities
w w Circulation and
accessibility
w w Recreational open space
Community Vision and Direction
1
Task
What Will the Master Plan
Deliver?
The Master Plan document will
What the final
present the community’s vision
plan
delivers will
for development in the future
ultimately be
and set out the various actions
determined by input
that would be needed to fulfill
and feedback from
that vision. Elements of the plan
the community.
will include policy and land
use recommendations, design
guidelines, and action steps for implementation.
Community
Vision
Land Use Alternatives Development
2
Task
w w Economic incentives
The Master Plan will respect the character of District 4 and
support sustainable, orderly, and economic growth. How the
community can preserve and enhance its character and natural
resources while accommodating growth is the foundation of
the Master Plan.
Public Open
House
Information will be gathered from the community,
including current and future issues and concerns,
opportunities, and what community assets should be
preserved and enhanced into the future.
Land Use
Alternatives
Public Open
House
From the community information gathered, land use
alternatives will be developed and presented to the
public for feedback on which aspects and features
are most desirable in the community. These will be
combined into one preferred alternative that will
become the Master Plan.
Draft Master Plan Development
3
Task
4
Draft Master
Plan Document
Public
Review
Zoning Board Recommendation
Task
5
The Draft Master Plan will be developed from the
preferred land use alternative and presented to the
County Staff for review and refinement. The Draft
Plan will be posted on the project website for public
comment.
Final Draft
Master Plan
Zoning Board
Public Hearing
The Final Draft Master Plan will be developed based
on input from the public review and presented to the
Zoning Board at a public hearing for recommendation to
the Board of County Commissioners.
Board of County Commissioners
Review and Adoption
Task
Board of County
Commissioner’s
Public Hearing
Final
Master
Plan
After the Zoning Board recommendation, the Final Draft
Master Plan will be presented to the Board of County
Commissioners for review and adoption.