Editor's Note: The Open Space Planning Initiative was adopted by the Town of Blacksburg, but not by Montgomery County.

 

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & PARTICIPANTS

VISION STATEMENT

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

    1. OPEN-SPACE PLANNING INITIATIVE

    2. DEFINITION OF OPEN SPACE AND CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

    3. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

    4. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PLANS AND PROGRAMS

    5. THE OPEN-SPACE PLANNING PROCESS

     

CHAPTER TWO: IDENTIFICATION OF OPEN-SPACE RESOURCES, NEEDS, AND PRIORITIES

    1. IDENTIFICATION OF OPEN-SPACE RESOURCES, NEEDS, AND PRIORITIES

    2. SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT OPEN-SPACE RESOURCES AND CONCERNS

 

CHAPTER THREE — TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS

Part A

    1. INTRODUCTION

    Part B

    1. GOVERNMENT-INITIATED TOOLS CURRENTLY USED BY THE TOWN OR COUNTY

    Agricultural Zoning

    Capital Improvements Program (CIP)

    Comprehensive Plan

    Erosion- and Sediment-Control Ordinance

    Conservation Development

    Planned Unit Development (PUD)

    Resource Overlay Zones

    State Scenic-Byway Designation

    Subdivision Ordinance

    1. LANDOWNER-INITIATED TOOLS CURRENTLY USED BY THE TOWN OR COUNTY

      Agricultural and Forestal Districts

      Conditional Zoning

      Conservation Easements

      Fee-Simple Acquisition

      Land Donations

      Land-Use Assessment

Part C

    1. GOVERNMENT-INITIATED TOOLS CURRENTLY NOT USED BY THE TOWN OR COUNTY

      Greenway-Corridor Plan

      Large-Lot Zoning

      Performance Zoning

      Right-to-Farm Laws

      Resource-Buffer and Setback Provisions

      Sliding-Scale Zoning

      Steep-Slope Provisions

      Stormwater-Management Standards

      Transfer of Development Rights (TDR)

      Urban Growth Boundaries

      State Scenic-River Designation

    2. LANDOWNER-INITIATED TOOLS CURRENTLY NOT USED BY THE TOWN OR COUNTY

      Incentive Zoning

      Bargain Sales

      Income Tax

      Capital Gains

      Land Trusts

      Other Individual Actions

       

CHAPTER FOUR — OPEN-SPACE MAPS

    1. MAPPING OF OPEN-SPACE RESOURCES

    2. ILLUSTRATING OPEN-SPACE THEMES

    3. INTEGRATING OPEN SPACE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

     

CHAPTER FIVE — RECOMMENDATIONS

    1. INTRODUCTION

    2. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TOWN OF BLACKSBURG

    3. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY

 

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