Open Space Planning

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

Table of Contents

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

1. IDENTIFICATION OF OPEN-SPACE RESOURCES, NEEDS, AND PRIORITIES
2. SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT OPEN-SPACE RESOURCES AND CONCERNS

Part A

3. INTRODUCTION

Part B

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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

   Incentive Zoning
   Bargain Sales
   Income Tax
   Capital Gains
   Land Trusts
   Other Individual Actions

1. MAPPING OF OPEN-SPACE RESOURCES
2. ILLUSTRATING OPEN-SPACE THEMES
3. INTEGRATING OPEN SPACE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

1. INTRODUCTION
2. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TOWN OF BLACKSBURG
3. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY