COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STRUCTURE

The Comprehensive Plan is organized into seven functional elements:

∙ Land Use

∙ Housing and Neighborhoods

∙ Natural and Agricultural Resources

∙ Community Facilities and Services

∙ Parks and Recreation

∙ Infrastructure and Economic Development

∙ Transportation

Each element includes objectives and policies that support the primary goals of the Comprehensive plan. Specific implementation strategies are included in the Plan and associated with the relevant objectives and policies. These text elements function in the following ways:

Objectives are the stated desired outcomes for specific topic areas within each element of the Plan. Objectives define what the Town desires to achieve as a function of the Plan’s goals, vision statement and community values.

Policies are the officially adopted policy positions of the Town relative to each identified objective. Policies can institutionalize actions and procedures, provide the basis for changes to the Town policies (e.g. the Code of Ordinances) or define a standard the Town wants to meet relative to its associated objective.

Strategies are the action steps recommended to implement the Plan’s objectives and policies. Strategies can be ongoing activities or discrete tasks that are to be undertaken by the Town. Strategies are not to be interpreted as policy, but demonstrate a commitment on the part of the Town to complete these activities as time and resources allow.