Chapter Five
LAND USE
LAND USE
The purpose of the Land Use Element is to establish and define the desired character and appropriate location of all future land uses within the City. This is accomplished by establishing guidelines for the distribution, location, and character of future land use development. A land use plan is traditionally composed of a future land use map and detailed textual description in the General Plan itself.
The purpose of the Future Land Use map is to communicate the geographic distribution and coverage of various land uses, while the textual element of the plan is meant to define the use classifications and sufficiently communicate the manner in which development should occur.
The primary goal in determining future land uses is to determine development patterns which build upon already existing and established patterns. It is also meant to provide for effective, efficient, appropriate, and sustainable uses of land in a way that promotes compatibility between those uses and maintains the goals of the General Plan.