Composed of ideas, concepts, principles, goals, and procedures that are endorsed as a primary means for setting a course for future action in the county, especially concerning community planning and land development. Establishes a normative basis to the actions of the county, which is simply the resolution of which actions or outcomes are good or desirable or permissible and which are bad or undesirable or impermissible. Communicated through The Livable Frederick Strategic Plan (Strategic Plan) through three components: a Vision, a Development Framework, and an Action Framework.
The first of three components that comprise the Livable Frederick Master Plan. Provides a description of the characteristics of life in Frederick County in the year 2040. Generated by a collaborative process of citizen participation. Intended to create a vivid mental image. Written as present tense statements that describe the future condition of the county. Establishes the starting point for all policy content described in the Strategic Plan. Also referred to as our common vision or as our shared vision.
Composed of three parts: an overarching statement, a vivid description, and thematic vision components. The overarching statement describes the future of the county in brief. The vivid description expands on the overarching statement with a more robust narrative. The thematic vision components group functionally specific vision content into four categories: Our Community, Our Health, Our Economy, and Our Environment. These four themes provide the basic structure of the goals and initiatives described in the Action Framework.
The second of three components that comprise the Livable Frederick Master Plan. Provides an illustrated narrative to explain the important ideas and concepts regarding the geographic distribution of future growth supported by policy. Composed of two parts: a scenario planning element and a thematic plan element (which contains a plan diagram).
The third of three components that compromise the Livable Frederick Master Plan. Composed of a collection of goals, initiatives, and supporting initiatives that describe aspects of county policy related to community planning. Structured by four vision themes: Our Community, Out Health, Our Economy, and Our Environment.
Broadly, a document that defines conditions of a current state, establishes the characteristics of a desired future state, and provides the analysis, information, and methods required to transform the current state to the future state. Boundaries of applicability can vary based on intent.
The ability of our infrastructure and land use to perform adequately and meet present and future demand for use. Involves planning that is focused on assessing of existing supply relative to demand, i.e. overcrowding in schools or congestion on roads, the determination and prioritization of needs relative to available resources, and the identification of solutions and interventions that will alleviate overloaded infrastructure, facilities, and land use. Plays a central role in community planning.
Generally consists of instrumental (implementation-oriented) planning, as contrasted with policy planning, which is typically normative (standards-oriented) in nature. Deals with the functionality of physical systems while policy planning deals with the strategic aspects of long-range planning.
A simple and straightforward chart, intended to be available online, composed of all of the goals, initiatives, and supporting initiatives described in the Action Framework. Permits citizens, elected officials, county staff, and business owners to identify what is being proposed in Livable Frederick and how it may become reality.
One of two components of the Development Framework. The primary instrument by which geographic aspects of development policy are communicated. Composed of illustrations (namely a plan diagram) and explanatory text to communicate growth policy. Directly informed and inspired by the scenario planning effort.
The structured analysis of alternative possibilities about the future pattern and form of growth in the county. Incorporated in the Livable Frederick Strategic Plan through partnership with Renaissance Planning. Involves three steps: 1) Macro-analysis of growth involving trends projections and a variety of forecasting methodologies, 2) Micro-analysis of locational preference and place characteristics, and 3) Outcomes analysis of impacts of various growth alternatives.
Plans that address issues of a portion of the county, covering specific geographies that have cohesive characteristics. Allow geographically precise and focused updates to the comprehensive plan map, which includes land use, transportation, and community facilities. Additionally, allows updates to occur in tandem with municipal plan updates, supporting the development of consistency between county and municipal plans. With large area and functional plans, serve as a primary means of implementing the Livable Frederick Strategic Plan.
Can include two different geographic scales – communities and corridors. Communities are typically delineated by growth areas, but may also include portions of growth areas or county land outside of growth areas, depending on need and circumstance. Corridors may also be defined by growth areas, portions of growth areas, or areas of the county outside of growth areas, such as along major transportation routes.
Plans that address large regions of the county or certain aspects of the entire county. Can be geographically or functionally defined.
Defined geographic areas in the county, surrounding existing municipalities or surrounding developed county land, where new growth is directed. Work in conjunction with other mechanisms for directing growth such as land use designations, zoning, water and sewer provision, and funding prioritization for infrastructure development.
Codified by the State of Maryland through planning legislation passed in 2009, which established “12 Planning Visions.” Specifically, section “1-201 Visions” of the Maryland Annotated Code states that ”a planning commission implement the following visions through the comprehensive plan,” with the third vision stated as follows: “growth areas: growth is concentrated in existing population and business centers, growth areas adjacent to these centers, or strategically selected new centers.”
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