Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, September 30, 1993 TAG: 9309300139
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-12 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: KENNETH SINGLETARY
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG LENGTH: Medium
Town officials and representatives of K.W. Poore, Inc., the Richmond-based consulting firm that wrote the report, will present information and answer questions.
Public input and concerns raised during this hearing and a second hearing scheduled for next month may be incorporated into the final version of the plan, said John Lemley, town manager.
The plan features colorful, detailed maps about existing land use and future land use plans, as well as planning factors (such as roads and public, commercial and industrial sites) and environmental factors (land slopes and flood plains).
Most people who have viewed the document in town offices have been interested in future land use projections, Lemley said. But he cautioned that those projections do not yet represent decisions about zoning.
"It's not zoning in no way, shape or form. It's the trend that [planners] think the town will take in years to come. It's just that. Nothing is set in stone," he said.
The plan also features written sections on the town's goals and objectives, as well as sections on a community profile and history; population trends and characteristics; economic conditions and housing; and environmental factors.
Transportation and growth issues figure prominently in the plan, which identifies sections of north Christiansburg off of Cambria Street and Peppers Ferry Road as those where residential growth is expected to occur. "Intense" industrial growth is projected to take place near Montgomery County's Falling Branch Industrial Park.
The plan must be recommended by the planning commission, which has overseen completion of the $15,000 report during the last year, and it must be approved by town council before it takes effect.
The plan will be available to the public beginning Friday, Lemley said, though he added the town will have to charge a fee for copies of the 96-page report.
by CNB