Land

  • 36 miles of bike routes are established and signed to encourage alternative modes of transportation.
  • The State Street Farmer's Market is operated during the summer months and encourages the local production, delivery, and sale of farm products.
  • The system of pedestrian signals in the downtown is being expanded.
  • New pedestrian sidewalks are being installed using grant funds to encourage safe walking routes to and from Fairmount School.
  • New sidewalks were installed near BMS, and sidewalk replacement occurs routinely.
  • A new regional Intelligent Transportation System plan was completed.
  • Bike racks have been placed downtown and in other locations to encourage biking.
  • Encourage the retention of existing large trees in new development as part of landscaping and buffer plans.
  • Maintain ridges and knobs as forested areas with limited development.
  • Erosion and sediment control regulations have been established.
  • Zero-lot line and residential cluster development provisions to provide optional methods for land development which encourage imaginative solutions to environmental design problems.
  • Steep slope land regulations have been established.