Introduction - Future Land Use Plan

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The Future Land Use Plan provides a land use framework for future development in the Cheyenne Area. It is not intended to change stable neighborhoods—its primary focus is on places where new development will occur in the future, including some redevelopment areas.

The land use categories should allow our future neighborhoods and activity centers to become distinctive, diverse places with a mix of compatible activities. They also provide some flexibility to respond to market conditions, as described in the "Welcome and Introduction" chapter.

Mixed-Use Activity Centers
This chapter describes locational criteria and the intent and design of mixed‐use activity centers (including Neighborhood Business Centers, Mixed‐Use Commercial Activity Centers, and Community/Regional Commercial Centers) on pages 3‐3 through 3‐6.

The Land Use Categories
The land use categories are grouped under five major types in later pages of this plan. For each category, the plan describes uses (primary and secondary), general characteristics, and location.

1. Agriculture and Rural
Includes:
  • Agriculture/Rural; and

  • Rural Residential.

2. Urban Residential
Includes:
  • Urban Transition Residential; and

  • Urban Residential.

3. Mixed-Use
Includes:
  • Mixed‐Use: Residential Emphasis;

  • Mixed‐Use: Employment Campus; and

  • Mixed‐Use: Commercial Emphasis.

4. Business and Industry
Includes:
  • Industrial;

  • Central Business District; and

  • Community Business.

5. Civic and Other Activities
Includes:
  • Parks and Open Space; and

  • Pubic and Quasi‐Public.


Design and Development Principles
This chapter also contains development principles and criteria to address the following types of development:
  • Rural Design Principles (see page 3‐8);

  • Urban Neighborhood Design Principles (see page 3‐11);

  • Mixed‐Use Design Principles (see page 3‐15);

  • Business and Industry Development Principles (see page 3‐19);

  • Parks and Public Spaces Principles (see page 3‐23); and

  • Schools Criteria (see page 3‐24).