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SITE INDEX Selectmen Special Reports Town By-Laws |
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What follows on this page is only the index of the Comprehensive Plan. The complete, 101 page plan is a 7.3 MB download. To download the plan click on the button below. |
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TOWN OF SOUTHPORT
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
2004
As Approved in March, 2009 by the Maine State Planning Office
Preface to this Updated Comprehensive Plan
At the behest of the State Planning Office the Town of Southport in early 2003 formed a committee to update the town’s decade-old January 1992 Comprehensive Plan. The year-long process, aided by planning consultant Richard Rothe, culminated in the presentation of the 2004 Plan to a town meeting in March 2004 where the citizens voted its approval. Southport forwarded the 2004 plan to the State Planning Office which responded with a letter, April 14, 2004, identifying seven places in the updated plan “inconsistent” with Maine’s Growth Management Law. By 2005 the Southport Comprehensive Plan Update Committee had successfully addressed six of these inconsistencies. The remaining seventh inconsistency, dealing with how the town interpreted “growth areas,” was finally resolved in March 2009 when the State Planning Office notified the Town of Southport that its plan was found to be “consistent with the Act and Rule.”
Jack Bauman, Co-chair of the Comprehensive Plan Committee March 2009
Note: Changes from the Plan voted in 2004 are here shaded. Changes occur on pages 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 33, 51, 61, 73, 86, 87, 95, and 96.
SOUTHPORT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. HISTORY 5 2. POPULATION 8 Historical Trends 8 Comparative Population Change 9 Age Distribution 9 Household Size and Type 11 Educational Attainment 12 Per Capita and Median Household Income 12 Population Projections 12
3. HOUSING
Changes in Total Housing Stock 14 Selected Characteristics of Housing Units 15 Housing Types 15 Growth by Type of Structure, 1990-2000 16 Housing Affordability 17 Housing Values and Costs 18 Rental Costs 19 Housing Selling Prices and Affordability 19 Future Growth and Housing Affordability 20
4. LAND USE
Residential Land Use 21 Commercial/Industrial Land Use 22 Publicly Owned/Tax Exempt Land 23 Tree Growth Land and Agricultural Development 25 Historic and Archaeological Resources 25 Land Use Regulations 26
5. NATURAL RESOURCES
Topography and Geology 32 Land Cove 33 Soils 33 Wetlands 33 Surface Water Resources 34 Ground Water Resources 34 Floodplains 37 Wildlife Resources 38 Fresh Water Fisheries 40 Scenic Resources 40
6. MARINE RESOURCES
The Marine Economy 44 Harbor Basins and Channels 45 Harbor Facilities 45 Public Access 46 Water-Dependent Uses 46
7. PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES
Town Government 48 Water Supply 49 Sewage Disposal 50 Solid Waste 50 Emergency Services 51 Public Works 52 Education 52 Municipal Buildings 53 Communications 54 Health Care Facilities 54 Cemeteries 54 Recreation Facilities 54 Cultural Facilities 55
8. TRANSPORTATION
Introduction 56 Federal Transportation Role 56 State Transportation Role 56 Highways 57 Private Roads 58 Traffic Counts 59 Road Safety and Accident Summary 60 Access Management 60 Public Transportation System 61 Air Transportation 61
9. ECONOMY
Overview 62 Manufacturing Activity 62 Employment 63 Place of Work 63 Employment by Industry 64 Employment by Occupation 66 Means of Commuting to Work 66 Income Levels 67 Income Sources 67 Retail Sales 68
10. MUNICIPAL FINANCES
Historical Valuations and Taxes 69 Valuation Comparisons 70 Industrial Valuation 70 Exemptions 71 Total Property Tax Burden 71 Educational Tax Burden 72 Town Revenues and Expenditures 73 Debt 73 Water System 74 Capital Plan 74
11. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
Population. 76 Housing 76 Land Use 76 Natural Resources 77 Marine Resources 77 Public Facilities 77 Transportation 78 Economy 78 Municipal Finances 78
12. GOALS, POLICIES, STRATEGIES
A. Natural Resources 79 B. Marine Resources 83 C. Affordable Housing 85 D. Public Facilities and Services 87 E. Transportation 90 F. Economy 91 G. Municipal Finances 93 H. Land Use/Orderly Growth and Development 94
13. REGIONAL COORDINATION 101
MAPS
Open Space Land 28 Public and Institutional Land 29 Structures 30 Existing Land Use Districts 31 Soil Potential Ratings for Septic Systems 42 High Value Plant and Animal Habitat 43 Prime Sites for Water Dependent Uses 47 Future Land Use Map 100 |
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