$IBNQBJHO $PVOUZ -3 · 2010. 4. 1. · Scott Kesler Ellen Kirsanoff George Malloch Tiffany McElroy Smetzer Jay Roloff Herb Schildt R. Dee Shonkwiler Paul Simpkins Thomas Smith Barbara

CREATED FOR:

Champaign County Board

CREATED BY:

Champaign County Regional Planning Commission

IN COLLABORATION WITH:

Champaign County Environment and Land Use Committee

LRMP Steering Committee, &

Residents of Champaign County

April 2010

Volume 1: Existing Conditions and Trends

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

April 2010 Volume 1: Existing Conditions and Trends

Volume 2: Champaign County Land Resource

Management Plan

Volume 3: Plan Appendices

LRMP Steering Committee Members Hal Barnhart Edward Bland Paul Compton Paul F. Cook Richard Davis Steve Hettinger Scott Kesler Ellen Kirsanoff George Malloch Tiffany McElroy Smetzer Jay Roloff Herb Schildt R. Dee Shonkwiler Paul Simpkins Thomas Smith Barbara Thompson Marilyn Upah-Bant Rick Wolken Barbara Wysocki * Jonathan Schroeder ** *Chairperson ** Vice-Chairperson

Environment & Land Use Committee ELUC) Ex-Officio Members (

Carol Ammons Janet Anderson Chris Doenitz Brad Jones Alan Kurtz Ralph Langenheim Steve Moser Jonathan Schroeder Barbara Wysocki

Project Staff Champaign County Regional Planning Commission 1776 East Washington Street Urbana, IL 61802 Phone: 217.328.3313 Fax: 217.328.2426 Susan Chavarria, CCRPC Community Development Manager Susan Monte, CCRPC County Planner Andrew Levy, CCRPC Planner Beth Brunk, CCRPC Administrative Assistant Mary Cummings, CCRPC Administrative Assistant Vineeta Mathur, Planning Intern Randy Rice, Planning Intern

In consultation with Champaign County Department of

nning and Zoning Pla John Hall, Director

Table of Contents

Volume 1: Existing Conditions and Trends Introduction Data Collection and Analyses ................................................................................................. x Data Mapping.......................................................................................................................... x Champaign County GIS Consortium Map Disclaimer Report Overview .................................................................................................................... xi Chapter 1 Background Land Use Planning in Champaign County ...........................................................................1-1 Countywide Land Use Planning Municipal Land Use Planning Land Use Planning by Other Governmental Units Mahomet Aquifer Consortium Need for a Countywide Land Use Plan ...............................................................................1-5 Blue Ribbon Panel big.small.all. Champaign County Community Visioning Initiative Decision to Develop a Countywide Land Resource Management Plan...............................1-6 Ten-Point Plan to Streamline County Government RPC Proposal for Development of Comprehensive Land Use Plan Legal Authority to Develop a Plan........................................................................................1-6 Local Land Resource Management Planning Act Plan Requirements Purpose of the Plan..............................................................................................................1-6 Planning Process .................................................................................................................1-7 Steering Committee Champaign County Environment and Land Use Committee RPC Planning Staff, Champaign County GIS Consortium, and County Staff Public Participation County Board Review Project Organization Stages of LRMP Development LRMP Components Project Timetable Chapter 2 Plans and Policies Review County Land Use Policies ....................................................................................................2-1 Municipal Comprehensive Plans..........................................................................................2-1 Other Relevant Documents..................................................................................................2-3 Champaign County Greenways and Trails Plan Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Curtis Road nterchange Development Study Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction Study IL130 Corridor Plan .............................................................................................................

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Chapter 2 Plans and Policies Review Other Relevant Documents (continued) Northwest Growth Area Plan our future.here: A Vision for Champaign County Urbana & Champaign Sanitary District Long Range Facility Plan US45 Corridor Plan US Route 150 Corridor Plan University of Illinois Campus Master Plan Update Urbana ETJ Area Plan Chapter 3 LRMP Planning Area Criteria Overlapping Planning Jurisdictions ......................................................................................3-1 County Planning Jurisdiction Municipal Planning Jurisdiction Township Planning Jurisdiction Determining the LRMP Planning Area in Areas of Overlapping Planning Jurisdiction Differentiating Rural and Urban Lands.................................................................................3-5 Urban Lands Rural Lands Factors To Be Considered as Rural and Urban Lands Are Identified within ETJ Areas......3-5 Future Land Use Designation on Municipal Comprehensive Plan Public Sanitary Sewer Availability Chapter 4 Regional, Demographic, and Socioeconomic Data Regional Context..................................................................................................................4-1 Demographic Profile of Champaign County.........................................................................4-1 Population and Growth Income Age Race Educational Attainment Housing Trends Champaign County Employment & Economic Profile ........................................................4-13 County Historic Employment Change County-to-County Worker Flows Population Projections .......................................................................................................4-16 Employment Projections ....................................................................................................4-16 Chapter 5 Public Sanitary Sewer and Private Wastewater Disposal; Public Water Service and Private Wells Public Sanitary Sewer Service .............................................................................................5-1 Urbana and Champaign Sanitary District Sangamon Valley Sanitary District Municipal Public Sanitary Sewer Service Onsite Wastewater Disposal Systems .................................................................................5-3 Rural Residential Onsite Wastewater Disposal Systems County Regulations Regarding Installation of Onsite Wastewater Disposal Systems Public Water Service............................................................................................................5-6 Public Water Supply Service Availability Illinois American Water Company Private Onsite Wells...........................................................................................................5-10


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Chapter 6 Energy Distribution Systems Energy Resources................................................................................................................6-1 Electric Distribution Natural Gas Distribution Renewable Energy Resources.............................................................................................6-3 Biogas and Biomass Solar Energy Wind Energy Chapter 7 Public Facilities and Services Drainage Districts.................................................................................................................7-1 Channel Maintenance Fire Protection and Emergency Services.............................................................................7-4 Ambulance Services ............................................................................................................7-5 Police Services.....................................................................................................................7-6 Public Schools......................................................................................................................7-9 Higher Learning Chapter 8 Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Parks and Recreation...........................................................................................................8-1 Park Provision Standards Forest Preserve District Champaign County Greenways and Trails Plan Other Park Areas Open to the Public...................................................................................8-4 Ford Harris Park/Somer Township Park Homer Lake Wetland St. Joseph Wetland Barnhart Prairie Shortline Railroad Prairie Cultural Resources...............................................................................................................8-5 Historic Sites State-Designated Sites of Archeological/Cultural Significance Centennial and Sesquicentennial Farms Chapter 9 Transportation Roads...................................................................................................................................9-1 Interstates Federal, State, and County Highways Township Roads Functional Classification Maintenance Jurisdiction Traffic Volumes Commuting to Work Rail .......................................................................................................................................9-9 Rail Lines Crossing Locations Rail Traffic Pipelines.............................................................................................................................9-13 Air .....................................................................................................................................9-13 Airports Airport Safety Zones Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities........................................................................................9-14


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Chapter 10 Natural Resources Physical Geography...........................................................................................................10-1 Water Resources ...............................................................................................................10-5 Precipitation Surface Water Water Quality ...................................................................................................................10-10 Groundwater Mineral Resources ...........................................................................................................10-20 Sand and Gravel Coal Soil Resources.................................................................................................................10-20 Prime Farmland Best Prime Farmland Suitability of Soils for Selected Purposes Hydric Soils Wetland Areas..................................................................................................................10-23 100-Year Floodplain.........................................................................................................10-23 Bottomland Soils Woodlands and Grasslands .............................................................................................10-25 Forest Soils Forested Areas in Pre-Settlement Times Woodland Areas Grasslands

Wildlife Habitat Illinois Natural Area Inventory Sites, Nature Preserves and Biologically Significant Streams University of Illinois Preserve Areas Conservation Reserve Program & Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program within.. the County

Chapter 11 Agricultural Infrastructure Agricultural Infrastructure ...................................................................................................11-1 Chapter 12 Land Cover and Generalized Land Use Countywide Land Cover.....................................................................................................12-1 Existing Generalized Land Use Map..................................................................................12-3 Countywide Land Use Trends............................................................................................12-5 Farmland Acreage Increased Farmland Conversion Residential and Other Development Land Use Regulations......................................................................................................12-13 Selected Federal and State Regulations that Affect Land Use Local Regulations The Importance of Good Drainage Blighted Non-Conforming Land Use Areas Adopted Municipal Comprehensive Plans and Growing Population Municipal Annexations and Municipal Pre-Annexation Agreements Land Use Trends by Individual Township ........................................................................12-20 Ayers Brown Champaign Colfax


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Chapter 12 Land Cover and Generalized Land Use Land Use Trends by Individual Township (continued) Compromise Condit Crittenden East Bend Harwood Hensley Kerr Ludlow Mahomet Newcomb Ogden Pesotum Philo Rantoul Raymond Sadorus Scott Sidney Somer South Homer Stanton St. Joseph Tolono Urbana Chapter 13 Key Existing Conditions and Trends Selected Key Conditions and Trends.................................................................................13-1 From Chapter 2… From Chapter 4… From Chapter 5… From Chapter 6… From Chapter 7… From Chapter 8… From Chapter 9… From Chapter 10… From Chapter 11… From Chapter 12… Conclusion .........................................................................................................................13-5 References............................................................................................................... References-1


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LIST OF TABLES Chapter 1 Table 1-1 Comprehensive Plan for Champaign County Adopted by the RPC Table 1-2 Staging of LRMP Components Chapter 2 Table 2-1 Key Themes of Adopted Comprehensive Plans of Municipalities in Champaign

County Table 2-2 Overview of Adopted Comprehensive Plans of Municipalities in Champaign

County Chapter 3 Table 3-1 Potential ‘Rural’ Future Land Use Categories of Municipal Comprehensive Plans Chapter 4 Table 4-1 Champaign County Population, 1940-2000 Table 4-2 Urban vs. Rural Population in Champaign County: 1970-2000 Table 4-3 Population Trends in Champaign County Townships: 1960-2000 Table 4-4 Population Trends in Champaign County Municipalities: 1960-2000 Table 4-5 Unincorporated Areas Population Change by Township, 1990-2000 Table 4-6 Components of Champaign County Population Change: 1980-2005 Table 4-7 Income of Champaign County Townships, 1989 and 1999 Table 4-8 Poverty Level in Champaign County Townships, 1989 and 1999 Table 4-9 Population by Race for Champaign County and its Townships: 2000 Table 4-10 Educational Attainment for the Population 25 Years and Over: 2000 Illinois, Champaign County and its Municipalities Table 4-11 Owner and Renter Occupied Housing Units and Median Values, 2000 Table 4-12 Champaign County Total Full and Part-time Employment: 1970-2005 Table 4-13 Champaign County Farm and Non-Farm Employment: 1970-2005 Table 4-14 Employment Change by Employment Sectors in Champaign County, 2001-2005 Table 4-15 Champaign County Labor Employment and Unemployment: 1990-2006 Table 4-16 County-County Worker Flows for Champaign County, 2000 Table 4-17 Champaign County Employment by Sector, 1970-2000 Chapter 5 Table 5-1 Availability of Public Sanitary Sewer Table 5-2 Number of Permits Issued by the Champaign County Public Health Department

for Private Onsite Wastewater Disposal Systems Installed in Champaign County Table 5-3 Potentiality Ratings for Septic Tank Absorption Fields in Champaign County Table 5-4 Public Water Service Availability within Champaign County Chapter 7 Table 7-1 Drainage Districts within Champaign County Table 7-2 ISO Rating for FPDs and Fire Departments Table 7-3 School Districts and Enrollment, 2002 and 2006 Chapter 8 Table 8-1 Champaign County Parks Acreage, 1970 and 2005 Table 8-2 Champaign County Parks Acreage Per 1,000 Population, 1970 and 2005


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LIST OF TABLES (continued) Chapter 9 Table 9-1 Functional Classification of Champaign County Roads Table 9-2 Roadway Maintenance Jurisdictions in Champaign County Table 9-3 Champaign County Roads with ADT Greater Than 25,000 Table 9-4 Commuter Travel Modes for Champaign County Table 9-5 Commuter Travel Time Table 9-6 Amtrak Passengers at Champaign and Rantoul Stations, 2003-2007 Table 9-7 Willard Airport Enplanements, 2000-2006 Chapter 10 Table 10-1 Agricultural Value Groups for ‘Prime Farmland’ Soils in Champaign County Table 10-2 Hydric Soils in Champaign County Table 10-3 Bottomland Soils in Champaign County Table 10-4 Forest Soils in Champaign County Table 10-5 Champaign County Endangered and Threatened Species, September, 2007 Chapter 12 Table 12-1 Coding System Used to Create Generalized land Use Categories Table 12-2 Farms and Farmland in Champaign County Table 12-3 Number of Farms by Farm Size (Total and Irrigated) Table 12-4 Acreage Harvested, Yield and Production of Crops in Champaign County, 2002-

2006 Table 12-5 Farms by Value of Sales Table 12-6 Livestock Inventory Table 12-7 Number of Farms by Ownership Table 12-8 Acreage by Ownership Table 12-9 Converted Farmland by Township, 1988-2005 Table 12-10 New Single Family Residential by parcel Size, 1988-2005 Table 12-11 New Single Family Residential on Lots Greater than 30,000 sq. ft. by Township,

1988-2005 Table 12-12 Major Local Land Use and Development Regulations LIST OF FIGURES Chapter 1 Figure 1-1 Adopted Municipal Comprehensive Plans and Population Density Figure 1-2 Project Organization Diagram Chapter 3 Figure 3-1 County Planning Jurisdiction Figure 3-2 Municipal Planning Jurisdiction Figure 3-3 Potential Township Planning Jurisdiction Figure 3-4 Areas of Overlapping County and Municipal Planning Jurisdiction Chapter 4 Figure 4-1 Champaign County Population by Age: 1960 vs. 2000


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LIST OF FIGURES (continued) Chapter 5 Figure 5-1 Sanitary Sewer District Service Areas Figure 5-2 Urbana and Champaign Sanitary District Facility Planning Area Figure 5-3 Areas of ‘Very High’ or ‘High’ Potential for Septic Tank Absorption Fields Figure 5-4 IAWC Water Withdrawals to Serve Growing Communities Figure 5-5 Water Well Locations Chapter 6 Figure 6-1 Ameren Service Area Figure 6-2 Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative Service Area Figure 6-3 Electric Distribution Facilities Figure 6-4 Gas Distribution Facilities Figure 6-5 Wind Resource Potential Chapter 7 Figure 7-1 Champaign County Drainage Districts Figure 7-2 Champaign County Fire Protection Districts (FPDs) Figure 7-3 Fire Districts and Distance Traveled in Miles Figure 7-4 School Districts Chapter 8 Figure 8-1 Public Parks, 2006 Chapter 9 Figure 9-1 Roadway Jurisdiction Figure 9-2 Roadway Functional Classification Figure 9-3 Average Daily Traffic Volumes Figure 9-4 Commuter Travel Modes for Champaign County, 1980-2000 Figure 9-5 Rail Crossings by Type Figure 9-6 Trains per Day Figure 9-7 Gas and Hazardous Liquid Transmission Pipelines Figure 9-8 Primary Airports Figure 9-9 Existing Greenways and Trails, 2006 Chapter 10 Figure 10-1 End Moraines within Champaign County Figure 10-2 Elevation Map of Champaign County Figure 10-3 Champaign County Elevation Map with Contours Figure 10-4 Major Surface Water Sources in East Central Illinois Figure 10-5 Extents of Streams and Watersheds Figure 10-6 Major Watersheds of Champaign County Figure 10-7 Water Quality of Streams and Lakes Figure 10-8 Primary Sand and Gravel Aquifers in Illinois Figure 10-9 Primary Sand and Gravel Aquifers in Champaign County Figure 10-10 The Mahomet Aquifer Figure 10-11 Area Groundwater and Surface Water Withdrawals Figure 10-12 Decline in Artesian Head* West of Champaign Figure 10-13 Sediments and Position of the Mahomet Aquifer Figure 10-14 Estimated Potential Yield of Sand and Gravel Aquifers in Illinois


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LIST OF TABLES (continued) Chapter 10 (continued) Figure 10-15 Shallow Bedrock Aquifers Figure 10-16 Champaign County Soils Figure 10-17 100-Year Floodplain Figure 10-18 Bottomland Soils and Forest Soils Figure 10-19 Change in Forested Areas Figure 10-20 Woodland Areas and Selected Grasslands Figure 10-21 Status of Vegetation along Streambanks in Champaign County Chapter 11 Figure 11-1 Agricultural Infrastructure Figure 11-2 Farm Direct and Farm Market Locations Chapter 12 Figure 12-1 Presettlement Land Cover Figure 12-2 Land Cover in 1999 Figure 12-3 Existing Generalized Land Use Map Figure 12-4 Farmland Converted During 1988-2005 Figure 12-5 County Permits for New Residences: 1995 – Mid 2007 Figure 12-6 Existing Generalized Zoning – 2003 Figure 12-7 Municipal Growth 1972 – Present