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LAND USE PLANNING IN CONTEXT: THE CASE OF HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO
Concepts and Issues in Planning
Prepared by Catalina Landivar-Simon, [email protected]
For First Year MCP Class University of CincinnatiOctober 21, 2009
Geographic JurisdictionHamilton County Regional Planning Commission
A house dividedHamilton County
21 cities16 villages12 townships
Population: 845,303
Government: 3 county commissioners (elected) County engineer (elected) Auditor (elected) Recorder (elected) Sheriff (elected) Judges (elected) Mayors, council members, township
trustees, clerks (400 – 500 elected officials)
Others
City of Cincinnati52 neighborhoods
Population: 331,285 (39% of all the population in the county)
Government: Mayor (elected) 9 Council members (elected) City manager (appointed) Departments under control of the City:
budget, development, parks, recreation commission, health, engineering, design, etc.
Multi-tier government structure a result of Ohio “Home Rule” environment
Comprehensive plan unclear and an option not a requirement
Local vs. State vs. Federal government land use management strategies
Federal government unfunded mandates
Carrots and sticks: multi-jurisdiction cooperation to access to federal funds
Milestones Census 2000 Globalization Rapid economic
growth and economic disparity
Internet / technology
9/11 Ohio Metropatterns MetroMoves EPA-Brownfields
Redevelopment Clean Water Act:
NPDES Clean Air Act ISTEA Housing Boom/
Foreclosure
Local Trends / Events: Outmigration: population loss not limited to central city Funding for infrastructure goes outside the belt New employment centers goes outside the belt Poverty spreads out Developed urban county (landlocked) CAGIS Reestablished HCRPC creates Planning Partnership and
prepares COMPASS City of Cincinnati dissolves Planning Department Multi-jurisdiction planning and CIP: Eastern Corridor Land
Use Vision and TID Stormwater Management District OKI Strategic Regional Policy Plan Emergency dispatch center coordination Sustainable development/Smart growth movement Green building-energy conservation
HCRPC A Partnership of
Communities
Education Communication Networking Lobbying Data for decision
making Technical support
Education: Certified Planning Commissioners’ Program; Forum on Property Maintenance, Housing, Stormwater Management, Community Revitalization, Economic Development; Newly Elected Officials Workshop
Communication: Newsletters, Reports, Annual Report, Website, Listserv
Networking: Annual Meeting, Planning Commissioners’ Forum
Lobbying: First Suburbs Consortium, ICC
Data for decision making: Census, CAGIS, research and reports, specialized library, Hamilton County Climate Initiative, Bike Friendly Communities
Technical support: planning, zoning, housing, Project Impact, GCEP
Planning in the next decade
• Obsolete organizations and legal frameworks• Obsolete infrastructure• New economic model• Education / employment• Resource management: land, energy, water, air, food• Post ARRA• Aging population• Shrinking population• Federal vs. State vs. Local: Decision making and funding
Look for:• Ohio Commission of Local Government Reform and
Collaboration• 3C is Me: Expanded Passenger Rail in Ohio• Ohio Freight• Land Bank Legislation and reuse/disposition of urban lands• Mergers of political subdivisions
Harrison Township and City of Harrison
Two separate political subdivision conducted two separate comprehensive planning process that run concurrent.
They hired two different consultants.
HCRPC facilitated meeting of both steering teams to agree on uses of the land in the common boundaries.
Result: one land use plan for both communities
Acronyms
ISTEA : Intermodal Surface Transportation Enhancement Act
HCRPC: Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission
COMPASS: Community Master Plan and Strategies (Master Plan for Hamilton County)
OKI: Ohio Kentucky Indiana Council of Governments – Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
SRPP: Strategic Regional Policy Plan (OKI plan for the 8 county region)
CAGIS: Cincinnati Area Geographic Information System
GCEP: Government Cooperation and Efficiency Project
ICC: Intermodal Coordinating Committee at OKI
ARRA: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
NPDES: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
TID: Transportation Improvement District
JEDD: Joint Economic Development District
CIP: Capital Improvement Program
Recommended
Liquid Assets: The Story of Our Water Infrastructure90 minute documentary on infrastructure systems: water, wastewater, and stormwater. PBS
A Guide to Planning in Ohio. Ohio Planning Conference OPC, 2007
Stuart Meck:•Notes on Planning Statute Reform: Guideposts for the Road Ahead in Planning Reform in the New Century edited by Daniel R. Mandelker,2005•Ohio Planning and Zoning Law 2007