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12 <br />PAGE 61 — JPA LAND USE PLAN <br />LOCATION STANDARDS <br />The principal task in formulating a land use plan is determining where specific land uses will be <br />located. The primary elements feeding into this step include the operating principles outlined previously and a <br />defined set of location standards. <br />The location standards proposed for the preparation of the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan are <br />based upon previously enumerated background elements — natural environment and compatibility with <br />existing land use patterns. On the accompanying page, there elements are listed on the horizontal axis of the <br />Location Standards Matrix. Included in the matrix, but not previously defined are various street classifications <br />listed under Transportation Accessibility. These classifications are defined as follows: <br />STREET CLASSIFICATIONS <br />STREET TYPE <br />FUNCTION <br />SPEED <br />ROW <br />DAILY <br />VOLUME <br />TRIP <br />LENGTH <br />ACCESS <br />TRAVEL <br />LANES <br />INTERSTATE <br />Movement <br />55 mph <br />200 -300' <br />>40K <br />>3 mi. <br />Limited <br />4 <br />ARTERIAL <br />Movement <br />45 mph <br />120 -150' <br />10K -25K <br />>1 mi. <br />Unlimited <br />4 <br />COLLECTOR <br />Movement /A <br />ccess <br />35 mph <br />60 -70' <br />800 -3K <br /><1 mi. <br />Unlimited <br />2 <br />LOCAL <br />Access <br />25 mph <br />50' <br />75 -200 <br /><1/2 mi. <br />Unlimited <br />1 2 <br />Listed on the vertical axis are the general land use planning categories. By locating the desired land <br />plan category on the vertical axis, it is possible to read from left to right and identify by the "X" symbol desired <br />locations for each land use type. <br />CONCEPTS AND STRATEGIES <br />Following the November Public Information Meeting, four alternative strategy maps were prepared <br />with illustrated various development scenarios for the Joint Planning Area. The four maps sought to identify <br />those areas which would be classified as urban, transition, and rural buffer without identifying specific 10 and <br />20 year growth areas. The four maps are reproduced in sketch form on the following pages. The basis <br />premises governing each alternative are listed below. <br />