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W Growth Managem1tiotg( . rnery Ct : i If there are any two There has also been a In 1990 the Montgom- and rural character, Montgomery County. concentrated on village singular words that can rapid growth of busi- ery County Planning and provide for the 1 planning and the best describe what has ness and industry, Commission embark- recreational needs of In the upcoming years concept of using been happening in which is just as im- ed on a program to residents to a degree this commission will transfer of develop- Montgomery County portant in terms of develop growth man- that is virtually im- continue to develop ment rights to pro- and much of south- its impact on the agement tools to possible under con- new model ordinances mote growth where it eastern Pennsylvania physical and econo- address this rapid and ventional suburban and development is wanted,while pre- during the past few mic landscape of the often uncontrolled zoning. It is limited guidelines that will serving open land decades,they would county. In 1950 the development. The to single-family, address some of the where needed.ow have to be"growth" number of jobs locat- Land Preservation detached housing-- many problems of and"change." Since ed in Montgomery District(LPD)is the the predominant I unmanaged growth. 1950 our county has County represented 9 first such tool. housing type in Current efforts are seen a rate and amount percent of all the jobs of growth and change in the Philadelphia re- The LPD is a zoning that is unprecedented gion. By 1987 the district that addresses in its history. number of jobs in the residential growth county grew to a total only. It restricts nei- For additional information on the Land Preservation District, the Our population has of over 493,000,which ther the amount(i.e., almost doubled during was 20 percent of all density)nor the timing following reports are available from: the past four decades, the jobs in the region. of growth. It does Montgomery County Planning Commission from about 353,000 in regulate the physical Courthouse, Norristown,Pennsylvania 19404 1950 to about 678,000 The impact of this location of growth by phone(215)278-3722 today. The number of continuing growth is guiding the location of housing units has phenomenal. We esti- houses on a tract,thus Land Preservation District: Model Zoning Provisions increased 175 percent mate that over 17,000 strongly influencing during that same time acres(approximately the visual perception . '' Land Preservation District: Land Development Standards period to almost 27 square miles or 6 of density. It will 266,000 today. Accord- percent of the county's enable communities N., Guidelines for Successful Homeowners Associations ing to the 1990 census, land area)were devel- to protect valuable we added over 33,000 oped during the last natural resources, N., Guidelines for Open Space Management in the LPD units during the 1980s. ten years alone! preserve open land N.. Sewage Treatment Alternatives for the LPD 20 • 21