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This is the heart of the Development Plan document. This section begins
with a description of IMAGE - the geographic information system which
will be used to maintain and monitor the information necessary to implement the
Development Plan. Also included within this section are the Land Intensity,
Transportation, and Utilities Elements of the Development Plan. These
Functional Plan Elements describe the programs, projects, and work activities
which will make the Plan a reality. They also include the Intensity Map and the
Future Systems Maps which provide the most important guidelines for the future
growth and development of Georgetown.
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The Land Intensity Element
recommends that the City use the
impact analysis to regulate new development and allocate resources to encourage
development. The data necessary to conduct the impact analysis will be maintained
and monitored with a geographic information system (GIS) which has been named
IMAGE - Infrastructure Management for a Growing Environment. Using GIS.
software, IMAGE links tabular data with graphic data, thereby enabling the City
to manage a great deal of information for each parcel in the Planning Area. Some
of the data which has already been compiled into IMAGE includes the major
components of the water, wastewater, and transportation systems; programmed
improvements to these systems; existing and programmed demands on the
systems; and existing and committed land uses for each parcel. IMAGE is
instrumental to the successful implementation of the Ends and Means
contained within the Century Plan - Development Plan.
IMAGE consists of detailed, interactive map and data sets which describe the
existing and future development and infrastructure systems in Georgetown. The
existing system maps and data bases are tools which enable the City to test the
projected demands of proposed developments against the existing capacities of the
infrastructure systems. The basic components of the existing system are the maps
and data sets for the water, wastewater, and transportation systems and land uses.
Data is available to describe the components and capacity of the built systems, the
underlying land uses, the system service areas, and the existing and committed
demand on any given segment of the systems, or the systems as a whole. The
capacity data were compiled by the consultant using engineering studies conducted
previously for the City. The demand data are derived from the existing land use
map and data the consultant compiled on the service demands of given land uses.
Existing demands are based on all land uses that currently exist or have received
a permit for construction (building permit, plumbing permit, electrical permit,
and others). Committed demands include all existing conditions, as well as all
land uses that have valid, unexpired City approval (fmal plats).
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The future system maps and data include the future water, wastewater, and
transportation systems, and the Intensity Map. These maps are all included within
the Development Plan. The Intensity Map depicts the programmed development
pattern within the Georgetown Planning Area. Allowed development is depicted
in terms of intensity, a relative measure of the degree to which a parcel of land
may be developed based on the development's propensity to place demands on the
water, wastewater, and transportation systems. Intensities are expressed in terms
of six categories of allowable development and are described in detail in the
APPENDIX. The water, wastewater, and traffic demands projected to be
generated by the Intensity Map theoretically equal the capacities that those future
systems must provide. In reality, however, the intensity program is expected to
project somewhat higher demands than future development will actually require.
The intensities, therefore, represent a plan for future development, not future
infrastructure systems. Although the future system maps are based on the demands
projected by the Intensity Map, the design of the future systems must be based on
the actual demands generated by development as monitored by IMAGE.
IMAGE is a comprehensive and flexible tool which will enable the City to
make equitable allocation decisions about water, wastewater, and transportation
system resources. It is not a detailed engineering model for determining the
capacities of roads and utility lines; instead it uses available system capacity and
land use data to specify the inter- relationships between land use, roads, and utilities
and to account for decisions which allocate these facilities.
IMAGE enables the Century Plan to become a dynamic planning tool rather
than the traditionally static master plan. When this tool is incorporated into the
City's operations, it can be used to:
allocate water, wastewater and transportation resources;
account for those allocations;
compare demands (allocations) with supply (capacity);
analyze parcel based information;
evaluate the development potential of given land parcels; and
evaluate various City strategies or growth plans.
Continuous maintenance and refinement of IMAGE will yield both an accurate
accounting tool and an interactive aid for making decisions about resource
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allocation. The success of any plan which assists decision - malting relies on the
quality of the information on which the plan is based. As with any accounting
system, the long term viability of IMAGE depends on continuously updated
information. The availability of current data combined with the ability to test the
impact of both individual projects and regional development strategies provides a
sound foundation for making decisions about the City's resources.
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INTENSITY MAP - NON URBAN AREA
Non Urban Area shown with
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