November 2015 Newsletter

1. Inside views and news
The SKINNY
G E O R G E T O W N - S C O T T C O U N T Y
P L A N N I N G C O M M I S S I O N
November 2015
October
Construction Progress
Second floor steel has been
hung on the BCTC primary
building in the Lanes Run
Business Park and construc-
tion is on schedule.
New building permits
City 40
County 12
Subdivision plats
reviewed and recorded 3
LOC sureties $4.61M
Cash sureties $ 606K
Mapping Your World
Comprehensive Plan Shared Research
Scott County’s Rural Service Area is considered that area outside the three municipal
Urban Service Boundaries. The Planning Commission staff in coordination with the GIS
Department has been developing some spatial tools to evaluate the development poten-
tial and, conversely, the agricultural and environmental value of rural land.
Utilizing techniques championed by the National Lands Trust, the GIS Department is
mapping the Rural Greenprint, which are those areas that have environmental or cultural
value from a planning perspective, such as wetlands, floodplains, wildlife habitats, aqui-
fer recharge areas, productive farmland, historic, archaeological and cultural features,
etc.
Secondly, they are creating a Rural Preserve Map that identifies and maps those areas
of the Greenprint that are already prohibited by law or contract from future development.
Examples include PDR protected farms, cluster subdivision open space, property in land
trust deed restrictions, known sink holes, floodplain and other environmentally sensitive
lands already protected.
Lastly, the GIS Department will be mapping the Rural Reserve or that land in the
Greenprint, not yet preserved through existing law that is the highest priority for preser-
vation, and that if protected could create a continuous system of natural corridors. These
mapping techniques will be used to inform the recommendations of the Rural Land Use
subcommittee during the Comprehensive Plan update.
The Force was with us . . .
Spooktacular was spectacular!
In the Pipeline
Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers - 3,575 sq. ft. restaurant on
the southwest corner of Champion Way and Success Drive.
Cattleman’s Steakhouse - 8,700 sq. ft. restaurant on 2.39 acres
on the southeast corner of Champion Way and Grandstand
Dr.
Santa Barbara - Fortiline - 8,000 sq. ft. industrial building with
outside material storage on 2.5 acres on the east side of
Yusen Drive in the Triport Industrial Park.
Culton Properties - 14,000 sq. ft. hardware and rental store on
3 acres on the east side of Carley Drive in the Georgetown
Industrial Park.
We wish you
and your family
a very
Happy Thanksgiving!Rural Greenprint
Southwest Section