TM 5-803-1
CHAPTER 4
LONG-RANGE PLANS
4-1.
General
plan
considerations
determined development goals and objectives provide
guidelines to maintain consistency with the Concept Plan.
a. The long-range plans serve as guides for overall.
Modifications to the goals and objectives may be required
long-term physical growth and change at the installation.
to respond to new information discovered through the
The long-range plans are composed of a minimum of three
planning process. Any modifications should be documented.
interdependent elements: a Land Use Plan a Circulation
d. The nature and extent of environmental limitations
Plan: and a Utility Service Plan. Other long-range plans
and constraints identified in the data collection and
may also be prepared for special topics such as wildlife
analysis stage should remain in the forefront as the long-
management or historic preservation. However, the three
range plans are developed. The definition of specific land
plans discussed here provide the overall framework of the
use areas and supporting circulation and utility system
Installation Master Plan. The long-range plans are com-
must be sensitive to hazardous areas and clear zones.
prehensive in that they cover the entire installation and also
historic or archaeological resources. unstable soils. steep
because they reflect all of the physical systems which
slopes. water areas and wetlands. endangered species
support the installation. These plans must be flexible
habitat, and air and noise pollution.
enough to respond to future. unforeseen needs without
e. The long-range plans are a function of installation
losing their essential purpose. yet they must be detailed
mission and requirements. The land use relationships
enough to clearly convey and maintain the appropriate
which emerge should enhance the installation mission and
spatial and functional relationships for the installation.
provide needed capacity and flexibility. To ensure that the
The long-range plans should provide efficiency in the
previously determined the functional relationships are
arrangement of functions. provision of services, and use of
carried forward into the long-range plans, the Concept
existing assets. The plans also should present a clear and
Plan should provide the basis for the more detailed
logical sequence of development. Finally, the long-range
arrangement of land uses. Where difficulties are found in
plans must respond to the particular development problems
the process or refining the Concept Plan. the arrangement
and needs of the installation while conforming to general
of uses may be altered to alleviate the problem.
planning criteria and military requirements.
b. The long-range plans are concerned with existing
4-2. Land Use Plan
and future land uses and the major circulation elements
a. The Concept Plan is refined to arrange specific
and the utility services necessary to support those land
land uses in the most desirable configuration. This con-
uses. Therefore. the plans will address the location of
figuration. This configuration becomes the Land Use
major land use areas. designation of major elements of the
Plan. As the Land Use Plan is prepared. potential
circulation system, and determination of utility service
transportation and utility support needs also must be
requirements. The process of preparing the long-range
considered. The Land Use Plan should be portrayed in an
plans will be largely one of refining and shaping the
exhibit similar to the example given in figure 4-1. This
proposals outlined in the selected Concept Plan. Through
exhibit will be included in the Master Plan Report. A
out the process, the primary objective should be to
narrative description of the rationale for the Land Use
maintain the desired spatial relationships between functional
Plan also is included in the Master Plan Report along with
areas while fitting the arrangement of land uses to the
a description of the criteria used for delineating land use
installation site.
areas. The land use arrangement should relate to installation
c. Goals and objectives for the development of the
development objectives and to key functional and spatial
installation continue to play a major role in this step of the
relationships.
planning process. As adjustments in the Concept Plan are
made to reflect installation site features. the previously
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