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Comprehensive Plan
The Rockingham County Comprehensive Plan is an official public document that serves as the county-wide guide for future decisions regarding development, preservation, public facilities, and other key components of community life. To keep the plan current, it is periodically reviewed; the last review was approved by the Board of Supervisors on September 23, 2015.
The Purpose, the Process, and Major Elements and ThemesPolicies for Growth Management:
Framework for Planning the Future
Conceptual Plan for Phasing Development to 2010, 2020 and 2050
Policies for Intergrating Land Use, Transportation and Utilities
- Section II: Public Water & Sewer Phasing Map 2010, 2020 and 2050
- Section II: Land Use Plan - Harrisonburg & Vicinity - 2010
- Section II: Land Use Plan - Harrisonburg & Vicinity - 2020
- Section II: Land Use Plan - Harrisonburg & Vicinity - 2050
- Section II: Land Use Plan - McGaheysville, Massanutten & Vicinity - 2010
- Section II: Land Use Plan - McGaheysville, Massanutten & Vicinity - 2020
- Section II: Land Use Plan - McGaheysville, Massanutten & Vicinity - 2050
- Section II: Land Use Plan - Broadway, Timberville & Vicinity - 2010
- Section II: Land Use Plan - Broadway, Timberville & Vicinity - 2020 & 2050
- Section II: Land Use Plan - Elkton & Vicinity - 2010, 2020 & 2050
- Section II: Land Use Plan - Grottoes & Vicinity - 2010
- Section II: Land Use Plan - Grottoes & Vicinity - 2020 & 2050
- Section II: Transportation Plan - Harrisonburg & Vicinity - 2010
- Section II: Transportation Plan - Harrisonburg & Vicinity - 2020
- Section II: Transportation Plan - Harrisonburg & Vicinity - 2050
- Section II: Transportation Plan - McGaheysville, Massanutten & Vicinity - 2010
- Section II: Transportation Plan - McGaheysville, Massanutten & Vicinity - 2020
- Section II: Transportation Plan - McGaheysville, Massanutten & Vicinity - 2050
- Section II: Transportation Plan - Broadway, Timberville & Vicinity - 2010
- Section II: Transportation Plan - Broadway, Timberville & Vicinity - 2020 & 2050
- Section II: Transportation Plan - Grottoes & Vicinity - 2010
- Section II: Transportation Plan - Grottoes & Vicinity - 2020 & 2050
- Section II: Transportation Plan - Elkton - 2010, 2020 & 2050
- Section II: Existing Land Use
- Section II: Existing Zoning
- Section II: The Plan: Policies
Strategies, Policies and Actions for Natural Resources
Policies for Rezoning Decisions
Cooperation and Collaboration Among Local Jurisdictions
Policies for Specific Geographic Areas
Historic ResourcesTransportation
Agricultural Resources
Economic Resources
Land Use and Urban Design
Public Facilities
Community Culture and Identity
- Section III: Implementation of the Plan - Action List
- Section III: Implementation of the Plan - Action Agenda
- Section III: Monitoring and Measuring Plan Progress, and Amending and Updating the Plan
- Glossary of Terms
The adoption of the Stone Spring Urban Development Area Plan is considered an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan as it hereafter will serve as an integral component and reviewed and updated during the normal course of the Comprehensive Plan’s lifecycle.
- 00- Cover, Intro, and Summary
- Chapter 1- Ten Guiding Principles of What Makes a Neighborhood
- Chapter 2- Form-Based Transect To Guide Future Growth (and Protect Rural and Established Suburban Areas)
- Chapter 3- Neighborhoods Connected By Pedestrian and Bicycle Pathways
- Chapter 4- Design & Streetscape Guidelines
- Chapter 5- Neighborhood Concepts
- Chapter 6- Implementation & Action Plan
- Chapter 7- Glossary