Mayfield Village, Ohio

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Chapter 4

Chapter5

Appendices

Chapter 1 .. Introduction

Purpose of the Master Plan

A dedicated committee of residents and business representatives provided leadership to produce the Mayfield Village 2020 Vision Plan. The Plan recommends an overall strategy for guiding future development and for taking collective action to enhance the community’s quality of life. Specifically, the Plan assesses current development trends in the Village, projects future development impacts, and then recommends a comprehensive set of policies and implementation strategies--including zoning changes--for guiding future actions that will shape development patterns in the Village.

The Plan provides policy direction to guide the future land use, development and infrastructure investment decisions of the Village’s staff, its Planning Commission, and its elected officials. Adopting the 2020 Vision Plan does not change any of the Village’s laws or zoning regulations. To achieve the zoning changes recommended in this Plan, the Village must conduct a distinctly separate process to formally amend its current zoning regulations by consulting with Village residents through the referenda process as required by the Village’s adopted charter. D.B. Hartt, Inc. encourages Village leaders to complete a more thorough review of the Village’s zoning codes as a second step in the process of charting a course to guide future development in the Village.

By its nature, the 2020 Vision Plan is designed to provide guidance over the long term, and many of the projects and strategies recommended in this Plan will take several years to achieve. The Plan should be consulted regularly to provide the rationale necessary to invest public resources, acquire land for redevelopment, make changes to the Village’s zoning regulations, and other key decisions needed to achieve the development goals outlined in this report.

The Planning Process

In 2002, the Mayfield Village Mayor appointed the 2020 Vision Committee, and Village Council retained D.B. Hartt, Inc., Planning and Development Consultants, to provide professional planning services to the Committee in the preparation of the Vision Plan. The Committee consisted of representatives of the Village’s Planning Commission, its Board of Zoning Appeals, as well as residents and business leaders representing various areas of the community with input provided by members of the Village Council. The Consultant assembled background data for Committee members, interviewed all members of the Committee and key Village staff for input, and facilitated the discussions at a series of Committee meetings. On May 21, 2003 and October 29, 2003, Village officials and the Committee hosted two public forums to solicit resident and business input on the policy directions and recommended strategies of the plan.

Based on the background data reviewed, the information gathered from personal interviews, and the input from the public meetings, a Mayfield Village 2020 Vision Plan was prepared by the Consultant working with Committee members. This Plan recommends a consolidated statement of goals and objectives, development policies, and implementation strategies. The recommended final Plan is presented to the Village Planning and Zoning Commission for its approval as a final draft, then forwarded to the Village Council for adoption as the Village’s master plan.

The policies and strategies recommended in this Plan are based on current conditions and assumptions of future activities. However, unexpected developments in surrounding communities, advances in technology, changes in utility services, infrastructure improvements, and other unforeseen changes can alter the appropriateness of the polices highlighted in this Plan. Therefore, as with any document that establishes guidelines for the future, the policies contained in this report should be periodically reevaluated to assure their relevancy.