SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP 2030

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SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP 2030

• VISIONING THE FUTURE
• PRESENTATION BY
• THOMAS J. SCANGARELLO AND ASSOCIATES
• SPONSORED BY
• PLAN ENDORSEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIPVISION 2030

• INTRODUCTION
• VISION PROCESS
• WHERE ARE WE NOW?
• WHERE ARE WE GOING?
• WHERE DO WE WANT TO BE?
• HOW DO WE GET THERE?

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INTRODUCTION

• RURAL SUSTAINABILITY GRANT
• WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?
• WHAT IS A VISION?

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RURAL SUSTAINABLE GRANT

• NJ DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
• PURPOSE
• FOCUS

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WHY SOUTHAMPTON?

• Location pressured by development trends
• Economy historically agrarian, difficult to
  sustain
• Environment Important soils and sensitive water
  systems
• Culture Conflicts arising from agrarian vs
  commuter life style

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WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ?

• Basic strategies for Sustainable Development in
  Rural Places
• Maintain the Environs as large contiguous areas
  of farmland and other lands
• Revitalize cities and towns
• Accommodate growth in Centers
• Promote a viable agricultural industry
• Protect the character of existing, stable
  communities and
• Confine programmed sewers and public water
  services to Centers.

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WHAT IS A VISION?

• Community Visioning is a process through which a
  community imagines the future it desires and
  plans to achieve it.
• Community Based Approach
• Consensus from citizens is basis for plan

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VISION PROCESS

• Where are we now?
• Where are we going?
• Where do we want to be?
• How do we get there?

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VISION PROCESS

• Step 1 Where are we now?
• Community Profile
• Municipal Self Assessment
• Values Statement
• Community Forum
• Interviews
• Strength and Weakness Assessment
• State Report

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Step 1 Where are we now?Community Profile

• Municipal Self Assessment
• Demographic Data
• Population
• Age
• Housing Units/ Household Size
• Geographic Maps and Statistics
• Regional Map/ State Planning Areas/Pinelands
• Farmland Preserved
• Parks, Recreation, Open Space Preserved
• Environmental Resources
• Planning Efforts Local, Regional, State

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Demographic Data

• US Census 8 growth
• 2000 Population 10,202
• 2007 Population 11,028
• DVRPC 5 growth
• 2005 Population 11,130
• Housing Units/Size

• Southampton has aging population

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Geographic MappingState Map

• Planning Areas
• PA1 - Urban
• PA2 Urban Fringe
• PA3 - Suburban
• PA4 - Rural
• PA4b Rural/Sensitive
• PA 5 Env. Sensitive

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Geographic MappingRegional Map
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Geographic MappingPreserved Farmland
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Geographic MappingRecreation/Open Space
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Geographic MappingEnvironmental Resources
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Step 1 Where are we now?Values Statement

• Land Use and Housing
• Transportation
• Recreation/Open Space
• Farmland
• Economic Development
• Resource Protection

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Values StatementLand Use and Housing

• No Suburban Sprawl
• Connectivity Locate services near existing
  population centers
• Affordable Housing Provide needed housing for
  young families and seniors

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Values StatementTransportation

• Connectivity
• Alternate means of transportation
• Connect neighborhoods and community facilities
• Provide regional connections
• Provision for bike lanes
• Provision for greenway links
• Reduce congestion
• (Route 206/Route 38)

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Values StatementRecreation/Open Space

• Provision of a centralized recreation and
  community center
• Reuse of existing community facilities for
  community center
• Provision of clear connections to recreation and
  community facilities
• Provide trails

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Values StatementFarmland Preservation

• Continue existing preservation efforts
• Promote clustering

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Values StatementEconomic Development

• Revitalize Vincentown
• Revitalize Route 206 Corridor
• Infrastructure
• Aesthetic Upgrade
• Attract new quality business

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Values StatementResource Protection

• Energy conservation through the use of renewable
  resources
• Green standards for development
• Solar power
• Grey water collection
• Protect Water Quality
• Septic System maintenance
• Control of flooding damage
• Identify important historic/cultural resources

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Step 1 Where are we now?Strengths and
Weaknesses

• Opportunities and Constraints Analysis
• Office of Smart Growth
• NJDEP
• Consistent infrastructure planning
• Protect threatened and endangered species and
  habitat
• Continue efforts of groundwater protection
• NJDOT
• Department of Agriculture
• Large lot zoning is not a mechanism to preserve
  agriculture
• Council on Affordable Housing
• Future planning shall consider need to provide
  affordable housing consistent
• http//www.nj.gov/dca/divisions/osg/docs/southampt
  onoca.pdf

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Step 2 Where are we going?

• How much vacant land do we have?
• How much will be built?
• Population and Commercial Growth Projections
• Zoning Analysis
• Carrying Capacity Study
• What will it look like?

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Step 2 Where are we going?Zoning and Vacant
Land
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Step 2 Where are we going?Targeted Open Space
and Farmland
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Step 2 Where are we going?Vacant Land with
Targeted Preserved
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Step 2 Where are we going?Population
Projections

• US Census Data Trend 8 growth rate
• DVRPC Data Trend 5 growth rate
• 2010 Population 11,200 /-
• 2030 Population Projection (6.5) 11,860
• 330 people/decade or 660 people by 2030
• 253 housing units at 2.6 per household
• PA 4 160 units based on Zoning

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Step 2 Where are we going?Commercial Growth

• Growth over past 10 years 304,266 sq ft
• Storage 234,302 square feet
• Office 29,967 square feet
• Equates to approximately 234 jobs
• 2030 Commercial Growth Projection 9 increase
• PA4 300,000 square feet based on Zoning

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Step 2 Where are we going?Carrying Capacity
Study

• Purpose
• Determine the capacity of the soils to support
  standard septic systems while maintaining high
  quality ground water
• Focus
• PA4 vacant, non-preserved farmland parcels
  located out of sewer service area
• Results
• 3200 hundred acres were vacant, nonpreserved
  farmland
• 1316 acres were developable (wetlands removed)
• 105 dwelling units as total build out
• 116,000 sf commercial for total build out

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Step 2 Where are we going?How much will be
built by 2030?

• Zoning analysis
• 160 residential units
• 300,000 square feet commercial
• Carrying Capacity
• 17 residential units
• 15,000 square feet commercial
• Vision 2030
• 90 residential units
• 160,000 square feet commercial

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Step 2 Where are we going?Probable Growth
Pattern Existing Development
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Step 2 Where are we going?Probable Growth
Pattern 2030 Trend
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Step 3 Where do we want to be?

• How does the probable growth pattern match the
  values?
• Strengths and Weaknesses
• Are there ways to achieve Southamptons values
  through other smart growth models?
• What are other possible growth patterns?
• Rural Center Expansion of Vincentown
• Rural Transect Route 206/Route 38
• Rural Development Clustering

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Step 3 Where do we want to be?Expansion of
Vincentown
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Step 3 Where do we want to be?Expansion of
Vincentown
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Step 3 Where do we want to be?New Center
Route 206/Route 38
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Step 3 Where do we want to be?Rural
Development Clustering
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Step 3 Where do we want to be?Rural
Development Clustering
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Step 3 Where do we want to be?
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Step 4 How do we get there?

• Next Steps
• Design Session with PEAC and invited members of
  the community
• Creation of a draft Vision Report with selected
  Growth Plan
• Public Hearing on Vision Report
• Submission to State
• Preparation of Action Plan