Development WorkshopNovember 11, 2013

Vision

• Support the rural landscape• Help existing places thrive• Create great new places

Troy, TX Comprehensive Plan

Area8 miles of IH-35 maximumor 85,000 linear feet both sides

Project Goals• Stimulate Investment and Revenue Growth• Strengthen Community Image and Identity – A Stronger

Sense of Place• Emphasize Quality and Sustainable Development• Build Local Ownership and Involvement• Get the Right Implementation Tools

8 miles, make ‘em count

Development Tools

• Planning• Zoning & Uses that Draw People• Historic Preservation• Signs• Economic Development• Funding• Landscaping & Decorations• Architecture• Transportation• Personnel

Regulation

“Hard rules are okay, as long as we know what they are.”Rick Duggan, Schlosser Development

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Design Standards

• Cities can regulate aesthetics • Create or perpetuate a look• Exterior Design Standards and Planned Development Districts

Design Standards

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Design Standards

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Development Tools

• Planning• Zoning & Uses that Draw People• Historic Preservation• Signs• Economic Development• Funding• Landscaping & Decorations• Architecture• Transportation• Personnel

Thank You

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