General Plan Update 2020
What is a General Plan?
A General Plan is a community's roadmap for its future. The Town's General Plan (Focus2020) is intended to guide the development of the Town during the next two decades. It consists of both maps and text (including goals and strategies). The vision for the community is spelled out in a number of "elements." These "elements" are actually sections of the Plan that discuss the relationships between the use of land and such issues as transportation,
environmental quality, water quality, and parks.
History:
From 2001 to 2003, the Town prepared a new General Plan to update the Plan that was originally adopted in 1996. The updated Plan meets Arizona's new State requirements and responds to the changes in the Town since 1996. The General Plan Update was adopted by the Town Council in June 2003, but was not ratified by voters in the November 2003 election. In order to determine the voter's opinions regarding the Plan, the Town reached out to the
community via surveys and meetings. Then, using the results of these outreach efforts, a committee of citizens, including opponents to the previous plan, redrafted the 2003 General Plan Update.
General Plan 2005
This plan was adopted by the Town Council on June 15, 2005, and on November 8, 2005, the revised General Plan was ratified by the Oro Valley Voters. This plan meets all of the requirements of the State Growing Smarter Legislation. It is the final version without the maps, which are shown below. A version of the plan showing the changes from the plan adopted in June 2003 is available by contacting Roseanne Flores at rflores@orovalleyaz.gov.
Land Use Map
This shows the land use designations adopted by the Council on June 15, 2005. Though it is not a zoning map, with specific allowed uses it is used by the Town to help determine the type of development that should ultimately be on a site. The map includes a brief legend and more descriptive information for each land use designation is in the Land Use Section of the Plan.
Other General Plan Maps
Strategic Implementation Plan
To ensure that the Plan is used, virtually all of the policies in the Plan are implemented by specific tasks. The Strategic Implementation Plan lists all of the tasks, who is responsible for them, and the schedule for completion.