Public Presentation

November 2nd, 2017

 INTRODUCTION
Chad Gibson
Studio Professor
Planning director for the City of Upper Arlington
 OUTREACH
First Open House: 9/12
Top 3 Strengths
Community Facilities, Parks,
and Open Space
Community Identity
Housing and Economic
Development
Top 3 Weaknesses
Community Identity
Utilities and Infrastructure
Transportation
Top 3 Opportunities
Zoning and Land Use
Community Identity
Transportation
Top 3 Threats
Zoning and Land Use
Community Identity
Transportation
 OUTREACH
Second Meeting: 10/5
 OUTREACH
Second Meeting: 10/5
 OUTREACH
Second Meeting: 10/5
 OUTREACH
Second Meeting: 10/5
ONLINE SURVEY
ONLINE SURVEY
SOCIAL MEDIA
EXISTING DEMOGRAPHICS
EXISTING DEMOGRAPHICS
 EXISTING DEMOGRAPHICS

80.1% white

Median
Age
35 yrs
EXISTING DEMOGRAPHICS
VISION STATEMENT
Orange Township will be a vibrant, inclusive community
for people of all ages and Interests. Together, we will
create a thriving and balanced community (where the
residents) are proud to live, work and play.
Through this plan, we will create a thriving, inclusive and
balanced community that its residents are proud to live,
work and play in.
By developing a healthy, caring, positive, educated and
responsible foundation, Orange Township residents will
enjoy a community that values civic pride and spirit,
celebrates diversity and creates an environment that
provides opportunity for all.
Through implementation of this plan, a welcoming, unique
and thriving community will be created where residents,
visitors and businesses alike are proud to live, work and
play.
UTILITIES & INFRASTRUCTURE
UTILITIES & INFRASTRUCTURE
UTILITIES & INFRASTRUCTURE
Goal UI-1: Provide community facilities,
services, and utilities as needed to ensure a
functional, safe, healthy, and economically
viable community
Coordinate extension of public sewer and water
utilities with future land use in a manner that serves
future growth and facilitates open space
preservation
Provide a clear and consistent understanding
throughout the land use plan for utilities to utilize in
future population project and capital project
planning
UTILITIES & INFRASTRUCTURE
Goal UI-2: Bring public WiFi connectivity to
Orange Township
Devise a plan for cell towers placed within
residential area to meet a certain aesthetic
requirement. The township trustees cannot
interfere with cell tower placement, without written
notice of a complaint. If this comprehensive plan
suggested the cell towers to meet a certain
aesthetic, than the residents might be more
accepting of certain placements of cell towers
throughout the township
Refer to Ohio law 519.211
UTILITIES & INFRASTRUCTURE
Examples of screened cell towers
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION
Goal T-1: Advocate for a Complete Streets
policy
Work with other townships in Delaware County and
regional planning organizations to encourage
Delaware County to adopt a Complete Streets
policy
Adopt a Complete Streets requirement for all new
developments coming into Orange Township
TRANSPORTATION
Goal T-2: Increase connectivity inside the
Township
Creation of a new regional connection with the
future I-71 and Big Walnut interchange
Require more access roads parallel to major
thoroughfares in commercial developments and
less direct connections to those thoroughfares
Reduce dead-ends and increase connections
between neighborhoods
TRANSPORTATION
Goal T-3: Reduction in At-Grade Railroad
Crossings
Pursue grants and other funding sources to
construct under or overpasses at railroad crossings
Find possible solutions for reducing accidents at the
Franklin Street Railroad crossing
Goal T-4: Encourage more enhanced street
design in new developments
Create design principles that encourage better
street design through building form, on-street
parking, landscaping, and other characteristics
Explore using alternative intersection designs to
increase traffic flow (i.e. roundabouts)
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Goal ED-1: Enhance commercial business
presence in Orange Township
Encourage a balance between commercial and
residential in the Township
Foster and retain small businesses in the Township
Develop an incubator to help aid in the success of
small businesses
Encourage commercial development around Evans
Farms
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Goal ED-2: Encourage business involvement in
the community
Apply for grants that improve Orange Townships
economic resources
Small business retention
Encourages new industries and jobs to come to the area
Generate creative funding sources such as JEDZ
(Joint Economic Development Zone) or TIF (Tax
Increment Financing)
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Goal ED-3: Consider innovative funding
options for new businesses
Create an online hub of resources, information, and
tools for business owners and area economic
activities
Follow up with area businesses annually
Enhance upon the annual Business Appreciation
events and shop-local holidays
Consider implementing a career center within the
township for higher-level high school students so
they may be exposed to additional career
opportunities
ZONING & LAND USE
ZONING & LAND USE
Goal Z-1: Amend the zoning code and map to
enhance the communitys image and promote
pedestrian-oriented development
Create a new mixed-use zoning district and apply to key
targeted areas
Create new overlay districts with development standards
/ design guidelines that promote walkability and build
community identity
Review and consider changing density requirements to
achieve the communitys vision for the townships
physical development
Encourage infill development through use of incentives
and an interactive online map that identifies all available
parcels with infill development opportunities
ZONING & LAND USE
Goal Z-2: Develop more commercial uses that
are compatible with Orange Townships
community character
Provide incentives to attract specific
commercial uses that are lacking in the
township such as local restaurants and shops
Strategically encourage commercial and office
development in targeted areas
Implement the economic development
strategies outlined in the Comprehensive Plan
Adopt the updated land-use map and adhere to
it in guiding the Townships development
ZONING & LAND USE
Goal Z-3: Improve the zoning and development
process by making it more efficient and
increasing training opportunities
Adopt a unified development ordinance to make
the development process more efficient and
guide the townships growth in a sustainable
manner
The Planning & Zoning Director in coordination
with the Zoning Commission and Board of
Zoning Appeals along with other stakeholders
should review the zoning/rezoning and
development permitting process to evaluate the
current process, identify inefficiencies, and
recommend efficiency improvements
ZONING & LAND USE
Goal Z-3: Improve the zoning and development
process by making it more efficient and
increasing training opportunities (cont.)
Have staff and zoning commission board
members attend training opportunities on
zoning best practices and innovative land-use
controls, and require Board of Trustees, Board
of Zoning Commissioners, Board of Zoning
Appeals, and staff attend annual training on the
zoning process.
Implement mandatory staff reports for all
permitting processes
Invest in new permitting software that will
ensure a more efficient application process and
facilitate record keeping
ZONING & LAND USE
Other goals in consideration:
Residential conservation guidelines
Encourage and facilitate sustainable development
practices
Improve zoning code enforcement
Amend parking and signage requirements
Physical improvements to existing neighborhoods
and commercial areas (i.e. street furniture, lamp
posts, public art, etc.) that are consistent with
community character.
HOUSING
HOUSING
Goal H-1: Adapt to township growth trends
HOUSING
Goal H-1: Adapt to township growth trends
(cont.)
Utilize unused developed land more efficiently (infill)
Establish a more comprehensive review process that
accounts for impacts on other community amenities,
such as transportation and commercial employment and
activity
Better communication between county/township departments,
setting technical review meetings and inviting developers
Revise zoning code to include mixed-use to allow for
more flexible housing options as additional development
strains community amenities, such as transportation,
commercial employment, and activity
Explore density options to encourage open space
opportunities, such as allowing an extra floor on a
building proposal for more open space
HOUSING
Goal H-2: Maintain and encourage diversity in housing
for Orange Townships Residents
HOUSING
Goal H-2: Maintain and encourage diversity in
housing for Orange Townships residents (cont.)
The zoning code should be revised to allow for
alternate housing unit types in single-family districts
to allow for empty-nesters style development, such
as more clustered condominiums
Amend a PUD stipulation to include housing
diversity/flexibility in housing in each subdivision
Reduce code barriers to cluster housing within
gross acreage of planned development districts,
such as decreasing required setbacks for cluster
housing
HOUSING
Goal H-3: Increase Senior Living Communities
Increase the affordability of senior/retiree housing
by increasing the supply, thus lowering demand
This can be done by creating a path for developers, such
as the first strategy for this goal
A senior living district exists (Planned Elderly Residential
District, PERD), but faces barriers that must be removed
Current density for PERD is 4 units/acre or 12
residents/acre
Avoid and discourage misusing Multi-Family zoning
for dense senior living by revising the zoning code
to encourage more PERD districts, thus avoiding
inflating schools, increasing traffic flow, and other
outcomes from Multi-Family districts
COMMUNITY IDENTITY
COMMUNITY IDENTITY
COMMUNITY IDENTITY
Goal CI-1: A strong sense of place that identifies
Orange Townships uniqueness, provides the
people with a connection to their homes, and
gathering places to express themselves while
supplementing community pride
Make signage clear and consistent, and include the
Townships logo on all new and old signs
Upgrade existing features in Orange Township by
painting in orange color
Expand the Orange Bridge Park shelter to build a
complete community center for public gatherings
and events with food options for all residents
Create a public outreach steering committee to
maintain and expand all communications and
community meetings platform in the Township
COMMUNITY IDENTITY

Goal CI-2: Celebrated Gateway features to

enhance Orange Townships image as an
inviting community
Rework the existing bridge aesthetics by including
light and/or color enhancements
Introduce new and appropriately-sized Gateway
features along all major roads entering and exiting
Orange Township
COMMUNITY IDENTITY

Goal CI-3: Provide consistent wayfinding

signage that clearly directs and identifies Orange
Townships prime locations and promotes
connectivity throughout the area
Installation of information kiosks including complete
area maps at key locations in the Township
Introduce trail maps and other significant pathway
signage.
Maintain identification and directional signage as
new developments are introduced
CONSERVATION & NATURAL
RESOURCES
CONSERVATION & NATURAL
RESOURCES
Goal NR-1: Increase and maintain the amount of
open space, the variety of natural resources,
and the rural character of Orange Township
Connect existing open space and natural resources
by using wooded multi-use paths
Protect natural resources and farmland using
conservation easements or the transfer of
development rights
Designate buffers around wooded areas and water
bodies
CONSERVATION & NATURAL
RESOURCES
Goal NR-2: Increase wildlife and diversity of
vegetation
Maintain and enhance suitable habitats
Cultivate native ecosystems that encourage native
wildlife.
Maintain greenways and wooded trails as wildlife
corridors.
Assist residents with maintain the vegetation
through education and incentives
Join Tree City USA
CONSERVATION & NATURAL
RESOURCES
Goal NR-3: Reduce development impacts on
natural resources
Require that all trees removed during construction
be replanted
Develop designated growth areas
Set required design standards that take natural
features into consideration
Require developers to set aside a percentage of the
property for green space
Require low impact development strategies
COMMUNITY FACILITIES
COMMUNITY FACILITIES
Goal CF-1: Complete the bike/walking path
network in the township
Complete the recommendations that are currently
set by the Parks, Trails, Greenways 2008 Master
Plan, and the Delaware County Parks &
Multi-Purpose Trail Plan
Analyze recommendations given through the
Qualtrics community feedback for additional path
connections that were missed
Work with neighboring communities to connect
Orange Townships Trail System to their trails
COMMUNITY FACILITIES
Goal CF-2: Schedule events at parks and other
community facilities with various events such as
festivals, community events, and other
family-friendly events to engage the community
Partner With Olentangy Local School District to
organize the use of space for certain events
Partner with the Orange Celebration website to help
promote Township events
Some events would include: classes such as water
aerobics, dancing, other skills
COMMUNITY FACILITIES
Goal CF-3: Continue to analyze spaces that are
appropriate for Township park space
Consider alternative and new types of parks to
diversify the inventory of parks which make parks
unique from neighboring communities
Work toward having all residentially zoned
properties within a half mile walking distance of a
community park
COMMUNITY FACILITIES
Goal CF-4: Community is lacking a community
center space
Until a community center has been established
utilize the Township Hall for various events for the
seniors (i.e. B.I.N.G.O Nights, dancing classes,
special events, etc.)
Work out an agreement to provide this opportunity
at Evans Farm Town Center
Continue determining areas appropriate that are
appropriate for this community center if the above is
unachievable
Wrap Up
If you have any questions, go talk to people (15
minutes)
Final meeting: December 15th