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Image Placeholder <br />50LAND USE2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE <br />DRAFT Dec14-17 <br />for review only <br />DRAFT Dec14-17 <br />for review only <br />DRAFT Dec14-17 <br />for review only <br />DRAFT Dec14-17 <br />for review only <br />2040 Land Use Guiding Principles <br />Community Character <br />1 Provide for a variety of residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and agricultural land use <br />opportunities within the community <br />Objectives: <br />• Encourage lifecycle housing opportunities� <br />• Continue agricultural land uses in eastern Hugo where such uses are economically viable� <br />• Promote opportunities for commercial services to expand the tax base and provide employment <br />opportunities� <br />• Enforce development standards to maintain a high-quality standard of living� <br />• Encourage a variety of social opportunities for residents� <br />2 Maintain the unique rural quality and small town feel of the community through thoughtful <br />planning <br />Objectives: <br />• Encourage development that preserves open spaces and creates connections to natural areas� <br />• Maintain open spaces, natural resources and viewsheds that contribute to the character of the <br />community� <br />• Use Greenway Corridor to focus efforts to protect natural resources, open spaces, and connections <br />to natural areas and provide a linear park throughout the City� <br />• Develop Downtown Hugo as a livable, pedestrian-friendly town center within the City of Hugo� <br />• Maintain and enhance the quality of development through the design and performance standards� <br />• Encourage a sense of community by maintaining and creating distinct neighborhoods� <br />• Identify areas within the community that could benefit from special plans or more study. <br />• Identify areas that have conflicting land uses and develop solutions to mitigate current and future <br />problems� <br />• Develop and create safe road patterns and traffic calming measures to establish safety for all modes <br />of transportation� <br />• Maximize public service efficiencies through effective planning and management practices at the <br />local level� <br />• Encourage and utilize citizen participation in the local decision-making processes�