Comprehensive Plan

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It is the duty of the Planning Commission, under the Municipal Code, to prepare and submit for adoption by the Board of Trustees, a master plan for the physical development of the municipality. The Comprehensive Plan (the required master plan) with the maps, charts, and related supporting documents are the Planning Commission’s recommendations for the development of the municipality within its Urban Growth Boundary. The Comprehensive Plan will also provide guidance for the Board of Trustees and Commission to promote the desired physical and economic development of the community as expressed by the citizens of the community during the public review and hearings held prior to its final adoption. Zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, annexation procedures, building codes, and annual budgets are just a few of many areas of municipal governance which will ultimately be guided by the Comprehensive Plan.

The Plan reflects the desired pattern of land uses and illustrates the general location, character and intensity of land uses in the future. The plan is not “carved in granite,” and should be reviewed periodically and amended and expanded when necessary as a result of changing conditions and circumstances that may affect the Town’s planning area. It reflects the future goals and desires of the Town’s citizens. It is also a guide to further, more specific planning exercises that may be necessary in the near future.

As a general guide, the comprehensive land use plan describes the desired future development of the town and serves as a basis for infrastructure planning. Implementation of the plan is accomplished through the land development code, project-specific plans, capital improvement programs, and various actions and policies of the Board of Trustees.

The 1990 Comprehensive Plan, with the minor land use map amendment of 1999, represents the last land use plan adopted by the town. It was developed with the intent to revise and amend the Plan as needed to adjust to the pressures of growth along the Interstate 76 corridor, the region surrounding the new Denver International Airport and the E-470 toll highway.

This 2007 Comprehensive Plan is intended to be a major revision to the previous plan and the acceptance of the reality that there will be a need for managed and orderly growth within Hudson and the region.