Page 64 - Valparaiso, IN U.S. 30 Corridor Plan

Adopted July 25, 2011

The intersection of Hayes Leonard Road and Highway 30 The City can further restrict what happens in this stretch
generally marks the City’s western urban boundary for the of the highway by denying or limiting utility extensions
useful life of this plan. Intensive, urban-scale development or by placing conditions on such extensions that can
is not recommended west of the immediate 4-corner be enforced via pre-annexation agreements. Such
area. Any new development should be of a low intensity, agreements can require the owners’ non-challenge of
predominantly residential nature and sensitive to the City zoning for a specified period of time following the
environmental features of the area. service extension.

Although outside of the city’s municipal boundaries, the One possible exception to the low intensity rule, could
Western Approach City should aggressively assert its extraterritorial planning be a new master-planned neighborhood or tech park
authority up to and including the intersection of Highway 30
on the western quadrants of the 250-West intersection
where large, buildable sites lend themselves to top
and 250-West (and southward along Route 2). Extraterritorial
PLAN SEGMENT planning powers allow cities to place land use controls on quality master-planned development projects. Such
lands that may eventually be annexed to the City (so that the developments may be considered under special
City doesn’t end up inheriting poorly planned development. planned development standards and subject to a
See Indiana Codes section 36-7-4-205). rigorous site plan review process.

Map 3.4, Proposed Pedestrian System

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