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Table 4.3, Implementation Action Plan
Focus Area 1: Residential and Commercial Growth and Development

GOAL 3.1 ACCOMMODATE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE SR 49 CORRIDOR WHILE PRESERVING LANDSCAPE CHARACTER.
PRIORITY TIMEFRAME PRIMARY RESPONSIBLE POTENTIAL OUTSIDE POTENTIAL OUTSIDE
# STRATEGY SECONDARY RESPONSIBLE PARTY
(PRIMARY-SECONDARY) (SHORT-MEDIUM-LONG-TERM) PARTY RESOURCE FUNDING RESOURCE
3.1.1 Develop a multi-phased annexation program to incorporate the Professional
(Page 38) remaining areas of the corridor, as currently delineated within the Primary Medium City Council City Planning Department Consultant (CPA), (A/E/P), N/A
Envision 2030 Comprehensive Plan, into the City’s corporate limits. (Public Relations)
3.1.2
(Page 38) Regulate the location of residential and commercial land use within the SR 49 corridor.
Develop an intergovernmental agreement between the City of
Valparaiso and Porter County whereby the County assigns the City City Planning Department, County
1. Primary Short City Council, County Commissioners N/A N/A
the responsibility of drafting design guidelines for all development Planning Department
within the SR 49 corridor.

City Council, County Commissioners,
Facilitate the administration of a transfer of conservation easement City Planning Department, County
2. Primary Medium Valparaiso Redevelopment N/A N/A
program within Porter County. Planning Department
Commission
Facilitate the administration and financing of a Purchase of
3. Development Rights (PDR) program; where the rights to develop Primary Medium Valparaiso Redevelopment City Council N/A N/A
Commission
agricultural property are purchased from farmers.

Zone all lands north of CR E 500 N, 2,000 feet from the eastern
4. edge of the SR 49 thoroughfare right-of-way as Prime Agriculture Primary Short Porter County County Planning Department N/A N/A
District (A1), ensuring the minimum lot size is 20 acres.

Amend the City of Valparaiso zoning map to rezone a parcel
5. immediately south of CR E 500 N from General Residential (GR) to Primary Short City Council City Planning Department N/A N/A
Rural (RU).

City Planning Department, County
6. Adopt a Right-to-Farm ordinance. Primary Medium City Council, County Commissioners N/A N/A
Planning Department
City Council, County Commissioners,
Consider the application of an Agricultural Tax Increment Financing City Planning Department, County
7. Secondary Medium Valparaiso Redevelopment N/A N/A
(ATIF) District Planning Department
Commission
3.1.3
(Page 40) Regulate the development of linear residential subdivisions along rural access roads.
Modify the Porter County UDO, Scenic Roadway Overlay (SRO)
District, and City of Valparaiso UDO, to restrict the length of linear City Council, County Commissioners,
1. residential subdivisions ending in cul-de-sacs, the diameter of a Primary Medium Valparaiso Redevelopment City Planning Department, County N/A N/A
Planning Department
central island, and use of stormwater infrastructure and low-impact Commission
development strategies.