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Village Concept The rural character of Goochland County has been the single most important factor in people’s appreciation for this land, and the retention of this character is one of the most important goals cited in the Comprehensive Plan. Centuries of development have illustrated that people are dedicated to preserving this character. When Goochland County first established a Comprehensive Plan in 1976, growth was targeted around centers for commercial activity and existing development. Without graphical guides, that plan outlined the basic framework for the “villages” or community development districts that exist in the County today. The County’s Comprehensive Plan from 1980 begins by graphically depicting village boundaries, and notes the locations of the present-day villages. Today there are nine established villages in Goochland County. These include the previously-considered, “major” villages of Goochland and Centerville and the “rural” villages of Manakin, Oilville, Sandy Hook, Hadensville, Crozier, Fife- George’s Tavern and River Road Community. In the village concept, new development is directed towards established villages and away from rural and agricultural lands. The effect is that the County retains rural land and establishes villages where services may be provided to residents at a lower cost due to concentrated infrastructure. A major village was characterized in the 1980 plan as being bounded by perceivable physical, preferably natural features with at least thirty percent devoted to a parkway with continuous open space linking clusters of a variety of residential types with a community center encompassing a shopping center, schools, churches, a fire and/or a police station, library, post office and other necessary supportive facilities. The maximum gross density in 1980 for a major village was listed as two units per acre exclusive of flood plain, collector and arterial streets, major utility rights-of-way, and slopes greater than twenty percent. The major villages would be served by public or centralized sanitary sewer and water facilities to provide the impetus for these areas to function as viable growth centers. A minor village was characterized as consisting of singlefamily homes on approximately one acre and larger lots. If public or centralized sanitary sewer and water facilities were made available, density could increase to two units per acre. These villages could contain small scale community facilities and conveniences and would be spaced at a maximum five mile interval from other villages so that no one would be located more than 2.5 miles from essential services and facilities. The most recent Comprehensive Plan update in 2003, however, eliminated the distinction between major and minor villages by designating them all as community development districts (Figure 4). Community development districts are areas where utilities should become available from the short to the long term. The advantage of designating such areas is to achieve the cost effectiveness of A Master Plan for Courthouse Village Page 11 of 96 Spring, 2006 Goochland County
planning and coordinating growth, concentrating densities and compatible land uses in these areas, and to encourage private participation and generate revenue for the provision of community services (Shelton, 2004). Figure 4: Goochland County Community Development Districts Courthouse Village Source: Goochland County A Master Plan for Courthouse Village Page 12 of 96 Spring, 2006 Goochland County
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Page 9 and 10: Historical Background In March 1727
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Page 21 and 22: Introduction Of the nine designated
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Page 63 and 64: ARCHITECTURE & PLACE DESIGN Equally
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Lighting/Overhead Utilities The Cou
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Implementation Goochland County Pla
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Transportation-related Funding Sour
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UTILITIES Goal 10: Adequate infrast
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Objective 13.3: An interconnected s
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Implementation Planning staff shoul
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APPENDICES A Master Plan for Courth
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Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census,
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Appendix C: Goochland County Revise
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Source: VDOT Mobility Management Di
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LAND USE - Gateways to the Village
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Land Use - Commercial Commercial de
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