Banks County Comprehensive Plan

What is a Comprehensive Plan?
Public Meetings
2008 Comprehensive Plan
1992 Comprehensive Plan
1992 Comprehensive Plan Maps
Forms

What is a Comprehensive Plan?
A Comprehensive Plan establishes a clear vision of the kind of place a community wants to be in the future, and provides a course of action to create this shared vision. The plans, created by community residents, property owners and business owners with the assistance of the staff of the County and each municipality, serve as a policy guide on how the County and each community is to develop over time. They provide a strategy for dealing with the County’s future growth and development. The Plans are submitted to the state for review in two phases or parts as follows:
PART 1: These documents were prepared by the consulting team following a thorough analysis of the existing conditions and development patterns in Banks County:
Community Assessment - An analysis of the existing conditions, current information, and trends presented as an executive summary
Analysis of Supporting Data - Includes background information that supports the conclusions presented in the Community Assessment
Community Participation Program - A strategy for involving the citizens in the process
PART 2: This document will be prepared by the consulting team with the assistance of staff with guidance from the county/cities' staff, elected officials, the Steering Committee, and those who participated in the citizen participation planning activities.
Community Agenda - The policies, strategies, and specific action items that will implement the Plan and bring about the vision of Banks County

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Public Meetings

The Banks County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing for the Banks County Comprehensive Plan 2008-2018 Community Agenda during the regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, at 3:30 PM in the Conference Room on the first floor of the Banks County Courthouse

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2008 Comprehensive Plan
Final Draft
The following documentation has been submitted to the Georgia Mountain Regional Development Center
Table of Contents (151kb)
Community Assessment (28.2MB)
Community Participation Program (129kb)
Analysis of Supporting Data (41.7MB)
Recommended Character Area Map (April 18, 2008) (393kb)
MacTec Presentation (April 15, 2008) (13.9MB)
Community Agenda (07-02-2008) (1.89MB)
Future Development Map - Draft (2.06MB)
Recommended Character Area Map (July 2008) (23.9MB)
Recommended Character Area Map (July 2008) Zipped (21.7MB) (2.06MB)

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1992 Comprehensive Plan
Banks County Comp Plan 1992 (59.3MB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction (51.9MB)
Chapter 2 - Population (8.56MB)
Chapter 3 - Housing (3.53MB)
Chapter 4 - Economic Development (3.78MB)
Chapter 5 - Natural Resources (4.78MB)
Chapter 6 - Historic Resources (11.7MB)
Chapter 7 - Land Use (10.7MB)
Chapter 8 - Community Facilities (8.53MB)
Chapter 9 - Implementation (20.4MB)
Maps
Maps (12.2MB)
Future Land Use Map (6.54MB)

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Forms
Issues and Opportunities Questionnaire

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