Planning Department

Comprehensive Plan

2026 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Adopted March 9, 2005 +   What is a Comprehensive Plan? The Comprehensive Plan is a series of documents that establish policies that guide the future development of the City. It establishes a vision for the future and identifies a strategy for achieving that vision. Although general in nature, the Comprehensive Plan includes a review of many different aspects of physical development including land use, transportation, public utilities, parks and recreation, historic preservation, redevelopment, libraries, economic development, public safety, and environmental resources. Chesapeake's Comprehensive Plan will include a master plan to address these issues as well as a Land Use Plan and a Master Transportation Plan. +   Why is it important? The Comprehensive Plan sets the framework and guiding principles for the City's future and is required by Virginia Law. It establishes goals, objectives, and implementation strategies to achieve those goals and objectives. It is an important tool for the City in managing its growth and timing the construction of public facilities. It is one of the few legally defensible tools in Virginia that a community has to guide its development.

2026 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Adopted March 9, 2005

     Entire plan Adobe pdf format (282 pages - 11.5MB)

NOTE: All documents are in Adobe PDF format and will open in a new browser window.

Table of Contents (combined - 194kb) - rev. 6/19/07
     
     Cover (58kb)
     Table of Contents (110kb)  - rev. 6/19/07
     Map Index (1.5MB)

Acknowledgments (138kb)

Executive Summary (97kb)

SECTION ONE: The Vision (413kb)

SECTION TWO: Plan Goals, Issues, and Strategies (305kb) - rev. 6/19/07

SECTION THREE: The Plan (combined - 10.2MB)
     Title page

LAND USE & DESIGN (2.2MB)		STORMWATER MANAGEMENT & SOLID WASTE (combined - 141kb)
GROWTH MANAGEMENT (595kb) - rev. 6/19/07			Stormwater Management
			Solid Waste
ECONOMY (241kb)		SCHOOLS (407kb)
NATURAL RESOURCES (1.5MB)		POLICE (217kb)
HISTORIC RESOURCES & HOUSING (combined - 481kb) rev. 6/19/07		FIRE & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (235kb)
	Historic Resources (395kb)	PARKS & RECREATION, LIBRARIES, HUMAN SERVICES & CULTURAL FACILITIES (combined 739kb)
	Housing (103kb)
TRANSPORTATION (1.3MB)
WATER & SEWER (409kb)			Parks and Recreation (351kb)
			Libraries (247kb)
			Human Services (83kb)
			Cultural Facilities (221kb)
APPENDICES
Appendices_Index (83kb)
A	Glossary (120kb)
B	Council_Goals (173kb)
C	Public_Process (1.1MB)
MAPS
	MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN (6MB)
	LAND USE PLAN (6MB)
Separately Published / Freestanding Appendices
D	Planning and Land Use Policy
E	Proffer Policy
F	Transportation Corridor Overlay District
G	Poindexter Street Strategic Development Plan (4.1MB)      (High-resolution version for fine printing - 61MB)
H	Great Bridge Village Study
I	South Military Highway Corridor Study (Reference Appendix)
J	Western Branch Land Study Summary (Reference Appendix)
K	U.S. Route 17 Great Dismal Swamp Corridor Study (Reference Appendix)
L	Affordable Housing Task Force Report (Reference Appendix)      Implementation Steps Report (37kb)
M	Design Guidelines Manual and Visual Preference Survey Summary
Comprehensive Plan Amendments
	Policy Document Amendments
	Land Use Plan Amendments
	2050 Master Transportation Plan Amendments

For more information or to purchase a CD or maps on the Comprehensive Plan Process,
please contact the Planning Department:

Department of Planning
P.O. Box 15225
Chesapeake, VA 23328
(757) 382-6176
planning@cityofchesapeake.net