Comprehensive Plan Summary
HOUSING & RESIDENTIAL AREAS
GOAL
A wide variety of living environments which support a
heterogeneous population and maintain the overall low density countryside character
of the area and respect the carrying capacity of the area's natural resources.
OBJECTIVES
Insure
that all new housing is designed and located to maintain and enhance the
countryside character of the total BACOG area.
Promote
responses where possible to the housing needs of limited income groups
essential to the community, especially the elderly.
Insure
that new multi‑family housing is located close to municipal services and
transportation facilities.
Insure
that all housing units meet reasonable minimum codes and requirements; take
actions to eliminate substandard units through code enforcement,
rehabilitation, or demolition. Be open
to new concepts of public safety and protection, including fire safety/minimization
techniques, as are now required.
Encourage
new approaches to housing site design which promote more efficient use of land,
energy conservation and maintain the low‑density countryside character of the
area, and offer aesthetic compatibility.
Initiate
an ongoing housing program aimed at monitoring and implementing needed housing
programs within the area especially senior housing.
HOUSING
CHARACTERISTICS
The BACOG area’s unique residential environments are
among its most important assets.
Traditionally, the area has been able to maintain a variety of different
housing areas suitable for a diverse and heterogeneous population and at the
same time maintain the overall countryside environment. Continued population monitoring is necessary
to match population trends and forecasting to the continuing analysis of area
housing needs and the appropriated mix of location, size and density.
HOUSING NEEDS
Total demand for new and used housing units in the BACOG
area will remain strong. Special
attention should be placed on the housing needs of seniors who are trying to
maintain residency in the BACOG area. It
is recommended that area villages cooperate with county housing authorities to
implement on a scattered site basis, the placement of Section 8 families or
individuals within the area. BACOG area
villages should investigate the implementation of a rental housing code.
RESIDENTIAL
AREAS
The
BACOG Comprehensive Plan provides for a wide range of potential living
environments that could accommodate a variety of housing types, and support a
heterogeneous resident population. A
clear distinction should be made between the more urban environment of the
Village of Barrington and the more rural environment of the countryside.
Therefore, residential densities between one unit per two acres and one unit
per acre have been recommended only for areas which are already so committed
and for new areas which are uniquely appropriate for this living
environment. For most of the BACOG area,
particularly in lower density and countryside sections, it is recommended that
residential density represent three environmental alternatives; one unit per
each one to two acres and one unit per five acres (predominantly rural), Rural
Estates, with one unit for 5 to 10 acres. 1:1n contrast, the wide variety of
living environments and housing types which would be represented by densities
of more than one unit per acre should be clustered in the immediate vicinity of
the Village of Barrington and at other limited sites.