West Feliciana Together Guiding Principles


Home Events Documents Press Links	West Feliciana Together Parish Plan Draft Guiding Principles updated 3/10/08 Guiding Principles are developed to provide direction to planning efforts in the form of a “check list” to ensure that planning recommendations and strategies reflect and support parish citizens’ core values. Having a clear understanding and consensus of parish residents’ key themes and values ensures that plan recommendations and strategies are consistent with these values, and move the parish towards the residents’ collective goals for the future. As the planning process progresses, it is important to loop back to the Guiding Principles established through citizen and stakeholder input to ensure that emerging recommendations reflect parish residents’ desires. The following Guiding Principles are grouped in four broad topic areas: Livable Community; Prosperous Economy; Healthy Environment and Opportunity and Equity. Livable Community *Growth -* Embrace and retain the rural and historic character of the parish. Focus on attracting new housing and jobs to existing developed areas already served by infrastructure. [Influence how we grow and what our parish will look like in the future by adopting fair and objective ordinances. Strive for unified goals and compatible laws and regulations between the parish and town. Land Use/Housing - Emphasize mixed use sustainable development with a focus on providing attractive and safe neighborhoods and commercial areas in which to live, work and visit. Promote a wider range of housing options—both in style and size—as well as more shops and services. Respect the architectural scale and historic character of St. Francisville and other historic areas. *Transportation -* Provide convenient access to stores and services from all areas of the parish. Provide a transportation option for people without cars. Direct new development toward areas where there are adequate roads to accommodate growth and scale new streets to fit their surroundings to promote safety and attractiveness. Prosperous Economy Plan for and provide infrastructure to encourage future growth. Emphasize tourism and eco-tourism; attract new economic development to the parish, especially in targeted areas. Include public input in economic development planning activities and decisions. Plan for a variety of jobs for parish residents. Encourage entrepreneurs. Healthy Environment Preserve the natural beauty of the parish and its assets—our wildlife, fields, woodlands and country roads—through the use of incentives and conservation development practices such as greenbelts and cluster development. Provide more walkable connections, trails and bike paths and diverse recreational opportunities. Opportunity and Equity Apply land use regulations fairly and consistently. Develop clear and objective land use regulations. Create opportunities for greater citizen education and involvement in public and private development decisions for people of all ages, ethnicities and cultures. Increase housing opportunities in the parish and accommodate a variety of housing types for people at all income levels, in a variety of locations. Maintain high quality educational and recreational opportunities for all citizens. Download WF Draft Guiding Principles (Word Document) updated 3/10/08

West Feliciana Together Parish Plan

Draft Guiding Principles

updated 3/10/08

Guiding Principles are developed to provide direction to planning efforts in the form of a “check list” to ensure that planning recommendations and strategies reflect and support parish citizens’ core values. Having a clear understanding and consensus of parish residents’ key themes and values ensures that plan recommendations and strategies are consistent with these values, and move the parish towards the residents’ collective goals for the future. As the planning process progresses, it is important to loop back to the Guiding Principles established through citizen and stakeholder input to ensure that emerging recommendations reflect parish residents’ desires.

The following Guiding Principles are grouped in four broad topic areas: Livable Community; Prosperous Economy; Healthy Environment and Opportunity and Equity.

Livable Community

Growth - Embrace and retain the rural and historic character of the parish. Focus on attracting new housing and jobs to existing developed areas already served by infrastructure. [Influence how we grow and what our parish will look like in the future by adopting fair and objective ordinances. Strive for unified goals and compatible laws and regulations between the parish and town.

Land Use/Housing - Emphasize mixed use sustainable development with a focus on providing attractive and safe neighborhoods and commercial areas in which to live, work and visit. Promote a wider range of housing options—both in style and size—as well as more shops and services. Respect the architectural scale and historic character of St. Francisville and other historic areas.

Transportation - Provide convenient access to stores and services from all areas of the parish. Provide a transportation option for people without cars. Direct new development toward areas where there are adequate roads to accommodate growth and scale new streets to fit their surroundings to promote safety and attractiveness.

Prosperous Economy

Plan for and provide infrastructure to encourage future growth. Emphasize tourism and eco-tourism; attract new economic development to the parish, especially in targeted areas. Include public input in economic development planning activities and decisions. Plan for a variety of jobs for parish residents. Encourage entrepreneurs.

Healthy Environment

Preserve the natural beauty of the parish and its assets—our wildlife, fields, woodlands and country roads—through the use of incentives and conservation development practices such as greenbelts and cluster development. Provide more walkable connections, trails and bike paths and diverse recreational opportunities.

Opportunity and Equity

Apply land use regulations fairly and consistently. Develop clear and objective land use regulations. Create opportunities for greater citizen education and involvement in public and private development decisions for people of all ages, ethnicities and cultures. Increase housing opportunities in the parish and accommodate a variety of housing types for people at all income levels, in a variety of locations. Maintain high quality educational and recreational opportunities for all citizens.

Download WF Draft Guiding Principles (Word Document) updated 3/10/08