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<br />LU <br /> <br />ANDSE <br /> <br /> <br />AND <br /> <br /> <br />D <br /> <br />EVELOPMENT <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />C <br /> <br />HAPTER 2 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />As expressed in Chapter 1, Plan Context, La Porte will continue <br />and shaped by significant internal and external influences, chan <br />conditions, and changing priorities. This chapter and subsequent <br />intended to emphasize how the City can proactively respond to th <br />and conditions through policy and recommended programs, ordinanc <br />investment to ensure the community in 20 years embodies the futu <br />citizens envision a quality, sustainable, and highly livable community. This <br />chapter also introduces the concept of "community character," w <br />considers more than the use of land, including the elements of s <br />building design, the influence of adjacent sites, and use and in <br />open space, and the impacts and relationships between sites and <br />natural environments. It emphasizes that the City could consider <br />transition of community character at some appropriate time in th <br />‘ )­³±®£´¢³¨®­ <br />The purpose of this chapter is to establish the necessary policy <br />2001 vs. 2012 Plan Comparison <br />guidance to enable the City to plan effectively for its future i <br /> <br />development, redevelopment and revitalization, and character <br />2001 2012 Update <br />enhancement while respecting the existing land use pattern. <br />Ch. 4, Land Use <br />Sound planning is essential to ensure the community is <br />Ch. 7, Parks and <br />prepared for anticipated (and needed) infill development, can <br />Recreation <br />Ch. 2, Land Use and <br />serve it adequately with public services, and can manage its <br />Ch. 9, Residential <br />Development <br />impacts to maintain compatibility of land uses and preserve and <br />Development <br />enhance community character. Along with the background, <br />Ch. 10, Beautification <br />goals, and strategies in this chapter, the Future Land Use Plan <br />Ch. 12, Redevelopment <br />visually its priorities for <br />2.1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />