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- All Subjects: Land use
- Creators: Pima County (Ariz.). County Administrator's Office
- Resource Type: Text
Develops the methods for using the National Land Cover Dataset to report change by jurisdictions and land ownership by utilizing an existing dataset. Local GIS-based measures of development based on tax assessor records do not provide direct measures of habitat loss.
Without action by Pima County, Rosemont Ranch would probably either be mined or become a residential subdivision over the next several decades. A ranch conservation scenario offers the best outcome for preventing fragmentation of the landscape and conserving the natural and cultural heritage of the area.
During the planning process for the SDCP, concerns were raised regarding loss of property tax revenue as well as adverse tax base impacts of Pima County purchasing parcels for open space. This report assesses impacts in two ways. First, the net assessed values of the open space parcels before purchase are compared to the sum of the net assessed values of all parcels in Pima County and in each applicable school district. Second, the property taxes assessed by Pima County and applicable school districts on each open space parcel before purchase is compared to the sum of the property taxes assessed on all parcels within Pima County and applicable school districts.
The purpose of this report is to highlight lands acquired with 1997 and 2004 voter-approved bond funds, provide a historical record of Pima County’s land conservation efforts and consider how these properties contribute to Pima County’s long-term vision – the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan. The report also provides a special feature on the evolution of conservation and land use planning in Pima County.
The Neighborhood Conservation Plan will ensure that promises of good housing, beautiful natural surroundings, security, and economic prosperity are not made only to those who live in the outlying areas.
Provides information on the Pima County Comprehensive Plan process and product. It also includes maps, policies, public requests and comments, the Planning and Zoning Commission's motions and findings from its public hearings, 2001 annual plan amendment requests, and other related material for the Board's perusal with regard to the Comprehensive Plan public hearing scheduled for April 23, 2002.
Upon adoption of the Comprehensive Plan, the Board directed staff to bring forward program proposals to implement the policies of the Plan at sixty-day intervals, beginning with mixed use and affordable housing programs.This study combined with the studies issued previously on the topics of housing and affordability in Pima County provide the information and options necessary to establish mixed use and affordable housing programs within Pima County.
On December 18, 2001 the Pima County Board of Supervisors adopted the Comprehensive Plan Update. At that hearing, the Board referred the Plan back to Commission for further recommendation to assure all the various pieces of the Plan have been examined and reexamined. Its recommendation will be sent to the various affected public agencies for review and sent to the Board for an adoption public hearing in March or April 2002. The list of 2001 annual plan amendments are included in this report to allow a review of the plan amendments with regards to the Comprehensive Plan.
Conservation easements are becoming an important mechanism in Pima County for dealing with matters such as the establishment of mitigation banks and the negotiation of conservation commitments with federal environmental regulatory agencies. This tool will also assist in the implementation of the Ranch Conservation Element of the SDCP. Includes the verbatim proceedings of a workshop on conservation held on August 18, 2001.