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Creators:
Gray, Cindy
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Access Control (Transportation) Arterial Highways Cass County (North Dakota) City Planning Communities Fargo (North Dakota) Fringe Areas Land Use Planning Metropolitan Planning Organization Rural Development Street Planning Streets Transportation Planning Urban Development Urban Fringe Urbanization
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21949/1403698
Resource Type:
Proceedings
Geographical Coverage:
North Dakota
TRIS Online Accession Number:
00780083
NTL Classification:
NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Land Use
Abstract:
The Fringe Land Use Guide and Transportation Plan has been developed over the

past two years by the F-M Metropolitan Council of Governments. One of

the primary purposes of the project was to extend arterial and collector street

planning beyond city limits, and even beyond the two mile extraterritorial area,

to allow Cass County to more effectively plan for the future urban characteristics of the area. Another effort of the study was to identify and

resolve issues of incompatible land uses in the areas wheere Fargo, North Dakota

and West Fargo, North Dakota are growing together. The study included portions

of Cass County, to address fringe areas outside the city limits where a

significant amount of rural development is occurring. This study is also part

of a larger effort to help policy makers understand that there is a strong

relationship between transportation and land use planning.

The combined population of Fargo and West Fargo, North Dakota is approximately

97,000. There is no physical separation between the two communities, such as a

river or highway, so in many areas the two cities are growing together and only

a city limit line separates them. This has caused problems between the two

communities related to the approval of incompatible land uses across city limit

lines and varying philosophies/policies regarding the function and location of

arterial and collector streets. Further complicating these issues is the fact

that the extraterritorial area of the two cities overlap, and there is some

competition for new growth areas.

Techniques which could be applied in other Metropolitan Areas are:

Formulation of recommendations for future ROW acquisition and access

management along corridors identified as future arterial roadways - Adoption of the study provides a guideline for the county and townships with

regard to ROW requirements and limited access policies that should be

implemented, even if they are decades in advance of urban development in the

areas. Formation of a review process for future land use and transportation

changes in the area defined as the "fringe area" - Planners from all three

jurisdictions and the MPO will convene to discuss the effects of proposed land

use or roadway changes in the fringe area, where they have the greatest

potential to effect the other two jurisdictions. Input from the group will be

provided to the Planning Commission considering the proposed change. A process

for this was set up in the study. Incorporated land use and transportation

plans of all three jurisdictions onto a single map - The map then became a

tool for review and discussion of incompatible land use combinations and

transportation planning issues. As a result of the review process described

above, the map will be updated and refined on a regular basis. Development

of a map showing likely first and second tier of future urban development -

Projected annual acreage of urbanization was calculated, resulting in "moderate"

and "high" development scenarios for the metropolitan area. The results will be

used to guide the cities during decisions regarding infrastructure expansion,

etc. and also provide good public information.


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