ELIZABETH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
LAND USE ALTERNATIVES
MAY 2019
Land Use Alternative #1 falls for more concentrated development, to the north and south of the Old Town area, within Elizabeth. This concept anticipates primarily medium density residential, including smaller lot single family homes, as well as townhomes, twin homes, and other attached forms of housing, in the areas immediately to the south and north of Elizabeth, and on either side of Running Creek. Alternative # 1 anticipates lower density, single family neighborhoods farther to the south, to the south of County Road 132. The concept calls for the preservation of creek corridors along Running Creek and Gold Creek for parks, open space, and trail corridors, and preserves a good deal of the pine-forested lands to the east of County Road 17-21 as parks or open space. The concept calls for an area of mixed-use development to the south, along County Road 17, and another area for potential mixed-use development along Highway 86, between County Road 3 and the county line. Alternative # 1 provides spaces for employment centers or business park uses to the east of town on Highway 86 and also along Highway 86, between County Road 3 and Legacy Circle.
Land Use Alternative #2 calls for more concentrated development, to the north and south of the Old Town area, within Elizabeth. This concept anticipates primarily medium density residential, including smaller lot single family homes, as well as townhomes, twin homes, and other attached forms of housing, in the areas immediately to the south and north of Elizabeth, and on either side of Running Creek. Alternative #2 calls for additional low and medium density residential to the north of town, between County Road 13 and County Road 17. It also calls for areas of mixed-use development to the north and south, along County Road 17. This concept anticipates an area of retail / commercial uses at Highway 86 and Flintwood Road, as well as business parks or employment centers along Highway 86, around County Road 3, and also to the east of town, east of County Road 21. Alternative #2 anticipates the preservation of creek corridors along Running Creek and Gold Creek for parks, open space, and trail corridors, and preserves a good deal of pine-forested lands to the east of County Road 17-21 as parks or open space.
Land Use Alternative #3 assumes that the areas around Elizabeth would develop with a greater emphasis on lower density residential development, compared to the other two land use alternatives. Larger areas to the west and south of Elizabeth are designated as lower density residential in this concept. While a small area of the pine forests east of County Road 17-21 is preserved as parks and open space, this concept assumes that most of the forested lands to the south and east of Elizabeth would be developed as residential lots over time. This concept does preserve the major creek corridors as parks, open space, and trails. Land Use Alternative #3 reserves areas along Highway 86 at Flintwood and near County Road 3 as retail and employment center areas. It also designates an area to the east of County Road 21, along Highway 86, as a business park and retail center.