The Town of Kendall, its Project Advisory Committee and consultants will prepare a Comprehensive Plan pursuant to General Town Law § 28 / Town Law § 272-a / Village Law 7-722. The Comprehensive Master Plan (“CMP”) will establish the objectives that the community wants to achieve, and will guide future sustainable growth within the municipality, enhance the local cultural identity, and protect natural and cultural local resources. Kendall will also be completing an Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan. Since this plan will serve as a component of the overall CMP, it will be developed simultaneously with the CMP. The Comprehensive Plan must address the following general Smart Growth principles, in addition to the elements suggested by the New York State statutes: ● Promote mixed land uses in focus areas. ● Create an adequate range of housing opportunities and choices. ● Promote development and redevelopment where infrastructure is adequate and sustainable. ● Build on traits that make a distinctive and attractive community with a strong sense of place. ● Promote well-planned and well-placed public spaces. ● Promote sustainable compact neighborhoods. ● Increase mobility and circulation within jurisdictional lines and improve connectivity with areas outside jurisdictional lines. ● Promote sustainable mass transit that reduces the local levels of greenhouse gas emissions ● Promote walkable/bikeable neighborhood designs ● Promote and integrate clean energy resources and related incentives. ● Improve green infrastructure and resident’s participation in this effort. ● Increase resiliency to extreme weather events. ● Encourage social diversity and integration. ● Expand planning and implementation efforts across jurisdictional lines, to increase effectiveness, sustainability, and resiliency. ● Promote community and stakeholder collaboration in planning.
