Posts Tagged ‘joint land use study’

The Navy is gathering support from 10 southern Maryland counties surrounding Patuxent River Naval Air Station to participate in an assessment of land uses that are compatible with the Navy test center. The joint land use study, which could begin in September, would cover the counties within range of testing conducted at Pax River and could factor into deliberations over upcoming BRAC rounds, reported Delmarvanow.com. The JLUS may include recommendations on whether wind turbines are a compatible land use in southern Maryland. A separate study is evaluating the impact on military radar of a proposed wind farm in Somerset County located across Chesapeake Bay from Pax River.

The Lebanon County Planning Department is seeking consulting services to assist in the preparation of a joint land use study (JLUS) for the Fort Indiantown Gap military installation and Dauphin and Lebanon counties in Pennsylvania. The Lebanon County Planning Department, lead agency for the JLUS, is accepting proposals until April 30 …

Businesses surrounding the airfield at Joint Base Andrews, Md., are worried about the impact of proposed land use restrictions that would limit development on their properties. The proposed regulations, introduced in the Prince George’s County Council, would bar new construction on vacant properties, along with new residences, and limit businesses to their existing floor area. They also would prevent businesses from making changes that would jeopardize additional workers …

In a bid to boost the fortunes of Fairchild Air Force Base as it competes to host a new generation of refueling tankers, the city of Airway Heights and Spokane County in eastern Washington are working on multiple fronts to limit encroachment around the base. Airway Heights is struggling with options to entice residents living in a trailer park that lies in Fairchild’s accident potential zone 2 to relocate …

Three Virginia state senators are asking the General Assembly for $2 million to purchase property surrounding Langley AFB that is encroaching on the airfield’s safety zone. “The urgency of solving the Langley Air Force base encroachment issue is a no-brainer when one considers the massive $1.2 billion economic impact that Langley AFB has on the Hampton Roads region …

In the face of looming defense budget cuts and the possibility of one or more base closure rounds, states and communities attempting to support their local installations can employ of variety of strategies to minimize adverse impacts while potentially positioning themselves to gain additional missions. The most critical step a community can take is to form a “trusting relationship” with base officials, Michael Hayes, managing director of Maryland’s Office of Military and Federal Affairs, said during a session of the 2012 ADC Winter Forum …

To address growth occurring outside Marine Corps Base Quantico, three Northern Virginia counties will conduct a joint land use study to ensure noise, traffic and other issues related to development do not hamper the installation’s mission. The need for the study stems from the work of a local planning group attempting to cope with growth at Quantico resulting from the 2005 round of base closures …

Lowndes County, Miss., is seeking proposals for consulting services to assist in the preparation of a joint land use study for Columbus Air Force Base …

The city of Hampton plans to ask Virginia for $6 million to purchase land in the clear zones around Langley Air Force Base to protect the installation from encroachment. If the request is successful, Hampton would contribute $6 million as well …

With a recent agreement among Bexar County, the Army and the Nature Conservancy to permanently protect 1,244 undeveloped acres about 10 miles from Camp Bullis, San Antonio-area leaders have reached another critical milestone in their effort to protect the 28,000-acre installation from urban encroachment. This month’s agreement follows an extensive campaign by the city and county to regulate lighting and sound attenuation, and to preserve much-needed habitat …