Frequently Asked Questions

There are many benefits of a Comprehensive Plan. A Comprehensive Plan:

• Helps establish a consensus on community's vision for the future, which helps guide decisions on how to regulate growth and development (Zoning must be in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan)
• Establishes goals and objectives that guide policies, projects and practices
• Communicates the Town's preferences and priorities about capital projects to County, State and Federal governmental agencies

The Town's last comprehensive planning effort was in 2005. A new Comprehensive Plan will allow us to look at the changes over the past 15 years and look ahead to the future.

Town staff, a professional consultant team, and a Comprehensive Plan Committee of Town residents are gathering and evaluating public input and other data to prepare the Plan. All residents of the Town are welcome and encouraged to be involved in the planning process.

During 2021 and 2022, the Town will offer a number of opportunities for residents to provide input, including public meetings. Leave a comment and sign up for email alerts to get notified of upcoming events.

An online survey is coming soon!

You can contact your neighbors and friends to let them know of this important project.

The Comprehensive Plan will present the community's collective vision for the next 15 years, as expressed through a Vision Statement and Goals and Objectives. The plan will gather information and evaluate conditions versus needs and also recommend specific actions and recommendations. The plan will also consider and be designed to be as consistent as possible with other regional planning documents including the Erie-Niagara Framework for Regional Growth (2006); the Regional Economic Development Council's (REDC) A Strategy for Prosperity in Western New York (2011, with annual Progress Report updates); the Western New York Regional Sustainability Plan (2012); and One Region Forward: A New Way to Plan for Buffalo-Niagara (2014).