2012 General Plan

Author:

Jennifer AlbersPrincipal PlannerCommunity Planning

Summary:

The General Plan is a policy document and guide to where Yuma wants to be in the future and provides comprehensive direction for the growth and development of the City of Yuma.

Last Updated:

1/14/2013

The City of Yuma has completed the 10-year update of the General Plan. After nearly 3 years of staff efforts, public review and comment with 4 open houses and 6 public hearings, the City of Yuma City Council approved the 2012 General Plan and the citizens of Yuma approved the Plan on November 6th, 2012.

The General Plan is a policy document and guide to where Yuma wants to be in the future. It provides comprehensive direction for the growth and development of the City of Yuma. The plan is intended to be both long range and visionary and to provide guidance for actions to be taken in the next ten to twenty years. Building on local conditions, needs and desires and following state guidelines, the General Plan is many things:

A local decision about the kind of community, Yuma wants to be.
A growth guide that steers development to appropriate locations and away from places where it could harm major community economic assets, such as farming and military operations.
A compilation of coordinated plans for land use, roads, parks, fire stations, police facilities and utilities we will need as Yuma grows.
A means of support and protection for older, established neighborhoods.
And an essential component of the City’s efforts to attract new jobs to Yuma.

The 2012 update involved public review and comment, an update of the technical aspects of the General Plan, incorporation of City Council directed amendments and a consideration of best practices from around the state.

The City of Yuma Planning and Zoning Commission focused their efforts on developing a Commission Draft of the Plan in early 2011. Over the course of 3 months, the Commission commented and edited the staff draft, resulting in a more comprehensive document. The draft was then the subject of joint worksessions between the City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission. Following those worksessions and an Open House, the hearing draft of the General Plan was developed. Following public hearings by the Commission in October and November 2011 and City Council public hearings in December 2011and March 2012, the Final Plan, with amendments directed by the Attorney General’s Office, was adopted by the City of Yuma City Council on June 6th, 2012 and approved by the voters on November 6th, 2012.

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View the past City of Yuma 2002 General Plan...