Services - Planning
Land Use Planning:
Comprehensive Plan
- Fee for service activity
- Completion may take several months
- Will involve a local planning commission
- Involves detailed demographic and other profile data
- May include a survey or other means of compiling public input
Zoning
- Fee for service activity
- Requires a comprehensive plan for long term implementation
- Will require legal process for approval
- Should have attorney review
- Will need an official zoning map to outline districts
Subdivision Ordinance
- Fee for service activity
- Involves local planning commission
- Flexible levels of regulations
- Regulates the division of property versus the use
- Does not require comprehensive plan or zoning ordinance
Project Development:
Project Packaging
- Free service for members
- Public programs are monitored for deadlines
- Most applicants will need preliminary engineering information
- The more time allowed to prepare a proposal, the better the product will be
- District III routinely prepares over 100 applications per year
Project Administration
- Typically a fee based service
- Involves compliance with state or federal program “red tape”
- Final responsibility always remains with the project sponsor
- District III normally administers between 25 and 50 projects at any given time
Research / Technical Assistance:
Community Marketing
- May be a fee for service activity
- Could involve updating profile information
- End products may include general brochures or specific development site data
- District III has color printing capability, but local options are preferred
- Large scale products are available via the District’s plotter (48” x ??)
Demographic Research
- Normally a free service
- May include graphic illustration
- Could involve specific projects or community-wide activities
- 2010 census data expected early in 2011
- District III expects to assist members with redistricting
Digital Rendering
- May be a fee for service
- Illustrates buildings, development sites and community neighborhoods
- Useful for applications, planning and fundraising
- Utilizes computer generated imagery and aerial photos
- May take several days or weeks to produce
Surveys
- Fee for service
- Usually related to a specific issue or community interest
- District III assists with the instrument and compilation
- District III will not carry out door to door collection
- Local sponsors will have to play a major role in survey distribution and collection
Special Purpose Planning:
PDM (Pre-Disaster Mitigation) Plans
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) process
- County level plan
- Involves community and organizational participation
- Needs FEMA approval to be finalized
- Supported by the South Dakota Office of Emergency Management
State Water Plan Applications
- Department of Environmental and Natural Resources process
- Water Development Districts may be involved
- Applications used as prerequisite for state funding
- Applications reviewed throughout the year
- Must occur prior to funding requests
Area health Education Center
- 34 county service area
- Focused on the access to rural health care
- Based in Yankton
- Not affiliated with any health care system
- Provides education support
Recreation
- Planning usually oriented toward identifying and developing facilities
- May be important to justify state projects
- Could involve a user survey
- May take several months to complete
- Should be updated every five years