Based upon Citizen Input, the Goals and Objectives, and present land use and zoning, a future land use plan has been developed. Following a brief discussion of existing land use and zoning, the Future Land Use Map for Pulaski County is presented. It is then explored in detail by planning area in the next section.

Figure 12 illustrates the land use coding utilized by the Commissioner of Revenue to classify the current uses of the property in Pulaski County. There are 29,168 parcels in the County. The following list identifies the number of parcels in each land use category:

                                Urban                                      7,858                                 938.84

                                Rural Residential                     16,330                            23,408.09

                                Multi-family                                 313                                 190.80

                                Commercial/industrial                2,088                              2,710.45

                                Agricultural <99 acres               1,061                            44,425.40

                                Agricultural >99 acres                  393                            76,464.28

                                Tax Exempt                              1,125                            47,961.22

Agriculture is a major land use activity in Pulaski County in acreage. There are 1,454 parcels devoted to agriculture. However residential use is the most dominant in terms of the number of parcels. Most of the tax-exempt parcels in the Area are churches.

The largest features in Pulaski County are the presence of a Boy Scout reservation, the Jefferson National Forest and Claytor Lake. The Reservation is the second largest facility in the network of Scout camps in the United States and occupies a significant portion of Pulaski County. The Jefferson National Forest constitutes one of the largest national forest areas in the National Forest Service inventory east of the Mississippi River and is a significant resource. Claytor Lake provide Pulaski County with a recreational resource of exceptional value to its citizens.

The County has applied various zoning classifications to the properties in the County. Some of the properties reflect the initial zoning of the property while others reflect changes initiated by individual landowners. The following list identifies the zones and the number of parcels and the number of acres in each zone.

                                Agriculture                    6,167                             99,872.79

                                Conservation                   544                             62,840.62

                                Commercial                     656                               3,007.64

                                Industrial                          155                               7,033.90

                                Planned Unit Devel.          116                                  332.77

                                Residential-One           12,539                             18,433.01

                                Residential-Two               895                                1,735.42

                                Residential-Three             814                                    617.08

                                No data                        7,282                                 2,225.85

Agricultural zoning has been applied to a large number of parcels. There are 6,167 parcels zoned agricultural. Residential zoning has been applied to 14,248 parcels. Figure 13 illustrates the zoning of the Area.

Figure 14 illustrates the improved value assigned to parcels in the County, as well as those parcels that have no structural value and could be available for additional development. A brief summary is listed below:

            Improvement value = 0             14,660                             92,047.60

            Improvement value > 0             14,508                           104,051.49

The Future Land Use Map is presented in Figure 15; it includes the six planning areas which will now be discussed in detail. A future land use map shows the eventual development and use for the areas; the timing and implementation of that development is to be guided by the Goals and Objectives and the action plans. The area plans include a brief description of the area and proposed actions for land use, transportation and recreation. General Transportation policies are outlined below. The transportation action plan for each area is then prefaced with any additional policies. Each planning area section includes a future land use map as well as a map of the Six-Year Secondary Road Plan Improvements for the respective area.

In addition to continuing to improve county roads as planned in the six-year plans detailed in the Appendices, designate arterial roads which provide vital connections within the planning area and to other areas of the County and region.

• Give priority consideration to arterial roads for improvements such as widening and straightening.
• Strive to limit access points on arterial roads to preserve function and encourage cluster development.
• Undertake transportation improvements that support land use goals for the planning area.
• Improve roads which provide public access to New River Trail State Park, Harry Dehaven Park, and boat ramps along New River and Claytor Lake.