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Comprehensive Plan
What Is It?
Botetourt County's Comprehensive Plan is a broad statement of community goals and policies that direct the orderly and coordinated physical development of the County. The Comprehensive Plan anticipates change and provides specific guidance for future growth and administrative actions, generally over the next 20 years.
Why Is It important?
Having a visionary and up-to-date Comprehensive Plan is critical to the long-term success of the County. It is the guiding document that County agencies, residents, employers, developers and other stakeholders use to ensure that the community evolves in line with our collective vision for the future. Further, the Comprehensive Plan:
- Shapes the places we live, work, shop and play.
- Guides the public services, infrastructure, and capital investments
- Guides the use, density, and design of buildings within the County, directly shaping the community's physical form as it changes and develops in the future.
Envision Botetourt 2040
In the state of Virginia, it is required to review the adopted comprehensive plan at least once every five years. Therefore, over the next year, several chapters of the comprehensive plan will be updated to better reflect local trends and conditions. This will allow the County to continue planning for the future with confidence, accuracy, and sensitivity to the needs of the community.
Collecting Community Feedback
Since 2019, Botetourt has been working to engage with citizens in a variety of formats, including in-person meetings in five locations throughout the County, planning commission meetings, and by utilizing online public surveys, garnering feedback that will be directly included in the plan.
Results from the feedback gathered can be viewed under the Envision Botetourt 2040 tab below.
Nest Steps to Creating the 2040 Plan
Over the next few months, Botetourt County staff will be working on drafting the Envision Botetourt 2040 plan and will continue to present chapters of the plan in public meetings to the Planning Commission.
Public hearings will be advertised and held before any action is taken by either the Planning Commission or the Board of Supervisors.
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Envision Botetourt 2040
- 2022 Survey Results Summary
- Initial Outreach Results- We've been collecting feedback from the community since 2019. Here is an overview of community feedback collected before the latest survey.
- Comprehensive Plan Meeting #1
- Comprehensive Plan Meeting #2
- Comprehensive Plan Meeting #3
- WDBJ-7 Here@Home - Envision Botetourt 2040 January 17, 2023
- WSET-13 Envision Botetourt 2040 January 5, 2023
- WFIR News - Envision Botetourt 2040 January 9, 2023
- Fincastle Herald - Envision Botetourt 2040 January 10, 2023
- Botetourt Bee - Envision Botetourt 2040 Surveys May 9, 2022
- MSN - Envision Botetourt 2040 Survey Input May 9, 2023
- WSLS-10 Envision Botetourt 2040 Surveys May 26, 2022
Gateway Crossing (Exit 150) Area Plan (adopted November 2016)
The Gateway Crossing Area Plan was formally adopted into the Comprehensive Plan in 2016. This plan provides a vision and guide for the Exit 150 interchange area as the County continues to work on improvements to this location.
The vision for the Gateway Crossing Area is of 'A walkable district with a mixture of uses including housing and locally-serving shops and offices to the west of Interstate 81, and both local and highway-serving shops, hotels, and services to the east of Interstate 81. New sidewalks, greenways, bicycle lanes, and a local street network would knit the area together and better connect it to the Roanoke Valley region.'
You can keep up with the Gateway Crossing Project here.
Updates to 2010 Plan
The Gateway Crossing Area Plan was formally adopted into the Comprehensive Plan in 2016. This plan provides a vision and guide for the Exit 150 interchange area as the County continues to work on improvements to this location.
- Map - 2014 Level of Service (PDF)
- Map - 2040 Level of Service (PDF)
- Map - Functional Classification (PDF)
- Map - Greenways, Blueways, and Trails (adopted December 2017) (PDF)
- Map - Urban Development Areas (PDF)
- Map 01 Botetourt County Base Map (PDF)
- Map 02 Population Distribution (PDF)
- Map 03 Botetourt County Census Tracts (PDF)
- Map 04 Population Distribution Est (PDF)
- Map 07 Recent Residential Growth (PDF)
- Map 10 Conservation Easements (PDF)
- Map 16 Rural Bikeway (PDF)
- Map 17 Botetourt County Rural Bikeway (PDF)
- Map 19 Soils (PDF)
- Map 20 Slopes (PDF)
- Map 21 Elevations (PDF)
- Map 22 Watershed Basins (PDF)
- Map 23 100 Year Flood plain (PDF)
- Map 24 Recreation Sites (PDF)
- Map 25 James River Trail (PDF)
- Map 26 Schools and Libraries (PDF)
- Map 27 Fire and Rescue Stations (PDF)
- Map 36 Solid Waste Collection Areas (PDF)
- Map 37 Waterand Wastewater Infrastructure (PDF)
- Parks, Recreation, Greenways and Blueways (PDF)
- Population and Demographics (amended November 2016) (PDF)
- Transportation (amended December 2017) (PDF)
2010 Comprehensive Plan
- Community Facilities and Services (PDF)
- Complete Document (PDF)
- Cultural and Environmental Resources (PDF)
- Land Use (PDF)
- Map 05 Existing Land Use (PDF)
- Map 06 Zoning (PDF)
- Map 08 Residential Densities (PDF)
- Map 09 Future Land Use (PDF)
- Map 11 Future Mixed Use Target Areas (PDF)
- Map 12 Botetourt Co Transportation Map (PDF)
- Map 15 US Route 220 (PDF)
- Map 18 Historic Resources (PDF)
- Map 28 Hydrant Analysis 1000ft (PDF)
- Map 29 Hydrant Analysis 3miles (PDF)
- Map 30 Fire Travel Distance (PDF)
- Map 31 Fire Travel Time (PDF)
- Map 32 Rescue Trave Time (PDF)
- Map 33 Fire Service Areas (PDF)
- Map 34 Rescue Service Areas (PDF)
- Map 35 Landfills and Recycle Centers (PDF)
- Map 38 Water Existing Land Use (PDF)
- Map 39 Water Future Land Use (PDF)
- Map 40 Suitability Map Exit156 (PDF)
- Map 41 Suitability Map Exit162 (PDF)
- Map 42 Suitability Map Exit167 168 (PDF)
- Table of Contents (PDF)