Innsbrook’s Planning and Zoning Commission and Village Planner Todd Streiler have been hard at work revamping the village’s comprehensive plan for months, and now those efforts are nearing an end. 

Comprehensive plans are used by municipalities to guide future growth and development and are traditionally enforced by a zoning code, which the village is also updating. The village’s previous comprehensive plan was created in 2013 and is outdated. 

The commission has assembled a draft plan that was presented at the Feb. 5 P&Z meeting and is now soliciting public comment from village residents on what they want to see from their community. 

Innsbrook Board of Trustees Chairman Dan Reuter spoke about the importance of the survey at the Feb. 11 board of trustees meeting. 

“(The plan) is preliminary, and I think the meat of it is the feedback from the residents, and we didn’t have that as of yet,” said Reuter. 

The survey was mailed out to Innsbrook residents, both in the Innsbrook resort and outside of its gates, so they could submit feedback. Residents who did not receive a survey may also fill one out at the village hall or online at https://qualtricsxmjy5rn6mqx.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8IaMwCszqx6gBBI. 

The survey asks residents what they want to see out of their community in the future, including guardrails for any potential growth, what kind of amenities they would like to see added and which ones they think should be avoided. 

That survey will remain open until March 1, when the village will close it to review responses. Those responses will also be considered at the March 5 P&Z meeting before Streiler presents the comprehensive plan at a town hall meeting on March 11. 

That meeting will take place in lieu of the board’s regular meeting and will be held at Charrette Creek Commons in the Innsbrook Resort. 

The comprehensive plan draft also discusses some of these topics, although it is subject to change following citizen feedback. 

Much of the current comprehensive plan draft focuses on demographic and historic information about the village. It also has a section focused on future land use. 

The future land use chapter discusses five different types of zoning that will be used in the village - AFG non-urban, RL low density residential, RM medium density residential, MF multi-family and mixed-use/downtown zoning. 

Each zoning district carries its own regulations for what are, and are not, acceptable uses under the zoning code. Much of the village’s footprint is situated within the resort and is zoned residential, however there are some areas that fall under mixed-use and commercial use. 

The future land use map from July, provided by the P&Z commission, notes a large district running between the northern boundary of the resort to Highway M west of Highway F that is zoned mixed-use. There is also an area just north of the resort limits on the east side of Highway F zoned medium density residential, as opposed to the low density residential district that makes up much of the resort property.