Comprehensive Plan for Warwick, Rhode
Island
The Comprehensive Plan provides a general, broad overview of the
physical development of the particular
geographic area being studied, typically a political jurisdiction.
In this sense, the plan reviews the past development patterns of
an area which have led directly to present conditions. In addition,
the plan provides a long range, futuristic view (usually ten to
twenty-five years) of how the study area should develop or redevelop.
In this respect, the plan examines past trends and utilizes various
analytical planning techniques to determine desired future scenarios
(it should be noted however that past trends do not necessarily
dictate future goals). Simply stated, the Comprehensive Plan depicts
where a particular community has been, where it is presently, where
it wants to go, and how it plans to get there.
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The Comprehensive Plan of Warwick is divided
into several sections:
Economic
The City’s economic development policies and strategies
are coordinated with the land use plan.
They examine regional and local economic conditions, assets and
liabilities, expansion and/or
stabilization of the tax base, and promotion of quality employment
opportunities. Available land
resources in Warwick are limited.
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Economic
Element
Historic
Historic Preservation in Warwick has long been a concern of many
active citizens and local
government representatives. Prior to direct government involvement,
numerous individuals and
village associations took action to preserve both their neighborhoods
and the historical and
cultural resources in those neighborhoods.
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Historic
Element
Housing
Oversupply of certain housing types combined with
a sluggish economy has led to a soft housing market.
The strongest demand remains for single family units, while during
the decade of the 1980's, the largest
supply came in the area of condominiums. The current economic
conditions has slowed housing production, while many condominium
units remain unsold or are being rented out as apartment units.
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Housing
Element
Land Use
Warwick is a mature, highly developed, and complex
suburban community, which is under intense land use pressure.
There is a chance to accommodate additional growth and redevelopment
of existing parcels, but how to go about this will be of great
significance. It is time to reflect on the past, carefully consider
the future, and then proceed in a new direction with this meaningful
and guiding land use policy. The city as a
whole must be considered when deciding land use issues.
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Land
Use Element
Land
Use Map
Open Space / Recreation
Warwick has thirty-nine miles of coastline on
Narragansett Bay, of which over eleven miles are publicly
owned. Despite the extent of development in this mature city,
Warwick still possesses significant
environmental resources. As land continues to be consumed by development,
the opportunities to preserve
these resources will decline even though the demand for open space
and recreation will rise.
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Open
Space Element
Services and Facilities
The Public Works Facilities and Services are vital
systems in a community because they are essential to public health
and they contribute significantly to the quality of life of residents.
Each have intermunicipal attributes and therefore require a larger
perspective than that gained from within the four walls of the
community. The discussion herein describes these services within
their present day context and within the context of existing and
planned programs that are designed to improve the capital facilities
and the delivery of services.
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Services
and Facilities Element
Services
and Facilities Attachments
Transportation
The City of Warwick evolved from a scattered group of agricultural
and maritime settlements. As the industrial revolution developed,
factories and textile mills were constructed along the principal
waterway, the Pawtuxet River, and resort communities sprang up
along the Bay Shore. The scattered maritime, agricultural, industrial,
and resort communities were connected by a transportation system
of roads, and later in the early 20th century, by a system of
trolleys and roads. Although the trolleys have disappeared, the
network of roads is very much what is in place today for the City's
circulation system.
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Transportation
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