Village of Hanover Comprehensive Plan

Purpose of a Comprehensive Plan

A comprehensive plan is, as its name indicates, a plan for a community’s future that attempts to consider all local and regional factors. It evaluates the state of the community by taking inventory of current demographics, infrastructure, services, and physical characteristics, as well as by assessing the needs and concerns of its residents. The plan then incorporates this information into a series of explicitly stated goals, objectives, and recommendations to be realized by a particular date or within a specific time frame, such as twenty years or the year 2035.

Many of the recommendations within the plan are visualized through the Future Land Use Map, a document that indicates where particular types of land uses have been recommended within the community. It should be emphasized that the Future Land Use Map is not a zoning map; rather, it is a collection of recommendations. An area on the Future Land Use Map that has been recommended for industrial use, for example, has not been rezoned and will not necessarily host an industrial use in the future. The Future Land Use Map and the comprehensive plan are guides that should be considered and observed by local officials when making decisions concerning the community.

Steering Committee Members

Jeff Collins - Mayor
Dave Molnar - Planning President
Nicole Gieseler - Clerk
Kim Christian - School Board President/Zoning Inspector
John Morgan - Planning Member
Chris Felumlee - Village Council Member
Sue Spaulding - Village Council Member
Beth Sliwowski - Resident
Tina Harper - Resident
Julie Stedman - School Board Member
Duane Flowers - Commissioner/Resident