Density and the Regional Growth Management Plan

To establish a regional policy on density, the Regional Growth Management Plan delineates Community Service Areas (CSA) and Planned Growth Areas (PGA). Both identify where infrastructure investments have already been made (CSA) and are a generalized, regional composition of different development typologies with recommended densities (PGA).

Community Service Areas 

In developing this update of the Regional Growth Management Plan, Community Service Areas establish where significant public investment has already occurred or can be reasonably expected to occur based on current plans and policies. The primary factors in establishing CSAs are transportation infrastructure and public sewer and water service areas, although other factors are also considered, including access to public transit, emergency services, and community services. 

Our region’s counties have their own distinct characteristics, which led to a varied approach in establishing the CSAs in each. Cumberland and Dauphin Counties each have areas well served by public sewer, public water, and transportation infrastructure, including public transit access. Conversely, Perry County, due to its rural character, has very few areas with this level of service and investment. This disparity, caused by the different development patterns and characteristics of the Counties, led to a different standard being used to establish the CSAs in rural areas. 

Map 17 graphically illustrates the Community Service Areas. Because our region saw only modest expansion of public services since our last RGMP, the areas of adjustment for the CSAs were minimal, and mostly followed areas in which public sewer and water service were expanded.
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