2024 Envision Havre de Grace Comprehensive Plan for City Council Adoption

Fall, 2024

The 2024 Envision Havre de Grace Comprehensive Plan has been forwarded to the Havre de Grace City Council following the Planning Commission meeting on October 17, 2024.  The Planning Commission voted 6-0 to forward this planning document to City Council for formal adoption by Resolution.

Please see the following links for the full content of the Comprehensive Plan by chapter:

The 2024 Envision Havre de Grace is now available!  Please see the following links.

• Cover, Message from Mayor Martin, and
  Section I: Purpose of the Plan, A Preamble

Section II: Plan for the City

• Chapter 1. Visions and Goals
• Chapter 2. Land Use: A Whole-City Plan
• Chapter 3. Sustainable Community: A Strategy for Growth
• Chapter 4. Municipal Growth Element: A Strategy for Growth
• Chapter 5. Relationship to the Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway

Section III: Implementation

• Chapter 6. Regulatory Framework
• Chapter 7. Economic Development and Tourism
• Chapter 8. Water Resources: Supply and Protection
• Chapter 9. Sensitive Areas: Environmental Resource Protection
• Chapter 10. Historic and Cultural Resources
• Chapter 11. Transportation: A Focus on Multimodal Options
• Chapter 12. Community Facilities
• Chapter 13. Housing

Section IV: Supporting Resources

• Demographic Data and Analysis
• Housing Element Data and Analysis
• Residential Development Capacity, January 2024
• Water Distribution, Technical Source Information (GHD Study, January 2021)
• Technical Maps:
  • Tier I and II Existing and Planned Service Areas for Sewer, 2012
  • Floodplain, 2016
  • Chesapeake Bay Critical Area, 2022

For all past material related to the development of this plan, please go here.  This material includes all DRAFT 2024 Envision Havre de Grace Comprehensive Plan chapters, comments received, slide presentations, Planning Commission meeting links on YouTube, and StoryMap content.

Once adopted, the final version of the 2024 Envision Havre de Grace Comprehensive Plan will be formatted within an online flip-book and placed on the City’s website.