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The
Development Services Department consists of three divisions: Planning,
Engineering and Construction Codes. The department's mission statement
is to plan and manage the town's growth and development so that
it occurs in an orderly and economical fashion, and in such a manner
that the town's quality of life is preserved and sustained.
Planning Philosophy Statement
Collierville residents have a vision of what
they want Collierville to be today and in the future. They
want the place they call home to be unique, safe, attractive,
and charming with upscale housing and natural areas. Collierville
residents also want the place they call home to offer job opportunities,
convenient shopping, and recreational activities. The purpose
of planning is to strike a balance between these two somewhat
contradictory goals (aesthetics and growth) while striving
to achieve the overall vision for Collierville.
Planners
develop individual codes, ordinances, design guidelines, and
policies that are intended to alleviate
the potential negative effects that often come with growth.
When considered in isolation, any one of these regulations
can seem nit-picky, but when considered altogether, the regulations
form a master plan designed to shape Collierville’s desired
future. For example, when viewed individually, one oversized
sign seems insignificant, but that one can lead to five or
ten oversized signs throughout the town, which would change
the character of Collierville and move the town one step further
away from the overall vision for the town.
The
regulations can seem burdensome to individual developers, but
the benefits to Collierville residents as a
whole far outweigh the struggles associated with the development
process. The most obvious benefits are the prevention of the
visual blight that can be created by neon signs, glaring gas
station lights, or “seas of asphalt”. Planning
also saves and compensates for lost trees, waterways, and historic
buildings and helps prevent overcrowding land, overburdening
public infrastructure such as water, sewer, and roads, and
overtaxing fire and police services. Even more so, planning
prevents incompatible land uses, such as a liquor store being
located next to a school.
So
why are Collierville’s regulations so
tough? Because Collierville residents have a vision of what
they want Collierville to be. A set of regulations has been
developed with the intent of achieving that vision. Each sign,
each fence, each parking lot, and each building either moves
Collierville closer to or further away from the desired state.
Individually, the regulations may seem tough, but cumulatively,
they can bring about Collierville residents’ aspirations
of what they want and expect their hometown to be.
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The
Town of Collierville does not discriminate on the basis
of race, color, national origin, age, sex, or disability in
its hiring
and employment practices, or in admission to, access to,
or operation of its programs, services, and activities pursuant
to Title VI
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 200d) and the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Pub. L 101-336.
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