The City, in conjunction with Clarion Associates, created a Future Land Use Map (FLUM), which was adopted in August of 2023.
The FLUM is a tool to guide the type, intensity, and location of future development within the City of Salida and the Municipal Services Area (MSA). It is intended to work in tandem with the principles and policies of the Salida Comprehensive Plan.
The FLUM is supported by the land use category definitions that follow. The land use categories describe the overall intent for each area and help “connect the dots” between Comprehensive Plan policies and the FLUM with regard to desired density, mix of uses/housing types, and distinguishing characteristics by area.
The adopted FLUM reflects reasonable assumptions about future land use in City limits and the MSA based on current plans and commitments. Prior to adoption, the city refined the FLUM based on community input, and will be brought forward for further consideration as part of the Comprehensive Land Use Code Rewrite Process, which is one of the primary mechanisms the City will use to implement community priorities embodied in the FLUM.
The City and Clarion Associates hosted both public meetings as well as online surveys in late 2022 to receive feedback on the initial FLUM. Please see the summary of survey responses which were taken into account before the final version was approved.
