See the link below for the Adopted City of Shelby Comprehensive Plan (2009).
City of Shelby Comprehensive Plan

Comprehensive Plan Update

The City of Shelby is working on its new Comprehensive Plan. This initiative has been named "Imagine Shelby: A Community Vision for the Future". This page provides regular updates on the project, including announcements for community engagement activities. Please bookmark this page and check in frequently to find the latest news.

YOUR input is important to us!

The City of Shelby hosted three public meetings in September to hear from citizens and learn their vision for Shelby's future. We would like to thank everyone who attended one of the meetings, and for the input you provided. The information we gathered will serve as an important piece of our comprehensive plan strategy.  

The City of Shelby will host additional public meetings to discuss the comprehensive plan. The dates and times of these meetings will be posted to the website and social media as they are scheduled.

You are also welcome to take our Community Survey and provide your input by clicking on the graphic below.

What is a Comprehensive Plan?

A Comprehensive Plan outlines a community’s vision for its future, as well as policies and recommendations for achieving that vision. It will guide land use policy, funding, resource decisions, and infrastructure investment for the City of Shelby.  Created through a community planning process, the Plan prioritizes public engagement to capture the shared vision for the City. This Comprehensive Plan will serve as an update to the 2009 Comprehensive Land Use Plan. It will incorporate recommendations from existing planning documents and strategically plan for the future. The Plan will define a framework for land use and development in different parts of the City and address other priorities including:

• land use and housing
• downtown and cultural resources
• transportation
• infrastructure and services
• economic development, and
• recreation and natural resources.

Project Schedule

Click here to view the draft of the project schedule.

This planning process began in June 2024 and will conclude in June 2025.  During this next year, the City and its project team will create this Comprehensive Plan in three overlapping phases.  First, the team will collect and review data on the City.  A Steering Committee of local community representatives will be formed and will meet to help guide the entire process.  The next phase, visioning and plan development, will include the majority of public events and engagement opportunities.  This phase will lay the foundation for the plan as it will establish the vision and priorities that will shape the long-term recommendations.   At the conclusion of this phase, the public will have an opportunity to give input on the draft plan and recommendations.  The final phase is implementation and adoption.  This will include the final recommendations as well as a plan for implementing key strategies in the plan.  Once complete, the entire Comprehensive Plan will be presented to the Planning Board and City Council for adoption.

Project Website

Imagine Shelby is your resource to find additional documents, meeting materials and more as Shelby’s Comprehensive Plan update progresses.

Meetings

Thank you for bringing all of your input and ideas for Shelby to our Visioning Workshops in September.  The information boards from those meetings can be found here.  Stay tuned for more public input opportunities to be scheduled soon.

Questions?

Do you have further questions or would like to discuss this project with a Staff member? Call 704.484.6829 or contact Brian Burgess, Director of Planning and Development.

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