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Land Use

Map	Note	Revision	Date
Conceptual Land Use	prepared for the March 29, 2007 Community Choices Meeting	1	3/29/2007
1999 Land Use	MassGIS Land Use / Land Cover	1	11/28/2006
Zoning	This is the "unofficial" zoning map used on the Town Website.	1	11/16/2006
Figure Ground Map		1	11/30/2006
Town-Owned Land	Updated & corrected; previous version was missing ARPS properties. Totals & acreages have been revised.	2	9/7/2007
Institutional Land	corrected title 2/2/2007	1	2/2/2007
Physical Form & Character	Protected Land revised to include two APR properties that were previously missed.	1	2/20/2007
Protected Land	removed subtotals for acreage because it was misleading, with some chapter lands being double-counted in cases where institutional lands are also chapter lands.	2	2/6/2007
Development Stages 1971-2007	Based upon MassGIS Land Use / Land Cover data & supplemented with Amherst Parcel Data. Minor revisions made to the legend, August, 2007.	3	8/29/2007

Natural & Cultural Resources

Map	Note	Revision	Date
Natural Resources		1	12/11/2006
Historic & Cultural Resources	potential overlay districts added to the map.	2	9/5/2007

Open Space & Recreation

Map		Note	Revision	Date
Parks, Open Space & Recreational Facilities			1	12/11/2006

Economic Development

Map	Note	Revision	Date
Commercial, Retail & Industrial Zoning	Requested map called it land use, but we used the zones instead.	1	11/30/2006
Tax-Exempt Land	Acreage on previous version (November 2006) was overstated by 393.9 Acres because of multi-part properties (parcels that are in multiple pieces) that were double-counted.	2	8/22/2007

Town Services & Facilities

Map	Note	Revision	Date
Town Services & Facilities		1	12/11/2006
Utilities Service Extents	Showing just the existing services.	1	12/7/2006
Urban Service Boundary		1	12/1/2006

Transportation & Circulation

Map	Note	Revision	Date
Roadway Classifications		1	12/1/2006
Roadway Ownership		1	12/1/2006
Bicycle Routes	corrected the status of the Norwottuck Rail Trail, marking it as an off-road, rather than an on-road bike trail.	2	12/11/2006
Pedestrian Paths & Trails		1	12/11/2006
Public Transportation Routes	Based upon PVTA route maps available in November, 2006. There have been some changes since then & we await the availability of revised digital data.	1	12/11/2006

Demographics

Context

Map	Note	Revision	Date
Basemap		1	12/11/2006
Historical Development (pre-1800 - present)	revised	2	2/7/2007
Regional Map		1	12/11/2006
Voting Precincts		1	12/1/2006

Strong & Weak Places

Map / Resource	Note	Revision	Date
Strong & Weak Places Maps	A series of maps produced from the results of the map exercise at the Idea Gathering Sessions, Fall, 2006.	1	2/5/2007
Strong & Weak Places Summary Stats		1	2/5/2007

Planning Amherst Together
Public Meeting / Display Maps

Map	Description	Size	Revision	Date
Draft Context & Existing Conditions	Maps for the Draft Master Plan Premiere, Thursday, September 27th, 2007	36"x50"	1	9/26/2007
Draft Conservation & Development Priorities		36"x50"	1	9/26/2007
Draft Conservation & Development Concept		36"x50"	1	9/26/2007
Conceptual Land Use		36"x72"	1	3/20/2007
Tri-County Region	Hampshire, Hampden & Frankin Counties with Amherst Highlighted	34"x44"	1	10/23/2006
Land Status Map Series	6-Map series that includes various views of Town Owned Land, Protected Land & Tax-Exempt Land.	17"x22"	1	10/12/2006
Tax-Exempt Land	Tax-Exempt Land as of September 28, 2006	11"x17"	1	9/29/2006
Basemap	Townwide basemap for people to put stickers onto in October meetings	36"x54" Portrait	3	9/29/2006
Historical Development	Historical Development of structures throughout Amherst. Uses building points & year built data from Tax Assessment System.	34"x44"	2	10/23/2006
Figure Ground Map	Townwide Street Map with black building footprints.	34"x44"	1	9/6/2006
Census Block Groups	Amherst Census Block Groups	22"x34"	1	11/16/2005
2006 Voting Precincts	Amherst 2006 Voting Precincts & Polling Places	28"x44"	1	3/10/2006
Developable Land	Developable Land as of October, 2005. Based upon parcel land uses, zone & river protection buffers.	22"x34"	1	10/15/2005

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