Springville is a flourishing, safe community in Central Iowa that continues to place value on long-range planning to ensure the community of today evolves to meet the anticipated needs of the future. The purpose of this Comprehensive Plan for Springville is to establish a shared vision for the community to guide future actions and decisions and assist in projecting and managing growth, change, public improvements, and redevelopment in the community.
This guidance provides predictability and consistency over time, which encourages investment. Communities plan so they can act and react in a changing world with a confident understanding of their common values and goals. The difference between this Comprehensive Plan and a zoning ordinance is that the former sets forth the objectives and goals of the community with respect to land use, while the latter is a regulatory device through which the plan’s goals and policies are carried out or achieved. Other ordinances, such as subdivision regulations are also utilized to carry out the goals of the Comprehensive Plan.
The City’s future growth that will be guided by this Comprehensive Plan, will be driven by the City’s leaders in K-12 education, industrial growth, commercial growth, continued reinvestment in Downtown, as well as its proximity to services, education, commerce, and innovation. The regional abundance of quality recreation opportunities also adds to the quality of life experienced by residents. This plan is an active part of the community’s efforts to attract people and businesses to the City’s unique feel and development opportunities. The content within this plan sets to create the best version of the City for the future generations to live, work, play, stay, and learn.