StoryMap Introduction
Comprehensive Plan Comparison StoryMap
The heart of a Comprehensive Development Plan is its Future Land Use map. This map shows what each area of the city should be in the future. Although the map has no regulatory authority on property, it is the document that developers and city officials use to consider how a property should develop or redevelop in the future. This map is relied on when a property owner requests a change of zoning to allow for a new development.
To help better understand the 2024 On The Horizon Hastings Future Land Use, Development Services staff have created the Comprehensive Plan Comparison StoryMap. The map/website lays out the differences between the 2009 Imagine Hastings Comprehensive Plan and the 2024 On The Horizon Hastings Comprehensive Plan. The StoryMap focuses on future land use and how it has changed from one Comprehensive plan to the next. This is shown by a slider map with the 2009 Comprehensive Plan’s future land use map on the left side and the 2024 Comprehensive Plan’s future land use map on the right side. The slider can be pulled right or left to show either the 2009 or 2024 Comprehensive Plan’s future land use maps. The button on the lower left corner of the map can be clicked to reveal what the different colors in the map show. Additionally, viewers can zoom in to the map to see how the future land use has changed for specific parcels.
The StoryMap also describes what it means when the future land use has changed for a property and shows a comparison of related future land use categories between the 2009 and 2024 Comprehensive Plans.
Finally, the StoryMap identifies the differences between future land use and zoning with another slider map. This slider map has the 2024 Comprehensive Plan’s future land use map on the left side and the current zoning map on the right side. The slider can be pulled right or left to show either map. The lower left corner button contains the legend for the maps.

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