Loves Park Zoning & Planning

About

The Comprehensive Plan is the City’s official policy guide for future land use, development, and conservation within the city and considers the needs of the community in the short term and future improvements and developments for the next 10-20 years.

Story

Comprehensive Plan is the City’s official policy guide for future land use, development and conservation within the community. It considers the needs and concerns of the community in the short term and projects future improvements and developments for the next 10-20 years. The primary purpose of the Plan is to advance the welfare of people by creating an increasingly better, sustainable environment composed of three interrelated parts – social, economic, and built environment. The purpose of the Plan is to guide the quality, timing, and intensity of future growth.

Guiding Principles:
There are five overarching themes that will guide the City of Loves Park over the next twenty years. These themes are the overall guiding principles for the following goals and objectives. These principles are intended to provide a solid foundation upon which the City of Loves Park can begin to plan and implement. The guiding principles are:

• Enhance Community Character
• Involve All Sections of the Community
• Communicate
• Know Our Assets and Remove Liabilities
• Diversify and Expand

Mission

“The City of Loves Park, Illinois provides residents of our community with quality municipal services, including the provision of public safety and protection of property, safe drinking water and clean and well-maintained streets, to all of its citizens efficiently, and in a cost-effective manner.

The City of Loves Park endeavors to conduct the affairs of the city government in an open and transparent manner, and stands ready to assist all residents with their needs and concerns, and work diligently towards building a better community.”