The Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB) Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) is a
collaborative planning effort led by the City of Montgomery in
partnership with Montgomery County and the City of Prattville.
The JLUS was undertaken in an effort to guide planning and
development in the areas surrounding Maxwell AFB and
Gunter Annex to help mitigate any future issues and enhance
coordination among all entities involved in the process. communication, and outreach methods. One of the key
recommendations is the formation of a JLUS Coordination
Committee responsible for overseeing the implementation
progress in the months and years after the JLUS is completed.
The recommended strategies are outlined in more detail in
Chapter 6, Recommended Plan.
The Maxwell AFB JLUS encourages a proactive approach to
promote increased communication about the important decisions
surrounding land use regulation, conservation, and natural
resource management issues that affect both the local
communities and the military. The aim of the process is to
establish and encourage a working relationship between military
installations and the neighboring communities that surround
them so that encroachment issues related to current and future
missions and local growth can be reduced or prevented.
Encroachment issues refer to the conflicting uses of land, air,
water, and other resources that can individually, or cumulatively,
impact the military’s ability to carry out its training missions. What Is a Joint Land Use Study?
The compatibility factors considered in this document are
described in the Compatibility Assessment (Chapter 5 of the JLUS
or Chapter 5 of the Background Report). A review of these factors
led to the development of a set of issues, which resulted in the
strategies to address compatibility concerns. The recommended
strategies are based on a toolbox of methods used to address the
application of policy, planning and zoning, coordination and
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A Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) is a planning process accomplished through
the collaborative efforts of stakeholders in a defined study area to identify
compatible land uses and growth management guidelines within
jurisdictions, and adjacent to, active military installation. These stakeholders
include local community, state, and federal officials, residents, business
owners, federal resource agencies and landholders, nongovernmental
organizations, and the military. The process is intended to establish and
encourage a working relationship among military installations and proximate
communities to prevent and / or reduce encroachment issues associated
with future mission expansion and local growth. Although primarily funded
by the Department of Defense (DOD), Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA),
a JLUS is produced by and for local communities. The project sponsor and
grant administrator for the Maxwell AFB JLUS is the City of Montgomery.
JLUS Goal and Objectives
The goal of the Maxwell JLUS is to protect the viability of current and future
military missions and operations, while simultaneously guiding community
growth, sustaining the environmental and economic health of the region,
and protecting public health, safety, and welfare.
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