As the community approaches build out, the characteristics that once differentiated the plan areas are becoming less and less pronounced, and the City has begun moving towards the creation of a citywide comprehensive plan for addressing broad, long-range goals and a neighborhood planning program to address smaller area issues aimed at strengthening the places where people live, work and play. Both of these initiatives are expected include broader citizen participation throughout the planning process and better interdepartmental coordination of plan implementation. Please stay tuned for more details about these exciting initiatives.

Previously, Garland conducted comprehensive planning utilizing a sector plan format, dividing the City into five planning areas that together comprise the Garland Comprehensive Plan. Each sector plan includes a collection of goals and recommendations related to topics such as Parks and Recreation, Transportation, Land Use, Community Services and Urban Design and a Future Land Use Map that illustrates the desired land use pattern for the area. Click here to see a map of the Comprehensive Plan Sector Area Map. The Future Land Use Map component of each sector plan has been converted into an Acrobat PDF and can be viewed here. Use the zoom and pan tools to facilitate viewing these maps. 

East Area Plan
North Area Plan
South Area Plan
West Area Plan 
 

Demographics

The Planning Department serves as a point of contact for demographic information in the City of Garland. The U.S. Census Bureau is the official data source for most of the demographic information. Every ten years, the Census Bureau conducts a complete count of the population and collects sample data from households to gather socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the population.


Transit-Oriented Development
 
Encouraging transit-oriented development (TOD) around Garland’s two Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) light rail stations is of primary interest to the Planning Department. Anita Russelmann, Assistant Director of Planning, serves as the Garland Station Area Development Contact. This single point of contact provides information regarding the Station Area Plans, zoning and land use regulations, development incentives, capital improvement programs and more. For information on materials and resources available, please contact Anita at arusselm@ci.garland.tx.us.   
  

Special Projects
 
Other comprehensive planning projects that are underway or ongoing in the City of Garland include: