The Berks County Planning Commission has updated the County Comprehensive Plan which was adopted by the Berks County Commissioners on September 26, 2013. For website purposes, the document has been broken down by chapter. Each chapter includes the maps. However, the maps are also provided individually.
Plan Components
Cover Page, Resolution, and Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Background
Chapter 3 - Land Use Plan
Chapter 4 - Community Facilities
Chapter 5 - Transportation
Chapter 6 - Community Identity
Chapter 7 - Economy
Chapter 8 - Housing
Chapter 9 - Intergovernmental Cooperation/Participation
Chapter 10 - Energy Conservation
Chapter 11 - Plan Interrelationships
Appendix and Back Page
Maps
2.1 Municipal Boundaries Map
2.2 Physiographic Provinces Map
2.3 Geology Map
2.4 Agricultural Soils Map
2.6 Quarries Map
2.7 Steep Slopes Map
2.8 Floodplains, Wetlands, and Drainage Basins Map
2.9 Forestland Map
2.10 Municipal Waste Landfills Map
3.2 Planning Regions Map
3.3 Existing Land Use County Map
3.4 Existing Land Use Hawk Mountain Region Map
3.5 Existing Land Use Tulpehocken Region Map
3.6 Existing Land Use Southern Highlands Region Map
3.7 Existing Land Use Oley Hills Region Map
3.8 Existing Land Use Metro Region Map
3.9 Easement Map
3.11 Future Land Use County Map
3.12 Future Land Use Hawk Mountain Region Map
3.13 Future Land Use Tulpehocken Region Map
3.14 Future Land Use Southern Highlands Region Map
3.15 Future Land Use Oley Hills Region Map
3.16 Future Land Use Metro Map
3.17 Areas Suitable for Commercial/Industrial Growth County Map
3.18 Areas Suitable for Commercial/Industrial Growth Hawk Mountain Region Map
3.19 Areas Suitable for Commercial/Industrial Growth Tulpehocken Region Map
3.20 Areas Suitable for Commercial/Industrial Growth Southern Highlands Region Map
3.21 Areas Suitable for Commercial/Industrial Growth Oley Hills Region Map
3.22 Areas Suitable for Commercial/Industrial Growth Metro Region Map
4.1 School Districts Map
4.2 Public Sewer and Water Service Areas Map
5.1 Major Roads by Functional Class Map
5.2 BARTA Route Service Map
5.3 Railroads and Airports Map
8.1 Housing Density Map
9.1 Joint Comprehensive Planning Map