The Westwood Master Plan (also known as the Comprehensive Plan) creates an overall blueprint for the community and recognizes appropriate plans for the City’s discrete and unique physical, social, and economic assets. The Master Plan respects the needs and desires of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
This Master Plan fulfills the requirements for the adoption of a Comprehensive Plan by the Westwood Planning Commission and Governing Body pursuant to K.S.A. 12-747. The Comprehensive Plan element (The Plan) is the principal guide for community and the governmental decision-making body regarding land use, zoning, transportation planning, economic development, capital budgeting, and the provision of municipal services and facilities. The Comprehensive Plan addresses the built environment as it relates to the location, density, type and scale of development in the community. A comprehensive plan does not include decisions about zoning. However, it is used as a guide for making zoning decisions.
In 2016, the City of Westwood began the process to update its comprehensive plan. This community-driven process provided a detailed update of the City’s previous (1997) comprehensive plan to respond to current needs, shape future opportunities, integrate best practices and build upon the City’s successes.