The Town of St. George 2025 Comprehensive Plan is a document outlining how our town will guide growth, preserve its character, and strengthen resilience over the next decade. Over the next few weeks we will have a series of posts that highlights six major themes: land use and development; municipal services and infrastructure; natural resources and climate resilience; community engagement and governance; economy and workforce; and housing. This is part 1: Land Use and Development.
The 2025 Comprehensive Plan’s approach to land use and development emphasizes maintaining the town’s rural, maritime character while planning cautiously for the future. With little expected population growth over the next two decades, large-scale residential or commercial expansion is unlikely. Community feedback strongly favored preserving the existing balance of land and water uses, expanding public access to scenic and recreational areas, and preventing overdevelopment. Most survey respondents supported maintaining current residential and light commercial uses, with limited interest in high-density housing, though there was a strong desire for more affordable housing. The town currently lacks area-based zoning beyond the state’s shoreland and marine commercial designations, but the plan calls for exploring the possibility of localized zoning and more thorough land use planning in order to protect natural and historic resources, promote resilience and housing affordability, and preserve community character.
If you'd like to read the complete Land Use and Development section of the comprehensive plan, see page 91 of the plan.
This summary was produced with the help of AI, but reviewed by a member of the Comprehensive Planning Committee.