The Land Development Ordinance seeks to implement the policy recommendations of the Salisbury Vision 2020 Comprehensive Plan as adopted by the Salisbury City Council on March 20, 2001. This document establishes the collective vision of how the citizens of Salisbury would like to have their city look and function by the year 2020.
To this end, this Ordinance embodies the principle of “Sustainable Growth.” Very simply, this means that the City seeks to accommodate and maintain population growth and
economic expansion using coordinated planning and design. This principle fosters the philosophy that each development decision represents an investment in the long-term viability
of the City. Thus, the commitment on the part of the City to improve, extend, and maintain public infrastructure must be coupled with a similar commitment to quality investment in all
building and development.