
A Master Plan is a statement of a community's goals and objectives for itself now and in the future. Used as a guide to direct future growth, development, and redevelopment of a community, a Master Plan plays an important role in a community's decision-making process. The plan is comprehensive in that it links the different geographic and functional components of a Town to each other in such a way that the community's goals and objectives can be achieved, issues resolved, and opportunities for improved quality of life realized.
The Master Plan is a document that sets the framework for the physical development of the Town over a 20-year period. The plan includes sections devoted to land use, parks, trails, open space, roadways, water, wastewater, and economic development. A super-majority vote is required to implement changes to the Master Plan.
The Master Plan is also an important policy tool that sets a vision for the orderly growth and development of the Town and provides the framework for many of Flower Mound's governing policies, specifically the zoning regulations. The zoning regulations provide the method of implementing the Master Plan by prescribing the use, density, and development standards for each parcel of land.