Marion County : Brooks-Hopmere community plan

Abstract

The area [covered by the Plan] includes a mix of residential, commercial, industrial and public land uses. Brooks has two schools, a fire station, and a post office. Hopmere contains industrial and commercial uses within the Brooks-Hopmere boundary; with several residences along River Road on less than an acre parcels being included in the boundary due to existing non-farm use under current Exclusive Farm Use zoning. The county comprehensive plan originally prepared to address statewide planning goals listed Hopmere as a Rural Service Center and Brooks as a Rural Community. The freeway interchange between the two was also recognized as a Rural Development Center in the plan. The community includes only areas planned and zoned for residential, commercial and industrial development and public uses; no no land planned for farm use is included though the Ogden-Martin waste to energy utility facility is included in the boundary and zoned Exclusive Farm Use. [From the Plan]