COUNCIL GOALS AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
HIGHEST Priority
Revised 6. Monitor/Evaluate Land Use Management Ordinance, Phase 2
Description: We will continue to monitor and evaluate the Land Use Management Ordinance and offer advice on further action. Additional actions added January 12, 2006.
For prior reports refer to past Quarterly Reports on Council Goals.
February 28, 2005 Status: Proposed amendments scheduled for spring and fall of 2005. (This table has been moved to February 13, 2006 status.)
May 9, 2005 Status: We believe that all of these items except the parking requirements report will have to be deferred until 2006. The parking item will be presented to the Council on May 23, 2005.
September 12, 2005 Status: No change in status.
November 21, 2005 Status: No change in status.
February 13, 2006 Status: See chart for products to be produced and timetable.
May 8, 2006 Status: A report on a recommended process for consideration of ordinance changes is scheduled for May 22, 2006.
Products to Be Produced and Timetable
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ISSUE |
SCHEDULE |
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Tree Ordinance changes: protection of trees on private property and banning clear cutting. |
Public Hearing scheduled for November 13, 2006. |
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Consideration of changes to lighting provisions (dark skies initiative). |
Added to Council Goals at January 2006 Council Retreat. Planning Board consideration to begin during the summer of 2006. |
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Adjust parking requirements (Section 5.9).
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Recommendations pending Transportation Board review. Consideration of adjustment to the vehicular and bicycle parking standards is expected to return to the Town Council in the Third Quarter of 2006 |
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Revisions to Town Center Zoning District Building Envelope Provisions (height related). |
Added to Council Goals at January 2006 Council Retreat. Planning Board consideration to begin Third Quarter, 2006. |
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Clarify land disturbance triggers for soil and erosion control requirements; coordinate with similar requirements in other documents. |
Report Second Quarter, 2007 |
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Consider how to handle porous pavement as impervious surface (Table 3.8-1, footnote (k)). |
Report Second Quarter, 2007 |
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Clarify distinctions between water treatment requirements for runoff from public streets vs. private lots. |
Report Second Quarter, 2007 |
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Consider reducing minimum lot size from 5 acres to 1 acre for Planned Development-Housing in residential zoning districts (Section 6.18.4). |
Report Second Quarter, 2007 |
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Clarify the relationship between building code and Land Use Management Ordinance definitions of floor area. |
Report Third Quarter, 2007 |
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Increase flexibility in “alternate buffer” provisions (Section 5.6.8). |
Report Third Quarter, 2007 |
September 11, 2006 Status: On May 22, 2006, the Council amended the timetable as noted above in the chart.