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.
September 11, 2006 Status: On May 22, 2006, the Council amended the timetable as noted above in the chart.
November 6, 2006 Status: Please refer to the chart of products (above) for an updated timetable.
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Tree Ordinance changes: protection of trees on private property and banning clear cutting. |
Public Hearing scheduled for November 13, 2006. November 6, 2006 Status: Please refer to Goal number 5 above for additional information. February 12, 2007 Status: Please refer to Goal number 5 above for additional information. |
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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. November 6, 2006 Status: Staff work underway. Planning Board consideration to being in November, 2006. February 12, 2007 Status: We recommend that this work be deferred because of staffing shortages and workload challenges. |
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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 November 6, 2006 Status: Transportation Board provided recommendation August 24, 2006. Council consideration to resume in November or December, 2006. February 12, 2007 Status: Consideration of changes to the parking regulations scheduled for February 26, 2007. |
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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. November 6, 2006 Status: Application to create a new Town Center zoning district which would allow additional floor area and greater height is currently being processed. Planning Board consideration to begin in December. February 12, 2007 Status: Action on the establishment of the new Town Center-3 zoning district could occur as early as February 26, 2007. |
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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 November 6, 2006 Status: No change in status. February 12, 2007 Status: No change in status. |
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Consider how to handle porous pavement as impervious surface (Table 3.8-1, footnote (k)). |
Report Second Quarter, 2007 November 6, 2006 Status: No change in status. February 12, 2007 Status: No change in status. |
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Clarify distinctions between water treatment requirements for runoff from public streets vs. private lots. |
Report Second Quarter, 2007 November 6, 2006 Status: No change in status. February 12, 2007 Status: No change in status. |
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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 November 6, 2006 Status: Staff work underway. Planning Board review anticipated to begin in November, 2006. February 12, 2007 Status: We recommend that this work be deferred because of staffing shortages and workload challenges. |
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Clarify the relationship between building code and Land Use Management Ordinance definitions of floor area. |
Report Third Quarter, 2007 November 6, 2006 Status: No change in status. February 12, 2007 Status: No change in status. |
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Increase flexibility in “alternate buffer” provisions (Section 5.6.8). |
Report Third Quarter, 2007 November 6, 2006 Status: No change in status. February 12, 2007 Status: No change in status. |
February 12, 2007 Status: Please refer to the chart of products (above) for an updated timetable.