Appendix A.  Summary of Key Distinctions Regarding Potential Management Tools

	Conventional Zone	Conditional Zone	Master Land Use Plan; Development Plan; Special Use Permit	Site Plan Review	Development Agreement
Process	Legislative	Legislative	Quasi-judicial	Administrative	Legislative
Scope of Standards	Limited by zoning authorization	Limited by zoning authorization, plan/ordinance consistency, impacts of project; requires owner approval	Limited to pre-determined standards in the ordinance (including health, safety, welfare)	Limited to pre-determined standards in the ordinance; all standards must be objective	Limited to agreement by both parties and not inconsistent with development agreement statute
Community impacts/Mitigation measures	No unique requirements allowed	Flexibility allowed, but must be within scope of standards noted above; owner agreement required	Rational nexus to project impacts; exactions no more than roughly proportional to project impacts	Site specific and only to secure ordinance compliance	Subject to Town-University agreement
Overall project design flexibility	No	Yes	Yes, but only within area covered by SUP	No	Yes
Vesting	No	No	Two to five years for SUP	No	Yes for term of agreement (not more than twenty years)