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Re-Zoning
Initiative
The Waitsfield Planning Commission is in the process of developing a variety of amendments to the Waitsfield Zoning Bylaws, which were last updated in 2005. One of the objectives is to address a number of house-keeping details throughout the bylaw. Another main objective is to implement the policies in the Town Plan, which call for higher densities and more compact development patterns in Irasville, which the community long ago identified as the appropriate location for future growth and development. May
15, 2007 Planning Commission Public Hearing
In accordance
with 24 V.S.A. Chapter 117 §4441, the Waitsfield
Planning Commission held a public hearing on Tuesday, May
15, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at the Waitsfield Town Office to receive
comments on proposed amendments to the Waitsfield Zoning Bylaw.
The proposed changes are categorized and summarized below:
to Consider Proposed Revisions to the Waitsfield Zoning Bylaw
(2) The Planning Commission also proposes the following itemized revisions:
(b) Establish new standard that 25% of the gross floor area of any building constructed after May 1 2007 within the Village Business District be occupied by residential uses (Table 2.1); (c) Delete “Livestock Exhibition, Training, Boarding & Instruction” as a defined land use as this falls within the statutory definition of Agriculture (Tables 2.2, 2.7); (d) Except within Irasville, revise all front setback distances to be measured from the streetline for consistency (Article 2); (e) Clarify provisions under Section 3.7 related to the number of principal uses allowed on a single parcel, and revise to allow two principle uses on a single parcel in the Agricultural-Residential District, in accordance with specified criteria; (f) Clarify, under Section 3.8, that a nonconforming structure may be restored or replaced after damage or destruction, provided the reconstruction is commenced within 12 months of the initial damage; (g) Clarify that parking requirements for warehouses and other non-public uses apply to the total number of employees on the largest shift under Table 3.1; (h) Eliminate the exemption from bonding requirements for quarries and mining operations under Section 4.5; (i) Revise Section 6.5 to authorize the Development Review Board to waive certain setback standards in accordance with specified criteria that is different from variance criteria. (j) Revise Section 4.6 to allow home occupations in accessory structures; (k) Revise Section 4.12 to add a provision allowing special events as an accessory to other uses, in accordance with specific criteria; (l) Revise conditional use criteria (Section 5.3(D)(1)) to require that proposed uses not result in undue adverse impacts to significant natural features, rather than only to natural features located on the site as is presently the case; (m) Revise zoning permit exemptions under Section 6.2 to include tree houses not less than 100 square feet and excavation and grading involving up to 100 yards of fill outside of the floodplain. In addition, clarify exemption of forestry practices; (n) Revise Section 3.07 (E) for interior lots with substandard frontages to require yard setbacks equal to side yard setback instead of front yard setback; (o) Revise consistently throughout Bylaw transition from Board of Adjustment to Development Review Board, including Municipal Administrative Requirements described in Section 6.07; and (p) Revise definitions of Agriculture, Basement, Building Height, Dwelling Unit – Multi-Family, Floor Area, Half-Story, Home Occupation, Lot Coverage, Nonconforming Structure, Indoor and Outdoor Recreation, Light Industry, Setback and Story and add definitions for Attic, Back Alley, Cottage Industry, Building Footprint, Dwelling Unit – Duplex, Energy Generation Facility, Irasville, Principal Use, Principal Building Research & Development, Special Event and Gross Floor Area.
Contact Susan Senning, Planning & Zoning Administrator Waitsfield Town Office 9 Bridge Street Waitsfield, VT 05673 Phone: (802) 496-2218 E-mail:  Updated June 8, 2007
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