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Proposed Bylaws

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NOTICE of WAITSFIELD PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARINGS
To Consider Proposed Amendments
To The Waitsfield Zoning Bylaws
Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 7:15 and 7:30 p.m.
Waitsfield Town Office

Limited Business District
The Waitsfield Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on February 16, 2010, 7:15 pm, at the Waitsfield Town Office to receive comments on a proposed amendment to the Waitsfield Zoning Bylaw to add "Mixed Use" as a conditional use within the Limited Business (LB) District under Table 2.05 of the Waitsfield Zoning Bylaw. The proposed amendment may affect property owners, businesses and residents within the Limited Business District, as shown on the Official Waitsfield Zoning Map.

The purpose of the proposed amendment is to provide additional options for the use of properties within the district by allowing a mix of uses within a single structure or on a single lot. A mixed use would be subject to conditional review and approval under Section 5.03 (Conditional Use Review) and Section 4.07 (Mixed Uses) of the bylaw. The proposed amendment will not affect the types or densities of development currently allowed within the district, or planned community facilities and services that serve the district.

Flood & Fluvial Erosion Hazard Areas
The Waitsfield Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on February 16, 2010, 7:30 pm, at the Waitsfield Town Office to receive comments on proposed flood and fluvial erosion hazard area amendments to the Waitsfield Zoning Bylaw. Proposed amendments will affect all property owners located in existing and proposed Flood and Fluvial Erosion Hazard Area Overlay Districts, as shown on accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Fluvial Erosion Hazard Area maps for the Town of Waitsfield.

Proposed flood hazard area bylaw amendments include substantive changes under the existing Flood Hazard Area Overlay District (Table 2.10), related development review standards (Section 5.03.E) and updated definitions (Section 7.03), as well as minor changes under other sections of the regulations.

Proposed fluvial erosion hazard area bylaw amendments include a new Fluvial Erosion Hazard Area Overlay District (Table 2.11), related development review standards (Section 5.03.F) and definitions (Section 7.03), as well as cross-references under other sections of the regulations.

The general purposes of proposed amendments are to:

Manage flood and fluvial erosion hazard areas in conformance with adopted municipal plans;
Promote public health safety and welfare, by limiting new development and associated risks within mapped hazard areas;
Limit losses due to flooding and streambank erosion;
Preserve the flood carrying capacity and natural equilibrium of rivers and streams; and
Ensure that the town and affected property owners can obtain federal flood insurance, hazard mitigation and disaster recovery funds through community participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.

Below is an abbreviated table of contents and links to the proposed amendments:

Article I. Authority & Purpose
Article II. Zoning Districts
Article III. General Regulations
Article IV. Specific Use Standards
Article V. Development Review
Article VI. Administration & Enforcement
Article VII. Definitions

• Planning Commission Report (x pgs, xx KB)
• Proposed Limited Business Amendment (1 pg, 11 KB)
• Technical FEH Amendment (35 pgs, 287 KB)
• FEH Maps

The full document, proposed amendments, and the Planning Commission's report are available for review at the Waitsfield Town Office during regular business hours and from the links above. Interested citizens are invited and encouraged to attend the hearing or submit comments in writing to the Planning Commission, 9 Bridge Street, Waitsfield, VT 05673 or e-mail at pza@madriver.com.

VickieTrihy
Planning & Zoning Administrator

Current Bylaws

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Waitsfield Zoning Bylaws
as adopted by the Waitsfield Selectboard on January 26, 2009
* with corrective amendments adopted June 8, 2009

The full document can also be downloaded HERE: (99 pgs, 590 KB)

Cover & Contents* (4 pgs, 44 KB)

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Or it's available in PDF from the link below.

Article 1. Authority (2 pgs, 92 KB)

Article 2*. Districts (20 pgs, 357 KB)

Table 2.01 Village Business District (VB) (2 pgs, 101 KB)

Table 2.02 Village Residential District (VR) (2 pgs, 82 KB)

Table 2.03* Irasville Village District (IV) (2 pgs, 80 KB)

Table 2.04* Commercial Lodging District (CL) (2 pgs, 78 KB)

Table 2.05 Limited Business District (LB) (1 pg, 68 KB)

Table 2.06 Industrial District (IN) (2 pgs, 79 KB)

Table 2.07* Agricultural-Residential District (AR) (1 pg, 65 KB)

Table 2.08 Forest Reserve District (FR) (2 pages, 75 KB)

Table 2.09 Historic Waitsfield Village Overlay (HWVO) District (2 pages, 66 KB)

Table 2.10 Flood Hazard Area Overlay District (FHO) (1 pages 61 KB)

Article 3*. General Regulations (18 pgs, 283 KB)

Article 4. Specific Use Standards (12 pgs, 222 KB)

Article 5. Development Review (16 pgs, 245 KB)

Article 6. Administration and Enforcement (10 pgs, 191 KB)

Article 7. Definitions (14 pgs, 213 KB)

Appendix A. Descriptions (3 pgs, 35 KB)

Corrective Amendments PC Report, March 20, 2009 (8 pgs, 249 KB)

Zoning Map, 2003 (1 page, 798 KB)

2005 Bylaws

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The Waitsfield Zoning Bylaws were adopted May 2, 2005 (documents will open in a separate window).

The document is currently available on-line in the following sections:
	Cover & Contents (3 pages, 25 KB)
	Article 1. Authority (2 pages, 23 KB)
	Article 2. Districts (22 pages, 112 KB)
	Table 2.1 Village Business District (VB) (2 pages, 25 KB)
	Table 2.02 Village Residential District (VR) (2 pages, 21KB)
	Table 2.03 Irasville Village District (IV) (2 pages, 19 KB)
	Table 2.04 Commercial Lodging District (CL) (1 page, 21 KB)
	Table 2.05 Limited Business District (LB) (1 page, 19 KB)
	Table 2.06 Industrial District (IN) (2 pages, 23 KB)
	Table 2.07 Agricultural-Residential District (AR) (2 pages, 20 KB)
	Table 2.08 Forest Reserve District (FR) (2 pages, 24KB)
	Table 2.09 Historic Waitsfield Village Overlay (HWVO) District (2 pages, 18KB)
	Table 2.10 Flood Hazard Area Overlay District (FHO) (1 pages 17KB)
	Article 3. General Regulations (15 pages, 97KB)
	Article 4. Specific Use Standards (10 pages, 118 KB)
	Article 5. Development Review (15 pages, 89KB)
	Article 6. Administration and Enforcement (9 pages, 58 KB)
	Article 7. Definitions (12 pages, 68KB)
	Appendix A. Descriptions (2 pages, 18 KB)

	Zoning Map, 2003 (1 page, 798 KB)

Contact

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Vickie Trihy, Planning & Zoning Administrator
Waitsfield Town Office
9 Bridge Street
Waitsfield, VT 05673
Phone: (802) 496-2218
E-mail:

Updated February 12, 2010

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