NOTICE of WAITSFIELD SELECTBOARD PUBLIC HEARING
To Consider Proposed Flood and Fluvial erosion Hazard Area Amendments
To The Waitsfield Zoning Bylaws
Monday, May 17, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Waitsfield Town Office

The Waitsfield Selectboard will convene a public hearing on Monday, May 17, 2010, 7:30 p.m., at the Waitsfield Town Office in accordance with 24 VSA §4442 to consider proposed flood and fluvial erosion hazard area amendments to the Waitsfield Zoning Bylaw, which were forwarded by the Waitsfield Planning Commission. The proposed amendments will affect all property owners located in existing and proposed Flood and Fluvial Erosion Hazard Area Overlay Districts, as shown on 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 (4 pgs, 496 KB) • Proposed Flood and FEH Zone Amendment (38 pgs, 707 KB) • FEH Maps

The full document, proposed amendments, associated maps, 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 Waitsfield Selectboard, 9 Bridge Street, Waitsfield, VT 05673 or e-mail at .

	Cover & Contents* (4 pgs, 36 KB)	Tap for larger image (647 KB) in separate window. 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 Adaptive Redevelopment Overlay District (AROD) (5 pgs, 228 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)

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)

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