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MEMORANDUM
TOO Members of the Town Planning Board
FROM@ Barbara Holcomb
DATE * March 9 , 1972
RE@ Planning Board Meeting March 14 , 1972
In planning for our Zoning Ordinance session on March 14 ,
I thought it. would be helpful if you all had a list of the sugges -
tions and comments that have been made at the hearings ( and outside
to consider . Some . of them have merit and some don ' t , but we need
to look at them all . Give them some thought and we ' ll cover as
much as possible on the 14th .
A . Requests for specific changes in zoning .
1 . Walter Wiggans requests his Danby Road property be re -
zoned - - the restaurant area to commercial , remainder
to R - 5 , Mobile Home park .
2 . Richard Berggren requested his property on the corner
of Coddington Road and Danby Road be re - zoned for light
industrial use .
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3 • Mr . 4@Tgi ,&n requests re - zoni _ g of his property on Danby
Road adjacent to Monkmeyer property to R - 10 , multiple
residence .
B . Mobile Homes .
1 . Question of eliminating area on Sand Bank Road entirely - -
poor topography , no adequate transportation ?
2 . Is the proposed Danby Road area too large ?
3 . Should Mobile Home Zone be a Floating Zone ?
4 . What about other areas of the Town ?
a . Expansion of present non - conforming park on
Seven Mile Drive ?
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b . What about West Hill location in vicinity of
Hospital ?
5 . Question of Density - - is 8 per acre too many ?
6 . Question on how Ordinance would handle double - wide
Mobile Homes ,
C . Do we need to alter the proposed Agricultural Zone ?
D . Should we consider expanding commercial area in vicinity
of Hospital ?
E . Mr . Vassle urged construction of road on West Hill between
West Haven Road and Bundy Road .
F . Hwyel White proposal for alternate northern section of
Forest Home by - pass .
G . Planned unit development .
• H . Are we eliminating some land uses presently permitted in
R - 30 by making all residential land R - 15 ?
I . Mr . Mahr ' s suggestion on traffic patterns - - i . e . - - designa -
ting primary - secondary ro6.ds .
J . Should we put desirable park areas - - i . e . - - Coy Glen and
Lickbrook - - on the map as P - 1 ?
K . How do we handle lot size in areas where there is no water
and sewer ?
L . Suggested wordi. nu charCD
ges .
1 . Page g under bus i _zess B - - c , ^ riffe word " planned " to
" under construction " .
2 . Page 5 - - change following words : corn , herds , storage
sheds .
? . Page 6 last paragraph - - delete " suitable " .
4 . Page 10 - - change " adequately screened " to be more
specific .