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ZONING UPDATES STEERING COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, 11/16/2017
Approved: December 7, 2017
Call to Order: 7:06 p.m.
Present: Chair Liz Thomas, and Committee members Michael Boggs, Rod Hawkes, and Sue
Ritter; David West of Randall + West.
Excused: Darby Kiley
Public in Attendance: None
Agenda Review; Minutes Review (11/09/2017)
Ms. Ritter MADE the MOTION to accept the November 9, 2017 meeting minutes, and Mr.
Hawkes SECONDED the MOTION. The motion was unanimously carried.
Privilege of the Floor: No one addressed the Committee
Discussion on Office/technology mixed use zone and design guidelines, subdivision, design
standards (parking and signs), and zoning map.
The Committee began with a review of design guidelines for the Office/Technology Mixed Used
section, and discussed whether to apply the guidelines more broadly to other Town zones or
uses, like commercial businesses. Ms. Thomas asked if it were possible to apply the OTMU
guidelines to commercial uses within various Town districts and the OTMU, to which Mr. West
said it was and should be. The Committee agreed. Committee members and Mr. West then
discussed which parts they may need to include for the public presentation.
Committee members dedicated nearly an hour to reviewing extensive new language within the
Land Subdivision Regulations of the draft zoning law. Mr. West touched on various highlights,
including an added provision on cluster subdivisions, criteria for simple and major subdivision
review, several new definitions, and defining more clearly the differences between major and
minor subdivisions. The density bonus section was of particular focus, as Committee members
discussed criteria within the formula that determines how much of a bonus a subdivider would
get.
Following a brief discussion of the updated zoning map, the Committee moved onto design
standards for parking and signage. The Committee offered several changes to the draft language.
On Ms. Thomas’s suggestion, language was added to Pedestrian Design Standards calling for
pedestrian facilities, or pathways, between every row of parked cars. Elsewhere, canopy trees are
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to be planted within a parking lot for every five parking spaces proposed. Originally written for
Multiple Residence Districts, this amended tree-planting provision was changed to apply to the
entire Town. Language changes were made to the Landscape Plan and the Standards for Signs
sections. In regard to signs above sidewalks, Mr. West believed 10 feet above the sidewalk to be
too high. The Committee reached a consensus that sidewalk signs may hang as low as 8 feet off
the sidewalk.
The final 15 minutes of the meeting were dedicated to the upcoming public presentation on
November 30. Ms. Thomas suggested, and the Committee agreed, that she put the zoning drafts
online on November 24 and send an email to the Town list serv that same day.
Ms. Ritter MADE the MOTION to adjourn the meeting, and Mr. Hawkes SECONDED the
MOTION. The motion was unanimously carried.
Meeting adjourned at 9:44 p.m.
Submitted by Louis DiPietro II on December 6, 2017.