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Town Center Plan
January 2007
Appendix 10
Development Standards
The Town has standards in place to manage the development and use of land
throughout its jurisdiction. In the Town Center Design Workshop, participants
identified civic, small business, and residential uses as three kinds of desirable new
development in the Town Center area. One implementation strategy would be to
develop a special Town Center District Code to promote and require development
consistent with this vision.
Issues that might be addressed through such a code include:
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The types of permitted uses;
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Their location within the Town Center; and
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The standards that would apply for parking, landscaping, site design, exterior
building design, signage, and other features of new development.
To implement this strategy, Town staff would work with stakeholders and Town
boards to draft appropriate development standards. Then, as new development
proposals were submitted to the Town, the application of these standards would help
ensure consistency with the Town Center Plan and promote a consistent visual identity
for this area.
Public and Private Investment
Another way to promote appropriate new development would be for the Town to help
assemble land, build necessary infrastructure such as streets and sidewalks, and/or fund
the restoration and construction of selected community facilities such as the Christian
Church, a train depot, and a civic/cultural center. To do this, the Town might tap its
General Fund and other revenue streams, such as state and federal grants.
Private developers might be asked to dedicate land and build infrastructure to help with
this effort. Private non-profit groups might conduct fundraising campaigns to help
finance construction of new facilities such as a train depot or cultural center. Together,
these partnership efforts could put the necessary infrastructure and key facilities on the
ground to help anchor the Town Center and attract additional private investment.
Town Center Planning Process
Introduction to Potential Strategies
to Promote Appropriate
New Development and Visual Identity
(Draft, 8/22/06)