2018-19 Growth and Density Evaluation

Last updated: May 9, 2019

On this page you can find information related to the Growth and Density Evaluation project that the Town Council assigned to the Long Range Planning Advisory Committee (LPAC). See LPAC Minutes for additional information. 

Reference documents:

• 2013 Comprehensive Plan
• 2015 Year 1 Implementation Recommendations Report from Community Development Committee and Long Range Planning Advisory Committee

Council items:

• Council Resolution, April 2018
• Excerpt from 2018-19 Council Work Plan
• July 2016 Zoning Amendments
• November 2017 Moratorium
• March 2018 Zoning Amendments
• Compilation of Council Minutes 2016-2018
• Summary of "Council Minutes 2016-2018" Highlighting Zoning Amendment Process to Date and Issues Raised
• November 26, 2018 Council Meeting
• December 10, 2018 Council Meeting
• February 25, 2019 Council Meeting
• March 28, 2019 Joint LPAC-Council Public Forum
• April 8, 2019 Council Meeting (See agenda items 3 through 8)

LPAC items:

• Draft Evaluation Process
• November 15, 2018 Forum Agenda
• November 2018 Forum Highlights Report
• November 2018 Forum Evaluation Report
• November 2018 Forum Draft Minutes
• YouTube Video of November 15 Forum event (1:45 hours)
• Council Presentation, December 10, 2018
• Council Presentation, February 25, 2019
• Forum 2 Presentation, March 28, 2019
• Forum 2 - Small Group Comments, March 28, 2019
• Forum 2 - Individual Feedback Sheets on LPAC Proposal, March 28, 2019
• Forum 2 - Excel Spreadsheet with Individual Feedback on LPAC Proposal, March 28, 2019 This spreadsheet has many columns and is quite unwieldy, whuich is why the compete responses are posted above. Staff will work to clean the sheet up on April 2 as best we can.
• Link to Forum 2 Video (edited version) - The entire unedited video will be rebroadcastied on April 1 at 7pm and again at 7am April 2 on the Town's cable channel. It will also be posted on the Town's ON-Demand section on April 2.
• Public Comment on LPAC proposal, Part One, updated through April 1
• Public Comment on LPAC proposal, Part Two, updated through April 2, 12:00 noon
• Public Comment on LPAC proposal, Part Three, updated through April 2, 5:00 PM
• Forum 2 Notes from Susan Gallant, Forum Facilitator
• Video of April 2, 2019 LPAC Meeting
• LPAC Recommendation on RA District for Town Council, April 4, 2019
• Dimensional Standards Comparison on RA District, LPAC Recommendations, April 4, 2019

Development Data:

• Growth Rate Data 2016-2018, revision 4
• Buildling Permit Data July 2016 - October 2, 2108
• Building Permit Data October 3, 2018 - December 31, 2108
• Excerpt of Building Permit Data for Projects Made Possible After July 2016
• Before and After Sketches of Projects in RA District Made Possible by July 2016 Zoning Amendments
• Neighborhood Plans of Projects in RA District Made Possible by July 2016 Zoning Amendments
• Map of Projects Made Possible After July 2016
• Planning Board Approvals not included in Building Permit Data
• 2007-2018 Historical Growth Data, April 8, 2019

• Town responds to request for data on growth and density since 2016, April 16, 2019

RA Zoning Analysis and Options:

• RA Lot Size Map
• RA Lot Size Chart
• RA Zoning Chart 2016-2019, draft January 3, 2019
• RA Frontage Map, January 2019
• RA Frontage combined with Lot Size Map, January 2019
• RA Zoning Chart, draft January 16, 2019
• RA Selected Neighborhoods Map, February 7, 2019
• RA Expanded Lot Sizes Map, February 7, 2019
• RA Zoning Chart, draft February 7, 2019
• RA Zoning Chart with RA1 option (areas with lots over 60,000 sf), LPAC February 7, 2019
• "Test" of RA1 option (areas with lots over 60,000 sf), February 15, 2019
• RA Neighborhood Map, February 19, 2019
• RA Neighborhood data sorted by location, February 19, 2019
• RA Neighborhood data grouped by average lot size, February 19, 2019
• RA Neighborhood Map with four zones based on average lot size, February 19, 2019 (based on above data chart sorted by average lot size)
• Possible new RA Zoning Option, LPAC February 19, 2019
• "Test" of Possible new RA zoning option, February 19, 2019
• Preliminary RA Zoning Recommendation, February 28, 2019 - This version will be presented at March 28 Public Forum
• "Test" of Preliminary RA Zoning Recommendation, February 28, 2019

RB and RD Zoning Analysis:

• RB and RD Zoning Comparison Chart, posted May 6, 2019
• RB and RD projects that received permits from July 2016 through December 31, 2018 and were “enabled” by the 2016 zoning changes. (These do not represent all growth in RB and RD in that period.) Posted May 6, 2019