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TOWN OF WILLISTON

July 20, 2023, 7:00 PM - Town Hall Meeting Room

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The Williston Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to consider amendments to the Williston Unified Development Bylaw on July 20, 2023 at 7:00 PM in the Beckett McGuire Meeting Room in Town Hall at 7900 Williston Road. The public hearing may also be attended virtually on Zoom. Public comment at this hearing is welcomed and encouraged.

The proposed amendments to the town’s Unified Development Bylaw include:

• Amend the number of members and name of the Historic and Architectural Advisory Committee (WDB 3)

• Amend the permit thresholds and exemptions (WDB 4) to provide clearer statements on permit types and thresholds.

• Add provisions for inclusionary zoning (WDB 11):

• Establish an alternative path to growth management for inclusionary projects.

• Require minimum percentage of affordable units for inclusionary zoning.

• Establish fee-in-lieu provisions.

• Establish requirements for affordable units.

• Establish incentives for inclusionary projects.

• Add exemptions from growth management for low-impact projects (4 or less dwelling units on a parcel, adaptive reuse from commercial to residential).

• Amend growth management criteria to encourage applicants to commit to energy conservation measures in residential development.

• Encourage solar canopies in parking lots (WDB 14).

• Amend non-residential accessory uses and temporary uses (WDB 17) as follows:

• Increase the spatial area limit on limited service eating places that are accessory to

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• Allow electric vehicle charging infrastructure with an administrative permit.

• Temporary events are no longer regulated by the bylaw and are instead regulated by the town’s Temporary Event Ordinance.

• Require demolition sites to be secured (also included under WDB 18) and erosion control measures.

• Allow mobile vendors to be established in non-residential parking lots with those that occupy less than 1,000 square feet being approved administratively.

• Amend density provisions (WDB 19)

• Adaptive reuse projects are exempt from residential density requirements.

• Residential projects in mixed-use districts that include >30% of affordable dwellings qualify for a density bonus.

• Clarify that Transfer of Development Rights applies only to receiving areas within the Growth Center outside of the Taft Corners Form Based Code District.

• Amend residential improvements (WDB 20) to allow dog kennels without administrative approval, allow EV charging infrastructure, allow poultry on all residential parcels, allow automated swimming pool covers.

• Amend signage requirements (WDB 25) to allow signage for temporary events approved under the Temporary Event Ordinance without administrative zoning approval.

• Amend the requirements for Habitat Disturbance Assessments (WDB 27) at discretionary review to be contracted by the town at the developer’s expense.

• Amend definition of affordable housing to be consistent with Inclusionary Zoning provisions (WDB 46).

• Amend definition of dwelling.

• Add definition for emergency shelter.

• Correct errors and citations contained in the above WDB chapters.

View the proposed changes online: https:// bit.ly/willistonbylaw2023

Contact Matt Boulanger at the Williston Planning Office at (802) 878-6704 or mboulanger@willistonvt.org for additional information.

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