Erie study session finds gap between charter and zoning for reserved open space
Planning commissioners and the Open Space & Trails Advisory Board agreed the town’s Reserved Open Space (RO) zoning — created in 2024 — contains ambiguities and no properties were placed into the RO district, prompting calls for clearer definitions and a criteria-driven inventory process.
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Erie planning officials and members of the Open Space & Trails Advisory Board met Oct. 21 for a joint study session to clarify how the town should identify and legally protect valued open-space parcels. Staff and board members said the Home Rule Charter created a Reserved Open Space (RO) district that requires voter approval before a property can be sold, rezoned or placed into another land-use category, but no town properties have yet been designated into the RO district despite the ordinance creating it in 2024.
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