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Rutland RPC braces for public hearing after major map revisions stoke landowner concern
Summary
Staff told the Executive Finance Committee that a draft future land-use map changed substantially after LURB feedback, prompting landowner anxiety about properties tentatively labeled for conservation; staff plan another map revision after the first public hearing and scheduled supplemental hearings in March.
Devon, the regional planning commission's executive director, told the Rutland Regional Planning Commission Executive Finance Committee on March 9 that the commission's draft future land‑use map "changed a lot" between pre‑application and the first public‑hearing draft after review by the LURB, and that the changes have caused significant concern among landowners in some towns.
"There's a lot of concern from land owners for having their land mapped as rural conservation," Devon said, noting calls from owners in Poultney and Benson who say prospective buyers are reluctant to purchase parcels tentatively mapped as conservation. "They think their ability to even sell the land or buy it won't be allowed. And if they do buy it, they won't be able to do anything with it." He emphasized that the map is a planning prioritization tool and does not…
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