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SWRPC HOP grant wrap-up prompts zoning and stormwater follow‑ups from Temple Planning Board
Summary
Sarah Bollinger of the Southwestern Regional Planning Commission briefed the board on a HOP grant wrap-up and recommended outreach to Greenville on water service for the overlay district and regulatory edits to address stormwater for multi-unit buildings.
At its March 17 meeting the Temple Planning Board received a wrap-up of a Southwestern Regional Planning Commission (SWRPC) HOP grant and outlined next steps to support potential housing in the town’s overlay district.
Sarah Bollinger (SWRPC), participating via Zoom, summarized the final grant deliverables and called attention to three near-term actions: reach out to Greenville to evaluate whether Greenville’s water system could be expanded to serve housing in the overlay district; finalize and submit the grant narrative (Sarah will send the final narrative to Christine Robidoux and Christine will file the final report); and update local land-use regulations to reflect recent voter-approved zoning amendments.
On stormwater regulation Sarah advised the board on where to place requirements: the state currently requires Site Plan Regulations to be met for five-unit buildings and that requirement is optional for three-unit buildings. She suggested either adding a clause to the town’s Subdivision/PRD regulations that would require lots of a specific size to meet Site Plan Regulations or addressing stormwater requirements in the road regulations because even PRDs with 1-acre single-family lots need road-related stormwater management. Christine and board members discussed which code sections to amend and Christine will send the source document to Russ Huntley so he can draft zoning ordinance updates.
Board members thanked Sarah for SWRPC’s assistance. The board recorded these next steps as administrative follow-ups rather than binding approvals: outreach to Greenville, regulatory drafting, and submission of the final HOP report.
