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Residents and professionals press for clearer conversion, parking and LID rules in draft regulations
Summary
A resident engineer and other commenters urged clearer language on use conversions, deferred parking allowances, rear-lot waivers, application checklist requirements, site plan 'work' timing and Low Impact Development (LID) standards; staff acknowledged these are active discussion points and will follow up.
David Whitney, P.E., an Avon resident and engineer, urged the commission to increase maximum density allowances in certain residential zones, to permit conversions in additional zones (including Industrial), and to allow greater deferred parking than the 25% cap currently in the draft. He also asked staff to clarify the rear-lot waiver language and the Town's application checklist requirements, and whether Low Impact Development (LID) standards will be integrated. Hiram Peck said the state legislature is discussing use conversions and that the commission can consider changes, while noting the limited land area zoned industrial in town.
Whitney also asked for clarity on what constitutes the start of site-plan work and the limits (if any) on requesting extensions; commissioners and staff agreed these are items to refine before adoption. The commission continued the hearing to allow time to incorporate these implementation clarifications.
