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Tinmouth map shows compact village center and resource-based recreation around Tinmouth Pond
Summary
RPC staff showed Tinmouth's draft mapping: a small state-designated village center footprint and a resource-based recreation area mapped around Tinmouth Pond; residents asked whether the pond buffer and mapping boundaries reflect local zoning and private ownership.
Burke told the group that Tinmouth is already a state-designated village center and that RPC staff mapped a small village center footprint that largely preserves the existing built area. "Tinmouth has a state designated village center," she said, and staff did not expand village boundaries because there was no clear community preference shown in the documents the mapper reviewed.
Residents raised questions about the resource-based recreation area mapped around Tinmouth Pond and whether the buffer around the lake needed to be as wide as shown. Burke encouraged residents to submit follow-up questions and suggested making boundary size and buffer-width concerns part of the town's written feedback so RPC staff can address them in revisions.
