Board refers draft subdivision regulations to planning and conservation boards after lengthy review
Summary
Staff presented a revised draft of subdivision regulations that elevates cluster subdivisions, uses the town's 1992 open-space index to guide design, and proposes a resource mapper and public engagement after Labor Day; board members pressed staff on waiver authority, thresholds, sewage standards and expiration clauses before voting to refer the draft for planning-board review.
Staff member CJ briefed the board on a multi-year effort to update the town’s subdivision regulations, explaining the draft elevates cluster subdivision as the preferred approach and draws on the town’s 1992 open-space index to identify conservation priorities. CJ said the draft includes a resource-mapper and that staff plan to present the mapper and the draft to the conservation board and planning board with broader public engagement after Labor Day.
Board members asked detailed questions about several parts of the draft: whether government-owned parcels must comply with town zoning or could use a Monroe County balancing test; the authority in paragraph G for the planning board to waive application-material requirements in cases of hardship; thresholds that trigger site-plan review (discussed numbers ranged around 25–29 lots); whether “proper sewage disposal” presumes municipal sewer; and whether recorded lot transfers could indefinitely extend approval through an automatic-extension mechanism. After discussion the board moved to refer the draft to the planning board for review and comment.
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