Memorandum

TOWN OF BENNINGTON

205 SOUTH STREET P.O. BOX 469 BENNINGTON, VERMONT 05201
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MEMO

To: BEDC Members

From: Daniel W. Monks, Zoning Administrator

Re: Proposed Changes to Town Plan - Land Use Designations

Date: October 28, 1999

The following changes to existing land use designations are proposed in the revised Town Plan.

l ) Change from Industrial to Planned Commercial Industrial of an approximately 10 acre area along North Bennington Road, north of the Price Chopper.

This change was requested by the property owner of the parcels that are the subject of the proposed land use designation change. Essentially, the change would allow commercial/retail uses in an area that currently only allows industrial/manufacturing/warehouse uses. Attached are excerpts from the Zoning Bylaw that set forth the permitted and conditional uses in both the Commercial Industrial District and Industrial District.

2) Change from Village Residential to Major Institutional of an approximately 10 acre area long Stark Street and next to Stark Street Playground to the Old Bennington Village line.

This change was requested by the hospital. The parcels effected by the change are adjacent to land that is currently zoned for Institutional use and would allow the hospital to expand its operations. The hospital has already acquired a portion of the area to be changed.

3) Change from Village Residential to Industrial of an approximately 18 acre area off of Bowen Road

This change was requested by the developer of the gas pipeline. The change would allow industrial uses on land adjacent to an existing industrial park.

4) Change from Village Industrial to Urban Mixed Use of the area along Benmont Avenue from Holden Street on the west and County Street on the east to the River.

This change would allow commercial, institutional and professional as well as industrial/manufacturing uses in an area currently zoned for industrial/manufacturing uses only. The Urban Mixed use proposal as set forth in the revised Town Plan is attached. This change was previously proposed by the Planning Commission, but rejected by the Select Board. The Planning Commission has made some changes to the proposed use change, including a recommendation that a design review overlay and detailed performance standards be part of a Zoning change.