ADOPTED ZONING BYLAW 3/18/24
(note: still in draft form):
BYLAW ADOPTION PROCESS:
♦ SELECTBOARD PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED ZONING BYLAW: The Selectboard met on Monday, March 18, 2024 and approved the Zoning Bylaw. You can view the minutes from the Selectboard and from the public hearing held prior to the Selectboard meeting by clicking the link below:
Minutes from the Public Hearing and Selectboard Meeting:
- https://westfield.vt.gov/wp-content/uploads/minutes-agendas-newsletters/sbunapprovedminutes_2024-03-18.pdf
- Selectboard Public Hearing Notice for Zoning Bylaw 3-18-24
The Westfield Planning Commission held Public Hearings on Tuesday, December 5, 2023 and February 20, 2024 to receive comments and answer questions regarding proposed revisions to the Town of Westfield Zoning Bylaw. Several changes to the proposed revisions are recommended in response to public comment.
- Selectboard Public Hearing for Zoning Bylaw 3-18-24
- Cover memo to the Selectboard re: adoption of Zoning Bylaw
- Report of the Planning Commission to the Selectboard following public comment
- Planning Commission response to Public Comment re: proposed revision of the Zoning Bylaw
- Email comments submitted to Planning Commission by comment deadline by 1-5-24
The Planning Commission is proposing revisions to the Town of Westfield Zoning Bylaw to make the format more user-friendly for permit applicants and the Zoning Administrator. Revisions are also proposed in the Zoning Bylaw language to bring the Bylaw up to date with the Westfield Town Plan, Vermont Statutes, and federal regulations.
Lands throughout the Town of Westfield are affected by the proposed changes. Revisions are proposed for all Articles of the current Zoning Bylaw.
- ARTICLE 1 ENACTMENT AND INTENT
- ARTICLE 2 ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS AND DISTRICT REGULATIONS
- ARTICLE 3 GENERAL REGULATIONS
- ARTICLE 4 NON-CONFORMING USES & STRUCTURES
- ARTICLE 5 DEFINITIONS
- ARTICLE 6 ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
- ARTICLE 7 AMENDMENTS, INTERPRETATIONS, EFFECTIVE DATE
The following information may be examined on the Town of Westfield website www.westfield.vt.gov/zoning-bylaw/, in person at the Town Clerk’s office, 38 School Street, Monday-Thursday 8 am- 4 pm, and at the Hitchcock Library, 1252 VT RT 100, Tuesday 2 pm – 7 pm, Thursday 10 am – 3 pm, and Sunday 11 am – 3 pm.
- Initial report summarizing the revisions and their purposes
- Proposed changes to format: Comparison of current to proposed-version 2
- Proposed changes to language: Comparison of current to proposed-version 2
- Proposed changes to Dimensional Standards: Comparison of current and proposed-version 2
- Proposed Table of Uses: version 2
- Draft of the proposed Westfield Zoning Bylaw-February 27, 2024
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