Council approves zoning changes in Vergennes

The updated regulations allow retail uses in the city’s Historic Neighborhood District near downtown and residential uses in the city’s three-part Commercial District.

Proposed changes in Vergennes zoning laws would conditionally allow retail uses in the city’s Historic Neighborhood District and residential uses in the Commercial District.

The town of Ferrisburgh will host a meeting explaining state and local development regulations along Lake Champlain.

The Vergennes City Council will hold a public hearing on a zoning change that could pave the way for 130-unit workforce housing development.

Bristol’s planning commission has spent the past several months exploring potential changes to the town’s zoning regulations that would help expand housing opportunities in and around Bristol’s village area.

In an abbreviated April 25 meeting, the Vergennes City Council approved a zoning amendment officials said was intended to correct a mistake in the update to the Vergennes zoning laws the city adopted in January. 

A Vergennes zoning change finally won city council approval last week, and the committee charged with advising Vergennes officials on the hire of a new police chief is set to interview two finalists this week. 

The Lincoln Planning Commission, in conjunction with Addison County Regional Planning, is using this grant to update portions of Lincoln’s Zoning Bylaws to help mitigate obstacles to growth in Lincoln’s four Village Districts, in accordance with Vermont’s … (read more)

After two years of mostly favorable public feedback and a long delay for a rewrite, the Vergennes City Council on May 24 approved, 6-1, new zoning and subdivision laws that, among other items, would ease density and parking requirements in downtown neighb … (read more)

Editor’s note: This story was updated to include more information on what could happen if the council makes substantial changes. VERGENNES — The Vergennes City Council has agreed to make small changes to the zoning and subdivision regulations update await … (read more)

Councilors want to make the zoning regs “as close to perfect as we can get them,” but don’t want to delay implementation.

The Middlebury Planning Commission continues to work on revisions to the community’s zoning rules that in part incentivize development in the village area while preserving the history and character of Addison County’s shire town.

After hearing testimony at an April 12 public hearing from two residents in favor of new zoning and subdivision regulations, the Vergennes City Council scheduled a second, and most likely final, hearing for 5:30 p.m. on May 10.

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The Vergennes Planning Commission has set a public hearing for Monday, Feb. 7, on a revised update of its proposed new set of city zoning regulations.