zoning


  • 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.

  • City eyes easing some zoning

    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.

  • Learn about lakefront permits at Ferrisburgh talk

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

  • City to hold hearing on zoning change

    City to hold hearing on zoning change

    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 explores zoning changes to boost housing

    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…

  • Vergennes fixes zoning miscue

    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…

  • Council OKs historic district zone change

    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…

  • Lincoln lands bylaw modernization grant

    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…

  • City council backs new zoning

    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…

  • City council will make minor tweaks to zoning regs, not big changes

    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…

  • City council to make small zoning changes, not big ones

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

  • Middlebury zoning law revisions would enable affordable housing

    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…

  • City council sets second hearing on zoning laws

    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…

  • Editorial: Two notes of importance

    Editorial: Two notes of importance

    Here’s the deal about Green Up Day: it works best if you coordinate your efforts with your town.

  • Hearing set on city zoning regulations

    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.

  • New Haven to seek new zoning/town administrator

    NEW HAVEN — New Haven will soon be in the market for a new zoning/town administrator.Aaron Brown, the town’s current ZA/TA informed the selectboard last month that he’s…