Summary of the draft CD Zoning changes

After taking a little break and not meeting during their first August meeting, the Planning Commission met again to discuss the next draft of the Zoning. This draft is based on comment received at their July 21 meeting.

There are very few changes in this draft and they are listed below:

1. Definition of Shall/Must

MUST: Is used to indicate mandatory and required and not optional or discretionary. See also SHALL. (found on pg. 12)

SHALL: See MUST. (found on pg. 17)

2. Definition of Encourage/Should

ENCOURAGE: Is used to indicate strongly recommended and not mandatory. ENCOURAGE/SHOULD is used to incorporate planning recommendations from the State and the Regional Planning Commission, that have been adapted for Jericho and the goals in the Town Plan. See also SHOULD (found on pg. 6)

SHOULD: See ENCOURAGE (found on pg. 17)

3. Some fine tuning of the invasive species language in Section 11.8.6 (found on pg. 145). Underlined and blue-hyperlinked language is new. Crossed out language is removed:

Planting Specifications: Plants Must shall be hardy for the climatic and other conditions in which they will be used (salt, air pollution, etc.). Trees shall preferably be of a type indigenous to the neighborhood. Plant and tree selections Must comply with the Vermont Agency of Agriculture noxious weed quarantine regulation. For all landscaping, the use of plants native to Vermont and New England is strongly Encouraged.

The Planning Commission will discuss this draft at their next meeting, August 18. To find out more about that meeting, go to the Planning Commission page on this website.

The Planning Commission further discussed a revised proposed draft of the regulations at their July 7 meeting. In response to further comment, further clarifying changes were made to several sections of the Zoning.

The Planning Commission will discuss this draft at their next meeting, July 21. To find out more about that meeting, go to the Planning Commission page on this website.

The Planning Commission discussed a new draft of the regulations at their June 16 meeting. They discussed some small changes to Section 11.9.3, regarding site layout and design. Some wording changes were also made to Section 11.1.6.3 (curbcuts now for all residential uses allowed on RT 15) and Section 11.8.4.1 (road design). All changes are red-lined.

Email comments were received from Chuck Lacy and the PC chair responded. View that email document HERE.

In response to comments received following the review of the May 11 draft, there is a new draft, dated June 12. Below you can see the full draft of the zoning and just the pages changed. All changes are red-lined.

The Planning Commission will once again discuss the draft at their next meeting, June 16 at 7:00 pm. To learn more about that meeting, you can visit the Planning Commission page of this website,

The Planning Commission received 3 sets of comments on the May 11 draft. They discussed two of them at their June 2nd meeting and the Planning Commission Chair responded to one outside of that . These letters with responses can be viewed below.

May 11 the Draft Zoning language for the Commercial District

Following public comment on the first round of draft edits on February 18, the draft Zoning was updated and sent to Chris Sargent, the project consultant. He has provided a edits to those comments. That new draft can be view here on this site.

You can view the February 18 document HERE. You will notice that this is the full Land Use Regulations for Jericho. You will be able to scroll through and the changes are red lined. If you want to view a version of the February 18 document with only the pages that have changes, you can view that HERE.