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The monitoring and implementation section of the plan covers safe growth objectives. Many of those safe growth objectiv
were incorporated in the land use ordinances when they were updated and periodically thereafter when required by the $
and Federal Agencies.
Zoning Ordinance
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The zoning ordinance conforms to the comprehensive plan in terms of discouraging development or redevelopment withir
natural hazard areas. This includes FEMA approved floodplain/floodway ordinances for development; wetlands ordinance;
supply protection district and multiple approval process generally protect the hazard areas from being developed.
The ordinance contains natural hazard overlay zones that set conditions for land use within such zones. Those areas have
specific conditions within the ordinances for the Planning Board, the Zoning Board of Adjustment and Conservation Comm
and the Planning and Building Department staff to administer the ordinances.
Rezoning procedures recognize natural hazard areas as limits on zoning changes that allow greater intensity or density of t
Those hazard attributes are flagged and accounted for in review of any rezoning being considered by the City.
The ordinance prohibits development within, or filling of, wetlands, floodways, and floodplains. There are specific ordinani
and procedures in effect compliant with state and federal and local laws.
Subdivision Regulations
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The subdivision regulations restrict the subdivision of land within or adjacent to natural hazard areas. The Planning Depart
Staff in conjunction with other review agencies/departments review subdivision plans prior to being presented to the Plan
Board, Zoning Board of Adjustment, Conservation Commission for mitigating any known hazard attenuated with the site,
development or adjacent issues that may affect subdivision and the lots created with the proposal.
The regulations provide for conservation subdivisions or cluster subdivisions in order to conserve environmental resources
There is a specific conservation subdivision ordinance which provides for the conservation of environmental resou
The regulations allow density transfers where hazard areas exist. The conservation subdivision allows density transfer with
development to preserve natural areas.
