Rutland Town Center Kickoff Meeting 022520 1 Town

Rutland Town Center Kickoff Meeting 02/25/20 1

Town Center Economic Development Strategic Plan • • • Project goals Roles and Responsibilities Best Practices Timeline What needs to happen next? 2

Project Background • From 2017 to 2019, Rutland engaged in a number of plans related to housing development • One of the goals that emerged from that exercise was a desire to diversify the town’s tax base by attracting more commercial development • That development should compliment the growth in housing that has occurred over the past two decades in a way that encourages walking and a vibrant town center. 3

What Makes a Vibrant a Town Center? Inputs Strong sense of place Mixed use Adaptive reuse Clusters of uses Safe pedestrian and automobile circulation • Local businesses • Open space Outputs • • • Sense of community • Social opportunities • Jobs and services • Sustainable future • Preserving legacy A rendering showing Brookwood Green at Byram Village Center in Byram Township, NJ. 4

Existing Zoning Uses By Right or with Special Permit • Town Center Districts: Mixed-use development, including single, two-family, and multi-family residential, services, retail, restaurants, and meeting places. • Residence Districts: Single and two-family residential. Home offices and home occupations. Institutional buildings. Recreational facilities. Agricultural uses. • Business District: Services, retail, restaurants, theaters and places of assembly, hotels and motels, as well as any uses permitted in Residence Districts. • Light Industrial/Office District: Building materials, research and development, light manufacturing, distribution, Vehicle dealerships, offices, warehouses. • Heights Planned Development District: Flexible mixed-use district, including small retail; recreation; open space, senior housing, and renewable energy. 5

Existing Zoning Town Center District Dimensional Requirements Minimum lot size Additional Lot Area for Each Dwelling Unit Greater Than 2 Minimum frontage Floor area ratio Minimum open space Town Center 1 10, 000 sq ft 6, 000 sq ft 100 ft 0. 5 25% Town Center 2 20, 000 sq ft 125 ft 0. 25 35% Yard setbacks Minimum Front Maximum front Minimum side Minimum rear 10 ft 20 ft 10 ft 15 ft n/a 10 ft 25 ft Maximum Height Feet Stories 45 ft 3 50 ft 4 6

Roles and Responsibilities The Working Group Will… CMRPC Project Team Will… • Meet regularly with CMRPC project team • Attend public meetings and assist with outreach and facilitation (as needed) • Review draft findings and recommendations to provide local context • Assist with development of goals and objectives • Encourage adoption of action items by town boards, committees and/or at town meetings • Collect and analyze all data • Plan and facilitate meetings, workshops and focus groups (as needed) • Review best practices and develop an action plan • Prepare all maps, written findings, recommendations and other deliverables • Prepare (or assist in preparation of) any policy, bylaw, or other change that results from this planning process 7

Best Practices • Community involvement develops the vision, and sustains it throughout – input on the initial proposal builds support • Community ownership and investment in the district facilitates management of its use and development • Legal expertise and research informs decision-making • Public/private partnerships facilitate access to a wide range of funding sources 8

Best Practices • Resilience to future climate conditions and hazards • Social, economic, and environmental issues interconnect - use approaches that meet multiple goals • Compatibility between uses and complementary initiatives such as Complete Streets and open space preservation 9

Timeline • • • March to April - Additional data collection, determine priorities with WG May to July - Housing, Economic, and Zoning analyses, mapping Mid-May to Early June - Walking tours with public input Aug. to Sept. - Priority Parcels identification, SWOT Analysis Sept. to Nov. - Develop goals & recommendations, present to WG Nov. to Dec. - Strategic plan first draft, incorporate working group edits Jan. to April 2020 - Finalize Zoning Bylaws Draft Feb. to May 2020: Create renderings to present community-based vision Spring/Summer 2020: Present to Town working groups 10

What needs to happen next? • Commitment to meet monthly to review ongoing work • Help us to establish the boundaries of the study area • Review trends and patterns identified in the analysis and provide local context • Assist with outreach and provide guidance on format for any public meeting or workshop • Help us to develop goals, objectives and action items 11