2 - Town of Colchester

HOUSING & RESIDENTIAL AREA STRATEGIES
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Support Community Structure
1. Continue to recognize and support the prevailing development pattern in
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Colchester.
Modify residential zones, where desirable, to protect water quality and water
supplies.
Guide Multi-Family Development
3. Use the criteria discussed in the Plan to guide proposed multi-family
developments.
4. Discourage multi-family developments that are not consistent with
locational and design guidelines discussed in the Plan.
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Carefully Manage Residential Development
5. Consider adopting regulations to review “divisions” of property. 67
6. Consider adopting new regulations requiring that any soil testing be done on 67
the basis of the indigenous soil (not using fill or underdrains).
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Promote Open Space Development Patterns
7. Modify local regulations to provide for open space development patterns. 67 1
8. Consider increasing the lot area and frontage requirements, especially 67
arterial and collector streets, in order to maintain community character. 2
9. Discourage interior lots (also called rear lots or flag lots) by making them a 67
Special Exception request.
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10. Allow other flexible residential developments that preserve large areas of
open space while maintaining a similar density to that currently permitted.
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