Morrisville Town Center Plan - 2007

Appendix 10

Town Center Planning Process Introduction to Potential Strategies to Promote Appropriate New Development and Visual Identity (Draft, 8/22/06)

Development Standards The Town has standards in place to manage the development and use of land throughout its jurisdiction. In the Town Center Design Workshop, participants identified civic, small business, and residential uses as three kinds of desirable new development in the Town Center area. One implementation strategy would be to develop a special Town Center District Code to promote and require development consistent with this vision. Issues that might be addressed through such a code include: x The types of permitted uses; x Their location within the Town Center; and x The standards that would apply for parking, landscaping, site design, exterior building design, signage, and other features of new development. To implement this strategy, Town staff would work with stakeholders and Town boards to draft appropriate development standards. Then, as new development proposals were submitted to the Town, the application of these standards would help ensure consistency with the Town Center Plan and promote a consistent visual identity for this area. Public and Private Investment Another way to promote appropriate new development would be for the Town to help assemble land, build necessary infrastructure such as streets and sidewalks, and/or fund the restoration and construction of selected community facilities such as the Christian Church, a train depot, and a civic/cultural center. To do this, the Town might tap its General Fund and other revenue streams, such as state and federal grants. Private developers might be asked to dedicate land and build infrastructure to help with this effort. Private non-profit groups might conduct fundraising campaigns to help finance construction of new facilities such as a train depot or cultural center. Together, these partnership efforts could put the necessary infrastructure and key facilities on the ground to help anchor the Town Center and attract additional private investment.

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January 2007