Planning Commission

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Board Members:

• Naomi Johnson
• Peter Hudkins
• ​Tim Roper
  
• Barry Pinske​
• Cheryl Joy Lipton

The Planning Commission is responsible for all planning-related matters and includes writing the Town Plan, and Zoning, Subdivision, and Flood Hazard Regulations.  Commission meetings are held on the first and third Mondays of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall.

View Town Plan

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The Planning Commission has recently started the process of updating the Uniform Development Bylaws.  The Bylaws are the Town’s zoning, subdivision and flood damage prevention regulations.  The Planning Commission meets the first and third Monday of the month at 6:30pm and will hold other meetings on different days to discuss bylaw modifications.  All meeting are open to the public and participation by the public is strongly encouraged.  You can view the Zoning draft and proposed maps related to this project here-    

• Draft Zoning Regulations (change control shown) 
• Draft Zoning Regulations with changes through 4/22/19 ​

• Rural District Power Point Slides from Brandy Saxton

• Village District Power Point Slides from Brandy Saxton

• Vermont Fish and Wildlife presentation slides from Monica Przyperhart (7/15/19)

• District Map (Town)
• District Map (Village)
• Sub Chapter 220
• Zoning Districts
• kmz files of new Zoning districts for Google Earth users

(Change control shown) indicates that the text in red, often with a strike-through, represents original text that was deleted, and the text in blue, often underlined, indicates text that has been added to the original document.

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Four chapters of the Chester Town Plan are being amended to meet a variety of requirements from the Town of Chester and the State of Vermont.  The amendments are working their way through the adoption process. As of May, 2019 they are being reviewed one chapter at a time during Select Board meetings.  The chapters being amended include:
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• Chapter 3, Utilities and Facilities has bee updated to include more current information about many of town services and facilities.
• Chapter 5, Education, has been updated to include more current information about enrollments and Act 248 compliance
• Chapter 6, Energy has been completely re-written to address the state requirements for an energy plan. 
• Chapter 10, Economic Development has had information about the Village Center designation added.​​

​View the Select Board agendas for notice of further actions in this process.
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Agendas

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1/20/20
1/6/20
12/16/19
12/2/19
11/18/19
11/4/19
10/21/19
10/07/19
9/16/19
8/19/19
8/5/19
7/15/19
7/1/19
6/17/19
6/3/19
5/20/19
5/6/19
4/18/19
4/10/19
4/1/19- Cancelled
3/28/19
3/15/19
2/25/19
2/4/19
1/26/19
1/14/19
1/5/19
12/10/18
12/3/18
11/19/18
11/10/18
11/5/18
10/15/18
9/17/18
9/13/18
8/20/18
8/6/18
7/16/18
7/2/18
6/21/18
6/4/18
5/17/18
5/7/18
4/16/18
4/2/18
3/19/18
3/8/18
2/19/18
2/5/18
1/15/18-Canceled
12/18/17
12/4/17
11/20/17
11/6/17
10/16/17
10/2/17
9/18/17
9/7/17
8/21/17
8/7/17
7/17/17
2/28/17
2/6/17
1/16/17
12/5/16
11/21/16 - CANCELED
11/7/16
11/2/16
10/24/16
10/10/16
9/19/16
8/15/16
7/18/16
7/5/16
6/6/16
5/16/16
4/18/16
3/21/16
3/15/16
1/19/16
12/29/15
12/21/15
​12/7/15

Minutes

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1/6/20
12/16/20
​12/2/19
11/18/19
​11/4/19
10/21/19
9/16/19
8/19/19
8/5/19
7/15/19
​7/1/19
6/17/19
​6/3/19
​5/20/19
​5/6/19
​4/18/19
4/10/19
3/28/19
3/15/19
2/25/19
2/4/19
1/26/19
1/14/18
1/5/19
​12/10/18
12/3/18
​11/19/18
11/10/18
11/5/18
​10/15/18
10/1/18
9/17/18
9/13/18
​8/20/18
8/6/18
7/16/18
​7/2/18
6/21/18
​6/4/18
5/17/18
5/7/18
4/16/18
​4/2/18
3/19/18
​2/19/18
2/19/18 Attachment​
2/5/18
12/18/17
12/4/17
11/20/17
​11/6/17
​10/16/17
10/2/17
​9/7/17
8/21/17
​8/7/17
​7/17/17
2/28/17
2/6/17
1/16///17
​12/19/16
​12/5/16
11/7/16
10/24/16
​10/10/16
9/19/16
​8/15/16
7/5/16
6/20/16
5/16/16
5/2/16
4/18/16
4/4/16
3/21/16
3/15/16
3/7/16
3/2/16
​2/15/16

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Town of Chester - 556 Elm Street - PO Box 370 - Chester, VT 05143 - (802) 875-2173
Town office hours:
​Mon-Fri,  8am-4pm