In order to preserve our property values and encourage smart development that does not expands our economy but does not take away from our small town aesthetics and quality of life, I recommend that we pass an omnibus Ordinance that includes:

a. A requirement that any project that will increase density and have significant townwide traffic impact, or will significantly increase lot usage on a parcel of land in a single subsection require a Development Agreement that protects our quality of life and insures that our staff and council have an opportunity to review the project and its impact;

b. A prohibition on the owner of any parcel of land that has contained a single housing unit for more than 10 years, from making application to use the same parcel for more than one unit, where the development is located in a subdivision where no other parcels have been so subdivided in the past 20 years and where it will drain additional resources in the subdivision than had been used on said parcel or adjoining parcels for the prior ten years.

Fiscal Impact: Large