Yarmouth Comprehensive Plan

Yarmouth Comprehensive Plan

Town of Yarmouth Comprehensive Plan 2010 TOWN OF YARMOUTH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2010 PREPARED BY: THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE RICK ABBONDANZA DALE AKELEY JIM BARKER JEFF DARRELL JANE LINDAHL ESTHER PAPPAS STACY STEVENS ANN SWARDLICK MARY WILLIAMSON WITH ASSISTANCE FROM: NAT TUPPER, TOWN MANAGER VANESSA L. FARR, CNU-A PAM MCGUINNESS ELIZABETH A. DELLAVALLE, AICP PLANNING DECISIONS, INC. GREATER PORTLAND COG AND THE CITIZENS OF YARMOUTH 2010 Town of Yarmouth Comprehensive Plan i ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY: THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUB-COMMITTEE MEMBERS Ed Ainsworth Peg Killmer Ed Ashley Nan Kollias Barney Baker Sarah Marshall Tom Bell Dorothy Mathes Gil Broberg Pam McGuinness Eric Carson John R. Nelson Irene Marchenay Sean Ociepka David Carter Dan Ostrye Priscilla Cox Hannah Ostrye Terry DeWan Paige Pingatore Elizabeth Dickinson Thomas Romano Jennifer Doten Josh Royte Margaret Downing Carolyn Schuster Mitch Draper Lynne Seeley Gro Flatebo Melinda Torrens Whit Ford Van Tingley Grant Schuyler Jay Waterman Maura Halkiotis Lisa Wentzell John Kelly Brent West Cathy White 2010 Town of Yarmouth Comprehensive Plan ii 2010 Town of Yarmouth Comprehensive Plan iv 2010 Town of Yarmouth Comprehensive Plan v TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................. 4 A. Yarmouth Village .............................................................................................................................. 4 B. Diversity of the Population............................................................................................................... 5 C. Historic Character .............................................................................................................................. 7 D. Route One ........................................................................................................................................... 7 E. Rural Character and Open Space ..................................................................................................... 7 F. Form-Based Codes ............................................................................................................................. 8 G. Other Recommendations .................................................................................................................. 8 PART A: POLICIES ...................................................................................................................................... 11 CHAPTER 1. KEY ISSUES, POLICIES, AND STRATEGIES ............................................................................ 13 A. Background ...................................................................................................................................... 14 B. Interrelationships among the Five Focus Areas .......................................................................... 15 C. The Village ........................................................................................................................................ 16 1. Background .................................................................................................................................... 16 2. Vision .............................................................................................................................................. 19 3. Policies and Strategies .................................................................................................................. 20 D. Diversity Of The Population .......................................................................................................... 25 1. Background .................................................................................................................................... 25 2. Vision .............................................................................................................................................. 26 3. Policies and Strategies .................................................................................................................. 27 E. Historic Character ............................................................................................................................ 29 1. Background .................................................................................................................................... 29 2. Vision .............................................................................................................................................. 30 3. Policies and Strategies .................................................................................................................. 30 F. Route One .......................................................................................................................................... 31 1. Background .................................................................................................................................... 31 2010 Town of Yarmouth Comprehensive Plan vi 2. Vision .............................................................................................................................................. 33 3. Policies and Strategies .................................................................................................................. 38 G. Rural Character and Open Space .................................................................................................. 39 1. Background .................................................................................................................................... 39 2. Vision .............................................................................................................................................. 39 3. Policies and Strategies .................................................................................................................. 40 CHAPTER 2. FUTURE LAND USE ............................................................................................................... 43 A. Introduction to the Future Land Use Plan ................................................................................... 43 B. Concept of Growth, Limited Growth, and Non-Growth Areas ................................................ 43 C. Core Concepts of the Future Land Use Plan ................................................................................ 46 D. Growth Areas ................................................................................................................................... 47 1. Village Center I.............................................................................................................................. 48 2. Village Center II ............................................................................................................................ 49 2. Village Center II ............................................................................................................................ 50 3. Village III ........................................................................................................................................ 50 4. Village Residential ........................................................................................................................ 51 5. Route One Commercial Corridor ............................................................................................... 51 6. Limited Commercial-Industrial .................................................................................................. 52 7. Industrial ........................................................................................................................................ 52 8. Water Oriented Commercial I ..................................................................................................... 53 E. Limited Growth Areas .................................................................................................................... 53 1. Low Density Residential ......................................................................................................... 54 2. Rural Residential ........................................................................................................................... 54 3. Homewood Residential ............................................................................................................... 55 4. Limited Water Oriented Commercial ........................................................................................ 55 F. Non-Growth Area ............................................................................................................................ 56 1. Resource Protection ...................................................................................................................... 56 CHAPTER 3. OTHER GOALS, POLICIES, AND STRATEGIES ....................................................................... 58 A. Transportation ................................................................................................................................ 58 2010 Town of Yarmouth Comprehensive Plan vii 1. Background ............................................................................................................................... 58 2.

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