Let me highlight some of the points that I think the Town Planner made on 19 November 2009. I suggest that you keep these points in mind as his Narrative emerges and changes over the course of the seven years since then.
- “Control over future land use. I think this is the big thing that this [Economic Development] committee was looking at.”
- “If there is a transition, what would we like it to look like wouldn’t be . . . a high-density housing development that puts a wall of single-family homes on the south side of . . . Old Wharf Road.”
- “They could cluster and put all those housing units on one side of the street and totally wall off the water if someone decided that was the only economical way to use the property.”
- “Things happen and . . . we’d like to have more control over what happens in this area if something were to happen. And actually that control may actually scare some people away who don’t want to have to live to the Town design standards.”
- “We’re looking at the existing land uses, the lawfully pre-existing structures are grand-fathered. So, cottage colonies, the RV parks will remain as long as the property owners allow the use to remain.”
- “I do hope that Salt Air [Village] will authorize [Atty Reid] to continue to represent them as we work on this. Also, I am hoping that we can get a few people from uh Chase’s Ocean Grove, Camper’s Haven, and Curtis Pines.”
- “If we develop a bylaw for this part of town we’re probably going to need to give you guys your own land use category to fit into.”
- “To come up with something that gives you a level of conformity based upon what’s there.”
- “We can probably find something that will allow some reinvestment by the cottage owners.”
- “So, long term for you, but also long term vision in case . . . the economy changes and there’s just no way that these things exist any more.”
- “There’s some questions there that probably are going to need strong input from the cottage colonies.”
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