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2007 Election Results
Article 2. Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 1 as proposed by the planning board for the town zoning ordinance as follows? Amendment No. 1, if adopted, will modify the restriction on private subsurface sewage systems within 150 feet of a wetland so that this restriction applies only to leaching portions of the system. It will also apply the same standards used to issue a Special Use Permit within a wetland to the setback areas around a wetland.
Yes – 305 No – 143
Article 3. Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 2 as proposed by the planning board for the town zoning ordinance as follows? Amendment No. 2, if adopted, will give the Code Enforcement Officer authority to enforce the regulations in the Wetlands Conservation Overlay District in place of the selectmen. This will make the enforcement authority consistent throughout the Zoning Ordinance.
Yes – 346 No – 110
Article 4. Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 3 as proposed by the planning board for the town zoning ordinance as follows? Amendment No. 3, if adopted, will revise the definitions of “Setback” and “Setback Line” to make clear that these definitions are not limited to front setbacks and that they apply to any structure, not just the principal structure.
Yes – 310 No – 137
Article 5. Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 4 as proposed by the planning board for the town zoning ordinance as follows? Amendment No. 4, if adopted, will clarify the existing regulation prohibiting more than one main residential building on a lot, by prohibiting more than one primary structure on a lot, except for lots which are entirely devoted to non-residential uses. The Downtown Commercial and Village Commercial Districts are exempt from this regulation.
Yes – 289 No – 159
Article 6. Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 5 as proposed by the planning board for the town zoning ordinance as follows? Amendment No. 5, if adopted, will modify the definition of “Abutter” to require that state standards apply in cases where properties are condominiums or are under other collective forms of ownership or are under a manufactured housing park form of ownership.
Yes – 351 No – 89
Article 7. Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 6 as proposed by the planning board for the town zoning ordinance as follows? Amendment No. 6, if adopted, will replace the current definition of “Recreational Camping Park” with definitions of “Recreational Camping Park; Short-Term” and “Recreational Camping Park; Long-Term”, based on the length of occupancy. The permitted districts for either type of park are unchanged. The amendment will require septic connections for long-term sites in any recreational camping park and exempts long-term parks from the current dumping station requirement. It will also require trash collection facilities in all recreational camping parks. The term “Recreational Park Trailer” is defined.
Yes – 348 No – 93
Article 8. Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 7 as proposed by the planning board for the town zoning ordinance as follows? Amendment No. 7, if adopted, will replace the definitions of “Dwelling Unit” and “Residential Dwelling Unit” with a single definition of “Dwelling Unit” to eliminate redundancy in the Ordinance.
Yes – 368 No – 80 Article 9. Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 8 as proposed by the planning board for the town zoning ordinance as follows? Amendment No. 8, if adopted, will amend the Town of Bristol Floodplain Zoning Ordinance as necessary to comply with the requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program. Yes – 371 No – 82 |