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Statement of Objectives
Overall, Addison seeks to strive for those changes that will preserve and enhance its rural and agricultural character. Specifically, Addison seeks to:
- Promote and maintain conditions that ensure the health, safety, and welfare of its residents.
- Preserve agricultural land and farming.
- Conserve its environmental assets, such as scenic vistas, forestland, wetlands,open waterways, deeryards, the Dead Creek area, Snake mountain, and Lake Champlain.
- Explore small home-based businesses and small, clean, light industries compatible with the surrounding land use to help stabilize the tax base.
- Explore responsible use and development of our natural resourses for recreational uses such as hiking, biking, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, fishing, boating and swimming.
- Provide for a range of property development opportunities, while protecting neighboring property values.
- Provide for planned Unit Development (PUD) as a way to preserve agricultural, open, and forest lands, and still provide development opportunities.
- Plan for economic and population growth within the capacity of existing and planned municipal and public facilities.
- Foster conditions that provide adequate housing consistant with anticipated population growth and facilities.
- Encourage the use of renewable energy sources compatible with environmentally and economically sound practices in order reduce dependence upon imports and nonrenewable energy resources.
- Seek to plan in harmony with the planning efforts of surrounding towns.
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