Excerpt from the Waitsfield Town Plan (2005):
The Irasville Village District has served as Waitsfield’s principal growth center for nearly 30 years. Centrally located in the Mad River Valley at the crossroads of Routes 100 and 17, Irasville is the result of farsighted land use policies and public and private investment initiated in the 1970s and continuing through today. Encompassing approximately 190 acres—Irasville was envisioned as a compact, mixed use village serving the commercial, cultural and housing needs of the Mad River Valley. Nearly 200,000 square feet of mixed-commercial space, over 80 residential dwellings, and several recreation facilities have been constructed in Irasville since it was first designated as a growth center.
Irasville not only serves Waitsfield residents—the neighboring towns of Fayston, Moretown and Warren all recognize Irasville as their communities’ “downtown” in their respective town plans. This function as the Valley’s downtown has been supported with strategic infrastructure improvements, including road construction to establish a partial grid street network, and sidewalk construction to provide pedestrian access within Irasville and a pedestrian connection to historic Waitsfield Village. The lack of community wastewater or water systems, however, coupled with the lack of integrated stormwater management, have resulted in a fragmented development pattern and limited capacity to accommodate anticipated growth pressure.
Master Development Plan for the Irasville Growth Center
Irasville Master Plan - Full document
Prepared by the Office of Robert White, ASLA, and Lamoureux & Dickinson (2002)
Or, available in the following sections:
Growth Center Application
Not yet submitted for review.
Waitsfield Growth Center Application - Full document, but without attachments (see links below):
Prepared by Brandy Saxton of PlaceSense, April 25, 2008
Attachments
A. Maps
- A.1 Growth Center Map
- A.2 Build-Out Map
- A.3 Regional Map
- A.4 Adopted Zoning Map
- A.5 Proposed Irasville Zoning Map
- A.6 Water & Wastewater Infrastructure Maps
- A.7 Transportation & Facilities Map
- A.8 Public Land Map
- A.9 Natural Resources Map
- A.10 Historic Resources Map
- A.11 Waitsfield Village National Register Historic District Map & Inventory
- A.12 Mad River Valley Rural Historic District National Register Map & Inventory
- A.13 State Historic Register Maps & Inventory
- A.14 Village Center Maps
B. Projections
- B.1 Economic & Demographic Forecast for CV Region 2000-2020
- B.2 Integrating Economic & Demographic Projections into Growth Center Planning (link to document library)
C. Plans and Studies
- C.1 Waitsfield Town Plan. 2005, (link to document library)
- C.2 Central Vermont Regional Plan, 2003
- C.3 Master Development Plan for Irasville Growth Center (link to document library)
- A.6 Water & Wastewater Infrastructure Maps
- A.7 Transportation & Facilities Map
- A.8 Public Land Map
- A.9 Natural Resources Map
- A.10 Historic Resources Map
- A.11 Waitsfield Village National Register Historic District Map & Inventory
- A.12 Mad River Valley Rural Historic District National Register Map & Inventory
- A.13 State Historic Register Maps & Inventory
- A.14 Village Center Maps
Integrating Economic and Demographic Projections into Growth Center Planning for Irasville
Prepared by Economic & Policy Resources, Inc. (2002)
Links
Town Documents
Waitsfield Zoning Bylaws
Waitsfield Proposed Subdivision Regulations
Waitsfield Town Plan
Sources for Technical Support
Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission
Vermont Department of Housing and Community Affairs - Growth Centers
Vermont Planning Information Center
Legal & Legislative
Changes to Chapter 117 (Act 115)
Vermont Statutes On-line: Title 24 Chapter 117
Data Sources
Vermont Planning Information Center
Vermont State Data Center for U.S. Census Bureau information & data
Vermont Housing Data
Vermont Social & Economic Indicators
Vermont Community Data Bank
Publications
Growing Center Planning Manual for Vermont Communities (March 2007)
Part 1. Introduction, Application Guide, Checklists
Part 2. Planning Principles
Part 3. Implementation
Contact
Town Administrator
Trevor M. Lashua
Waitsfield Town Office
4144 Main Street
Waitsfield, VT 05673
Phone: (802) 496-2218
Fax: (802) 496-9284
E-mail: [email protected]
Planning & Zoning Administrator
Annie Decker Dell'Isola
Waitsfield Town Office
4144 Main Street
Waitsfield, VT 05673
Phone: (802) 496-2218
E-mail: [email protected]