Planning Department

About Us:

The Planning Department has the following core functions:

  1. Long-range planning: Creating and periodically updating the Town’s Comprehensive Plan as well as various master plans and neighborhood plans, depending on the priorities of the community.
  2. Current planning: Administering the development project review process in collaboration with the Town’s volunteer Planning Board.
  3. Ordinance creation and maintenance: Maintenance and creation of land use and related regulations in order to guide desired forms of development.
  4. Policy analysis: Providing decision-makers with quality information and analysis of alternative policy solutions, utilizing available data.
  5. Community outreach: Facilitating meaningful community engagement.
  6. Economic development: Protecting the Town’s tax base to support municipal services by attracting investment.
  7. Resource protection: Protecting the natural environment and promoting excellence in the design of the built environment.
  8. Collaboration: Collaborating with community, state, and regional partners.

 


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Staff Contacts

Name Title Phone
Michael Martone Planner (207) 563-5168