TOWN OF WILLISTON

Selectboard

Notice of Public Hearing

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

7:05 PM

The Williston Selectboard will hold a public hearing to receive comment on proposed changes to the existing Williston Unified Development Bylaw. The public hearing will take place on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at 7:05 PM in the Beckett/McGuire Meeting Room at Williston Town Hall located at 7900 Williston Road with remote participation available on Zoom:

Zoom Webinar Meeting ID: 813 9437 6731

Go to www.zoom.us/join or call 1-646-558-8656

The amendments are summarized as follows:

• Citation corrections and errors or omissions
• In Chapter 14 Off-Street Parking and Loading. Clarify provision for the use of structured parking and solar canopy to increase number of permitted off-street parking spaces
• 15.3 Neighborhood Parks. Proposed bylaw amendments clarify the language about requirements for neighborhood parks.
• Setbacks (multiple chapters)-setbacks and average setbacks throughout all zoning districts to be merged into a table and clarified. Add flexibility for properties with 2 front yards.
• In 4.5.2 –Certificate of Appropriateness -Signs are exempt from COA
• In 6.2.8, 6.2.9 –Preapplication actions –amendments to preapplication procedures.
• 6.5.3.3 –Notifications –amendments to written notification requirements
• 7.1.6.2 Guarantees for Public and Private Improvements –require surety at 110% of all improvements, public or private.
• 11.3.6 –Affordable Housing Income Limits -allows flexibility for affordable home income qualification. Dwellings affordable at 80% AMI can be sold/rented to households earning 80-100% AMI; dwellings affordable at 100% AMI can be sold/rented to households earning 100-120% AMI.
• 11.4 Residential Growth Target – Language amended to be consistent with Vermont Statutes and the Town’s Comprehensive Plan, with respect to housing targets.
• Table 13.A Driveway Width Standards – table added, for clarity and to allow smaller widths for smaller developments.
• 19.5 Transfer of Development Rights –Allows TDR from lands in ARZD or conservation areas in other zoning districts to lands within any other zoning district that allows residential uses.
  
  

If adopted, the amendments to the Bylaw will go into effect 21 days after adoption unless a petition is filed for a popular vote to repeal the amendments within 20 days of the adoption vote as provided for in 24 V.S.A. §4442.

The above is a summary. A complete copy of the proposed amendments are available for review during regular business hours at the Town Hall and linked below on this webpage. Members of the public can contact the Williston Planning Department at (802) 878-6704, or at planning@willistonvt.org with any questions.

Publication Date: March 19, 2026 (Williston Observer and Town Website)