Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. §4442 and §4444, notice is hereby given of a public hearing by the Burlington City Council to hear comments on the following proposed amendment to the City of Burlington’s Comprehensive Development Ordinance (CDO):
ZA-24-03 Emergency Shelters
The public hearing will take place on Monday, December 16, 2024 during the Regular City Council Meeting which begins at 6:00 pm in Contois Auditorium, Burlington City Hall, 149 Church Street, Burlington, VT or you may access the hearing/meeting as follows:
On-line: https://zoom.us/j/96070476680
By telephone: +1 646 931 3860 US
Webinar ID: 960 7047 6680
Pursuant to the requirements of 24 V.S.A. §4444(b):
Statement of purpose:
The purpose of proposed amendment ZA-24-03 Emergency Shelters is to bring emergency shelter standards in the CDO into compliance with the current state statutory standards, it also modifies where emergency shelters may be located.
Geographic areas affected:
ZA-24-03 Emergency Shelters applies to all zoning districts within the city that will permit emergency shelters, either as-of-right or conditionally (I, RH, RC, NMU, NAC, NAC-RC) and those that will no longer permit them (RL, RM, and NAC-CR).
List of section headings affected:
The proposed amendment ZA-24-03 Emergency Shelters modifies the following sections of the CDO–deletes Sec. 5.4.13, Emergency Shelters, modifies Secs. 13.1.2, Definitions; 14.3.4-H-Use Type FD6, 14.3.5-Use Types FD5, and Appendix A-Use Table-All Zoning Districts.
The full text of the Burlington Comprehensive Development Ordinance is available online at https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/53/Zoning-Ordinance Upon request a hard copy of the proposed amendments can be viewed at the Clerk’s Office located on the second floor of City Hall, 149 Church Street, Burlington, Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or online at https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/555/Pending-CDO-Amendments