Town Plan
Section 7: Relationship Between Plan and the Development Trends and Plans for the Surrounding Area
Efforts
have been made to ensure that the revised plan for the Town of Wallingford is
compatible with development trends and goals set forth by neighboring
communities and the Rutland Region as a whole.
For the purposes of this Plan, the surrounding area includes the towns of
Clarendon, Shrewsbury, Mt. Holly, Mt. Tabor, Danby and Tinmouth.
This
plan promotes the preservation of Wallingford’s historical settlement pattern
through the encouragement of residential and commercial growth in the existing
village centers. Consistent with the community’s rural nature, the continued
use of outlying lands for agriculture, forestry, recreation, low density
residential and other accepted uses are also promoted.
Similar
objectives, including encouragement of development in appropriate areas,
sustainable natural resource use, and limited floodplain development are evident
in surrounding towns. The Town of
Shrewsbury encourages the continuation of the rural, historical character of the
town, a goal in line with the promotion of traditional development patterns of
the area. Much of the common border
with Mt. Holly and almost the entire border of Mt. Tabor occur within the Green
Mountain National Forest. The Town
expects that for the foreseeable future all such lands will continue to be
managed by the United States Forest Service in a manner compatible with the
goals of the Town. The remaining
boundary with Mt. Holly involves lands rural in nature with low-density
development and related farming or forestry uses.
Such uses do not conflict with each other or with the Green Mountain
National Forest.
Wallingford
continues to have community representatives serve on regional committees such as
the Regional Planning Commission and the Rutland Region Transportation Council.
Cooperation with neighboring towns can be seen in Wallingford’s
participation on the Mill River Union High School board and emergency mutual aid
agreements with surrounding towns.
The Wallingford Plan is also compatible with the general goals and objectives of the Rutland Regional Plan, most recently adopted in June 2001.