2445 Downingsville Rd, Lincoln, VT 05443

Transitional District

To continue the Towns present settlement pattern of compact population centers South Lincoln, West Lincoln, Downingsville and Lincoln Center surrounded by a rural countryside; these regulations create a new transitional district around the village cores noted above and along established town roads. The Transitional District generally extends 1 mile from the edge of the Village District up the roads specified on the zoning map. The District extends 750 feet from the centerline of the road to both sides of the road. Since some boundaries extend larger to fully enclose an internal area And not leave a small cumbersome strip between parallel roads and not all distances from the village are exactly one mile, the map controls. The district’s goals are to encourage the sighting of development so as to maintain open land and to blend structures into the natural surroundings; to maintain scenic views; to reserve agricultural and forestland for production, to enhance ease of access by encouraging development in this district to cluster near existing roads, and to protect wetlands, water resources and wildlife habitat areas.