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26 <br /> ANALYSIS <br /> - The 32-page draft ordinance includes 26 additions and revisions to the town's Land Use <br /> Ordinance.These sections address eight major issue's identified in the plan: density,conservation <br /> areas, -conditional use districts, environmental protection, mitigation of nonresidential <br /> development impacts, subdivision design in accordance with naturallsignificant features, design <br /> guidelines,and advisory board representation by Transition Area residents. <br /> As has been noted in earlier analyses, the policy origin for nearly all of the work items <br /> and ordinance components 'can be clearly demonstrated, In a few cases, such as design <br /> standards, the plan did not include specific design features or criteria. In these instances, the <br /> ordinance drafting committee identified the design components or provisions that are included in <br /> the ordinance, examples of which were provided by planning consultant,Randall Arendt, during <br /> the facilitated meeting process. <br /> Below,Table 1.presents-the policy origin ofNSA Ordinance provisions. <br /> TABLE I. POLICY ANALYSIS OF NSA ORDINANCE.PROVISIONS <br /> 2 Adjusted Tract Acreage,Yield Plan Measure 1.1,page 55 <br /> 3 Open Space Standards Measure 1.2,page 5 <br /> 4 Village Mixed Use District Measure 13,page 57 <br /> 5 Village Mixed Use District Design Standards, Measures 13, 1.8; 4.2; 72; <br /> Mixed Use Housing Denisty Bonus pages 56,59,62,66 <br /> 6 Affordable Housing Density Bonus Measure 42,page 62 - <br /> 7 Village Mixed•Use District Measure 13,page 57 <br /> 8 OffWAssembly Conditional Use District 'Measure 1.6,page 58 <br /> 9-16 "Good Neighbor"Performance Standards Measures 13, 1.6;pages 57-58 <br /> 17 Site Planning Procedures •Measure 1.10,page 59 <br /> is Storrawater standards -Measure 3.1,page 61 <br /> 19 Stream buffers in NTA Measure 3.1,page 61 {posse 1y) <br /> 20 Prohibition against clearcut_g Goal 9,page 66 <br /> 21 Road b in Northern Transition Area Measure 9.1,page 66(possibly) <br /> 22;23 Invasive P1 Goal 3,page 61 <br /> 24 Advisory Planning Board/Transition Area "Process"(overall),page 7 <br /> 25 Parking Provision for VMU and OIA Measure 13,page 57 <br /> 26 Noise'Generators Measures-13, 1.6;pages 57-58 <br /> 27 Architectural Standards for Majors 'visions Measures 1.8,7.2;pages 59,66 <br /> DISCUSSION OF NSA QpaNANCE- REVisms SINCE DECEMBER 16 PUBLIC HEA,jtING <br /> Since the joint review meeting and public hearing, a number of changes to the draft have <br /> been specified These changes are listed in Table 2 below. Due to the character of several <br /> changes, and on the advice of the Town Attorney,the Board set a public heating on the revised <br />