10/06/1982 GROWTH STUDY COMMITTEE Minutes

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Growth Study Com Page 3. Oct. 6, 182 Chm. Terry asked, if the to decides they want more apartments, how can the development of good quality garden apartments be assured? Mr. Barber said you have to appeal to the developer - ask them to try to sell to upper-income buyers. You can also require so many square feet per unit by the zoning - that will keep the prices up - for example, set a 2,000 sq. ft. minimum per apartment. Sel. Garland asked if you could set a maximum square footage for certain uses? For example, 900 sq* feet for elderly housing? Mr. Barber said you could, but that is not commonly done. Most deve]-opers prefer to mix different size units in a develop- ment. Sel. Garland said it can then happen that the low-priced ones sell, and the higher-priced ones don't. There was general agreement on this point. Michelle Stone said it sounded to her like the members of the committee want just "high income" people in town, who can afford luxury housing! She asked who they are trying to zone out? Is this snob zoning? She continued that if you want a mixed community, you don't attempt to zone people out. Cjm./ Terry assured her that was not the case. He reminded her that the town does not even have apartment zoning yet - he just wants to make sure the town gets off on the right foot when they move in that direction. Sel. Garland said he was primarily thinking about quality, trouble-free construction. Chm. Terry said that apartments can't be built with just the locals in mind - they will attract people from other places as well, then employment will have to be pro- vided for them. Mr. Barber said that zoning can be made extremely specific with ordinances, plus the special permit process. He said this can be done with bulk restrictions, density restrictions, set-back ttc. Sel. Garland asked if it would be possible to have village development with its own zones, i.e. VC-1, VC-2, VC-3? Mr. Barber said, yes, that was possible. You could remove C-1 and supercede with that. Mr. Rowley suggested for that purpose, you would need to find out what kind of services are attractive to old people, young people, wealth people, retired people, etc. If you know that, you can then zone accordingly perhaps. Mr. Barber concurred. Mr. Rowley said young people might want day-care centers, while elders might want medical or other services. Mr. Barber said guidance can be provided to the developer with "incentive zoning". But you have to know the right incentives, for instance, and then require so much leasable space for the services that are desirable. But first, you must attract the developer. Michelle Stone noted the und6sirability of the mixture of apartments, condos and stores in Hyannis. Mr. Barber said it is not easy to control the kind of stores that go in. Mr. Terry said you could end up with a mixture of young and elderly in a development, that would want different services. Mr. Barber said that could happen - you cantt control tenancy. Sel. Thomas said that is the problem with the United Church Homes, the combination of elderly .and young families. Mr. Barber said you can't control that with zoning - only with incentives. Sel. Garland asked if the number of stories influence that? Mr. Barber said yes, elders don't want two stories. Chm. Terry said it is difficult to conceptualize all this - he would advise going slowly. Mr. Barber said he would come back with some preliminary plans. In the meantime, Mr. Terry suggested the committee should be thinking about who will we be attracting, and who do we want to attract, when we consider a zoning change. Mr. Barber said with the proper plan, you can attract mixed income developments -- but first you have to get the word out to developers that special permits are