Charlotte, VT Justin Bezold Sarah Ford Ryan Salem

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Charlotte, VTJustin Bezold Sarah FordRyan Salem
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Charlotte Facts

• Location Chittenden County, 10 miles south of
  Burlington
• Chartered June 24, 1762
• Area 32,242 acres/50.38 square miles
• Population 3,569 (US Census, 2000)
• Population Density 70.8 persons/mile2
  (Burlington 2,512.2 persons/mile2 New York
  City 26,517 persons/mile2!)
• more interesting Charlotte facts

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A Brief History

• Founded in 1762
• In 1800s population over 3500, larger than today
• Sheep Farming and Lake Commerce Prominent in
  1800s
• Farming lead to deforestation
• Rivers experienced high levels of sedimentation,
  then eutrophication

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1900s

• Early
• Railroad brings commerce and allows people to
  leave area (Go west young man)
• Forests begin regeneration and landscape begins
  to recover (streams approach historic conditions)
• 1970s
• Interstate comes to Vermont rapid increase in
  population and development statewide

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Charlotte Development Districts

• Village---------------------
• Rural-----------------------
• Commercial---------------
• Industrial------------------
• Shoreland------------------
• Seasonal (camps)--------
• Conservation-------------

• Mixed use center of town
• Farming or natural areas
• Stores and Retail areas
• Manufacturing/non-retail
• Development along shore
• Memorial to Labor Days
• Lands w/ restrictions
• ie-wetlands

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Charlotte Development Information

• 1. 1942-62 232 housing units total
• 2. 1962-77 265 housing units total
• 3. 1977-92 770 housing units total
• 4. 1992-95 1447 units total

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Charlotte Zoning Basics
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Zoning Laws Affects on Charlotte Sprawl

• See how Charlotte is Zoned
• Why is rural sprawl encouraged in Charlotte??
• Charlotte Zoning Laws require 5 acres of land for
  each dwelling unit. This encourages development
  to be even more spread out than the traditional
  one-acre lot size. Over the last decade, the
  town has seen a boom in the number of large
  houses, especially along the lake because of its
  attractive rural setting. This is starting to
  change the feel of Charlotte from a traditional
  rural Vermont town to one that is between the
  glitzy refinement of Shelburne to the north and
  the blue-collar panache of Ferrisburgh to the
  south, trying to find a happy medium between the
  two extremes, and forging its own peculiar
  character in the process (Charlotte Homepage
  2003). 

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Effects on Water Resources

• Agriculture Development
• Road Infrastructure