Town of Bennington
                      Planning Commission
                  Wednesday, December 8, 2004
                           5:00 p.m.
              Bennington Free Library, Rotary Room
          101 Silver Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201
                            MINUTES
Present:  Barry Horst - Chair, Michael McDonough, Sharon Yorke, Charles Copp, Bob           Burgess
Also Present   Dan Monks - Zoning Administrator, Jim Sullivan - BCRC, Mike Devens, Peter                VanOot, David Martin, Mike Twardy, Tim Smith, Enessa Carbone, Jon Endres 
Meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m.
Town Plan Update - Public Input Re: Land Use - Urban Areas - Peter VanOot (representing the owners of the Johnson Controls site) asked the Planning Commission to consider re-zoning the former Johnson Controls property from Industrial to Planned Commercial or some other Zoning designation that would allow retail development.  A lengthy discussion ensued. 
Tim Smith (representing the Carbones) requested that the Planning Commission re-zone a portion of the lands north and west from Carbone Honda/Toyota from Industrial to Planned Commercial.  He made a detailed presentation. 
Mike Devens expressed support for retail development in the Urban Mixed Use Zone. 
Request to Re-Name Memory Lane the Planning Commission discussed Vermont Composites request to re-name Memory Lane.  The attached memorandum outlines the discussion. 
The meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted
Daniel W. Monks
Planning Director
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