References & Documents

Reference files, websites and documents that might be helpful in support of VCRD activities. Easy access from one place. What else should be added here?

1- Official Vernon Website

2- Boards & Commissions - Board and commission members, meeting schedules, agendas and meeting minutes.

1- TicketNetwork Environmental Assessment: TicketNetwork hired a local firm, Rema Ecolological Services, LLC to develop an environmental assessment in support of its concert application. It contains a lot of useful information on the Tankerhoosen Watershed in the 74 page report. There is a detail study with photos and map locations of endangered species in the area. There are also aerial photos of the area before TicketNetwork began clearing trees and brush from its concert site.

» Go to Environment Report

2- Noise: Vernon does not have its own Noise Ordinance. Communities that do have their own ordinance usually make changes only to hours and decibel levels. Vernon is considering its own ordinance.

» Go to CT Noise Law
» Go to DEP Full Noise Regulations

3- Zoning: The Planning & Zoning Commission bases its decisions on Vernon's Zoning Regulations.

» Go to Vernon Zoning Regulations

4- Vernon's Code of Ordinances: Here is Vernon's Municipal Code, all the laws that govern what takes place in town. This file is up-to-date through March 2010.

» Go to Code of Ordinances

5- Vernon's Long Range Plan of Conservation & Development (POCD): The update of the long range plan is a two year study that started in the fall of 2009 and will go through much of 2011. A consultant, Planimetrics, was hired to guide us through it. Several very impressive reports with public input, maps and data have been printed and are available on the town's website.

Conditions and Trends, page 21 has map of land use, page 23 zoning map.
Conservation Booklet #4 includes discussion of land use and many good maps.

» Go to List of reports

Potential Sources of Funding for Greenway Projects