Ruth,
Having lived in Vermont prior to zoning, I have feelings both pro and
con to controls.  I am always amazed at how the regulations are almost
100% concerned with land use, not what goes on the land and its
appearance.  There is a big difference between an old fashion general
store and a Piggledywiggldy strip mall or a McMansion on a ridge or a
log cabin or a stone church.  On the other hand a  land owner should
have as much rite to live in a time hotel as an A frame or colonial.
Any signs of mud season?
Best,
Leland

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>>We don't even mind if you want to come and build or buy a
house and become a permanent, contributing member of our community--but
don't move in because you like the rural way of life and then complain
because the roads aren't paved, there are no streetlights, the church
bell rings on Sunday morning and the neighbors cows or hogs or dogs come
over for a visit every now and again--that's just the way things are in
Vermont, or the way they're SUPPOSED to be.  Ruth<<

Let's hope things can stay that way for a long time! Here in the cow
belt of Ohio we are working on programs to protect farmland from
developers who build McMansions for folks who move in and complain about
the "foul odors" coming from the fields during manure spreading. We call
that the "sweet smell of success" and are always amused by the fact that
it's part of what puts food on the tables of the people complaining
about the smell. They of course think food comes from the grocery store.

Rudy

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