From:	Michael Behrendt
Sent:	Tuesday, February 10, 2015 10:50 AM
Subject:	Mill Pond Center - email from H. Ely

To the PB,
FYI, below.

Michael Behrendt
Director of Planning and Community Development Town of Durham
8 Newmarket Road
Durham, New Hampshire  03824-2898
(603) 868-8064 (phone)
mbehrendt@ci.durham.nh.us
www.ci.durham.nh.us

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-----Original Message-----
From: Heidi Ely []
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 9:03 AM
To: Michael Behrendt
Subject: Mill Pond Center

Michael and Planning Commission members:  (Please distribute)

I am writing to add my opposition to allowing only residential uses for the original Mill Pond Center 
buildings behind the new housing lot proposed for the roadside location.  The back lot should NOT be 
residential only, as it would be a great addition to this community's future for other  public/private uses.  
Keep its uses flexible.

If the front lot needs to be protected from traffic on either the road down to Mill Pond Center buildings 
or on Rte. 108, buffering in the form of landscaping or sensitive design should be required. This one lot 
should not so influence it's adjacent properties. 
 
This town needs renewed attention to its landscaping ordinance-- as uses of abutting properties change 
in ways that were never imagined previously....  not changing the " zoning " for special cases.  This 
preferential treatment is an abuse of  real zoning.

Thank you for giving my views your attention.

Heidi Ely
177 Durham Point Road.
Durham, NH