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341 Completed Surveys of 1,130 Surveys Sent Out September 2007
5 18-25 43 26-35 76 36-45 118 46-60 99 60+
6 No response 39 Landowner 76 Resident Length of Residency 35 No Response 26 Less than 2 years 79 2-5 years 59 6-10 years 57 11-20 years 25 20-30 years 60 over 30 years
5 No response 31 Yes 305 No
12 No Response 313 Single Family 4 Duplex 0 Apartment 10 Mobile Home 2 Other: double wide and wooded land
161 No More Needed 7 Mobile Home 7 Apartments 127 Single Family 13 Condominiums 43 Elderly Housing 15 Duplexes 12 Low Income Housing
5 Other · Really need elderly housing · Low income housing breeds problems · Day care · No multi family housing · Churches · No mobile homes
6A. Community Services
Comments on Community Services
6B. Housing Development
Comments on Housing Development
6C. Commercial/Industrial
Comments on Commercial/Industrial
6D. Recreation
Comments on Recreation
6E. Health and Social Services
Comments on Health and Social Services (Question 6E)
6F. Transportation
Comments on Transportation
6G. Zoning
Comments on Zoning
6H. Natural Resource Protection
Comments on Natural Resource Protection
7. What problems are there in the town that should be given immediate attention? Most Common General Responses: · Road Maintenance (snow removal, signage, guard rails, sweeping, patching, width/shoulders, ditches, marking, brush removal, weight limits) · Distance for fire protection · Code enforcement-land uses, junk, animals, deterioration of housing · Speed limits · Subdivisions-size of parcels and the general number being built · Lack of parks, trails, and recreation · Recycling and waste disposal · Off-road vehicles on roadways · Communication-meetings, newsletter 8. What types of industry/commercial development should or should not locate in the town? Most Common General Responses: Should Have: → Grocery → Retail → Restaurants → Service (car repair, salon) → Reception hall → Home-based businesses → Light manufacturing → Offices → Supportive agriculture → Alternative energy Should Not Have: → None → Mega-farms → Quarries → Any large industry → Major water users (canning) → Bars → Casinos → Landfills and salvage yards → Hazardous materials 9. List any existing or potential concerns for commercial or industrial development. Most Common General Responses:
10. List any attractions which you have seen in other communities the size of the Town of Chase which you would like to see here. Most Common General Responses: · Parks for the entire family · Ball fields · Bike and walking trails maintained year-round · Banquet/wedding hall · Outdoor theater · YMCA · Swimming area and water park · Golf course · Heritage/historical center with Stone Barn · Community center · None x 24 of 120 responses 11. What types of recreational facilities/improvements are needed in the Town? · Horse riding trail · Walking and biking · ATV trails · Baseball diamond · Lighted soccer field · Tennis courts · Family oriented parks (equipment, picnic, dogs) · Golf course · None x 32 of 150 responses 12. What type of development should or should not take place along the rivers? Most Common General Responses: Should Have → Camping and trails (hiking, biking, nature) → Parks → Public access → Single family houses → Fishing areas → None x 26 of 119 responses Should Not Have → Industrial, commercial, residential → Leave as is/none x 19 of 134 responses → Land fill → Subdivisions → Infrastructure (roads and bridges) → Quarries 13. How do you feel the Town of Chase should develop? 26 No Response 13 Commercial/Industrial Community 34 Residential Area 257 Small ‘home-town” Community (similar to existing conditions) 11 Other: · Wide open county - stay small and quiet
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But be careful with zoning and
be careful with zoning to control what we get · Residential with commercial. Make it look nice. · Preserve farm land · We came here to get away from development · Maintain 1.5 acre minimum lot size · Need a balance of all the above · Maintain farms/green space as much as possible · Leave as is · A mix of commercial & "home-town" · Rural community min. of 5 acres per house · Conservation · Preserve AG & natural areas should be #1 · Small light industrial jobs needed · Leave as is, no development 14. The following list includes activities that have a direct effect on the development of the Town of Chase? They are ranked in order of importance.
Comments: · Repave roads · Conserve farmland · Keep it small town · Roads · Snowmobiling · Forcing development will not work. · Farming development · Fire & Rescue Services · Chase road improvement · Keep it small quiet, farming · Education · Nothing · Small town – rural · Snow removal · Web site updates-meetings, agenda, notes, housing codes · Animal control · Maintain country setting · Keep as is · Senior services · Litter in ditches · Develop park at old barn · Farm lands · None · Leave it rural · I would like to use the 1 more then once · Home business vs. large industry · Parks · Incidental pollution of air and water · Shopping mall 15. What do you like most about living in the Town of Chase? (check all that apply)
Comments about what you like most about the Town of Chase: · Quietness · Getting crowded hard to find land to rent for farm · Lack of job opportunities · Recycle center · Farming · Not close enough to fire & rescue services · scenery, farming · Low taxes · Don't need commercial tourism · Growing too fast, planning homes instead of food · Size-small and already growing to fast · Caring nature of surrounding community and co-operation · People bickering · City dwellers trying to boss current farming 16. What do people like least about living in the Town of Chase? Comments about what you like least about the Town of Chase: · Too many homes and subdivisions · Go to other communities for goods and services · Taxes too high · Lack of law enforcement · Lack of parks · Growing too fast and getting away from country living · Quarries scattered throughout town · Loss of farmland · Smells · Roads · Lack of property maintenance
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