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“Perfect solutions are few and far between. At the end of the day, the need for housing may supersede almost everything else. We can work with developers to create housing that is sensible and compliant with our regulation and the POCD guiding principles. Or, we can pay lip service, do nothing, and wait for exogenous forces to impose unwanted changes to our town.” – P&Z commissioner Peter Lowe Continue Reading →
Attorney Heagney warned developers could bypass the town’s 6-110 regulation in favor of Connecticut’s state affordable housing statute 8-30g.
“If you are going to discourage developers from using 6-110 in this fashion, then generally the developments will become larger because there is no point of working within the local regulation when you have a state statute that deals with it differently,” Heagney said. Continue Reading →
The July 18 P&Z commission meeting included revised plans at 9 Glenville Street now feature an all-residential three story building. Discussion focused on the removal of ledge, and whether there would be more demand for a building with some retail, or one for all residential. The neighborhood in Glenville is a National Historic District. Continue Reading →
The property on Glenville Street could become mixed use with retail and residential, including one “workforce” housing unit. Continue Reading →