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Town of North Stonington,
CT PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
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SPECIAL MEETING
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008
7:00 P.M.
WHEELER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
MEDIA CENTER
298 NORWICH-WESTERLY ROAD
NORTH STONINGTON, CT 06359
AGENDA
1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER:
2. ROLL CALL:
3. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING PROPOSED REVISIONS TO ZONING REGULATIONS: (30 minutes allotted & 3 minutes per speaker)
4. PLANNING ISSUES & DISCUSSION:
Zoning Regulation Discussion to include Bed & Breakfast, Country Inn, Dimensional Requirements, Drive-in Windows, Driveways, Farm Winery and Farm Winery Restaurant, Golf Course Development Hotel (Boutique Hotel), Non-conforming Uses/Structures, Outdoor Lighting, Special Permit Requirements, Village Preservations and Seasonal Use Overlay Areas, Wind Facilities (Large/small), Wireless Communication Facilities and public comment as time permits.
(See Town of North Stonington Website under Planning & Zoning Agenda for tentative schedule for 10/30/08)
NEW APPLICATIONS:
Acceptance of applications of the Planning & Zoning Commission for proposed map and boundary changes and proposed text amendments to the zoning regulations.
The purpose of the Public Hearing is to allow all interested persons to speak and to receive written communications regarding the Planning & Zoning Commission’s comprehensive rewrite of the Town’s existing Zoning Regulations. The Planning & Zoning Commission has proposed to adopt new Zoning Regulations which include revisions to the Town’s existing Zoning Districts; Residential, Section 400: Residential District (R40) High Density Residential District, Section 410: Residential District (R60) Medium Density Residential District, Section 420: Residential District (R80) Rural Residential Preservation District, Section 500: Commercial District (C1), Section 510: Commercial District (C2), Section 600: Village Commercial District (VC), Section 700:
Highway Commercial District (HC), Section 800: Office/Research District (OR), Section 900: Industrial District (I), Section 1000: Commercial Development District (CD), Section 1103: Village Preservation Overlay Areas (VP), Section 1104: Aquifer Protection Overlay Areas (AP), Section 1105: Seasonal Overlay Areas (SU), Section 1210: New England Village Special Design District (NEV-SDD),
Sections involving dimensional requirements, non-conforming buildings and uses, supplementary regulations, special permits, site plan requirements, parking and loading, landscaping and signage have been revised. Administrative and procedural issues involving the Zoning Board of Appeals, Amendments and Validity Sections have also been revised.
5. ADJOURNMENT:
G. Russell Stewart, III, Chairman
Planning & Zoning Commission
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