By: Maria Moore
The Planning and Zoning Commission meeting scheduled for this evening at 7:00 p.m. in the Senior Center has one agenda item on it:
“At this meeting the public will have the opportunity to give their input on the new draft zoning regulations. Comments can be submitted in writing or in person.
Copies of the new draft regulations are available online at town.new-hartford.ct.us or by request. Please call Rista at 860-379-7677 for copies.”
We encourage all residents to take the time, if you have not already done so, to review any section of the draft zoning regulations that may impact your personal or business use of your property and address your questions to Rista Malanca, Interim Zoning Officer; Rista is available to answer your questions in person in the Land Use office at Town Hall, by telephone at 860-379-7677 or by email at: RMalanca@town.new-hartford.ct.us.
Commission members have commented at several of their past meetings that the meeting tonight will be to receive input from residents on the draft regulations and not for them to answer questions on the regulations. Once public input has been received, the P&Z members will review the input and make any revisions to the draft regulations they may deem appropriate. The revised draft regulations will then be presented at a public hearing, after which they will be adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission without their having to be voted on at a town meeting.
Please take the time to give your input on the draft zoning regulations at tonight’s meeting, either in person or in writing. Once the regulations have been adopted, they will be what the Planning and Zoning Commission will enforce. Going back to our Latin primer, we came up with the terms: “Carpe diem” and “Caveat emptor“…
To review the DRAFT zoning regulations: posted on the town’s municipal website, please click here.
To review the CURRENT zoning regulations: posted on the Planning and Zoning Commission section of the town’s municipal website, please click here.
To review our previous reports: on the draft zoning regulations, please check out our Zoning Regs category.
The intersection of Route 44 with Bridge Street and Central Avenue in New Hartford center. Photo: NewHartfordPlus archives
