SOUTHBURY â The Board of Selectmen, meeting Wednesday, April 7, approved a resolution regarding home rule in municipal zoning decision-making by a vote of four to two.
Selectman Mike Rosen noted that other towns have passed similar resolutions, summarizing the choice between a set of regulations developed at the state level and applied uniformly to all 169 towns versus individual towns setting their own zoning guidelines.
According to Mr. Rosen, the resolution presented to the selectmen would, âThrow the baby out with the bath water,â and that the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities has supported some parts of the proposed legislation. âThere are many bills under consideration related to affordable housing.â
SOUTHBURY â The Board of Selectmen, at a special meeting on Tuesday, March 30, reviewed and edited the questions submitted by the Strategic Plan Commission regarding the Southbury Training School.
The Strategic Plan Commission had submitted a list of 22 questions to selectmen, each of which was considered and reworded to better focus the townâs concerns or, in some cases, eliminated to highlight importance of the remaining questions.
In all, selectmen eliminated 11 of the questions, added to one and reworded or edited 10.
The selectmen plan to include the questions in a letter to the state, in what has been described as a fact-finding effort. The response will better prepare the town for any future developments with the STS property.