WOODBRIDGE, CT — The Town Plan and Zoning Commission on Monday, Nov. 2, kept open its hearing on a proposal to allow shared community housing in part of town, and members heard that developers have until Dec. 4 to answer the town's call for ideas on about 25 to 30 acres of the former Country Club of Woodbridge.
Town Plan and Zoning Commission
The commission continued to Dec. 7 the public hearing on Winter Cartwright's proposed zoning change, which would permit shared community residential housing, including sober and recovery, transitional, veteran and supportive housing, in the Development 2 zone, according to the draft minutes. Cartwright told the commission she would turn her office building at 100 Bradley Road, empty for about six and a half years, into 12 to 15 units with a shared kitchen and bathrooms. Commission members asked the town planner and town counsel to draft standards for the use, including site plan review.
The commission also reopened its hearing on rule changes that allow family and group child-care homes in residences as of right, as state law now requires. Members wanted the wording made consistent before a vote, so that hearing also continues Dec. 7. A hearing on a freestanding sign at 264 Amity Road was set for the same night.
On the country club land, the town's request for expressions of interest covers two areas: the 7-acre Ansonia Cottage Community and the 18-acre Woodfield Road and clubhouse district. The master plan keeps more than 115 acres as green space, parkland and trails. The zoning enforcement officer said at least four interested parties came to the site tours Oct. 29 and 30, and that the town administration is looking at a brownfield grant to tear down the old clubhouse.
Members also heard that the South Central Regional Council of Governments plans the first of three public sessions on housing in Woodbridge in early January, part of the regional housing growth plan the state now requires.
Other Town Meetings
- Charter Revision Commission (Wednesday, Nov. 4): its agenda listed special town meetings, leases and spending thresholds, plus a discussion of what would happen if a budget referendum failed.
- Police Building Renovation Committee (Wednesday, Nov. 4): a project status update, including the reroofing work, the emergency operations center and grant requests.
- Board of Education Facilities Committee (Thursday, Nov. 5): a monthly facilities update and the BRS Building's capital budget. Minutes had not been posted as of Friday, Nov. 6.