Cornwall's Town Plan gets one last look

CORNWALL — The revised Town Plan of Conservation and Development was not approved at the Feb. 9 Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) meeting. Fine-tuning of the plan’s wording is still underway.

Although the plan is approved by members of the Planning and Zoning Commission, commission members have been diligent about offering sufficient opportunities to the general public to review the final draft.

The Town Plan forms the basis of all  planning and zoning regulations. It is supposed to contain the vision for growth and development over the next decade. The state requires all towns in Connecticut to revise their plans once every 10 years.  Towns that do not comply can be denied grant money.

It is nearly three years now since Cornwall began the process of devising a comprehensive and workable document — and there is no point in rushing it now, commissioners have reasoned. They plan to vote at the March 9 meeting.

Under the new plan, and the current one, the Planning and Zoning Commission is charged with being proactive about defining objectives and strategies for the town’s future.

The commission members recently received the results of a study of marketing and strategies to revive the village centers, completed by Harrall-Michalowski Associates.

They plan to present that study at the March 23 meeting. It was noted that Planning and Zoning is not proposing the marketing strategies as any sort of regulations to be enforced. They are simply tools for local businesses and merchants associations to consider.

All meetings are at 7 p.m. in Town Hall.

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