The Orange Plan and Zoning Commission has scheduled public hearings as it is faced with the question whet ...
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Zoners Schedule Hearings on Accessory Buildings
|Zoners Schedule Hearings on Accessory Buildings
The Orange Plan and Zoning Commission has scheduled public hearings as it is faced with the question whether or not to allow detached accessory buildings on single family lots. The hearings will be h ...
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Neighbors File Appeal To Stop Artificial Turf Field
|Neighbors File Appeal To Stop Artificial Turf Field
Two neighbors of Amity High School filed an appeal in New Haven Superior Court regarding the Town Plan an ...
Two neighbors of Amity High School filed an appeal in New Haven Superior Court regarding the Town Plan and Zoning Commission decision to allow excavating and moving of earth materials for construction ...
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Amity School’s Synthetic Field is Approved
|Amity School’s Synthetic Field is Approved
The Woodbridge Plan and Zoning Commission earlier this month approved the application by the Amity Region ...
The Woodbridge Plan and Zoning Commission earlier this month approved the application by the Amity Regional School District to move forward with construction of a synthetic field stadium and track. Th ...
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Tom Torrenti Appointed To Plan & Zoning Commision
|Tom Torrenti Appointed To Plan & Zoning Commision
Orange native Tom Torrenti has been appointed to the Town Plan and Zoning Commission to fill the seat vac ...
Orange native Tom Torrenti has been appointed to the Town Plan and Zoning Commission to fill the seat vacated by Commissioner Ralph Aschettino. Torrenti, a licensed professional engineer, is owner of ...
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Zoning Approves Super-Size Convenience Marts
|Zoning Approves Super-Size Convenience Marts
Grand-scale convenience marts are the wave of the future and the Town Plan and Zoning Commission gave its ...
Grand-scale convenience marts are the wave of the future and the Town Plan and Zoning Commission gave its stamp of approval to increase their size from 2,800 to 5,000 square feet on the Boston Post Ro ...
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Town Plan & Zoning Approves Wine Farm Stand
|Town Plan & Zoning Approves Wine Farm Stand
Nearly a decade after the Landino family purchased a 10-acre parcel on Derby Avenue and Racebrook Road wi ...
Nearly a decade after the Landino family purchased a 10-acre parcel on Derby Avenue and Racebrook Road with hopes of building a commercial winery, the Town Plan & Zoning Commission amended its reg ...
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Town Receives Grant To Buy Land
|Town Receives Grant To Buy Land
The state may have pulled the plug on its plan to build a train station in Orange, but it is sweetening t ...
The state may have pulled the plug on its plan to build a train station in Orange, but it is sweetening the blow with a $6.1 million grant to the town to acquire the 8.091 acres it would have been bui ...
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Orange Gets Land Donation
|Orange Gets Land Donation
A local developer gave the town a gift of more than 20 acres that borders Dogburn Lane, Dogwood Road and ...
A local developer gave the town a gift of more than 20 acres that borders Dogburn Lane, Dogwood Road and New Haven Avenue to be used as open space. The land is excess acreage originally purchased by ...
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Cottage Community Denied
|Cottage Community Denied
While Town Plan and Zoning Commission Chairman Ozzie Parente didn’t agree with all the reasons why reside ...
While Town Plan and Zoning Commission Chairman Ozzie Parente didn’t agree with all the reasons why residents were opposed to a proposed Cottage Project Development Area (CPDA) in their backyards, he d ...
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Cottage Community Continues Zoning Application
|Cottage Community Continues Zoning Application
Robert Treat Extension resident Richard Meisenheimer intends to develop the more than 14 acres that his f ...
Robert Treat Extension resident Richard Meisenheimer intends to develop the more than 14 acres that his family owns in the Turkey Hill Road area, but it’s up to the Town’s Plan and Zoning Commission t ...
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Zone Change Sought For Possible Adult Community
|Zone Change Sought For Possible Adult Community
The Town Plan and Zoning Commission tabled a proposal for a zone change that would permit the development ...
The Town Plan and Zoning Commission tabled a proposal for a zone change that would permit the development of a Cottage Active Adult Community (CAAC) with up to 50 units to be constructed off Turkey Hi ...
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Residents “Blinded By The Light”
|Residents “Blinded By The Light”
Cedarwood Drive residents Pat and Paula Minore have been blinded by the light—and not in a good way. Aft ...
Cedarwood Drive residents Pat and Paula Minore have been blinded by the light—and not in a good way. After nearly two years enduring high intensity floodlights from Turkey Hill School shining into th ...
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Board Says NO to Children’s Therapy Facility
|Board Says NO to Children’s Therapy Facility
It’s been home to a host of former businesses ranging from retail establishments to professional offices, ...
It’s been home to a host of former businesses ranging from retail establishments to professional offices, two Town Plan and Zoning Commissioners felt a center offering children’s speech and occupation ...
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Residents Do Not Support More Structures on Neighboring Property
|Residents Do Not Support More Structures on Neighboring Property
A Derby Milford Road resident facing a cease and desist order appealed to the Town Plan & Zoning Comm ...
A Derby Milford Road resident facing a cease and desist order appealed to the Town Plan & Zoning Commission to allow two large sheds to stay on her property even though she never received the appr ...
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Ozzie Parente Elected Chairman of the Town Plan & Zoning Commission
|Ozzie Parente Elected Chairman of the Town Plan & Zoning Commission
Oscar (Ozzie) Parente has been elected Chairman of the Town Planning and Zoning Commission. Parente, who ...
Oscar (Ozzie) Parente has been elected Chairman of the Town Planning and Zoning Commission. Parente, who has been a member of the commission since 2006 and served as the board’s secretary, will run f ...
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Developers Plan to Appeal TPZC Decision in Court
|Developers Plan to Appeal TPZC Decision in Court
Developers who were refused approval to build a mixed use development that included affordable housing un ...
Developers who were refused approval to build a mixed use development that included affordable housing units will appeal the Town’s Plan and Zoning Commission’s decision in court. The application, su ...
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TPZ Holds to 62 & Over Age Restriction
|TPZ Holds to 62 & Over Age Restriction
An attorney hired by a property owner seeking to amend zoning regulations to lower the age in their senio ...
An attorney hired by a property owner seeking to amend zoning regulations to lower the age in their senior housing complex from 62 to 55 did little to convince the Town Plan and Zoning Commission to c ...
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TPZC Denies Affordable Housing Application
|TPZC Denies Affordable Housing Application
A plan to build a mixed use development with affordable housing units in the proposed Transit Orie ...
A plan to build a mixed use development with affordable housing units in the proposed Transit Oriented Development District (TODD) was shot down by the Town Plan and Zoning Commission (TPZC) be ...
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TPZC Says No to New Hotel
|TPZC Says No to New Hotel
Proposal Goes to Appeals Board for Variance Approval Town Plan and Zoning Commissioners say they w ...
Proposal Goes to Appeals Board for Variance Approval Town Plan and Zoning Commissioners say they would welcome an extended stay hotel at the site of the proposed train station, but a zoning gli ...