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Josh Davidson

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Farmington Zoning Commission Unanimously Rejects the 237-Home Riverfront Enclave

Jack Beckett·

Farmington's Town Plan and Zoning Commission unanimously rejected all four applications behind the Enclave at the Farmington River, the 237-home development proposed along the river between Farmington and Unionville. The vote, after a five-hour hearing and a unanimous negative recommendation from the Town Council, ended a nearly four-year effort and killed the largest residential proposal the town has weighed in years.

Farmington TPZ Approves Reservation Road Staircase 6-1, With Davidson Dissenting

Henry Whitfield·

The Farmington Town Plan and Zoning Commission voted 6-1 Monday to approve an exterior staircase at 6 Reservation Road, with Commissioner Josh Davidson casting the only audible no vote in a sustained argument that the application is "an end run around our ADU regulations." Earlier in the meeting, Commissioner Bobby Canto had asked Davidson to recuse himself over social-media moderator work, then withdrew the request after staff confirmed the documents Davidson had referenced were publicly posted.

Four Commissioners and a Sign Guy

Jack Beckett·

Four of nine commissioners showed up. They elected a chair who declined the gavel, moved a $14.3 million school HVAC referendum in under ten minutes, approved a sign that can't be illuminated, and gave 114 dead arborvitae a second life. Monday in Farmington.

Signs, Stormwater, and the Slow Crawl Toward 10%

Jack Beckett·

**Farmington's TPZ cleared five applications Monday — frisbee camp lights at Miss Porter's, a stormwater overhaul for Horton Electric, and signs for the Warren Apartments. One commissioner picked a fight with the zoning code's definition of "frontage" and lost. Plus: cautiously good news on affordable housing, and a mixed-use project orphaned by two deaths finds new life.** 📋

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