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Lisa Fagan

Alternate, Farmington Town Plan & Zoning Commission (D)Farmington Town Plan and Zoning Commission

Lisa Fagan is an alternate member of the Farmington, Connecticut Planning and Zoning Commission (Democrat).

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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 Accepts Enclave Application, Sets July 13 Public Hearing

Jack Beckett·

Farmington TPZ on Monday night accepted a formal zoning application for the Enclave at the Farmington River — a 240-to-296-unit, $225 million proposal by Crown Equities affiliate National Land Holdings — and scheduled the public hearing for July 13. In separate action, TPZ approved a special permit and site plan for an accessory dwelling unit at 222 Talcott Notch Road and forwarded three sign permits to building-permit review. The POCD update RFP closes Friday.

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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