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Farmington Planning and Zoning

The Town Plan and Zoning Commission is elected. It decides what can be built in Farmington and writes the town's zoning rules. Everything we have reported on Planning and Zoning, newest first.

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Monday, November 9

TPZ Meeting · 7 p.m. ET

  1. Farmington Aquifer Checkup: Three Renewed, One Waits

    The town's emails to the Valero on Farmington Avenue went unanswered, so staff stopped by the store. Four days later its registration was renewed.

  2. Farmington Aquifer Checkup: Six Approved, Three Wait

    Of the 15 registrations on file, 11 are now renewed, and one more, on New Britain Avenue, is still to come.

  3. Farmington Commissioner Seeks Limits on Sandwich Boards

    A Farmington sign saying a business is open, up to 12 square feet, needs no review. A planning commissioner wants limits on the sandwich boards that rule let in, and the town has to be careful about free speech.

  4. What to Know as Farmington's Town Survey Opens

    Farmington's town survey is set to open Friday, Oct. 9, and it feeds the town's next 10-year plan. It takes 15 to 20 minutes and can't be saved online. The first open house is Dec. 1.

  5. A Headstone Carver Gets a Showroom on Route 6

    A Bristol headstone carver says customers can't find his shop. Farmington just approved a row of his carved monuments outside a former frame shop on Route 6.

  6. Farmington Weighs Two Versions of a Backyard Solar Rule

    Farmington still has no rule for solar panels in the backyard. The planning commission asked for two competing versions: one that sends hard cases to the appeals board, and one that has the commission weigh every array.

  7. Farmington Will Ask Residents to Grade Its Fire Stations

    Farmington's town survey will ask residents to rate the condition of the fire stations as the town plans a $30 million to $35 million overhaul. The town manager told the survey committee a good grade would mean "a marketing issue."

  8. Farmington Sets Oct. 26 Hearing on 18 Active-Adult Homes

    The Plan and Zoning Commission will hear a rezoning for 18 active-adult homes at 598 Plainville Avenue and three home food businesses on Oct. 26. It also approved a shared sign plan for the old Barnes & Noble building, an unlit sign on Scott Swamp Road and a courtyard kiosk at New Horizons.

  9. Farmington Approves Last 46 Homes at Farmington West Estates

    The final phases of a subdivision off Snowberry Lane, a project that traces back to a 1994 court decree, won approval with conditions to repair protected land a construction entrance appears to cross. The conditions were added after the vote, and no one said how they will be checked.

  10. Farmington Denies Beer Sales at Valero Station, 4-2

    Two commissioners who voted no pointed to the store's spot beside the rail trail and near a playground. The only members of the public who spoke against it own rival liquor businesses.

  11. Farmington's Survey Will Ask About Paying for a New School

    The survey will guide the Town Council's strategic plan and the zoning commission's next ten-year Plan of Conservation and Development.

  12. Farmington Aquifer Checkup: Five Renewed, Three Continued

    A concrete plant, a gravel yard, a Midas and several small manufacturers are among 15 Farmington properties registered to work with hazardous materials over ground that feeds public water wells. On Tuesday the town renewed five and gave three more until Oct. 14.

  13. Farmington's New Flood Maps Take Effect Nov. 13

    Where the federal maps now say floods run lower, Farmington kept its own building heights. Some homeowners who won an exemption from the flood zone years ago will lose it without a word from FEMA, and no one has counted how many homes newly need flood insurance.

  14. Farmington's Draft Town Survey: Here Is What It Asks

    Farmington's draft town survey asks residents how high a priority it should be to increase tax dollars in 19 areas. A town committee reviews that half of the survey Wednesday, and the launch date is no longer on its agenda.

  15. Farmington Appeals Board Asks Zoning to Wait on Solar Rules

    Farmington's zoning rules say nothing about solar panels in the yard, and the planning commission takes up a draft Monday. The elected Zoning Board of Appeals has asked it to wait. The dispute is over who decides the hard cases, and whether sheds come next.

  16. Farmington Adopts Its Version of the State Housing Law

    Farmington's zoning commission let the owner of a long-vacant office at 1422 Farmington Avenue turn it into a two-family home under Connecticut's new housing law, then adopted the town's own version of that law at the end of a four-hour meeting, after staff said they did not expect a vote. The rules leave residential neighborhoods out.

  17. Farmington's $18 Million Sidewalk Bill Is Mostly Owners'

    The Ad Hoc Sidewalk Committee told the Town Council there are 48 miles of sidewalk in Farmington, 11 percent of it rated D or F, and about $18 million to repair all of it. Under the town's ordinance almost none of that is the town's money. Then, holding every fact it had been asked to gather, the committee declined to recommend anything.

  18. Farmington Survey in October, Revaluation Tax Bills in July

    Farmington's resident survey opens in early October and asks what people are willing to pay for. The first tax bills built on the town's new property assessments arrive nine months later. A resident asked the council in July to wait. Nobody answered him.

  19. Three Farmington Boards Weigh In on Truck Stop; Two Decide

    Three Farmington bodies weigh in on the fate of the Noble Energy truck stop, but the elected Town Council, the one residents keep asking to stop it, doesn't actually decide. A guide to who votes on what, and the June 17, July 13, and July 27 hearings that do.

  20. Farmington Town Council Comes Out Against the Truck Stop

    Farmington's Town Council issued two unanimous negative referrals June 9, opposing the Noble Energy truck stop at 8261 Fienemann Road and a separate National Land Holdings residential project, even though the binding decisions still belong to the planning and wetlands boards.

  21. Farmington TPZ OKs Eagle Project to Rebuild Trail Kiosk

    A Life Scout in Troop 170 of Unionville presented his Eagle Scout project to the Farmington Town Plan and Zoning Commission on May 27: demolish the deteriorated wooden kiosk at the Red Oak Hill Crossing of the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail and replace it with a covered, pressure-treated, shake-shingled successor. The commission approved unanimously. The chair, who is the mother of an Eagle Scout, added a remark that does not appear in the typical record.

  22. Eight Firms Bid to Write Farmington's Next 10-Year Plan

    Eight planning firms have submitted proposals to write Farmington's next Plan of Conservation and Development — the document that will shape the town's growth, conservation, and housing priorities for the next ten years. Staff meets Friday, May 29 to narrow the field to four for interviews. The Mercury on why the POCD matters, what Farmington has now, and what the next twelve months look like.

  23. Farmington FEMA Flood Maps to Change: What It Means for You

    FEMA has finalized new Flood Insurance Rate Maps for Farmington, with an effective date now expected in fall 2026. Some homeowners will be required to carry flood insurance who weren't before — some will be released. Here's how to check your address, how the appeal process works, and what the TPZ has to do before the maps take effect.

  24. Farmington's $14.3M School HVAC Bond and Its Electric Bill

    Asked at the Annual Town Meeting for studies of indoor air temperature in the four schools, the superintendent said she had no data that evening.

  25. Noble Energy Brings Smaller Plan to Farmington Wetlands

    Noble Energy returned to Farmington Inland Wetlands with a smaller plan for 8261 Fienemann Road: no restaurant, a shrunken warehouse and travel center, and wetlands impact cut from 3,700 square feet to under 1,000. The public, when its turn came, wanted to talk about four schools within a half mile. The hearing was continued to May 6.

Farmington Planning & Zoning · 6 members

David St. Germain

TPZ Secretary

Josh Davidson

Regular Member

Liz Sanford

TPZ Chair

Peter Zarella

Regular Member

Philip Cordeiro

Regular Member

Robert Canto

Regular Member

Lisa Fagan

Alternate Member

Robert Ingvertsen

Alternate Member

Taylor Pogson

Alternate Member

The documents · 9

  1. Farmington Aquifer Protection Agency Special Meeting Minutes, October 20, 2026

  2. Farmington Aquifer Protection Agency Special Meeting Agenda, October 14, 2026

  3. Farmington Town Plan and Zoning Commission Special Meeting Agenda, October 5, 2026

  4. Farmington Town Plan and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes, October 5, 2026

  5. Farmington Aquifer Protection Agency Special Meeting Minutes, September 29, 2026 (not yet approved)

  6. Farmington Town Plan and Zoning Commission, Meeting Agenda, September 14, 2026

  7. Farmington Aquifer Protection Agency Special Meeting Minutes, September 10, 2026

  8. Farmington Aquifer Protection Agency Special Meeting Agenda, September 10, 2026

  9. Farmington Town Plan and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes, July 27, 2026