Windsor amends conditional-use permit rules, board presses staff on temporary modular limits

Planning Manager Carlin Malone presented the first-reading amendments to Windsor’s conditional use permit framework, which refine how the town evaluates conditional uses and include a provision allowing certain 'unique in nature or character' uses. During discussion Board Member Brian Jones questioned whether temporary modular buildings could receive CUP approvals for two to three years and whether a codified maximum should be set. Mayor Julie Cline agreed, observing that without a defined ceiling, "a five-year conditional use permit might not feel meaningfully 'conditional.'" Staff replied that if modular buildings are addressed separately in code, time limits could be tailored to that use category.