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Milford special meeting explores zoning changes for CDD 3 to encourage housing and mixed-use reuse
Summary
Participants at a May 28 special Milford meeting discussed possible zoning revisions for the CDD 3 district — a largely underused commercial strip along Bridgeport Avenue — to allow housing, mixed-use development, maker space and hotels, and to prepare a public engagement session to solicit developer and community input. No votes were taken.
Participants at a special Milford meeting on Wednesday, May 28 discussed possible zoning changes for the city’s CDD 3 district to encourage housing, mixed-use development and other economic activity in a largely underused strip along Bridgeport Avenue and the Boston Post Road.
The meeting focused on high-level goals and a work plan rather than drafting ordinance text. Attendees identified large underutilized parcels — including the former Stop & Shop site, an old Fairchild trailer/yard and several former auto dealerships — and suggested allowing mixed-use, live-work, maker-space/light industrial reuse, hotels and limited residential in parts of CDD 3. The group also agreed staff should prepare parcel-size analyses and that the commission should hold a public engagement session before making regulatory changes.
The discussion matters because CDD 3 currently prohibits most housing and contains several large, vacant or underused properties that proponents…
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