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Council moves to create Envision Our Chicopee 2040 implementation committee; planning director outlines next steps including zoning reform and ADU rules
Summary
Mayor asked the council to establish an implementation committee to oversee the Envision Our Chicopee 2040 comprehensive plan; the planning director described existing work on zoning updates and said state accessory-dwelling-unit (ADU) regulations are final and will be integrated on an accelerated schedule.
The City Council voted Feb. 3 to refer a mayoral order to create an Envision Our Chicopee 2040 implementation committee to the Ordinance Committee for a public hearing, while planning staff detailed current and planned steps to implement the city’s comprehensive plan.
Lee Poulliot, director of planning, told councilors that the implementation committee is one of the early formal steps in moving from plan adoption to execution. Staff have already started projects recommended in the comprehensive plan: the department submitted a capital request for zoning reform, began drafting an RFQ for outside consultants to revise site-plan rules and subdivision regulations, and…
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