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Alton zoning committee elects chair, confirms next meeting and tasks staff with redrafts
Summary
At the Sept. 18 meeting the committee approved the agenda, nominated Tom Diveny as chair (with a co-chair appointment), scheduled the next meeting for Oct. 6 and asked staff to produce redlines, statutory comparisons and historical ordinance text for several amendments.
The Zoning Amendment Committee began by approving the Sept. 18, 2025 meeting agenda and conducting its officer elections. Doug Brown identified himself at the start as "the current chair of the zoning amendment committee." Committee members nominated Tom Diveny to serve as chair for 2025–2026; members voiced support and affirmed the nomination during the meeting. A committee member volunteered to serve as co-chair and the group recorded the informal co-chair arrangement.
Procedural actions recorded in the transcript include: approval of the agenda and nominations of Tom Diveny to chair and an unnamed member as co-chair; the meeting concluded with a motion for adjournment and the scheduling of the next meeting for Monday, Oct. 6. Committee staff were directed repeatedly to prepare redlined ordinance language, statutory comparisons (particularly for accessory-dwelling units and parking), prior ordinance versions for nonconforming-structure provisions, and a table-of-uses cross-reference cleanup for the next meeting.
The committee did not adopt final ordinance language at the Sept. 18 meeting; committee members emphasized further staff drafting and consultation with town counsel where state law is implicated.
