Public hearing on 660 Torrington Street subdivision rescheduled after abutter notices were not confirmed

The Torrington Planning and Zoning Commission continued (rescheduled) a public hearing on an application to resubdivide a vacant lot at 660 Torrington Street after staff and the applicant could not confirm that abutter mailings were completed.

The hearing had been scheduled for Sept. 10, 2025. The applicant, William Todd Clark of Clark Land Surveying representing Porta Enterprises, attended and described recent minor changes to plans, including tree locations. Commissioners and staff determined the required certificate of mailing for abutter notice was not present or had not been brought to the meeting, and that the commission could not open the public hearing without confirmation that abutting landowners had been notified.

“...I did not,” William Todd Clark said when asked whether he could confirm abutter mailings. The commission chair and staff said the sign for the hearing had been posted, but that the statutory or administrative practice of mailing notice to abutters requires a certificate of mailing or the white mailing slips to be presented at the hearing.

Commissioners moved to reschedule the public hearing to the commission’s Oct. 15, 2025 meeting. The motion to reschedule carried by voice vote. The commission directed the applicant or property owner to complete required mailings and return the hearing sign to staff so notices can be verified and the application can be re-noticed properly.

Because abutter notice is part of the public hearing record, the commission took no further substantive action on the resubdivision at this meeting.