Planning commission continues public hearing on McCall Foundation request for licensed group care at 25 Hotchkiss Place

The Torrington Planning and Zoning Commission on June 11 held a continued public hearing on a special exception application from McCall Foundation to operate a licensed group care facility at 25 Hotchkiss Place.

McCall representative Martin Connor, AICP, told the commission the proposal would formalize clinical services inside the house and requested approval for a group care facility for up to 11 residents, a reduction from the 13 people who have been living at the property, according to the applicant.

The application matters because it would change how the property is regulated — moving clinical services inside the home would require licensing by the Connecticut Department of Public Health and subject the house to DPH standards rather than the looser oversight that applied when some services were provided off-site.

At the hearing McCall president and CEO Maria…