Torrington planners continue public hearing on McCall Foundation request for group care facility at 25 Hotchkiss Place

The Torrington Planning and Zoning Commission continued a public hearing to June 11, 2025, on a special exception application from McCall Foundation to operate a group care facility at 25 Hotchkiss Place.

Martin Connor, AICP, representing the applicant, told the commission the proposal would allow clinical and counseling services to be provided inside the house and that McCall does not plan exterior renovations other than a handicap parking space near the entrance. "This property is more than double the size of the properties in the zone," Connor said, and McCall has owned the house for more than 20 years.

The proposed program will require licensing from the Connecticut Department of Public Health, which Connor and Joy Pandola, identified as McCall's chief clinical officer, said limits capacity by square-footage requirements. "This will reduce the 13 bed capacity to 11 bed capacity with this change," Pandola said. She said the program is a late-stage…