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Planning commission gives positive recommendation on draft general plan, asks for edits and sends it to town council
Summary
After consultant-led review and edits, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to forward the draft general plan to town council with recommended changes — including preferring a southern bypass alignment and removing proposals for public access at Big Spring — and requested several clarifying edits be made before the council public hearing.
The Fairfield Planning and Zoning Commission voted to forward the town’s draft general plan to the Town Council with a positive recommendation and a list of requested edits, including changing the preferred bypass route to a southern alignment and removing language that suggested town-initiated public access to private springs.
Consultant Sean and the planning consultant team walked the commission through suggested edits and clarifications. Commissioners directed a number of text changes and map adjustments: they asked that the draft show the bypass road’s preferred alignment south of town rather than north, remove references that suggested the town would pursue public access or parks on privately owned sites near "Big Spring," and explicitly identify Big Spring Creek in descriptions of blue-way or creek protection language.
The consultant said the change to a southern bypass routing came after coordination with regional planners and landowners. Commissioners also asked that the consultant ensure the proposed road connections align on mapped pages (commissioners noted a local collector link near storage units that did not visually extend all the way through on every map sheet) and requested clearer photo and caption placement in the community-character section.
The draft also includes a water-sewer strategy that directs the town to rely on septic for low-density growth unless groundwater-quality issues require incremental implementation of the sewer master plan; commissioners retained that language and asked staff to clarify the sequencing and near-term water-storage upgrades recommended in the water master plan.
Commissioners discussed ADU (accessory dwelling unit) language and requested ADUs be mapped to appropriate zones only; the commission asked staff to ensure accessory-structure definitions are consolidated into Title 10 §12 (definitions) to avoid conflicting definitions in multiple locations.
After the discussion the commission moved the draft general plan to the Town Council for a public hearing, with the identified edits to be incorporated and republished for the council’s packet.
