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Planning Commission: Nod Road solar, dark-sky lighting and affordable housing numbers highlighted
Summary
The committee heard a Planning Commission update on the Nod Road solar project, a zoning referral for dark-sky lighting rules, a TerraFill Center plan workshop and an update showing many multifamily units approved but few that qualify as affordable under state definitions.
Holly, representing the Planning Commission, briefed the Sustainability Committee on several planning projects relevant to town sustainability. She said the Planning Commission had recently heard a presentation on the Nod Road solar project and had forwarded a positive referral to the zoning commission for a text amendment to add dark-sky lighting regulations affecting the Hartford-Simsbury zone-based code and Simsbury Center code.
Holly described dark-sky regulations as rules intended to limit uplighting and direct light downward, to reduce impacts on…
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