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Planning commission approves zoning change to allow gyms in Industrial Park

Torrington Planning and Zoning Commission · December 11, 2024
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Summary

The Torrington Planning and Zoning Commission voted Dec. 11 to amend zoning text to allow gymnasiums and physical fitness centers as a permitted use in the IP Industrial Park zone, subject to site-plan review; city planning staff recommended approval as consistent with the Plan of Conservation and Development.

The Torrington Planning and Zoning Commission on Dec. 11 approved a text amendment to section 3.1, subsection 4.60 of the zoning regulations to allow gymnasiums and physical fitness centers in the IP Industrial Park zone by site-plan approval.

City planner Jeremy Leifer told the commission the amendment simply adds the use as a permitted entry in the IP zone’s table of uses, but that permitted status still requires site-plan review for parking, setbacks and access. “I recommend…

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