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Planning board advances University Research Overlay District amid debate over transferability and affordability
Summary
The Stamford Planning Board voted Feb. 25 to forward a zoning text amendment creating a University Research Overlay District (UROD) and a related map change, approving the text with amendments to tighten affordability standards, clarify internet requirements, and narrow the innovation-center definition; the text passed 3–1 and the map change passed 3–1.
The Stamford Planning Board on Feb. 25 voted to forward a zoning text amendment establishing a University Research Overlay District (UROD) and a related map change, after an extended presentation by city economic-development staff and UConn Stamford representatives and a lengthy board Q&A.
Leah Kagan, director of economic development, described the UROD as a tool to encourage UConn Stamford’s expansion, promote student and faculty housing, and attract cultural and research uses. “The purpose of the University Research Overlay District is to encourage the expansion of UConn and other academic institutions, encourage affordable faculty and student housing, and encourage expansion of existing and attraction of new cultural and educational…
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