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Cromwell commission schedules public hearing on middle‑housing zoning amendment
Summary
The Cromwell Planning & Zoning Commission voted by voice to schedule a public hearing on Application No. 2621, a text amendment to conform town zoning to Public Act 25‑1 / House Bill 8002; changes include replacing 'ground floor' with 'first floor', allowing pedestrian ways as entrances in some cases, and adding a bicycle‑parking requirement for middle housing.
Chair Alice Kelly said the Planning and Zoning Commission will schedule a public hearing on Application No. 2621, a proposed text amendment to the Town of Cromwell zoning regulations intended to implement Public Act 25‑1 (House Bill 8002).
The commission’s motion, moved by Chair Alice Kelly and seconded, asked that the draft memo dated June 9, 2026, titled “Town of Cromwell Public Act 25‑1 zoning compliance update” be corrected before the hearing. The specific edits called for replacing references to 'ground floor' with 'first floor' in section 4.3.0.8 and retaining newly inserted bicycle‑parking language for middle housing. The chair said the draft has been reviewed by town counsel and that the commission had “put this in as good a place as we can” while allowing for future refinements.
Commission members and staff discussed pedestrian‑access language in the amendment that allows an existing pedestrian way to serve units entered from a side or rear parking area. Staff said that, where no path exists, the town planner and zone enforcement officer will verify a sufficient pedestrian path during site‑plan review at the administrative level.
The motion as read in the meeting scheduled the public hearing for August; during the exchange one participant corrected an August date (saying “it’s the 30th, not the 28th”). The transcript records a voice vote in favor with no roll‑call tally recorded. The commission instructed staff to publish the required newspaper and interagency notices prior to the hearing.
No members of the public spoke on the amendment at the special meeting. The next procedural step is the public hearing, at which the commission will receive public comment and may decide whether to adopt the text amendment after any further revisions.
