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North Canaan P&Z approves adding email as a form of ZEO notification; resident says it won't solve complaints
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted to add “email” to Article XIX 6A.3 as an acceptable method to notify the Zoning Enforcement Officer. A public commenter said email alone would not address underlying complaint-resolution problems.
The North Canaan Planning and Zoning Commission voted Sept. 8 to amend Article XIX 6A.3 to add “email” as an acceptable form of notification to the Zoning Enforcement Officer. Cooper Brown moved to approve the change and Peter Brown seconded; the motion carried (vote tally not specified in the transcript).
The amendment was presented as an administrative update to notification methods. During public comment, Robert Sprague said the change would not fix how the town handles complaints: “adding email does not help the complaint situation,” he told the commission. Chairman Mike O’Connor noted there had been a prior public hearing at which no one spoke, and the board relied on that record when acting on the amendment.
ZEO George Martin had earlier read his monthly report into the record and referenced a permit with a Fire Marshal notation and an outstanding complaint that had been acknowledged by letter but not yet answered. The commission’s vote on the text amendment did not include conditions tied to that complaint; the minutes do not record a roll-call tally.
