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State rules and 8-30g cited as constraints as Old Lyme weighs zoning choices
Summary
Consultants and participants raised Connecticut statutes — including a cited 8-30g affordable housing concern and a Public Act requiring mixed-use options — as a backdrop to local zoning choices and strategies.
Consultants and residents repeatedly referenced state-level rules as context for local decisions. Francisco Gomes noted a state mandate on mixed-use in commercial zones and facilitators warned about the implications of Connecticut's affordable-housing statute in shaping what towns can permit.
Gomes summarized one recent state change: "Connecticut Public Act 25 1. It requires now that every town allow mixed use development for multifamily in their commercial zones up to 9 units per lot," and later in the evening he recapped breakout-room concern about "8 30 gs," explaining it generally as the statute that can allow developers to seek to bypass local zoning if a community lacks a sufficient share of affordable housing.
