Commission backs Site-Specific Development zone with 50‑acre minimum to reserve process for large projects
The Planning Commission unanimously recommended a new Site-Specific Development (SSD) zoning district with a 50-acre minimum project size, a two-step review process, and draft edits replacing Airpark references and Town Staff language; staff and the Mayor supported larger minimum acreage to protect Fairfield's rural character.
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Planner Jim Spung described the SSD zone as a tool to allow project-specific zoning for developments with unique characteristics not readily addressed by existing districts. He explained a two-step process (preliminary review followed by final review including a site-specific ordinance and development agreement) and said the minimum project size had been raised from 10 acres to 50 acres to reserve SSD for larger, unique developments.
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