Undermountain housing plan adheres to POCD

SALISBURY — The Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) determined that a proposal for affordable housing on Undermountain Road is in agreement with the town’s Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD). The commission met online Monday, Feb. 5.

Last month the Board of Selectmen referred a proposal from the Salisbury Housing Trust (SHT) to build two affordable housing homes on a town-owned parcel on Undermountain Road to the PZC for an “8-24 review.”

This refers to section 8-24 of the Connecticut General Statutes, which requires that selling or leasing town-owned property be referred to the PZC to determine whether the proposed use is consistent with the town’s POCD.

PZC Chair Michael Klemens said he took a suggested motion from the SHT and “tinkered with it.”

Commissioner Allen Cockerline said the motion should mention the 2012 POCD, as the updated POCD is still in the works.

That change was made.

Klemens noted that the PZC action “is not an approval in any way, shape or form.”

The actual site plan, when it is created and submitted in an application, will be subject to the special permit process, which includes a public hearing.