Eye on Town Goverment: P&Z Acts on Solar Panels, Maple Syrup and Parking
Chair plans to resign By Susan MacEachron Meeting on Nov. 12, the Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) approved installation of ground mounted solar panels, the expansion of an accessory building and a site plan modification to allow Meadowbrook to create four additional parking spaces. Short-term rentals were discussed without a conclusion as to what is […]
Eye on Town Goverment
Project Money In, Project money out at board of finance By Susan MacEachron The Board of Finance (BoF) discussed the changing of the guard in the town clerk’s office at its Oct. 8 meeting and heard an update on several ongoing infrastructure projects, including the good news that the promised $500,000 grant from the Connecticut […]
Eye on Town Government: Dog Parks Approved by Planning & Zoning
By Susan MacEachron At its meeting on Sept. 10 the Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) approved dog park regulations, formed a subcommittee to address dark sky lighting concerns and scheduled a public hearing at 6:45 p.m. on Oct. 7 to review an application to install ground mounted solar panels. The Friends of the Norfolk Community […]
Dog park, subdivision hearings held by p&z
By Susan MacEachron The Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) held two public hearings on Aug. 13. The first on a proposal to reduce the acreage required for a dog park from 20 acres to two and the second on a proposed re-subdivision of land on Sandisfield Road. Norfolk’s new Zoning Enforcement Officer (ZEO), Stacey Sefcik, […]
Eye on Town Goverment
Manor House tub draws comment at P&Z Meeting By Susan MacEachron The Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) reviewed plans for an extension of the Rails to Trails network, heard concerns about a zoning permit granted for a new garage and hot tub at the Manor House and accepted two applications for matters that require a […]
Eye on Town Government
P&Z Approves Home Business By Susan MacEachron The Planning & Zoning Commission determined that a home-based dog training business could be approved for a zoning permit at its meeting on April 9. Annie Johnson introduced herself to the commissioners and described how she moved to Norfolk last year and wanted to start a dog training […]
Selectman’s Corner
Volunteers Needed By Matt Riiska I have mentioned this before on a few occasions, but here we go again. We need volunteers to fill positions on many of our boards, commissions and committees, not to mention our ambulance and fire departments. We are currently looking for new members for the Inland Wetlands Agency and the […]
With P&Z Approval, Firehouse Heads into Budget Review
By Joe Kelly After being scrutinized and approved by both Norfolk’s Wetlands and Planning & Zoning (P&Z)Commissions, the plans for a new Norfolk firehouse on Shepard Road are now undergoing a detailedbudget estimate. The architects of the firehouse, Silver Petrucelli and Associates of Hamden, are converting their sketchesinto detailed blueprints that can be used by […]
Land Use Veteran Appointed Norfolk ZEO
By Joe Kelly Norfolk has hired a veteran land use professional, Karl Nilsen, to take over as Zoning and Wetlands Enforcement Officer. Nilsen replaces Mike Halloran, who stepped down after 13 years. An earlier attempt to fill the position with a recent college graduate did not work out and the town renewed its search, ultimately […]
Proposed Firehouse Focus of P&Z Hearing
By Susan MacEachron Members of the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department (NVFD) filled the room on Jan. 9 for the continuation of the Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) public hearing on the proposed new firehouse. First on the agenda was the application to transfer some City Meadow land for the new firehouse. City Meadow and the […]
