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split vote closing hearing despite documented community opposition
Manchester P&Z voted 7-2 on June 15 to close the public hearing on rezoning 571/599 Porter Street from AA to RR. Twelve residents opposed, citing ongoing noise from firewood processing, past violations, and no changed... https://meetingwatch.org/ct/manchester/planning-zoning-commission/2026-06-15/ #MeetingWatch #ManchesterCT
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split vote on amendment with town-wide residential impact
The same meeting saw a 6-3 vote to continue the text amendment allowing firewood processing as a special exception in RR zones. Residents warned this would affect 40% of town land; commissioners noted unresolved enforcement... https://meetingwatch.org/ct/manchester/planning-zoning-commission/2026-06-15/ #MeetingWatch #ManchesterCT
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contrast showing isolated division on contentious rezoning
All other June 15 P&Z items passed 9-0 or 8-0 (1 abstention), including cold storage at 140 Progress Drive and the 50 Hale Road medical clinic rezoning. Only the Chirico-related matters produced dissent. https://meetingwatch.org/ct/manchester/planning-zoning-commission/2026-06-15/ #MeetingWatch #ManchesterCT
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Manchester P&Z closed the hearing on rezoning 571/599 Porter Street 7-2 on June 15. Residents detailed years of chainsaw noise, escaped animals, wetlands citations, and the 2012 denial of a similar request. The board moved forward anyway. #MeetingWatch #ManchesterCT
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A companion text amendment to permit firewood processing as a special exception in RR zones was continued 6-3. Eleven of twelve public speakers opposed it, arguing the use does not fit agriculture definitions and risks industrial activity across residential districts.
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Commissioners acknowledged definitional problems, enforcement gaps, and POCD conflicts but signaled openness to revised boundaries or conditions. The items return July 6. No other agenda items that night produced split votes. https://meetingwatch.org/ct/manchester/planning-zoning-commission/2026-06-15/
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At its June 15 meeting, Manchester's Planning and Zoning Commission recorded its only split votes on items tied to 571/599 Porter Street. A 7-2 roll call closed the public hearing on the AA-to-RR zone change. A 6-3 vote continued the text amendment that would allow firewood processing and sales as a special exception in the RR zone. Twelve residents spoke against both proposals. They cited ongoing industrial noise, prior zoning violations, tree removal, and the absence of changed conditions since the commission denied a similar request in 2012. One speaker supported the business. The board heard the comments but took no immediate action to deny the applications. All other matters that night, including approvals for a cold-storage building and a medical clinic rezoning, passed 9-0 or 8-0 with 1 abstention. The Chirico-related items return for further discussion on July 6. https://meetingwatch.org/ct/manchester/planning-zoning-commission/2026-06-15/ #MeetingWatch #ManchesterCT