Five Things to Know about Tuesday's Planning and Zoning Meeting

Meeting Time and Location

The Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Selectmen's Conference Room at Town Hall, Building One.

Public Hearing

There will be public hearings for the following planning and zoning applications.

• Avon Self Storage, LLC/Avon Dreamer, LLC is requesting a special exception to Section VI.H.3.k. of the Avon Zoning Regulations for permission to have a storage facility on its 190 and 230 Old Farms Rd. parcels and fill and regrade the floodplain. This was continued from the May 17 meeting. Avon Self Storage is looking to explan.
• The hearing for the proposed amendment to the zoning regulations to create a village center zone was continued from the previous meeting. Town Planner Steve Kushner said that there is a public hearing on June 28 for the proposed plan of conservation and development for a possible future Avon Town Center, so the Planning and Zoning Commission will likely wait until after the hearing to vote on adopting the new zone.
• The Capitol Region Education Council is looking to build and relocate the Avon Reggio Magnet School for the Arts to the land next to the Avon Cider Mill on Waterville Road. There will be a public hearing pertaining to an amendment in lot coverage in the RU2A Zone.

Other items on the agenda for the public hearing are available on the meeting agenda on the Avon town website.

Looking Ahead

June 28 is a tentative date for public hearings on amending the planning and conservation development design guidelines for the Avon Village Center Zone. A public hearing for amending the town Zoning and Subdivision Regulations with some low impact development regulations is tentatively scheduled for July 19.