Planning and Zoning Commission

The PZC has statutory responsibility to regulate commercial, industrial, residential and other forms of land use activity. In addition, the PZC has the legal responsibility to review all municipal improvement  proposals.

 The PZC exercises controls over land use by dividing the town’s land into various residential, commercial and recreational zones and regulating, through Zoning and Subdivision Regulations, the nature of uses, structures and site improvements that may take place.

Public hearings allow citizens to comment on all proposed changes to the Plan of Conservation and Development, the Zoning Map, Zoning and Subdivision regulations and special permit applications. Legal notices are published in a local newspaper prior to any public hearing. Citizens may also comment on proposed subdivisions and other land use applications Development, Zoning map or land use regulations.

Commission members are elected at biennial municipal elections to serve six year terms.  Alternate members are elected for two year terms.

Commission Members:

Theodore T. Cummings, Chairman (D) 11/2015

Arthur Reed Talmadge (U) 11/2013

Harry P. Bagley, Jr. (D) 11/2013

Robert M. Zaicek (D) 11/2013

Evelyn T. Pfalzgraf (R) 11/7/2017

Alexander Hastillo (D) 11/7/2017

Sidney E. Organ, Jr (R) 11/7/2017

William Kerensky (D) 11/2015

Richard Hyde, Vice Chariman (D) 11/2015

Alternates:

Nord P. Yakovleff  (D) 11/5/2013

Anthony J. Paticchio (D)  11/5/2013

Carol Mele (R)  11/5/2013

Zoning Enforcement Officer:

Michael Gardner

Contact Zoning Enforcement Officer:

860.487.4415

860.487.4435 Fax

While the on-line Zoning Regulations for the Town of Ashford presented on this website are believed to be substantially correct, they are provided for informational reference only.  For project applications and legal matters, interested parties should obtain the official printed copy of the regulations available in the Land Use or Town Clerk’s office located at 5 Town Hall Rd.

Zoning Regulations Rev. 4/08

Meeting Minutes