With another hearing on the Downtown North Redevelopment Plan tonight, residents might want to know how this fits in with One City, One Plan — Hartford’s plan of conservation and development which underwent a long process involving many public meetings of its own. Links to that document have been disappeared from the City of Hartford website in recent days, making that task impossible to those who did not have the foresight to download or obtain personal copies of the document meant to guide City development over the next ten years.
Here is the document for readers to peruse:
There was also a document created in 2009 by the Perez administration. In this, the vision for the Trumbull-Main area is spelled out: residential, small offices, small-scale retail, and small service businesses. Later in the document, it can be seen that the undeveloped area between the Crowne Plaza Hotel and Main Street is planned for a mixture of retail stores, restaurants, entertainment venues, and upper floor residential units:
Stadiums are not currently permitted in the B1 downtown zone, according to zoning regulations. The administration is seeking a special permit to allow for a stadium. The public can weigh in on this at the next Planning & Zoning Commission meeting, September 23rd at 5 p.m. at the Plaza Level of 250 Constitution Plaza.
Downtown North Design Guidelines
The Planning & Zoning Commission, besides working to add more active commissioners, is making some amendments to its zoning regulations: