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ORDER TO READ AND FILE THE COMMUNICATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PLAN TRANSMITTING CITY PLAN COMMISSION REPORTS: 1612-01 RE: ORDINANCE AMENDMENT OF THE NEW HAVEN BOARD OF ALDERS AMENDING THE NEW HAVEN CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING PARKING, STOPPING AND STANDING - PARKING OF OVERSIZED VEHICLES. SUBMITTED BY: SANDEEP AYSOLA & REBECCA BOMBERO WITH RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE AS AMENDED. AND ADVICE: THAT THE BOARD OF ALDERS CONSIDER THE VERBS AND DEFINITIONS OF THE VERBS IN THE SECTIONS THAT IDENTIFY WHICH ACTIVITIES ARE PROHIBITED THAT THE BOARD OF ALDERS CONSIDER EXEMPTING VEHICLES OWNED BY THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN OR ENGAGED IN WORK FOR THE CITY THAT CITY STAFF PROVIDE VISUAL EXAMPLES OF THE VEHICLE TYPES THAT WOULD MEET AND NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR THE ORDINANCE; AND REPORTS: 1612-02 RE ORDINANCE BY THE NEW HAVEN BOARD OF ALDERS ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY TWELVE-MONTH MORATORIUM ON THE SUBMISSION AND ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATIONS FOR SITE PLANS, VARIANCES, SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS, SPECIAL PERMITS, AND REZONING AMENDMENTS WITHIN THE LONG WHARF RESPONSIBLE GROWTH PLAN AREA (“MORATORIUM AREA”); PROVIDING FOR AUTHORITY; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS OF FACT; DEFINITIONS; MORATORIUM AREA; TEMPORARY MORATORIUM IMPOSED; DURATION OF TEMPORARY MORATORIUM; AND SEVERABILITY. SUBMITTED BY: CITY PLAN DEPARTMENT. WITH RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE AS AMENDED AND ADVICE: THAT THE BOARD OF ALDERS CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE USE OF THE TERM “HARDSHIP” IN THE PROPOSED EXEMPTIONS FROM THE MORATORIUM SECTION.
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June 30, 2022
Board of Alders
City Hall, 165 Church Street
New Haven, CT 06510
Honorable Board of Alders:
In accordance with our customary procedure, the attached reports referenced below were considered by the City Plan Commission at its meeting of June 29, 2022, and are forwarded to you for your consideration:
1612-01 Ordinance Amendment of the New Haven Board of Alders amending the New Haven Code of Ordinances regarding Parking, Stopping and Standing - Parking of Oversized Vehicles.
Submitted By: Sandeep Aysola & Rebecca Bombero
Recommendation: Approve as amended
Advice: That the Board of Alders consider the verbs and definitions of the verbs in the sections that identify which activities are prohibited
That the Board of Alders consider exempting vehicles owned by the City of New Haven or engaged in work for the city
That City Staff provide visual examples of the vehicle types that would meet and not meet the criteria for the ordinance
1612-02 Ordinance by the New Haven Board of Alders establishing a temporary twelve-month moratorium on the submission and acceptance of applications for Site Plans, Variances, Special Exceptions, Special Permits, and Rezoning Amendments within the Long Wharf Responsible Growth Plan Area (“Moratorium Area”); Providing for Authority; Legislative Findings of Fact; Definitions; Moratorium Area; Temporary Moratorium Imposed; Duration of Temporary Moratorium; and Severability.
Submitted by: City Plan Department.
Recommendation: Approve as amended
Advice: That the Board of Alders carefully consider the use of the term “hardship” in the proposed Exemptions from the Moratorium section
Respectfully submitted,
Laura E Brown
Executive Director, City Plan Department
BE IT HEREBY ORDERED BY THE NEW HAVEN BOARD OF ALDERS THAT the above referenced reports transmitted by the Executive Director of the City Plan Commission be and hereby are read and filed.