TOWN OF PLYMOUTH PLAN OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 2015 Final Version: Adopted June, 2015 Plymouth Planning & Zoning Commisson TOWN OF PLYMOUTH Table of Contents Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................ 9 Overview ............................................................................................................................................. 10 Structure of the Plan .......................................................................................................................... 11 Implementation Schedule ............................................................................................................ 11 Goals, Objectives, and Recommendations ............................................................................... 11 Past and Present ................................................................................................................................ 19 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 23 Land Use Analysis ........................................................................................................................... 26 Planning and Zoning ......................................................................................................................... 29 Development Potential ..................................................................................................................... 32 Residential ....................................................................................................................................... 32 Nonresidential ................................................................................................................................ 33 Selected Neighborhood Summaries ............................................................................................... 34 Terryville ........................................................................................................................................... 34 Plymouth Center ............................................................................................................................ 35 Plymouth’s Lake Communities ..................................................................................................... 35 Lake Plymouth ................................................................................................................................ 36 Fall Mountain Lake ......................................................................................................................... 37 Open Space Inventory ..................................................................................................................... 37 Population Characteristics ............................................................................................................... 39 Age Characteristics ........................................................................................................................... 42 Racial and Ethnic Characteristics ................................................................................................... 44 Household Characteristics ................................................................................................................ 45 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 49 Existing Housing Characteristics ....................................................................................................... 50 PLYMOUTH PLAN OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 2015 2 Housing Unit Characteristics ............................................................................................................. 52 Affordable Housing Considerations ................................................................................................ 53 Affordable Housing Appeals Law ................................................................................................ 54 Types of Housing for Aging Populations .......................................................................................... 56 Assisted Living Facility .................................................................................................................... 56 Congregate Living Facilities ......................................................................................................... 57 Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) .................................................................... 57 Government Assisted Independent Living Facility .................................................................... 57 Nursing Homes ................................................................................................................................ 57 Residential Care Homes ................................................................................................................ 58 Retirement Community ................................................................................................................. 58 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 59 Location .............................................................................................................................................. 61 Economic Base -Existing Characteristics ........................................................................................ 61 Economies of Connecticut: Hartford Labor Market Area (LMA) And Plymouth ....................... 65 Businesses in Plymouth ....................................................................................................................... 72 Plymouth Business Park .................................................................................................................. 72 Burr Road and Main Street ........................................................................................................... 73 Wilton and Mount Tobe Roads .................................................................................................... 73 Wolcott Road ................................................................................................................................. 73 Town Hill Road ................................................................................................................................ 74 South Main Street ........................................................................................................................... 74 RT 72 -South Corridor...................................................................................................................... 75 Harwinton Avenue -East ................................................................................................................ 77 Commercial Zones ............................................................................................................................ 79 Downtown Terryville ....................................................................................................................... 81 "Plymouth Center" .......................................................................................................................... 81 Main Street between Burr Road and Scott Road ...................................................................... 82 Main Street between Todd Hollow Road and Scott Road....................................................... 82 Main Street -West and East of Seymour Road ........................................................................... 82 PLYMOUTH PLAN OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 2015 3 Main Street between Kellogg Avenue and Town Hill Road / Holt Street ............................... 82 Main Street and the Terryville Waterwheel ................................................................................. 83 Main Street between RT 72 and Prospect Street ....................................................................... 83 Main Street between RT 72 and the Bristol City Line ................................................................. 83 Northern RT 72 Corridor from RT 6 to Poland Brook Road ......................................................... 84 Restricted Business Zone................................................................................................................ 84 Non-Utility Businesses in Residential Zones .................................................................................. 84 Town of Plymouth -Pro-Active Player .............................................................................................. 84 Comprehensive Economic Development ..................................................................................... 86 Strategy (CEDS) .................................................................................................................................. 86 Plymouth: Industrial Park- Infrastructure ...................................................................................... 86 Plymouth: Terryville Trust Site ......................................................................................................... 87 Plymouth: Waterwheel Park Redevelopment ............................................................................ 87