Photo: Charger Way, Ansonia High School ©Melissa Cavanaugh PLAN OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT CITY OF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION Effective Date: August 6, 2018 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Special thanks and Acknowledgements to: Members of the Planning and Zoning Commission: Jared Heon-Chairman Larry Pellegrino- Vice Chairman Micheal Bettini Maureen McMcormack Conrado Kenneth Moffat Timothy Holman William Malerba And to: Mayor David S. Cassetti David Elder, AICP – City Planner Sheila O’Malley - Economic Development Director Ronda Porrini - Land Use Administrator Anna Andretta – Grants Specialist As well as to the residents of the City of Ansonia, all past Planning and Zoning Commissioners, and all Boards and Commissions that contributed to this process. Technical assistance provided by NVCOG staff: Mark Nielsen - Director of Planning / Assistant Director Joanna Rogalski - Regional Planner Glenda Prentiss - GIS Program Coordinator Max Tanguay-Colucci – Regional Planner Note: Special Thanks to Planimetrics; portions of this Plan are taken partly or entirely from the 2002 Ansonia Plan of Conservation and Development, originally prepared by Planimetrics. PLAN OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT CITY OF ANSONIA, CT Contents About the POCD ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 1 POCD Purpose ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 1 How to Use the POCD ................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Ansonia Planning Approach ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 POCD Summary: Vision Statement, Future Land Use, Policies, Consistency ............................................. 4 Placing Ansonia ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Major Conditions and Trends .................................................................................................................................................... 9 How Ansonia sees itself in 2028 ............................................................................................................................................ 10 Future Land Use ................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Policies and Strategies toward the 2028 Vision ....................................................................................................... 13 Implementation Priorities............................................................................................................................................................... 17 Implementation Tools ...................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Regional Partners ............................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Consistency with Regional and State POCD’s ........................................................................................................... 19 What the Community Tells Us – Public Participation ................................................................................................... 21 Public Workshop .................................................................................................................................................................................22 Online Survey ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 What the Data Tells Us – Conditions and Trends ....................................................................................................... 26 People ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 27 Economy and Labor Force ....................................................................................................................................................... 41 Transportation ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 46 Housing ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 47 Land Use .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 54 Financial Capacity ............................................................................................................................................................................. 61 i Conservation Policies ........................................................................................................................................................................... 64 Natural Resesource Protection & Agricultural Land ............................................................................................ 65 Water Quality Protection ............................................................................................................................................................ 67 Open Space Preservation .......................................................................................................................................................... 68 Historic Resource Preservation .............................................................................................................................................. 70 Conservation Strategies ................................................................................................................................................................ 71 Development Policies ........................................................................................................................................................................... 72 Community Structure ...................................................................................................................................................................... 73 Housing & Residential Areas ................................................................................................................................................... 74 Business & Economic Development ................................................................................................................................... 78 Transit Oriented Development (TOD) ............................................................................................................................... 82 Brownfield Redevelopment ........................................................................................................................................................ 85 Community Facilities ........................................................................................................................................................................ 87 Development Strategies ............................................................................................................................................................... 89 Infrastructure Policies............................................................................................................................................................................ 91 Transportation ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 92 Utilities ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 97 Infrastructure Strategies ............................................................................................................................................................. 100 Next Steps – Implementation ........................................................................................................................................................ 101 Appendix ......................................................................................................................................................................................................102 ii Map Index Map 1 - Regional Context .................................................................................................................................................................