Votes at a glance: Orange Plan & Zoning — June 16, 2026

The Orange Town Plan and Zoning Commission recorded the following formal actions on June 16, 2026:

• Bond release approved — 449 Boston Post Road (Rajat Gupta): The commission approved a motion to release the cash and surety bonds for site improvements at 449 Boston Post Road after department inspections reported completion and sign-off.

• 8‑24 referrals — 990 Orange Center Road and Diana Street: The commission gave a favorable referral under Connecticut General Statutes §8‑24 for two parcels offered as donations: a ~0.92‑acre parcel at 990 Orange Center Road (last reval value cited at $231,500) and a ~0.19‑acre parcel on Diana Street (last reval value cited at about $3,800). The board of selectmen had requested the commission’s advice; commissioners found no objection.

• 512 Kuga Trail — elderly apartment conversion (Roseman): The commission approved the conversion of a single‑family dwelling to include an in‑law/elderly apartment at 512 Kuga Trail, subject to the owner satisfying any lot‑merger or recording requirements town council may require to make the merger traceable on the land records.

• Zoning text amendment — Aspire Living and Learning: The commission approved a narrowly tailored amendment to the Orange zoning regulations (Article 11B) to add a special‑permit use allowing nonprofit schools serving students and adults with emotional, intellectual, and developmental disabilities in the Office Park District. The commission set the amendment’s effective date as June 26, 2026 (to permit recordation and publication).

• Special exception permit — Aspire Living and Learning, 584 Derby Milford Road: After closing the hearings and discussing notice and effective‑date sequencing, the commission approved Aspire’s special exception permit to use the existing campus as a nonprofit school, granted waivers of the site plan, architectural plan, and soil/erosion-submission requirements (applicant stated no exterior work is proposed), and set the permit effective date as July 8, 2026.

All motions reported in the transcript were moved and seconded and approved by voice vote; the record as provided does not list individual member tallies. The meeting adjourned after the final vote.