Following up on a series of articles first published a year ago and last reported July 12, 2012, voicesnews says Garden Homes Management Corp. has resubmitted plans for 121 manufactured homes on 40.79 acres to the Oxford (Connecticut) Conservation Commission, Inland Wetlands Agency (CCIWA). Garden Homes has been denied approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission and the CCIWA several times since its first application in 2006, and while a Superior Court judge denied the proposal based on the CCIWA objections, it did agree the town needed to fulfill its quota for affordable housing. The new application will also be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission. MHProNews has learned the Board of Selectmen has also hired an attorney experienced in land use issues to assist the Planning and Zoning Commission write affordable housing regulations.
