NAUGATUCK — The Zoning Commission voted last week to opt out of a new state regulation allowing temporary medical dwellings on single-family lots.
“I wouldn’t want somebody putting that next door to me,” Chairman Rick Cool said.
The dwellings, known as “granny pods,” would be separate structures of less than 500 square feet to be occupied by people with medical needs. An unpaid caretaker would live in the main house on the property. The dwellings must be removed within 120 days after they are no longer needed.
“My fear is that if it’s not monitored or kept track of, people are going to use it as a rental property,” commission member April Slauson said.
The Board of Mayor and Burgesses will have the final say on the issue when it takes it up at its next meeting.
Rick Cool, a rather selfish individual who obviously does not have a heart or elderly parents. Think of the people that can be helped and not the lost tax revenue to this all ready High 49 mill rate.