The Site Walk You Don’t Have to Take
The Site Walk You Don’t Have to Take When I worked as a Wetlands Agent, I stumbled upon a task that soon became a standard requirement for every permit application: every permit application got a set of site photographs. Most of the time, I’d ask the applicant if I could visit the property and […]
Zoning Regulations Were Written for a Binder. People Don’t Read Them That Way Anymore.
Zoning Regulations Were Written for a Binder. People Don’t Read Them That Way Anymore. How Municipal Zoning, Wetlands, and Land Use Regulations Should Evolve for Search, AI, and Modern Users For a long time, municipal regulations were written with a fairly obvious assumption about how people would use them. You would pick up the […]
When More Process Doesn’t Mean More Safety
When More Process Doesn’t Mean More Safety What helicopter maintenance taught me about administrative burden in municipal land use One lesson I learned as a helicopter mechanic is that every requirement competes for someone’s time and attention. Obvious, right? But it becomes very real when you are standing in a hangar with an aircraft […]
Wetlands Enforcement in a Small Town: Leave Yourself Somewhere to Go
Wetlands Enforcement in a Small Town: Leave Yourself Somewhere to Go Enforcement is a strange kind of authority because you are responsible for stopping or correcting something you have no immediate physical ability to stop. A lot of small Connecticut towns are cash-strapped. That can make wetlands enforcement more complicated than it looks from […]
Checking Older Wetlands Regulations for Outdated Subdivision Referral Language
Checking Older Wetlands Regulations for Outdated Subdivision Referral Language (Section 7.2 of IWWC Model Regs) This is not legal advice, but it’s a wording issue I’d want to review when updating older town regulations. One section worth checking in older Connecticut inland wetlands regulations is the subdivision and re-subdivision referral language. This is Section […]