Residents urge zoning moratorium during rewrite

Planning and Zoning · Meeting of October 1, 2026

Madison's Planning and Zoning Commission held a listening session where residents pressed for stormwater limits and a possible development moratorium ahead of a zoning rewrite. Consultant Michael D'Amato of Tyche Planning & Policy Group told the commission the update will consolidate regulations once split across four documents into one searchable online code and must incorporate a new state "middle housing" mandate requiring towns to allow two to nine units as of right on commercial lots, effective July 1. Resident Jim Nordgren said a moratorium would prevent "a flood of development applications trying to get in under the old regs," while Conservation Commission member Terry Vandendolder urged the board to treat the Plan of Conservation and Development as "your Bible." D'Amato warned Madison will soon be assigned a required housing-unit number by its regional council of government under a new state Housing Growth Plan law.

The commission's only vote was a 7-0-0 motion to adjourn at 7 p.m.

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Source: the Planning and Zoning meeting of October 1, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.