LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR THE PLAN
Connecticut municipalities are authorized to prepare and adopt comprehensive
plans of development by Section 8-23 of the Connecticut General Statutes. State
law defines the comprehensive plan as "a statement of policies, goals, and
standards for physical and economic development of the municipalities.... In
preparing the plan, the commissions may consider physical, social, economic and
governmental conditions and trends.... The plan shall be designated to promote
with the greatest efficiency and economy the coordinated development of the municipality and the general
welfare and prosperity of its people."
The plan provides an opportunity for the City to delineate guidelines for the best possible environment in Middletown.
Preparing the plan helps the town to clarify its thinking on local issues: on growth, on community facilities and programs,
on economic development, on preservation and conservation, on transportation, on housing and redevelopment.
Middletown's comprehensive plan, adopted by the Planning Agency in 1965 has become
obsolete through time. New
highways have been built, and changing housing patterns are impacting the municipal delivery in new ways.
Extensive revisions should be made if the plan is to be responsive to current conditions in Middletown.
This document updates sections of the 1965 comprehensive plan of development are no longer relevant to Middletown.
For the first time, 1970 Census material is incorporated in research about Middletown. Revisions present
preliminary material necessary to properly consider specific projects and proposals. This revised plan
will be used in evaluating individual programs and facilities to determine if truly they are a part of
the design for a better Middletown.