Town of Putnam
Zoning Commission
Legal Notice

The Town of Putnam Zoning Commission will hold a hybrid meeting on June 21, 2023, at 7:00 P.M at the Municipal Complex in Community Room 201 located on the second floor.   A public hearing will be held on the following:

Docket # 2023-06 Town of Putnam Zoning Commission request to amend Section 605 Floodplain of the Town of Putnam Zoning Regulations. The Commission’s proposed amendment would consist of revised regulations from the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection necessary for the Flood Insurance Program for the Town of Putnam.  The proposed amendment can be viewed in the Building/Land Use office.
Zoom meeting information will be available on the Town of Putnam website one week prior to the meeting date.   
Patricia Hedenberg, Chairman

June 8, 2023
June 15, 2023

Town of Putnam
Zoning Board of Appeals
Legal Notice

The Town of Putnam Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a hybrid meeting on June 20, 2023 at 7:00 P.M. on the second floor, Room 201, of the Municipal Complex located at 200 School Street, Putnam, CT.   A public hearing will be held on the following:
Appeal # 2023-002  Matt Brazeau request for a front yard variance from the required 20 feet down to 3 feet for the placement of a sign.  Property located at 80 Front Street, Town Assessors Map 015, Lot 028, Zoned Highway Commercial.
Joseph Nash, Chairman.
Meeting information will be available on the Town of Putnam website prior to the meeting.

June 8, 2023
June 15, 2023

Town of Putnam
Planning Commission
Legal Notice

The Town of Putnam Planning Commission will hold a hybrid meeting on June 26, 2023, at 6:00 P.M. at the Municipal Complex in Community Room 201 located on the second floor.   A public hearing will be held on the following:

Town of Putnam Planning Commission request to amend the Town of Putnam Subdivision Regulations. The Commission’s proposed amendment would contain a new section entitled Article III Section 319 from the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection necessary for the Flood Insurance Program for the Town of Putnam.  The proposed amendment can be viewed in the Building/Land Use office.
Zoom meeting information will be available on the Town of Putnam website one week prior to the meeting date.   
Edward Briere, Chairman

June 15, 2023
June 22, 2023

Town of Putnam
Planning Commission
Legal Notice

The Town of Putnam Planning Commission held a hybrid meeting on May 22, 2023 at 6:00 P.M at the Municipal Complex in Community Room 201 located on the second floor.  The following action was taken:

Application 2023—02  Putnam River Road, LLC & 285 River Road, LLC request for an 11 lot Subdivision for properties located at  357 River Road, Town Assessors Map 043, Lot 010, Zoned Agricultural-2 and 285 River Road, Town Assessors Map 043 Lot 005, Zoned Agricultural-2.   PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED TO JUNE 26, 2023 @ 6:00 P.M.

Edward Briere, Chairman

June 15, 2023

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Lillian Demma, 4, of Killingly checks out her awesome face painting at Particle Accelerator Music Fest.

Member of the band Stattic

A little bit of lively chalk on the walkway.



Putnam’s Rotary Park was filled once again June 10 with live music and local residents and families enjoying the gorgeous day and the free family event, Particle Accelerator: A Day of Music and Hope.
Particle Accelerator is an annual benefit concert that raises awareness for suicide and depression and funds for United Services. June 10 marked the 17th annual concert and raised just over $12,000 for local community behavioral health services.
The free, all-day music festival featured 16 bands playing music of all genres and for all ages. The event debuted a new second stage this year, using the cement pad that is home to the town’s holiday ornament. Particle also added a food truck, Little B’s BBQ, and several craft vendors for the first time this year.
“Wonderful music, lots of dancing, kids with balloons and friends with loving hugs,” said event co-founder Grace Young.  “Although a shower came through around 5 p.m., we saw the sun return. It’s like that with life, too. Hope can be found, and we must dance through the showers.”
The festival started in 2007 by family and friends of Putnam resident Jack Young Jr., who died by suicide on his 27th birthday that year. Event organizers include Grace and Jack Young Sr. and Eric and Sandy Gould, all of Putnam.
The annual benefit concert has two main goals, organizers said. The first is to raise funds and awareness to support United Services, Inc., the community behavioral health center serving 21 towns in northeastern Connecticut, including Putnam, for more than 58 years.
“United Services continues to see unprecedented numbers of individuals reaching out for help,” said United Services President/CEO Diane L. Manning. “Particle Accelerator is an opportunity to come together and support each other and talk about the importance of access to mental health services, and we are grateful to everyone who makes it happen.”
The second event goal is to provide information and support for depression and suicide prevention, while promoting music and civic engagement as a healthy alternative to drug and alcohol abuse among young adults.
Saturday brought large crowds to the park, where residents could also learn about local mental health and other social service resources from United Services, the Windham County chapter for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the Norwich Vet Center and Northeast Opportunities for Wellness (NOW), who also set up an obstacle course for kids to enjoy at the event. The Putnam High School class of 1998, Jack Young Jr.’s graduating class, also attended to mark their 25th graduation anniversary.
Particle Accelerator’s Wall of Angels, a moving tribute to friends and family members lost to suicide, honored 333 people this year with photos on the wall and the lighting of luminaria at dusk.

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Legal Notice – Town of Putnam
TAX-EXEMPT HANDICAP
VEHICLE ORDINANCE
BE IT ENACTED that the Town of Putnam, pursuant to Section 12-81c(3) of the Connecticut General Statutes, exempts from personal property taxation one motor vehicle owned by a person with disabilities, or owned by the parent or guardian of such person as more fully described herein:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
(a). MOTOR VEHICLE – A vehicle which is modified, equipped and/or fitted with special equipment to accommodate a disabled individual who is incapable of operation of a motor vehicle on his or her own, to use or operate the same for transportation and/or to transport a person with disabilities as hereinafter defined. By way of example, special equipment shall be, but is not limited to, hand controls, lifts, ramps, special seating, braking or acceleration mechanisms for manual operation, physical alterations to accommodate medical equipment, i.e., oxygen tanks, mechanical respirators.
(b). DISABLED INDIVIDUAL – An individual whose licensed physician has attested in writing that the individual requires a specially equipped and/or modified motor vehicle as hereinbefore defined as a result of the individual’s medical incapacitation and/or disability.
(c). RESIDENT – An individual who owns a motor vehicle as hereinbefore defined and has been a resident of the Town of Putnam for at least six months and one day immediately prior to the assessment date for which the application is to be filed.
SECTION 2. ELIGIBILITY.
Any individual who is a resident of the Town of Putnam with disabilities who owns a motor vehicle as described herein or is a resident of the Town of Putnam and the parent or guardian of a person with disabilities and owns a motor vehicle described herein shall be eligible for exemption of the personal property taxes for one said motor vehicle per household.
SECTION 3.
(a). The owner of such a motor vehicle described herein may apply to the Assessor of the Town of Putnam on a form prepared by the Assessor for personal property tax exemption for one motor vehicle.
(b). At the time the owner makes application to the Assessor, the owner must provide proof in the form of documentation that the motor vehicle has been equipped or adapted for use by a disabled individual as hereinbefore defined.
(c). At the time that the owner makes application to the Assessor, the owner shall provide proof of disability of the individual as hereinbefore defined by way of a licensed physician attesting in writing to the individual’s need for a specially equipped and/or modified motor vehicle as here in before defined. Proof of the individual’s disability through a physician’s written attestation, shall be valid for a period of three years after which a new physician’s written attestation must be submitted.
(d). Applications for such exemptions shall be filed annually between October 1 up through and including December 31 following the assessment date with respect to which such exemption is claimed, commencing with the Grand List of October 1, 2023.
SECTION 4.
The exemption shall not apply to equipped motor vehicles operated for profit.
SECTION 5.
The exemption shall expire when the equipped motor vehicle ceases to be used by the disabled owner or parent or guardian of a person with disabilities. Also, the exemption shall expire when the vehicle is sold or transferred and not used for the use intended.
SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Ordinance is to take effect twenty-one (21) days after publication.
June 15, 2023

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