Legal Notice
Town of Pomfret
PLANNING & ZONING
COMMISSION
Town of Pomfret Planning
& Zoning Commission
 At the May 17, 2023, meeting of the Pomfret Planning & Zoning Commission, the following legal action(s) was taken:
1.Planning & Zoning Commission, 5 Haven Road, text amendment to allow the retail sale of medical and/or adult use of cannabis via special permit in the following districts:  Village District (V); Village District II (V-II); Business Village District (BV); and Rural Commercial District (RC).
A. Allow the cultivation, production, and manufacturing of cannabis be limited to the following district via special permit:  Commercial Business District (CB).
B.Remove the limited moratorium in Section 2.3.5; and,
C.Addition of new definitions in Section 22 associated with cannabis.
Text amendment was APPROVED with the following changes:  regarding Section 12.26.2, in the CB District, there must be a distance of at least 1,000 feet from a school/church, and such facility will have a solid, non-opaque roof.
Dated at Pomfret,
Connecticut
May 22, 2023
Lynn L. Krajewski,
Clerk
Planning & Zoning Commission
May 24, 2023

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JUNE  IS  DOG
LICENSING
MONTH

                             Pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes
                            Sec. 22-338, all dogs six months or older must
                           be licensed.
Fees are as follows: $8.00 for a neutered or spayed dog, and $19.00 for an unaltered dog. Valid rabies certificate required. New dog registrations require proof from your vet if your dog has been spayed/neutered.
All current dog licenses expire on June 30, 2023. There is a $1.00 per month late fee after July 1st.
ONLINE DOG LICENSE RENEWALS
Beginning June 1, 2023, the Putnam Town Clerk’s Office is pleased to offer dog owners an online license renewal option.                           Licenses may be renewed online if: (1) rabies information is current. AND (2) does not expire before 7/1/2023.
A fee of $1.75 per transaction will be added. Once a payment is made, it is recognized by the system and the new dog license will be sent within the next few days. The link to the online renewal system can be found under Dog Licensing on the Town Clerk’s page on www.putnamct.us.

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As much as I really enjoy planning a trip or an adventure, I fully feel that it is, typically, the Journey, rather than the Destination that makes things more interesting. However, it is usually the Destination that is the reason for the Journey in the first place, and so diminishing the importance of the Destination can also make the Journey feel a bit… pointless.
I mean, it would be hard to travel all the way to Paris for the first time and NOT visit the Eiffel Tower. Likewise, I don’t think that anyone who drives across the country to see the Grand Canyon ever feels that, upon their arrival, they should skip seeing the Grand view simply because they had ‘so much fun already’. But what happens when the Journey IS the Destination?
The simplest example of what I mean by this is climbing Mount Everest. Reaching the top of the mountain is clearly the Destination but the Journey to the top, and then back again, is the entirety of the experience and, typically, the primary thing that the climber remembers. Ask the climber about the view at the top and they will be able to respond with one word (AMAZING!) but ask the climber about getting to the top and 30 minutes later, you may still only be at Camp 1. Of course, most of us do not/will not climb Mount Everest, but even for those of us just taking a leisurely hike to reach a small peak; we wouldn’t keep going if we didn’t want to see the view.
I can remember a trip to Beijing wherein visiting The Forbidden City was the Destination for this day. The Forbidden City is an imperial palace with nearly a thousand buildings. And despite the throngs of people with entry tickets, it didn’t feel crowded… That is until I decided that I simply had to see the ancient (and most popular) throne of the Emperor in the Palace of the Supreme Harmony. Suddenly, I found myself standing amongst a mass of people who were steadfastly moving in a deliberate wave of motion that would, eventually, take me by the open door so that I could peak inside at the throne. I immediately had second thoughts about trying to see the throne, but it was too late to reverse my steps as more people had already filled the empty space behind me. The circle of movement grew tighter and tighter and soon I found that my body was actually lifted off the ground. I was scared and unsure about the whole experience but, I realized, that since I had wanted to see the throne, I was now along for the ride. My memory of the throne is that of a rather unassuming wooden bench. Of course, my memory of SEEING the throne also includes viewing the throne from my back, whilst my head was tilted to the left as I was carried by the door on the shoulders of a sea of people. Still, the view was better than when I went to the Louvre to SEE the Mona Lisa…
Jump! Jump!
Kathy Naumann, possessor of NATURALLY curly hair and the understanding that you can’t control everything!

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