New London — The Planning and Zoning Commission on Thursday night again continued a public hearing on a zoning amendment to allow residential housing in a swath of land along Colman Street and potentially open the door for a future affordable-housing complex on the former Edgerton School property.

Before the continuation late Thursday, people spoke for and against the proposed change.

Attorney Mathew Greene, the applicant, continued to urge the commission to consider mixed use in the C-2 zone to be consistent with current planning trends.

Greene represents Affordable Housing and Services Collaborative and Peabody Properties, the companies who own and are seeking to construct a 124-unit affordable-housing complex on the former school property at 120 Cedar Grove Ave.

When a decision does come, it will be without Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman Barry Levine. At the onset of the hearing, Greene asked Levine and commissioner Teresa Rakow to recuse themselves. Both, Greene argued, owned property along Colman Street and had what some might view as a perceived conflict of interest because of a financial interest in the proximity of the zone proposal.

Levine, who is a partner in the LLC that owns the family-run Rapid Car Wash, recused himself and left the meeting. Rakow said she rents property and declined to recuse herself.

— Greg Smith