Westport P&Z To Review 2 Text Amendments Monday

Press release from the Town of Westport:

WESTPORT, CT — Land Use Planner Amanda Trianovich has announced that on February 12, 2024 at 7 PM, the Planning and Zoning Commission’s Meeting agenda items include but are not limited to:

• Text Amendment #841: #PZ-24-00010 submitted Atty. Enrico R. Costantini to modify §32-18.5(d) of the Westport Zoning Regulations to allow certain properties located in the Residence A Zone, not including those in a Historic District regulated by the Historic District Commission, to be subdivided provided that the property contains a Historic Residential Structure that is at least 100 years old and the development on the new lot will not exceed the Total Coverage or Building Coverage that would otherwise be permitted under the Zoning Regulations. The amendment also adds language providing the age of a structure shall be determined by the Actual Year built as listed on the Tax Assessor’s Field Card. Clarifying language is also proposed to §32-18.5(e) referencing the Commission’s authority to reduce dimensional requirements pursuant to 32-18.5(a). The targeted benefiting property is 125 Riverside Avenue. Text Amendment #841. Supporting documents submitted by the applicant and other information may be viewed on the Town’s website here.

AND:

• Text Amendment #842: #PZ-24-00035 submitted by Rick Redniss of Redniss and Mead, to amend the Westport Zoning Regulations to modify the definition of General Development Plan in §5-2 to strikeout the word “final” before “site plan,” to provide clarity as there is no “preliminary” site plan; to modify standards in the Design Development District (DDD) No. 4 in §26 to increase allowable density for detached residential homes and impose a density limit, and impose a requirement that 30% of the homes shall be Special Needs Housing as described in §32-27 when property is north of the Merritt Parkway; and to modify §32-27, Special Needs Housing, to expand the location requirements to include privately-owned property in the DDD No. 4, north of the Merritt Parkway. The targeted benefitting property is 1 Glendinning Pl. for which a Special Permit/General Development Plan was also submitted and will be reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission simultaneously with Text Amendment #842. Both applications may be viewed on the Town’s website here.

The February 12, 2024, meeting will be live-streamed at 7:00 PM on the Town’s website at www.westportct.gov, and accessible on Optimum Government Access Channel 79. The remote meeting link is published on the meeting agenda available on the Town’s website on the “Meeting List and Calendar” web page. Written comments may be submitted and should be sent to PandZ@westportct.gov by 12:00pm on the day of the meeting if intended to be distributed for consideration by members of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Written comments received after 12:00pm on the day of the meeting will be entered into the record but will not be distributed until the next business day.

This press release was produced by the Town of Westport. The views expressed here are the author’s own.