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Perfect Provenance wants to convert the the existing retail food establishment (Café 47) to restaurant use and modify the parking requirement on the basis that there are nearby municipal lots and anticipated foot traffic. Continue Reading →
The bill, introduced by Connecticut Democrats, proposes a sliding scale additional municipal property tax assessment on towns not meeting the Connecticut General Statutes 8-30g mandate (the affordable housing statute) of 10% affordable housing. Continue Reading →
New listing, 77 Orchard Street, Cos Cob. Centrally located in Cos Cob with an in-ground pool for an incredible price, this home won’t last. Full open house list included. Continue Reading →
In Greenwich, where a .1 or .2 acre lot located downtown with a “tear down house” fetches well over $1 million, some argued the result of 1024 would be a proliferation of expensive condos or rental apartments. It might not create affordable units, but instead erode what little remains of downtown’s middle class housing stock. Continue Reading →
The applicant seeks to create a conforming use on the first floor with a restaurant and bakery, but want a non conforming use on the second floor. The second floor group fitness gym is not allowed on a second floor (only one-on-one fitness is allowed on second floor), so NY Sports Club’s second floor use was non conforming. The regulations do not articulate vertical changes in non conformities. Continue Reading →
These proposed bills not only ignore the economic reality of home pricing in high opportunity towns, but their adoption will suffocate efforts in affluent communities to create actual affordable units via private sector development.” – Danielle Dobin, Westport P&Z chair Continue Reading →
Proposed state legislation for short term rentals, SB 1025 is 7th on the agenda for a public hearing of the state Planning & Development Committee on Monday March 15. Continue Reading →
The LWV Greenwich together with the YWCA Greenwich and the Greenwich Association of Realtors will host a
panel discussion about zoning reforms being proposed by DesegregateCT in Hartford this legislative session and
how they will affect Greenwich. Continue Reading →
Greenwich real estate report featuring this week’s highlights and the 2020 Greenwich market report broken down by neighborhoods. Full open house list is included. Continue Reading →
P&Z chair Margarita Alban said municipalities control zoning only because the state delegated that authority to zoning commissions of individual municipalities. The state can take it back. “We have to obey state law.” – Margarita Alban, P&Z chair Continue Reading →