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Booth Court neighbor contends that laws requiring disclosure of lead paint are very strict, and penalties for noncompliance are steep. “According to EPA and HUD, since each Disclosure Rule requirement is a distinct obligation, failure to comply with any requirement constitutes a violation. Currently, Disclosure Rule violations are punishable up to $11,000 per violation.” Continue Reading →
Despite a show of force by RTM members and neighbors of the Audi dealership on West Putnam Ave, Audi won approval for their expansion and updates to exterior lighting. Peter Quigley, member of the harbor commission expressed “grave” concerns about pollution to Horseneck Brook, which feeds into Long Island Sound. There was also vociferous opposition came from a stream of RTM members from all parts of town, including Mike Warner, Peter Berg and Bill Galvin, as well as Ginny Gwynn, director of Greenwich Land Trust. T Continue Reading →
At the Feb 11 P&Z meeting, neighbors of the Audi dealership on West Putnam Ave expressed frustration with lights being left on at night and casting glare into their homes, as well as concerns about pollution into Horseneck Brook and flooding. Neighbors were also frustrated at what they described as a lack of communication from the Audi dealership. Continue Reading →
Milbrook residents turned out for Tuesday’s P&Z meeting to oppose a lot split at 156 Overlook Drive, citing diminished value to wildlife, a canyon effect of homes built on steep slope, and destruction of natural rock formations that are part of the Greenwich heritage. “The real question isn’t can you do it? But should you do it?…Someone will buy it, sell it and move on…Pounding this thing into submission and jamming two houses in it that you have to enter from the garages. It is not good for us. It is not good for Milbrook. It is not good for Greenwich.” – Waldo Abbot of Milbrook Continue Reading →
The building at 80 Mason Street, previously home to Greenwich Fine Properties may soon become home to a supplier of men’s suits. Continue Reading →
Is Greenwich Park going to the birds? Or can all of us just … get along. Read the details about the Important Bird Project to be taken under consideration by Town Hall. Continue Reading →
Sara Darer Littman to GRS attorney Slane: “I really hope his clients are proud of themselves for playing these games with other people’s lives.” Continue Reading →
“I couldn’t have dreamed of a better location,” said Greenwich Dance Studio’s founder Kate Truesdell of her new home at 6 Cross Lane in Cos Cob. She has leased and is renovating the former Callahan Bros Movers warehouse, owned by Griff Harris, and plans to open in September. Continue Reading →
A proposal from Castiglione Funeral Home to move into the site formerly occupied by Summer Rain was not decided on during this weeks’ P&Z meeting. The item was hotly debated by attorneys, and ultimately left as an open item. Continue Reading →
Though Christopher von Keyserling interrupted with an objection to the meeting itself, the Architectural Review committee looked at Greenwich Reform Synagogue plans. Lawsuit notwithstanding the application got “helpful suggestions,” and goes in front of the Planning and Zoning Commission on July 29. Continue Reading →