To be inserted in the Westport News
On: October 21, 2011
Friday
LEGAL NOTICE OF DECISION
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting held on October 13, 2011, the Westport Planning and Zoning Commission took the following action:
1. GRANTED: 245 Post Road East, Appl. #11-048 by Saugatuck Nursery School Inc. for a Special Permit and Site Plan approval to increase school capacity from 30 to 48 students and add an additional classroom, in a Res A zone, PID #D09138000..
2. APPROVED: 561 Post Road East, Appl. #11-041 by Terrain, c/o Ken Nemeth for property owned by CJ Curran LLC and WHK, Inc. for a Site Plan approval for a mixed use project including a restaurant and retail sales establishment, in a renovated building and associated site work, in a RBD zone, PID #E09067000.
3. ADOPTED: Amendment #638, Appl. #11-039 by William J. Fitzpatrick, III for an amendment to the Westport Zoning Regulations to modify §30, Historic Design District (HDD); §30-1 (Purpose), to allow office use, primarily above the first floor; §30-2.2 (e), (Special Permit Uses), to delete the words “on the ground floor; and on the upper floors not to exceed 10% of the sum of the gross floor area of all buildings existing on the effective date of the HDD”; 30-2.2 (h), (Special Permit Uses), to add the words “are permitted as follows”, to delete the words “and not to exceed 10% of the sum of gross floor area of all buildings existing on the effective date of the HDD.” And to add “not on the ground floor with the exception of the ground floor of the largest building existing on the date of this amendment, and up to 500 square feet of ground floor area abutting said building”; §30-5.1, (Maximum Height), to modify building height to allow an increase in height up to three feet to a building on a lot bordered by the HDD on more than four sides and abutting the largest lot in the HDD as of the effective date of this amendment; §30-6.1 (Building Coverage), to modify to allow building coverage of 100% on a lot bordered by the HDD on more than four sides and abutting the largest lot in the HDD as of the effective date of this amendment; §30-8.1, (Existing FAR), to modify that no FAR limitations shall apply to a lot bordered by the HDD on more than four sides and abutting the largest lot in the HDD, or to the conversion to floor area of an existing area constituting building coverage as of the effective date of this amendment ; §30-8.4, ( Total FAR), to modify that no FAR limitations shall apply to a lot bordered by the HDD on more than four sides and abutting the largest lot in the HDD as of the effective date of this amendment , or to the conversion to floor area of an existing area constituting building coverage. Effective date: 11/14/11
The above items were approved/granted/adopted and are on file with the Planning and Zoning Office in Town Hall at 110 Myrtle Avenue.
Dated at Westport, Connecticut this 21st day of October, 2011
Ron Corwin, Chairman, Planning and Zoning Commission
