LEGAL NOTICE OF DECISIONS

Notice is hereby given that at a meeting held on July 26, 2022, the Westport Zoning Board of Appeals took the following action:

1. GRANTED IN PART/DENIED IN PART: 9 Island Way: Application #ZBA-22-00324 by Andy Soumelidis, LANDTECH, for property owned by Eliot and Bobbi Essagof, for variance of the Zoning Regulation: §6-2.1.2 (Transfer of non-conforming building coverage), §6-2.1.3 (Alteration of non-conforming building coverage), §6-2.1.7 (Alteration of a non-conforming building in setbacks), §6-3.1 (Setbacks for a non-conforming lot), §6-3.3 (Height for a non-conforming lot), §13-4 (Setbacks), §13-5 (Height), §13-6 (Coverage) to construct a two-story front addition for an interior staircase and new front entryway in the setbacks and over Building and Total coverage; to construct a second story over the existing footprint with an elevator shaft over the allowed height; to construct an inground swimming pool over Total Coverage; and to construct a raised deck with a new staircase over Building and Total Coverage, located in Residence A district, PID #B02163000. Granted in part for setbacks and denied in part for height. 
2. GRANTED: 45 Jesup Road: Application #ZBA-22-00474 by Helen McAlindan, Homes with Hope, for property owned by the Town of Westport, for variance of the Zoning Regulation: §29-4 (Setbacks), to construct a shed dormer on existing building partially within the front setback, located in the Business Center District and Village District Overlay (BCD/VDO district), PID #C09154000.
3. GRANTED: 11 Deerwood Road: Application #ZBA-22-00283 by John Garment, for property owned by John Garment, for variance of the Zoning Regulation: §32-8.3.2 (Maximum Fill or Excavation Quantity), to authorize excavation and fill activities, including construction of a retaining wall, that result in fill height in excess of the maximum 0.20 ratio relative to the distance from the rear property line, located in Residence AA district, PID #E11031000.
4. GRANTED IN PART/DENIED IN PART: 79 Newtown Turnpike: Application #ZBA-22-00287 by Catherine Walsh, for property owned by Chabad Lubavitch of Westport, for variance of the Zoning Regulation: §6-2.1.7 (Relocation of dumpster in setback), §12-4 (Setbacks) and §32-9 (Unscreened dumpsters in setbacks), to modify ZBA #7641 to remove the condition to have dumpsters fenced in, to authorize retaining the play structures within the Setback, to relocate the dumpsters in the Setback and leave them unscreened, located in Residence AA district, PID #A14006000. Granted in part for setbacks and denied in part for dumpster screening.


5. GRANTED: 52 Morningside Drive South: Application #ZBA-22-00428 by Peter Cadoux Architects, for property owned by Jordan & Juliana Bulger, for variance of the Zoning Regulation: §11-4 (front setbacks) to extend an existing 1-story covered porch into the front setbacks, located in Residence AAA district, PID #G08006000.
6. GRANTED: 42 Washington Ave: Application #ZBA-22-00445 by Matthew & Lori Lustig, for property owned by Matthew & Lori Lustig, for variance of the Zoning Regulation: §13-6 (Building and Total Coverage), to modify previously approved variance case #20-00288 for construction of a smaller one car attached garage over Building and Total Coverage, located in the Residence A district, PID #D10036000.


A copy of the Legal Notice of Decision is available on-line at www.westportct.gov, on the Planning and Zoning Department main page. Due to the closing of Town Hall to the public during the COVID-19 emergency, and pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order #7I, the Legal Notice of Decision cannot be viewed at the Westport Town Clerk’s Office or the Westport Planning and Zoning Office at this time.

Dated on Westport, CT, July 29, 2022, James Ezzes, Chairman, Zoning Board of Appeals. 

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