AGENDA                                                          

June 19, 2014

I PUBLIC HEARING                                                   AUDITORIUM

                                                                                           7:00 P.M.

(At this time interested persons may be heard after being recognized by the chairman.

Written communications may be received for all applications until the public hearing is closed.  Applications and plans may be seen and examined in the Planning and Zoning Office, Room 203, Town Hall, 110 Myrtle Avenue, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm  Tuesday and Thursday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.)

The Commission will not start a public hearing on any applications after 10:00 p.m.  The Commission will adjourn no later than 11:00 p.m.

1. Amendment #677:  Appl. #14-024 by Town of Westport – James S. Marpe, First Selectman for a text amendment to the zoning regulations to modify §4-5 (Maximum Allowable Multi-Family Dwellings) to add “or age restricted senior housing on town-owned property constructed after the effective date of this regulation”,  to modify §32-15A.2 (Permitted Uses) to delete the words “A Zoning Permit for Assisted Living Facilities and Full Care Living Facilities cannot be issued until 35% of the Independent Living Facility units are built and Zoning Certificates of Compliance (ZCC’s) are issued. No less than sixty percent (60%) of any Independent Living Facility units with Zoning Certificates of Compliance (ZCC’s) issued shall be affordable units pursuant to §32-15A.6.”, to modify §32-15A.3 (Accessory Uses) to add “but not limited to” “cafes, salons” “recreational facilities” “amenities” and to delete “recreational facilities” to modify §32-15A.6.1 (Affordable Units) to delete “sixty” to add “ twenty” to delete 60% to add 20% to delete “dwelling” to add “Independent Living Facility” to modify §32-15A.6.2 to delete the words “on average the same number of bedrooms and” and to modify  §32-15A.9 (Setbacks) to add to the words “nor to other adjacent town-owned lots” to modify §32-15A.16 (Parking and Loading) to add a new section §32-15A.16.3 “Section 34-12, Concealed Parking, shall not apply” to modify §32-15A.18.1 to delete the word “five (5’)” and add the word “three (3’)” and  to modify §32-15A.18.3 and to add the words “except for connections between structures.”  Applicant’s presentation time:  20 minutes
2. 374 Post Road East:   (This application was opened and continued from 6/12/14.  No testimony was taken) Appl. #14-011 by Lawrence P. Weisman for property owned by Compo acres, LLC c/o Equity One Realty for a Site Plan approval for reconfiguration of parking layout and building façade renovations in a GBD/A zone, PID #D09122000.  Applicant’s presentation time:  20 minutes
3. 101 Harbor Road:   Appl. #14-018 Alan R. Spirer for property owned by 101 Harbor Road, LLC for a CAM Site Plan approval for a new single family dwelling in a Res A zone, PID #B02139000.  Applicant’s presentation time:  15 minutes
4. Amendment #676:  Appl. #021 by the Westport Planning and Zoning Commission for a text amendment to the zoning regulations to modify §32-8 (Excavation & Fill), to delete §32-8.1 and §32-8.1.1 (Exemptions) and add new section, §32-8.1 (Activities that require and Excavation & Fill Permit and Exempt Activities which provides “…that all regrading of properties regardless of the amount of disturbance or quantity of material shall require a Site Plan and Special Permit application except noted below…”and to create a new section §32-8.1.2 (Exemptions) which lists nine (9) different types of activities which are exempt from Excavation and Fill applications but must still adhere to the standards in sections §32-8.2 and §32-8.3, to modify §32-8.2.7 (Natural Existing Grades) to add a requirement that Excavation and Fill applications cannot be used to establish a new average grade for the purpose of measuring building height unless five years have passed since the date of approval, to modify §32-8.3.2 (Standards) to reduce manmade earth slopes to no greater than five horizontal to one vertical (20 %) slopes unless approved by the Town Engineer and to allow exemptions for grading within five feet of the property line for driveways and subdivision roads, to modify §32-8.3.3 (Standards) to change the word “excavating” to “excavated”, to add §32-8.3.10, to relocate a standard that was deleted from §32-8.1.4 regarding the pumping of ground water to a surface discharge point, to modify §32-8.4 (Restoration Plan) to delete the words “as part of a Site Plan” and to modify  §32-8.5 (Considerations Affecting Approval) to add the words “and Special Permit Review as found in §44-5 and §44-6”.  Applicant’s presentation time:  15 minutes

II  WORK SESSION

 (The following items will be discussed and voted on as time permits.  The public may observe the work session but not participate.)

1. Amendment #674:  Appl. #14-016 by Coastal Construction Group for a text amendment to the zoning regulations to Modify §34-11.2, Curb Cuts and Access Drives, to authorize the Planning and Zoning Commission to allow modifications to existing curb cuts on lots where more than two (2) curb cuts legally exist; Modify Chapter Title of §39A from “Inclusionary Housing Overlay District (IHZ)” to “Inclusionary Housing Zone (IHZ)” and modify the Chapter Title where it currently appears in other sections of the Zoning Regulations, including §4-1, §39A-1, §39A-2, and §39A-3, so that the abbreviation letters accurately correspond to the Chapter Title; Modify §39A-6, Setbacks, to provide cross-reference to new section proposed in §39A-20; Modify §39A-7, Height, to authorize the Planning and Zoning Commission to allow additional building height to encourage parking structures to be located beneath residential buildings provided the lot does not exceed 65% Total Coverage; Modify §39A-8, Coverage, to exempt from Coverage parking structures located beneath residential buildings or located beneath usable landscaped areas; Modify §39A-14, Parking, to provide cross-reference to new section proposed in §39A-20; Add new section §39A-20, Historic Preservation, to provide more flexible zoning standards (setbacks and parking) to facilitate the maintenance and/or relocation of historic buildings; to add standards requiring permanent preservation of historic buildings in the form of a Preservation Easement; and to add design guidelines for proposed rehabilitation of historic buildings consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s “Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings.”  

ANNUAL MEETING – Continued from 12/19/13  

1.  Update on Planning and Zoning Issues

2.  Planning and Zoning Goals and Objectives

3.  Planning and Zoning By-Law Review

1. Old Business
2. Other Items

a)      Sub-committee Reports

b)     0 Newtown Turnpike, (31 Grassy Plains Rd) Planning and Zoning Resolution #03-009 and #03-010, request for modification

3. New Business 

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