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Planning & Zoning Commission, June 24, 2026

Deferred: Manresa Wilds zone change, text amendment, and development park master plan special permit, unanimous

3h 3m29,361 words
73 mentionspublic hearingzoningrezoningcomprehensive planresidentialapprovedcommercialindustrialtraffic studydensityland usespecial use permitNorwalk, CT
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What happened

On June 24, 2026, the Planning & Zoning Commission deferred Manresa Wilds zone change, text amendment, and development park master plan special permit (unanimous).

The Norwalk Planning & Zoning Commission opened the public hearing for the Manresa Wilds application (case 2026-41) by Manresa Osprey LLC / Manresa Island Corp, seeking a zone map change from CD1S to a new Special District Manresa Wilds (SDMW), a zoning text amendment, and a spec…

Meeting key facts
Jurisdiction
Norwalk, CT
Governing body
Advisory (makes a recommendation)
Date
June 24, 2026
Decisions
1 zoning decision
Outcome
Deferred, unanimous

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Manresa Wilds zone change, text amendment, and development park master plan special permit

Public hearing opened for application 2026-41 by Manresa Osprey LLC to (1) rezone the ~125-acre Manresa Island property on Longshore Avenue from CD1S to a new Special District Manresa Wilds (SDMW), (2) a companion zoning text amendment, and (3) a special permit for a development park master plan to...

Key Decisions (1)

Continued

Manresa Wilds zone change, text amendment, and development park master plan special permit

Vote: unanimousMoved by Austin McCord

Zoning Changes (1)

CD1SSDMWapproximately 125 acres

Development Activity (1)

Manresa Wilds

Other

Market Signals (4)

Infrastructure

The site is served by a permanent Eversource-owned/operated electric transmission…

Commercial Demand

Traffic consultants project up to ~792,000 annual visitors at full…

Sentiment

Community reuse studies showed overwhelming support for passive public open…

Infrastructure

Norwalk Transit District is considering extending Route 2 to a…

Agenda results

Who spoke

20 distinct speakers; 10 identified names.

All speaker roles: 3 Witness, 7 Commissioner, 4 Applicant, 1 Chair, 1 Applicant Rep, 2 Staff, 1 Attorney, 1 Unknown.

Identified name roles: 3 Witness, 4 Applicant, 1 Applicant Rep, 1 Staff, 1 Attorney.

Speaker sample: Austin McCord, Applicant.

9 more identified names in Pro: 3 Witness, 3 Applicant, 1 Applicant Rep, 1 Staff, 1 Attorney.

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Zoning terms (12)

73 recorded timestamps

  • public hearing (3 timestamps)
  • zoning (31 timestamps)
  • rezoning (2 timestamps)
  • comprehensive plan (1 timestamps)
  • residential (4 timestamps)
  • approved (15 timestamps)

Decision moments (1)

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