Zoning Board of Appeals, August 20, 2026
Approves Coastal site plan approval at 1 Westmere Place, unanimous
What happened
The Norwalk Zoning Board of Appeals approved two variances on 2026-08-20: a parking-location variance for McCree Properties at 218 Flax Hill Road (case 26-0716-02) conditioned on DPW driveway/sight-line improvements, and a total building height variance plus coastal site plan app…
- Jurisdiction
- Norwalk, CT
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- August 20, 2026
- Decisions
- 5 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, unanimous
Free sample: decision 1 of 5
Continuance for 38 Westmere
Applicant's representative Kurt, appearing on behalf of the homeowners, requested a continuance to the September meeting to present a revised design. Board voted unanimously to continue.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
The Norwalk Zoning Board of Appeals approved two variances on 2026-08-20: a parking-location variance for McCree Properties at 218 Flax Hill Road (case 26-0716-02) conditioned on DPW driveway/sight-line improvements, and a total building height variance plus coastal site plan app…
Key Decisions (5)
Continuance for 38 Westmere
Parking variance at 218 Flax Hill Road
Building height variance at 1 Westmere Place
Coastal site plan approval at 1 Westmere Place
Construction-start extension at 53 Rowayton Avenue
Development Activity (2)
New single-family dwelling at 1 Westmere Place
Residential
Second-story addition at 53 Rowayton Avenue
Residential
Market Signals (3)
Housing Demand
New Norwalk zoning regulations effective July 1, 2026 eliminate parking…
Infrastructure
Increasingly restrictive FEMA and Norwalk flood-zone freeboard requirements (base flood…
Labor
Applicant reported repeated difficulty securing contractors—one backed out and two…
Who Spoke (12)
On the record: the chair, 3 board members, a staff member, 4 applicant's representatives, and 2 witnesses.
Agenda scorecard
Our pre-meeting forecast, graded against the recorded voteZoneWire called 3 of 3 land-use forecasts on this agenda.
53 Rowayton Ave variance
1 Westmere Ave variance
38 Westmere Ave variance
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