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Members of the Planning & Zoning Commission last week signaled that they’re preparing to deny a widely discussed application now before the appointed body to build a 102-unit development—including 31 apartments rented at affordable rates—on a 3.1-acre parcel at Weed and Elm Streets. Though it has not yet taken a formal final vote for the […]

The Planning & Zoning Commission last week approved a proposal from Dunkin Donuts to move from its current location on Elm Street down to the intersection at South Avenue.  P&Z during a regular meeting held June 28 voted 9-0 in favor of a site plan application for 44 Elm St., former site of the CBD […]

A forum held at Saxe Middle School on Thursday gave way to a number of varied opinions on...

The Planning & Zoning Commission this week signed off on plans to install sidewalks in four areas near downtown New Canaan. In addition to previously discussed sidewalks on Route 106 starting at Park Street and connecting first to Bristow Bird Sanctuary and then to Gower Road, as well as Lakeview Avenue between Millport Avenue and […]

Deliberations on a “most contentious” project before Planning and Zoning Commission...

Deliberations on a “most contentious” project before Planning and Zoning Commission...

Dark green shutters, a cupola and a weather vane are part of aesthetics planned for a new...

Saying a new New Canaan Library will benefit residents, businesses and the wider community, the Planning & Zoning Commission on Tuesday night voted 6-3 to approve the organization’s rebuilding plan. The proposed new library also is consistent with many tenets of the major document that guides development in town, P&Z Chair John Goodwin said during the appointed body’s special meeting, held via videoconference. The approval includes a condition that the library return to P&Z in four months w...

New Canaan Library on June 9, 2021. Credit: Michael Dinan During their seventh hearing on New Canaan Library’s application to rebuild its facility, members of the Planning & Zoning Commission last week set up a vote between two options regarding the fate of what remains of an original library building. One of them, tagged “Option A” and developed mainly by P&Z Chair John Goodwin, would allow for the library project to commence and, one year in, the organization would present options to P&...

It was easy to get the 1,000 signatures, many more than the 682 needed to prompt a...