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Council initiates rezoning reviews, rezones small lot and moves to study rules for larger detached garages
Summary
Council approved a first reading to rezone two parcels to RE1, initiated a broader rezoning review to align older neighborhoods with the Founders District, and asked planning staff to examine amending the code to allow detached garages to exceed a home's square footage.
The Norwalk City Council on Thursday approved a first reading rezoning for two parcels on Fifth Lane and initiated two rezoning studies aimed at aligning older neighborhoods with Founders District rules and addressing restrictions on detached garage sizes.
Planning staff said the rezoning request for 1.6 acres behind a house on Fifth Lane would reclassify two parcels from AR (Agricultural Reserve) to RE1 (single-family rural estate) so a new house could be built on a split parcel. "The property owner owns both pieces of it, and they would like to rezone that piece of land ... to RE1 so that a house…
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