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Norwalk zoning board approves height variance for 6 Golden Court to meet FEMA elevation
Summary
The Norwalk Zoning Board approved a variance allowing owners of 6 Golden Court on Bell Island to raise the existing house to meet FEMA and local elevation requirements, after removing a proposed north-side addition and limiting work to the current building footprint.
The Norwalk Zoning Board voted to approve a variance for 6 Golden Court that allows the owners to raise the existing house to meet FEMA flood-elevation requirements while keeping the current footprint, the board said at a continued public hearing.
Board members and the applicant’s team said the revised proposal removes a previously requested north-side addition and limits the work to elevating the existing structure and adding interior access stairs and an elevated rear deck and walkway.
The variance request (agenda item 25-09-18-03) was continued from a prior meeting. Staff said the property sits entirely inside a FEMA V zone (VE15) and within 100 feet of coastal resources; under Norwalk rules the bottom of the building’s superstructure must be two feet above the FEMA elevation. Architect Howard Kelly told the board the house’s existing first-floor elevation is 12.7 feet and the team is…
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