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Hearing officer fines Norwalk property owner $7,500 after finding illegal rooming-house conversion and short-term rentals
Summary
A hearing officer found that the converted garage at 34 Garner St. contained individually locked bedrooms and a shared kitchen and imposed a $7,500 fine after the owner continued to advertise the space on Airbnb despite prior notices.
Robert Vaseline, the hearing officer presiding over Norwalk City Planning & Zoning enforcement hearings on Jan. 22, 2025, imposed a $7,500 fine on the owner of 34 Garner Street after finding an unpermitted conversion of a garage into rented sleeping rooms and an active short-term rental listing.
Vaseline said the property had been inspected on Sept. 18, 2024, and staff found a former garage space walled and finished as living quarters with multiple individually locked bedrooms and a kitchenette. Zoning staff also located an Airbnb listing that matched interior photos taken during the inspection. Vaseline said the owner received…
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