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Norwalk panel approves Baby Beluga’s request to expand home daycare from 12 to 18 children
Summary
The commission approved a special permit to allow Baby Beluga Family Daycare at 43 Bettswood Drive to increase capacity from 12 to 18 children, subject to state licensing and required building permits; neighborhood residents raised traffic, parking and noise concerns while parents and clients supported the expansion.
The Norwalk Planning and Zoning Commission voted to approve a special permit allowing Baby Beluga Family Daycare at 43 Betswood Drive to increase from 12 to 18 children. The commission’s approval followed a public hearing that included technical reviews from the city’s engineering and transportation departments, statements from the applicant’s consultants, and more than a dozen public comments for and against the expansion.
Craig Blarity of Redness and Mead, representing the applicant, said the proposal does not change the house’s size or mass but would reconfigure the driveway and parking to improve on-street conditions. “The primary improvements to the site take what is currently the single t intersection driveway … and make a looping driveway. We believe, this will improve, the drop off and pick up on the site,” Blarity told the commission. He said the Department of Public Works engineering division reviewed the drainage report and issued a sign-off dated June 25, and the…
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