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Norwalk zoning board denies variance for 6 Lane Road, asks for redesigned site plan
Summary
The Norwalk Zoning Board of Appeals voted 4-1 to deny without prejudice a variance request to build a single-family home at 6 Lane Road, citing lot constraints, lack of site detail and neighborhood concerns; the applicant was asked to return with a scaled site plan, landscaping and architecture more in keeping with the area.
NORWALK, Conn. — The Norwalk Zoning Board of Appeals on July 17 voted 4-1 to deny without prejudice a variance request to build a new single-family residence at 6 Lane Road, concluding that the application lacked sufficient site development detail, landscaping and architectural context for the neighborhood.
The applicant, represented by Patricia Gill of Gill and Gill Architects, sought multiple variances for a new single-family house in a CD-1M zone: reduced front-yard setbacks (30 feet required at Lane Road; 13 feet proposed; 30 feet required at East Rocks Road; 18.5 feet proposed), a 13-foot roofed entry into the Lane Road setback, and parking within the front setback (required 30 feet; proposals of 18 feet at Lane Road and 20 feet at East Rocks Road were cited in the application). The property is identified as District 1, Block 83, Lot 33 and the parcel traces to a subdivision recorded in 1928.
“The hardship is that it was cut as a buildable lot, and then the zoning regulations imposed all of the setbacks and restrictions on the lot after it was already subdivided,” Patricia Gill told…
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