NORWALK — The Norwalk Zoning Board of Appeals on Wednesday continued the public hearing for 6 Lane Road (ACR Property LLC) to its July 17 meeting after a neighbor and staff told the board the required onsite public‑hearing sign was not posted.

Tammy Maldonado, zoning enforcement officer, told the board an email and a field check indicated the sign announcing the meeting was removed after the prior session and not visible at the site today. Architect Patsy Gill and owner Arnold Cuelo both told the board they believed the signs had been reinstalled, but a neighbor who raised the concern — Amy Coieo — said the signs were still missing when she checked yesterday.

Because site posting is a required component of notice for public hearings, board members concluded they could not legally proceed. "If the notice posted on the site is not present, we would not hear the applicant today," several commissioners said on the record.

The board directed the applicant to re‑post the required sign immediately and to confirm it remains in place; commissioners also asked the applicant to notify staff and verify the sign before the July meeting. The board formally continued the item to July 17, and advised the applicant to confirm the sign remains posted and to coordinate with staff before the next hearing.

The item on the agenda requested variances for front-yard setbacks and parking to allow a new single‑family house on an undersized lot in CD‑1M zoning. Staff’s written memo, read at the hearing, notes that the subject parcel is an undersized lot of 7,161 square feet where the current minimum is 12,500 square feet and that multiple frontages require 30‑foot setbacks on each fronting property line, creating a small buildable envelope.

Board members described the signage issue as equivalent to missing mailed notices and said they would not proceed without the on‑site posting being verifiable. The owner, Arnold Cuelo, said he did not authorize anyone to remove the sign and believed it had been reinstalled, but acknowledged he had not personally inspected the site that day.

The board recorded the continuance on the record and instructed staff to verify the posted sign before the July 17 hearing.