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ZBA grants setback variance for chimney relocation at 3 Gull Road in Rowayton

3229024 · April 18, 2025
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Summary

The board approved a variance allowing homeowners at 3 Gull Road to relocate an existing chimney within an existing nonconforming secondary front setback; applicants presented historic lot constraints and neighbors submitted letters of support.

The Norwalk City Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously April 17 to grant a variance that allows a homeowner to relocate an existing chimney at 3 Gull Road, a corner lot in Rowayton, where a change to the city's 2024 zoning rules created a new secondary-frontage setback that rendered the existing chimney nonconforming.

Attorney Alexis Brooks, representing homeowners Deborah and Jack Smith, told the board the lot is legally undersized…

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