Shelton commission denies proposed age‑restricted overlay, cites sewer, notice and density concerns

The Shelton Planning and Zoning Commission on April 16 denied, without prejudice, a proposed zoning text amendment that would add an age‑restricted residential development overlay to parts of the city.

The commission voted 6‑0 to deny application 2430 after a public hearing that drew more than a dozen speakers who said the change would allow dense, multiunit development in longstanding R‑1 single‑family neighborhoods. The denial was made without prejudice and the commission directed that questions about public sanitary sewer and city water availability be resolved with the city WPCA before the applicant returns.

The amendment, proposed by attorney Steven Bellis on behalf of the applicant, would have added “Section 37, age‑restricted residential development” to Shelton’s zoning regulations and created an overlay allowing multifamily units in specified areas southwest of Old Stratford Road and southeast of Route 8. Bellis told the commission the draft text limits density compared with a Conn. Gen. Stat. 8‑30g application, would cap units at 10 per parcel in qualifying locations and was intended to provide another option for…