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Commission continues debate on reintroducing cornice (corner) signs; staff asked to refine lighting, size and adjacency rules
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously voted to continue deliberation on a proposed zoning text amendment to reintroduce “cornice” corner signs in parts of downtown Norwalk, asking staff to draft clearer lighting, height and adjacency rules before the item returns.
The Planning and Zoning Commission continued deliberation on a zoning text amendment that would reintroduce so‑called cornice or corner signs for buildings four stories or taller in the CD3C and CD4 districts. The motion to continue was unanimous.
RMS Real Estate Group, through attorney Liz Saatchi and marketing director Robert DuBree, presented the proposal and showed examples of existing corner signs in Norwalk that became legally nonconforming after the 2023 zoning rewrite. The proposed language would allow up to two corner signs per qualifying building, size limited to one square foot of sign per linear foot of building frontage where the sign is mounted, and would generally be available only for…
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