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Commission approves broad zoning text amendments covering siding, permit expirations, artist live/work rules, and more
Summary
The commission approved a multi-part text amendment making technical and policy changes: permitting corrugated metal in light industrial zones, aligning permit expirations with state statute, easing artist live/work rules (with staff‑guided workforce housing language), clarifying encroachment and frontage rules, and adjusting duplex height rules among other items.
The Planning & Zoning Commission voted Nov. 26 to adopt a wide-ranging package of zoning text amendments intended to fix technical problems and adjust policy settings following Norwalk’s recent zoning rewrite.
Staff presented changes grouped across articles: allowing corrugated/sheet metal siding in light industrial zones; aligning zoning permit expiration language with Connecticut statutes; making artist live/work uses an as‑of‑right option with tailored…
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