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New Canaan commission approves retail pet-supply use at 272 Elm; grooming deferred pending zoning change
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Commission approved a site plan Dec. 17 to convert 272 Elm Street from a bank into a retail pet-supply store but limited the approval to retail only and deferred dog-grooming services until the town clarifies zoning language or the applicant returns with a separate approval.
The New Canaan Planning & Zoning Commission on Dec. 17 voted to approve a site plan to convert 272 Elm Street — a former bank building — into a retail pet-supply store, but the commission excluded on-site dog-grooming from the approval pending changes to local zoning definitions.
The applicant, identified at the hearing as “Oso, president of BMI,” told the commission the project would enclose the rear drive-through to create an interior grooming area and otherwise leave the façade and parking unchanged. Oso said grooming would be a full-service, drop-off operation rather than…
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