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Council approves multiple site plans, landscaping contract and several code/fee updates
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Summary
Norwalk approved the Affinity Credit Union site plan, amended site plan for Norwalk Central Sports Complex (pergola), awarded a $90,395 courtyard contract to Black Diamond Landscaping, and passed code updates and waivers including building-fee and truck-route corrections on Nov. 20.
At its Nov. 20 meeting Norwalk City Council approved several commercial site plans and construction contracts and enacted a set of administrative code and fee updates.
Affinity Credit Union: Staff described a site south of Hyper Energy Bar and recommended a parking-waiver for one stall that sits 10 feet from the right-of-way (code typically requires 15 feet). The site plan provides 20 parking stalls where code requires 10. Staff and council discussed limiting access to Hughes Drive and adding a raised curb island to force right-in/right-out movement; council approved the site plan and the waiver.
Norwalk Central Sports Complex and courtyard contract: Council approved an amended site plan that adds a permanent pergola between the field house and adjacent areas. The council then approved a contract with Black Diamond Landscaping LLC for the City State Bank/Norfolk Fieldhouse courtyard construction, with project funding cited at $90,395 using High Impact Grant funds, park-trust funding and additional city funds to cover overages.
Code and fee updates: Council approved non-substantive code changes affecting building permit fees, plan-review fees, truck-route corrections and tree-height references and then voted to waive the second and third readings. The council also approved a first reading to repeal and replace the city’s chapter governing the fire department to remove outdated volunteer terminology and to require council consent for appointment/dismissal of the fire chief rather than mayoral sole discretion. Finally, council approved a final reading to adjust secondary irrigation water rates from a tiered schedule to a flat meter rate.
Votes at a glance: the council approved each item on motions recorded by roll call; no major public objections were recorded during these items at the meeting.
What’s next: staff will complete contract paperwork for the fieldhouse courtyard, implement the site-plan conditions (parking island, access limitations), and prepare codified ordinance language for the fee and code changes.
