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Norwalk approves zoning changes to address housing‑element requirements and regulate uses
Summary
The council adopted zoning text amendments to address uses covered by a prior moratorium (payday lenders, laundromats, car washes), provide standards for emergency shelters and low‑barrier navigation centers, and allow targeted mixed‑use development and lot consolidation incentives to comply with the housing element.
Norwalk City Council adopted a package of zoning text amendments on Dec. 2 aimed at implementing housing‑element commitments and responding to a prior urgency moratorium. City staff and consultant Laura Stetson (MIG) said the amendments establish standards for specific uses, update definitions, and create regulations for group homes, emergency shelters and low‑barrier navigation centers in…
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