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Commission approves text amendment and special permit for adaptive‑reuse hotel on Locust Avenue
Summary
The commission adopted a text amendment to allow hotels by special permit in Business C for adaptive‑reuse projects and approved Windward Development’s special permit and site plan to convert 39 and 49–51 Locust Ave. into a hotel, subject to conditions on materials, lot merger, construction logistics, refuse handling and limits on outdoor uses.
On Dec. 16 the New Canaan Planning and Zoning Commission approved a text amendment to permit hotels in the Business C zone by special permit when the hotel is located in an existing structure as part of an adaptive‑reuse project, and voted to grant the special permit and site plan for a proposed hotel at 39 and 49–51 Locust Avenue.
The text amendment adds hotels to the list of permitted uses by special permit in the Business C zone with narrowly defined dimensional…
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