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New Canaan ZBA approves settlement with RKVN LLC, adds screening requirement tied to occupancy

New Canaan Zoning Board of Appeals · January 6, 2026
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Summary

The Zoning Board of Appeals voted to approve a settlement with RKVN LLC that adds a paragraph requiring discussion of plantings and, if no neighbor agreement is reached, mandatory screening to hide a deer fence within 18 months of the certificate of occupancy for the house on Parcel 246.

The New Canaan Zoning Board of Appeals on Jan. 5 approved a settlement with RKVN LLC and multiple neighbors that adds a requirement for landscaping to screen a deer fence along Parcel 246.

The board, meeting after an executive session, voted to add a paragraph to the town’s agreement that "Following the construction of the house at Parcel 246, RKVN shall use reasonable efforts to discuss with the owners of Parcel 246 the plantings they intend to install ... and any of their plantings will provide additional shielding of the existing deer fence on the boundary of Parcel 251 and 246 to reduce the visibility for a distance of 50 feet from the roadway, and the deer fence shall be screened in the front yard." The paragraph also states that "should such an agreement and…

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