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New Canaan subcommittee reviews three town sites, weighs parking and public outreach to pursue 2032 moratorium
Summary
Consultants presented two schematic options each for Richmond Hill, Locust Avenue and the Lumberyard; the committee debated parking, phasing and outreach and set a Feb. 3 subcommittee meeting to select preferred options before public engagement.
NEW CANAAN, Conn. — At a Jan. 20 special meeting, the Affordable Housing Committee’s project-development subcommittee heard schematic designs from consultants Amenta Emma for three town-owned sites — Richmond Hill, Locust Avenue and the Lumberyard — as members discussed whether and how the town could meet requirements for a rolling moratorium under state law by 2032.
Krista Nielsen, a subcommittee member who chaired the meeting, opened by outlining public outreach plans that would accompany a preferred option: “We could probably be to a preferred option by June,” she said, urging the group to “keep this process moving” so design, permitting and financing can proceed in time for certificates of occupancy required under the 8‑30g moratorium pathway.
Consultants Miles Brown and Jeremy of Amenta Emma presented two conceptual schemes per site that balanced unit yield, height (generally three to four stories) and parking. Richmond Hill, the smallest site, produced 18–20 units in the presented…
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