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Bridgeport ZBA denies use-variance for 65 Stillman Street after neighbors warn of parking, noise and health impacts
Summary
The Bridgeport Zoning Board of Appeals denied a request to allow light vehicle repair and limited sales at 65 Stillman Street, after residents and neighborhood leaders urged the board to require a clear property hardship and warned about parking, fumes and enforcement gaps.
The Bridgeport Zoning Board of Appeals on Monday denied a use-variance request for 65 Stillman Street that would have allowed a small vehicle repair shop and limited online sales inside an existing taxi depot building.
Attorney Chris Russo, representing the applicant, told the board the property has a long industrial history and that the proposed operation — focused on indoor repair of classic “muscle cars,” no painting, no hazardous chemical storage and customers by appointment — would reduce the site’s intensity. Russo proposed conditions including a limit of 10 vehicles stored and repaired inside the building, five designated on-site…
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