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Planning commission approves floodplain permit for City water pumping station at Lake Kenosha
Summary
The Danbury Planning Commission approved a floodplain permit for a new water pumping station near Lake Kenosha; staff said grading results in no net fill (about 280 cubic yards placed, 294 cubic yards removed) and engineering sign‑off was received. Approval included standard certification and a requirement to return for any modifications.
The Danbury Planning Commission voted March 5 to approve a City of Danbury Public Utilities Division floodplain permit for proposed work at 18 Christopher Columbus Avenue, a site at Lake Kenosha near city soccer fields.
Deputy planning director Jennifer Aminger presented the staff recommendation and explained the site is within an unnumbered A zone where no FEMA base flood elevation is established; the commission uses an established base flood elevation of 455.4 for the area. Aminger said the project proposes approximately 280 cubic yards of fill while grading will remove about 294 cubic yards, yielding no net fill below the 100‑year flood and resulting in some additional storage capacity.
"They're proposing to fill approximately 280 cubic yards of fill. However, based off of the grading, they're actually removing 294 cubic yards, which means there's no net fill," Aminger said. She told the commission the engineering department signed off on grading and storm drainage and that the project complies with the cited floodplain criteria (sections 7 a 5 c and 7 a 7). Staff recommended standard conditions, including written certification that compensatory storage and improvements were constructed per the approved plan and a requirement that any modifications return for a revised floodplain permit.
Commissioner Helen moved to approve the floodplain permit with the administrative requirements identified in the staff report; the motion was seconded and the commission voted in favor. The permit was approved with the standard conditions outlined by staff.
The approval is subject to the conditions discussed on the record, and any changes to the approved work must come back to the commission for a revised floodplain permit.
