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Danbury planning panel approves three site actions, refers sewer-extension request for 72 Liberty Street
Summary
The Danbury Planning Commission on March 18 approved three permits and resolutions — an interior renovation for a treatment center, a revised cluster-development site plan, and a floodplain permit — and issued a positive referral for a sewer extension to serve a proposed 12-unit building on Liberty Street. One large commercial proposal was continued to April 1 at the applicant's request.
The Danbury Planning Commission approved three items and referred a sewer-extension request during a short virtual meeting on March 18, 2026, and continued a high‑profile application to the commission’s April 1 session.
Planning staff recommended approval of a draft resolution for the Western Connecticut Council on Alcoholism’s interior renovation at 38 Old Ridgeberry Road, and commissioners voted to approve the resolution with conditions. "The applicant submitted revised plans in response to our February 19 staff report," Ally, planning staff, told the commission.
The commission also approved a revised special-exception/site-plan for BRT Skansen LLC’s cluster development (the Ridgetop) at 10 Damia Drive with the standard conditions staff outlined, including filing HOA declarations, city‑council approval for any water or sewer extension, a construction sequencing plan to protect nearby houses, engineering verification that storm drainage is functioning before issuance of structure permits, and a fire-marshal condition to maintain a minimum 20‑foot unobstructed roadway for emergency access.
Ally said staff will allow grading, drainage and foundation permits to proceed while the engineer completes verification, but structure permits will require confirmation that storm drainage systems are functioning as designed. Commissioners asked clarifying questions about private roads and which looped driveway the fire-marshal condition applied to before approving the resolution with conditions.
The commission approved a floodplain permit application from GPR Owner LP for 2 Great Pasture Road. Planning staff noted parts of the site lie in the Still River’s AE flood zone, with a published base flood elevation of 355.4 feet. "The finished floor elevation of the building remains 363.4 feet, which is 8 feet above the base flood elevation," Ally said, adding that the proposed site work results in a total cut of 334 cubic yards and "no net fill below the 100‑year floodplain." The commission voted to approve the draft resolution with administrative requirements.
On referrals, staff reported that municipal sewer mains terminate roughly 200 feet from the Liberty Street site and expressed no objection to a city‑council sewer-extension request that would serve a proposed 12‑unit garden apartment (one building, two stories, six units per floor) at 72 Liberty Street. "Staff has no objection to this request of the sewer extension along Liberty Street to the subject property," Ally said. The commission made a positive referral to the City Council.
A higher‑profile application from Danbury Mill Plain Realty LLC — a proposed automobile service station, service garage and convenience market at 85 Mill Plain Road with projected trip generation over 500 vehicle trips per day — was tabled at the applicant attorney’s request and continued to the April 1 meeting so the applicant’s environmental consultant and traffic engineer can attend.
The commission ran through routine business, approved the March 4 minutes, and adjourned. The next meeting is scheduled for April 1, 2026. The transcript did not record individual roll‑call tallies by name for the voice votes; outcomes reported here reflect the motions and results entered on the public record during the March 18 session.
