Town Of Westport: Text Amendment To Be Discussed At Upcoming P&Z Public Hearing

Westport CT

22 February, 2022

1:49 PM

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Press release from the Town of Westport: 02/22/2022 9:00 AM Planner Michael Kiselak has announced that on Feb. 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM, the Planning and Zoning Commission is holding a public hearing on Text Amendment #808 to modify the Zoning Regulations. The remote meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. Text Amendment #808, submitted by Richard Redniss of Redniss and Mead, proposes to modify the definition of "Unified Shopping Center" (USC) in §5-2, Definitions, of the Zoning Regulations to include additional non-residential uses that can qualify a property as a USC, such as Office, Restaurant, Healthcare Professional and Medical. This would enable additional properties to utilize the USC parking standards adopted by the Commission in 2021. Text Amendment #808 can be viewed online here. The applicant stated in their Explanatory Statement that the aim of the amendment is to: "Provide the flexibility needed to help…Unified Shopping Centers respond to the increasing difficulties of the brick-and-mortar retail and the changing dynamics of retail uses." The Feb. 28, 2022 public hearing will be live streamed at 7:00 PM on the Town's website at www.westportct.gov, and accessible on Optimum Government Access Channel 79 and Frontier Channel 6020.  Comments can be sent prior to the meeting at [email protected] and interested parties may join the meeting virtually to offer live testimony during the meeting. To access the meeting link, view the meeting agenda online here where the Zoom link is published.                                                               This press release was produced by the Town of Westport. The views expressed here are the author's own.