The Danbury Planning Commission held a virtual meeting on January 7, 2026, with a quorum of Chairman Arnold Finaldi Jr., Vice Chairman Bob Kyokio, and Commissioner Helen Hofstetter. The agenda included the acceptance of previous minutes, a continued public hearing for a residential development at Ridgetop, and a series of statutory referrals regarding a lease renewal, a water main extension, a utility easement condemnation, and a zoning amendment for self-storage in the CG20 district. The commission voted to continue the major public hearing and issued one positive referral for the zoning amendment petition.
You and welcome everyone to the January 7th, 2026 meeting of the Danbury Planning Commission. I will open with the roll call, Mr. Kyokio. I think you muted, Bob. You're still muted. I see you, and I see your I see your lips moving. I know you're not. How's that? Better. Yes, there you go. All right. He's here. Thank you. Miss Hof Setter. And uh we uh believe it or not, uh, ladies and gentlemen, we have no other regular members or uh alternates at this time. So it's Chairman Finaldi, uh, Mr. Kyokio and Miss Hofstetter. We do let the record show we do have a quorum. Um I'll open with the Zoom introduction. This meeting of the Danbury Planning Commission is being held on Zoom as a virtual meeting, even though this meeting is a virtual meeting. Members of the public and interested parties continue to have the opportunity to participate in the meeting in a couple of different ways. You can participate via Zoom and see the audio and the video, or you can call in by phone and participate via audio only. Please be aware that we may have to mute your microphone or telephone to avoid an echo or some other background noise. Instructions on how to participate in the meeting appear on the City of Danbury website, and all of the documents and materials that apply to the matters to be discussed during this meeting, including the agenda, are also available on the City of Danbury website. As always, if you have any questions regarding how to participate in the meeting, please contact the City of Danbury Planning and Zoning Department as a reminder. The entire meeting will be posted on and can be seen on the City of Danbury website. We will follow the posted agenda for standard practice. If prior to the meeting, any questions or comments on agenda items were submitted via email to the planning and zoning department. Those comments will be read during the appropriate portion of the meeting. Finally, please remember that technology glitches sometimes do occur. Please be patient if that happens. Um the first item on our agenda is acceptance of the minutes of December 3rd, 2025. Unless there's any discussion or corrections, I'll entertain a motion to accept those minutes. Mr. Chairman, so moved. Thank you, Helen. Second. Second by Mr. Kyokio. Any discussion? All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed. The minutes are accepted. Let the record show that our next regular meeting will be scheduled for January 21st, 2026. Also, the um previously submitted application uh for MSM 44 Old Ridgebury Road LLC has been withdrawn. Uh, as shown on the agenda, it was withdrawn on October 21st, 2025. If anyone was tuning in this evening uh to hear um any testimony or anything else on that particular application, again, it has been withdrawn. MSM 44 Old Bridgebury Road LLC. We do have one new public hearing on our agenda this evening.