The Danbury Planning Commission met virtually on April 16, 2026, to continue the public hearing for an application by Mill Danbury Mill Plane Realty LLC for special exception and site plan approval to operate an automobile service station, service garage, and convenience market at 85 Mill Plain Road. The applicant presented revised plans and addressed concerns regarding underground storage tanks, environmental remediation, stormwater, and traffic. The hearing was continued to allow staff review of the latest submissions.
Thank you and welcome everybody to the April 1st, 2026 meeting of the Danbury Planning Commission. We will open with the roll call. Mr. Chiocchio. Here. Ms. Ostetter? Here. Mr. Nazario. Here. And Chairman Finalti is here. We do have a quorum. We will not uh seat any alternates. We don't have any alternates to seat at this time. Um let me open the meeting by reading the standard Zoom intro. 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 as per 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. Commission members, the minutes of the um March 18th meeting were previously distributed. Unless there's any corrections or comments, I'll entertain a motion to accept those minutes. Mr. Chairman, I'll make a motion to accept the minutes. Thank you. Bob do you have a second? Uh second. Thank you, Ellen Second. Any discussion? All in favor, please say aye. All right. Opposed. The minutes are accepted. Let the record show our next regular meeting is scheduled for April 15th, 2026. Please note your calendars accordingly. We have no new public hearings this evening, so we're going to go right to item one under our continuation of public hearings. Item one, Mill Danbury Mill Plane Realty LLC. Application for special exception, site plan approval for automobile service station, service garage, and convenience markets, sections 3e2, 3e9, 5B2B1, and 9 with trip generation greater than 500 vehicle trips per day in the CA80 zone. 85 Mill Plain Road D14013, special special exception number 805. Some information uh regarding this application was uh distributed to the commission members. And at this time, I will ask anyone wishing to speak in favor of this application to speak now. Anyone in favor of this application. Does the applicant have anyone wishing to speak on their behalf?