Stamford Zoning Board Meeting – September 30, 2025
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Stamford Zoning Board Meeting – September 30, 2025
The Stamford Zoning Board met on September 30, 2025, to consider three applications: a residential addition, a townhouse development, and an extension of time for a mixed-use project. All items were approved with conditions where applicable.
Discussion Items
- Application CSPR 12-21 (Diane Doug Singer, 30 Van Rensselaer Avenue): Applicant proposes a one-story addition and a second-story sunroom. The property is within the CAM boundary. Positive recommendations were received from all relevant departments (EPB, Engineering, DEP, Highway Management Commission). The board approved the application unanimously (4-0) as presented with conditions.
- Application 2-25-18 (Toll Northeast, V Corp and Real View of Connecticut, Inc., 700 Fairfield Avenue and Zero Cummings Point Road): Site plan and coastal site plan review for a townhouse development. No opposition was heard. Conditions include: a child play area in open space; 56 two-car garages and 19 guest parking spots (including 2 EV charging spaces); a fee-in-lieu payment of $214,372 (based on $150/sqft with a 1.6% cost adjustment); compliance with TTP comments (including a sidewalk instead of a $100,000 contribution); a 10-foot-wide public access easement along Fairfield Avenue; 26 large street trees with a $1,000/tree bond; two fee-in-lieu trees ($5,150) or alternative planting; and a photometric plan subject to staff review. The board voted 4-0 to approve as amended.
- Application 221-24 (Old Town Square LLC, 160 Atlantic Street): Request for a one-year extension of time until October 4, 2026, for a previously approved site and architectural plan and special permit. Staff noted the applicant is evaluating how to make the project work and may return with a modified plan, likely still a hotel but with a different configuration. The board approved the extension (3-0) after the chairman recused himself.
Key Outcomes
- Application CSPR 12-21 approved 4-0.
- Application 2-25-18 approved 4-0 with conditions as amended.
- Application 221-24 extension approved 3-0 (chairman recused).
- The next meeting is scheduled for the following Monday, with a continuation of the 60 Environmental application, the Whole Street and Woodway townhouse public hearing, and a vote on the Lloyd.
Meeting Transcript
Hello, I'm sorry I'm late. Um Jerry, are you there? I am, sir. Never look. Okay. Um we were on CSPR twelve twenty-one. Diane Doug Singer, Thirty Van Rensselaer Avenue. Applicant is proposing to construct a one-story edition along with a sunroom on the second story property is within the cam boundary. Umita. Take us to this place. Right. This is a more straightforward application. Um the reason it's under course of site underview is because the uh addition uh increases the gross floor area by more than twenty-five percent. Um they're adding uh an addition on the fourth floor. Um we have positive recommendations from all the diff departments, including EPB um letter dated July twenty-ninth, engineering report uh dated July twenty-fourth, deep report dated July thirty-first, and the Highway Management Commission's letter dated August twenty-seventh. Okay. Uh any questions on this. No, Mr. Chairman. No, sir. Okay, can we get a motion to approve application CSPR twelve twenty-one? I'd like to make that motion for CSPR twelve twenty-one. Um, Mr. Chairman. Second as presented with the conditions that are presented. Okay. Um further discussion. All in favor say aye. Uh opposed. Abstention. It's approved four zero. Next, we have uh application two five dash one eight, toll Northeast, V Corp and Real View of Connecticut, Inc., 700 Fairfield Avenue and Zero Cummings Point Road, site and architectural plans and our requested uses and coastal site plan review. Um we close this one uh tonight. Is there anyone who's opposed to this application? No, sir. Okay. Then um we have conditions for this. Yes. This is what was sent out to the board um recently. uses and coastal site plan review um we close this one uh tonight is there anyone who's opposed to this application no sir by first okay then um we have conditions for this vanita can you put them up please yes this is what was sent out to the board um recently um do you see the certificate yes we do there it is big and easy to read yeah uh okay i'll move to the conditions did we we had okay those are the updated yeah plans right yeah okay vanita when you say as modified what are you specifically referring to it means the the conditions to the approval any any approval that has conditions it we call it approved as modified okay i never realized that before maybe because you didn't highlight it that's good okay yeah and you know i had the same question thank you uh okay we um are there any there's no uh special permits here correct um there is no special permit this is this is only a site plan review application site and camp okay okay so uh we have uh our standard uh work will conform to the plans uh we've added to that as a second paragraph prior to building permit applicant will show a child play area um in the open space that's um shown on the plans and that'll be subject to uh staff review uh number two vehicle parking i think it's unhappy there in the third line yeah i we have uh 56 two car garages and 19 guest spots which includes two e v charging spaces and uh number three uh they will make a fee and loo payment um which they uh now have the right to do without uh special permit it's 10 percent uh and it's based on the square footage um 150 dollars a square foot and then the cost adjustment of 1.6 percent so it currently it would be or I guess well it's it's calculated the time of payment but currently it's 2141 thousand three hundred and seventy two dollars any questions or discussion on this no number four signage will comply with our regs and subject to staff approval um number five TTP's comments prior to building permit or CO they will comply with the comments from TTP uh and um accept that there will be a sidewalk built instead of a hundred thousand dollars contributed to TTP uh number six compliance with EPB comments uh number seven compliance with engineering comments engineering bureau number eight compliance with fire marshal fire department comments uh number nine compliance with uh WPCA comments for 10 um prior to issuance of a CO applicant will um record an easement agreement and map showing a 10 foot wide easement for public access along Fairfield Avenue is frontage um and that easement agreement will be subject to review and approval by the law department and and our staff uh street trees there will be 26 trees um large trees uh and they will submit a bond uh for a thousand dollars per tree uh think as you heard the I think we'd had this discussion last time about whether it was how you calculate it um and we do the applicant was right we do refer to the street tree manual although it as you heard it was updated so it's will um record an easement agreement and map showing a 10 foot wide easement for public access along fairfield avenues frontage um and that easement agreement will be subject to review and approval by the law department and and our staff uh street trees there will be 26 trees um large trees uh and they will submit a bond uh for a thousand dollars per tree uh i think as you heard the i think we'd had this discussion last time about whether it was how you calculate it um and we do the applicant was right we do refer to the street tree manual although it as you heard it was updated so it's 30 feet uh between trees is the number you use to determine um how many trees there are uh there will be two uh fee and lo trees and that's where we use the uh one tree per 25 feet umita yeah that in there the second paragraph i guess call it given 41 feet of street frontage is that there may be i see how we did it gotcha okay now that's that's correct so it's um when you add the cost of living adjustment the fee and lo will be five thousand one hundred and fifty uh they can also alternatively with staff and tree warden approval they can plant those two trees somewhere else uh six i'm sorry 13 uh submit a photometric plan uh subject to approval this should be by staff right unless anyone wants it to come to the board no not for a uh no for photogrametric plan no no no no no that would be a uh waste of their time and our time wait a second is vanita was this the one where you wanted to pull this out it can either be pulled out um or I mean it's staff review is is is fine because you it'll look at it anyways um so they'll have to just resubmit everything as part of their building permit um so it is captured elsewhere but if you want to just change this to staff that's fine too okay that sounds like everyone is fine with staff yes okay yes sir um is there a 14 or is that it on okay and then we have our uh standard conditions um which have not changed what's the vanita sorry in eight in 18 it's what is that uh below bp is that just uh comma it's a comma it doesn't want to go after the fee i guess okay oh there it goes it's got more space now so okay um and then they these are all the uh the standard uh conditions yeah um and which everyone has seen um is there any discussion on this uh mr chairman i moved that we approve application number two two five that's dash 18 with the conditions as amended this evening i i second that mr chairman okay is there any further discussion no just that i think it had great piece of property and um a great development i shouldn't have said piece of property it's a i think it's a great development yeah and it's um townhouses or something we can use absolutely yeah we haven't approved townhouses in a long long time yeah okay uh all in favor say aye aye uh jerry was that an aye yes sir okay all opposed abstentions supplication is approved uh 40 um then the last item we have is a request for an extension of time on application 221 24 old town square llc 160 atlantic street site and architectural plans and or requested uses and special permit uh applicant is requesting an extension uh to october 4th 2026 for it's a one year extension um do we is there anything we should know about this is anything happening vanita um they are trying to see you know to see how they can make the project work it seems like the way it was approved isn't isn't penciling out so they're looking Um is there anything we should know about this? Is anything happening, Vanita? Um they are trying to see you know to see how they can make the project work. It seems like the way it was approved isn't isn't penciling out, so they're looking at options to reorganize. Um they might come back to the board uh with a modified plan. Okay, okay. Well, this is certainly a good concept saving that bank building. Yeah, so hopefully they'll be able to come up with uh something that works better for them. Right.
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