Commission approves Weed Street, moves to deny Parade Hill project
Planning and Zoning · Meeting of May 26, 2026
New Canaan Planning and Zoning approves 102-unit Weed Street project, moves to deny a second 14-unit affordable housing plan. Commissioners voted 8-1 Tuesday, with John Engel dissenting, to approve the court-ordered 751 Weed Street development after a Connecticut Superior Court remand dated July 1, 2025. Separately, the commission reached unanimous straw-poll consensus to deny a 14-unit Garden Homes Fund project at 30 Parade Hill Road, with Commissioner Eric Nolles arguing the developer's sales-tax exemption and five-of-14 vouchered units don't satisfy the state's 8-30g "assisted housing" moratorium exemption.
Applicant Richard Freriedman called the project "100 percent affordable from conception to completion." A formal denial vote is expected June 23. The commission also unanimously approved banners at 63 Park Street and an accessible addition at First Presbyterian Church's 1880 Bliss House.
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Source: the Planning and Zoning meeting of May 26, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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