Greenwich Commission Withholds Vote on Hamilton Avenue Affordable Unit
Planning and Zoning · Meeting of April 14, 2026
Greenwich planning board presses developer on affordable-unit sizing under state law. The Planning and Zoning Commission spent over an hour disputing whether a basement unit added to a two-family house at 129 Hamilton Avenue must match market-rate units in "comparable size and finish" under Connecticut's 8-30g statute, sending applicant John Pakora back to the affordable housing trust without a vote. Commissioners noted the unit pushes the property one unit above the R-6 zone's two-unit density cap.
Pakora said enlarging it would cost $150,000 to gain just $1,800 a month in rent. Elsewhere Tuesday, the commission voted 5-0 three times, approving a new house and dock at 9 Meadow Place, a Just Salad restaurant at 409 East Putnam Avenue, and a two-unit rebuild at 221 River Road. It also postponed an Egleston Lane project and a Sherwood Farm cottage conversion.
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Source: the Planning and Zoning meeting of April 14, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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