Greenwich P&Z approves Shore Acres settlement, Simmons Lane changes
Planning and Zoning · Meeting of September 15, 2026
Greenwich P&Z closes a four-year Shore Acres water-access lawsuit and approves Simmons Lane changes, 5-0 each. Attorney Chip Hasland told the commission 96 percent of roughly 60 Shore Acres households signed onto a settlement, mediated by Judge Lee, that deeds a 2,110-square-foot parcel to a new neighborhood association and caps a new Arison home at 3,600 square feet. Separately, commissioners spent over an hour on a proposed text amendment letting developers pay about $400,000 instead of building some required affordable units; Commissioner Mary Jenkins, who co-chairs the town's Affordable Housing Trust Fund board, said she was never consulted and called the plan "inconsistent with the direction" of Greenwich's inclusionary-zoning push.
Commissioner Brooks Harris warned a flat payment "wouldn't seem a fair trade off" against units worth "three to $5 million." No vote was taken; the applicant, tied to a related 46-unit conversion at 18 Valley Drive, faces a roughly two-month statutory deadline. Two office-to-residential conversions, at One East Weaver Street and 2 Deerfield Drive, were continued over unresolved sewer and fire-sprinkler pressure issues with Aquarion Water Company.
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Source: the Planning and Zoning meeting of September 15, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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