Neighbors pack Greenwich hearing to fight 40-car garage estate plan
Planning and Zoning · Meeting of September 6, 2026
Greenwich neighbors rally against 40-car garage mega-estate on Maple Avenue. The Planning and Zoning Commission opened pre-application review of a combined four-lot property at 59, 63, 75 Maple Avenue and 8 Park Avenue, where an 18,600-square-foot house with an underground garage for roughly 40 collector cars, an indoor pool, squash court and art gallery drew opposition from ten residents. David DeWall said the house is "roughly five times as large as the median size of the 15 homes" nearby, while former Planning and Zoning Commissioner Louisa Stone called it a violation of the town's 1998 Plan of Conservation and Development.
Commissioners questioned whether the lower level, with two powder rooms near the art gallery, signaled a commercial use; attorney Tom Hegney said no. Elsewhere, the commission unanimously approved, 5-0, an accessory dwelling unit at 295 Taconic Road and a pool house at 71 Ridgeview Avenue, and continued reviews of a two-house Laughlin Avenue subdivision and Berkeley Insurance Company's 475 Steamboat Road office rebuild amid unresolved drainage and noise concerns.
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Source: the Planning and Zoning meeting of September 6, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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