Planning commission votes 9-0 against sale of town parking land
Planning and Zoning · Meeting of July 28, 2026
New Canaan planning commissioners vote 9-0 against selling town parking land, citing the site's future potential. The Planning and Zoning Commission found that selling a 745-square-foot strip of the Locust Avenue municipal lot to the owners of 56 Main Street, valued at $50,000, is inconsistent with the town's Plan of Conservation and Development, a finding that means the town council now needs a two-thirds vote, not a simple majority, to approve the sale. Director of Public Works Tiger Mann argued "the town has options" while the property owners "have no other option other than to speak to the town," but Commissioner Kriz countered, "I don't think the two are comparable.
This is a different location. It's next to a major parking lot." The commission separately approved, also 9-0, a special permit relocating a driveway at 93 Old Stamford Road to close two accident-prone curb cuts, and heard a pre-application pitch to rezone two East Avenue properties for a mixed-use, 10-unit building that split commissioners along commercial-creep lines.
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Source: the Planning and Zoning meeting of July 28, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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