Zoning Commission

Filed in Town Clerk’s Office on Thursday, April 17, 2025. CITY OF DANBURY 155 DEER HILL AVENUE DANBURY, CONNECTICUT 06810 ZONING COMMISSION (203) 797-4525 www.danbury-ct.gov (203) 797-4586 (FAX) AGENDA –REGULAR MEETING WEB-BASED MEETING HOSTED ON ZOOM APRIL 22, 2025 7:00 PM Public Participation Instructions start on Page 2 of this Agenda To view livestream on Danbury CT Planning & Zoning YouTube Channel click on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC59LEpmvEgAN4B3EAyXEVTQ To View Application materials, click on links below the Agenda item. ROLL CALL: THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 13, 2025. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES: April 8, 2025. Click on link for April 8, 2025 minutes. PUBLIC HEARING(S): Click on link for Legal Notice. 1) Petition of Waleed Albakry, Planning Director to Amend Sec 5.B.1., and Add Secs. 5.B.2.a.(47) & 5.B.4.f. to the Zoning Regulations. (Amend purpose & intent of CA-80 zone and add high precision tool manufacturing and assembly with specific requirements as a permitted use in the CA-80 zone.) Click on link for: Petition with Proposed Language. Planning Department Staff Report. 8-3a (Planning Commission) Recommendation. 8-3b (WestCOG) Recommendation. Zoning Commission Agenda April 22, 2025 Virtual Meeting hosted on Zoom Page 2 CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC HEARING: None. OLD BUSINESS FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: NEW BUSINESS: 1) Petition of Waleed Albakry, Planning Director to Amend Sections 8.E.10., 10.B.2., & 11.B.4. of the Zoning Regulations. (Amend & Revise Fee Schedule to Consolidate All Fees into One Comprehensive Section of the Regulations) 2) Petition of Waleed Albakry, Planning Director to Amend the following Sections of the Zoning Regulations: Table of Contents, Section 2.B. (Definitions), Section 3. (District Regulations), Section 3.F. (Use Regulations: Special Permit Uses.), Section 4.C. (Three Family Residential District: R-3.), Section 4.D. (High-Rise Residential District: RH-3.), Section 4.F.6. (Landscaped Buffer Yards.), Section 5.D. (Light Commercial District: CL-10.), Section 5.F. (Downtown Transit Oriented Development District: D- TOD.), Section 5.H. (Additional Commercial Regulations.), Section 6.C.2. (Landscape Requirements.), Section 7.A.3 (Definitions.), Section 7.E. (Main Street Historic Overlay Zone), Section 8.A.3. (Erosion and Sedimentation Control Permits.), Section 8.C. (Off-Street Parking and Loading.), Section 8.E.3. (Sign Regulations in Commercial and Industrial Districts.), Section 10.C. (Special Exceptions and Special Permit.), Section 10.D. (Site Plan Review.), and Section 10.I. 3. (Zone Change Criteria.). (Update Definitions, Make Adjustments to Existing Regulations to Comply with Adoption of the D-TOD Regulations and Add Clarity & Applicability to the language in the Zoning Regulations.) CORRESPONDENCE: None. OTHER MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: FOR REFERENCE ONLY: 1) Petition of Waleed Albakry, Planning Director to Amend Sec 2.B., 4.A.2.a.,4.B.2.a., 4.C.2.a., 4.D.4.a, 4.E.4.a., 4.F.4.a., 8.C.4.(6b)., & 10.D.of the Zoning Regulations and add to listing of permitted uses in each residential zone. (Amend definition of family child care homes and group child care homes and add as permitted uses to each residential zone to ensure these uses are treated the same as single & multi family uses in the residential zones). Public hearing scheduled for May 27, 2025. ADJOURNMENT: PUBLIC PARTICIPATION INSTRUCTIONS: NOTE: The meeting starts at 7:00 PM. Please join early after 6:45 PM to test the audio and video connection. Topic: Zoning Commission Meeting Time: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 @ 7:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Zoning Commission Agenda April 22, 2025 Virtual Meeting hosted on Zoom Page 3 CLICK ON THIS LINK TO JOIN MEETING: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88402816183?pwd=FDbiFYvZaITUEqYv3bGffrwm3JuSFv.1 Meeting ID: 884 0281 6183 Passcode: 170640 One tap mobile +19294362866,,88402816183#,,,,*170640# US (New York) +13017158592,,88402816183#,,,,*170640# US (Washington DC) Dial by your location +1 929 436 2866 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 305 224 1968 US +1 309 205 3325 US +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 931 3860 US +1 253 205 0468 US +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 360 209 5623 US +1 386 347 5053 US +1 507 473 4847 US +1 564 217 2000 US +1 669 444 9171 US +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 689 278 1000 US +1 719 359 4580 US Meeting ID: 884 0281 6183 Passcode: 170640 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdQaGZIwtK