Coastal Area Management (CAM)

Beinfield put on the hot seat in a ‘first’ for Norwalk Zoning

NORWALK, Conn. — Things have changed and everyone knows it, be it the Norwalk residents fighting to stop architect Bruce Beinfield’s proposal for his waterside Rowayton property or the lawyers Beinfield has hired to defend the proposal to the Zoning Commission. “This is not a normal event,” attorney Bill Hennessey said at last week’s packed…

September 25, 2015
Norwalk Zoners vote 5-2 to alert neighbors of proposed construction

NORWALK, Conn. – A small crowd of Norwalk’s coastal residents won a victory Wednesday night as the Zoning Commission voted 5-2 to require property owners behind certain applications for construction on the waterfront to send out certified letters to notify neighbors. “This is bulls—t,” Zoning Commission Chairman Joe Santo said on his way out the…

January 22, 2015
Rowayton pushes Norwalk zoners for respect toward neighborhood in debate with mosque-like aspects

NORWALK, Conn. – Rowayton has won part of its battle with the Norwalk Zoning Commission, in that applicants will be asked to notify more of their neighbors of any changes proposed for waterfront properties. That was the result of a contentious Zoning Committee meeting Thursday in which a group of six or seven Rowayton activists…

October 12, 2014