This is a Press Release which has not been written or verified by the Greenwich Sentinel yet.
CT 169 Strong will be hosting a rally at the Old Greenwich Train Station in Old Greenwich on Friday, April 8 from 4 to 5 p.m. The address is 1 Sound Beach Avenue. The group will be rallying against several zoning bills under consideration by the General Assembly that would remove local authority of our local zoning & planning commissions. Several lawmakers including State Sen. Ryan Fazio, State Sen. Tony Hwang, State Rep. Kimberly Fiorello, will be speaking.
Among the bills:
TOD (HB 5429) is a bill that would enable dense, ‘as of right’ development within a ½ mile of train and transit centers, and it doesn’t take into account historical areas or open space preservation. The TOD bill did not come out of committee, but it can be inserted into a placeholder bill or can be attached to an omnibus bill during session.
Fair Share (HB 5204): If passed, this bill would create a formula (which hasn’t been determined yet) which would mandate expansion of affordable housing in towns that are deemed not to have enough, and could increase the current Affordable Housing law (8-30g)’s target of10% of total housing stock to be as high as 20%. This could require large increases in density to achieve the as-yet-undetermined new objective.
