Planning and Zoning Commission

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2023 Meeting Schedule and Application Deadlines

Portion of Town Charter establishing Planning & Zoning Commission:

Sec. 31. - Planning and zoning commission.

There shall be a planning and zoning commission of six (6) regular members, elected as provided in this act. This commission shall function as the planning commission and the zoning commission of the town. The first selectman and the superintendent of public works shall be ex officio members of the commission.
(Amd. of 3-18-1985; Amd. of 7-29-1985)

Materials for pending applications, recent applications and actions, and applications of public interest can be found at: https://darienct.viewpointcloud.com/

Note:    The next P&Z Commission meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 7:30PM. Agenda will be posted here once available.

Channel 79 typically records each public hearing; a link to those videos is here.

To contact the Planning & Zoning Commission, you can send an e-mail to:  DarienPZC@darienct.gov.

Members
(4-year term)

• Stephen Olvany (R)  Chairman -- Exp. 11/2025
  
• Adam Balgach (D) -- Exp. 11/2025
  
• Amy Barsanti (R) -- Exp. 11/2023
• George Reilly (D) Vice-Chairman -- Exp. 11/13/2023
• Geoffrey Ball Secretary (R) -- Exp. 11/2/2023
  
• Michael Nedder (R) -- Exp. 11/2023
  

Ex-officio Members

• Monica McNally, First Selectman
• Edward L. Gentile Jr., P.E., Public Works Director
  

Meetings

Public Hearings generally will take place the fourth Tuesday of every month, except in August and December. Meetings are scheduled to be held in Room 206 in the Town Hall. In situations where an exceptionally large attendance is anticipated, meetings may be reassigned to the Auditorium. A General Meeting may also be held during a Public Hearing or Planning Meeting in place of, or in addition to, such scheduled meetings. The Commission shall attempt to conclude all meetings by no later than 10:30 P.M. Detailed agendas are available the Thursday afternoon before a meeting date from the Planning and Zoning Department, and on the Planning and Zoning Commission page of the Town web site. 

• We no longer use printed Planning and Zoning Commission Application Forms, but rather have applications completed entirely online. Our online permitting system can be found here.
• Application Fees (in effect as of March 31, 2019). 
• 2016 Town Plan of Conservation & Development Adopted by the Commission in June 2016.  
• Links to the Darien Zoning Regulations and the Darien Subdivision Regulations.
  
  

Abutters Tool

Link to help you prepare a list of neighbors within 100 feet of your property:  Abutter's Tool.
You should check this information with the Assessor's Office to ensure that you have the most recent and up-to-date information.  The information on the web was last updated March 11, 2021 for parcel mapping and ownership data, so it needs to be checked. 

Town of Darien Multi-Family & Affordable Housing Inventory

• March 3, 2020 Press Release (last updated March 2022)

Town of Darien Deed Restricted Affordable Housing & Public Transportation Map

• Affordable Housing Map (last updated March 2022)

This page last updated on November 22, 2022.