Planning and Zoning Commission

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, June 6, 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 April 2, 2023).
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 January 3, 2023 for parcel mapping and ownership data, so it needs to be checked.