NORWALK, Conn. – A development planned to go up next to the Norwalk Public Library would use 16 spaces in the Yankee Doodle Garage to meet all of its parking requirements, according to plans submitted to the Planning and Zoning Department.
The development proposed by 587 Connecticut Ave. LLC would keep the existing bank at 15 Belden Ave. as is and construct a six story apartment building at 11 Belden Ave. The 69 apartments, 40 one-bedroom and 29 studio units, would range in size from 546 to 715 square feet.
The developer, 587 Connecticut Ave. LLC, has been referred to as Jason Milligan by multiple city officials.
The application was on the agenda for last month’s Plan Review Committee meeting but was postponed to July due to a need to work through parking issues, Assistant Planning and Zoning Director Mike Wrinn said.
Concerns about parking for the library have been an issue ever since Milligan bought 11 Belden.
Six parking spaces are set aside for use by the library in the plans on file in P&Z.
Zoning requires 10,350 square feet of the development be devoted to recreation; the development would provide 11,100 square feet with a first floor fitness center, a rooftop lounge and “other options,” the plans say.
Seven apartments would be deeded as workforce housing in accordance with Zoning regulations that require 10 percent of a development be affordable, the plans say.
Redevelopment Agency Executive Director Tim Sheehan said in April that Milligan has a different approach than other developers.
“He’s focused on the smaller units that aren’t carrying the heft of the rents that, for example, the Waypointe project is doing,” Sheehan said. “He is appealing to a younger demographic that can’t afford $1,700 for a one-room apartment.”
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