A new wellness center is planned for a vacant commercial space on Vitti Street.
The former site of a dry cleaners and later an apparel company, the first floor at 43 Vitti St. will be converted into a “boutique coach-led training program” under an application before the Planning & Zoning Commission.
The new business, which appears from a site plan application to be called “The Strength Collective”—there’s a Stamford-based company under the same name, according to Connecticut Secretary of the State records—offers services “designed to improve mobility, resilience and long-term health for adults,” the application said.
“The training model uses small group sessions, personalized programming, and low noise output,” it said.
The building has been used as a personal services establishment and, following an application three years ago on behalf of 84 Sports, as a retail shop. Under the New Canaan Zoning Regulations, site plan approval is required to change the use of a business in the Business B zone, and a “wellness center” is an allowable use (see pages 84 and 85 here).
P&Z is scheduled to take up the application during its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
In her memo to P&Z, Town Planner Sarah Carey noted that the Business B Zone “does not impose specific conditions for permitting this type of use, aside from compliance with parking requirements.”
“Because this use is not explicitly listed in the current parking regulations, the Commission has the authority to determine the applicable parking requirements,” she said in the memo.
According to the site plan application and a presentation to be given to P&Z, training classes would have a maximum of 12 participants, bringing the total number of parking spots needed to about 15 with staff.
“There is a significant amount of on-site parking for the proposed use demands,” the application said.
Carey noted that “street parking is available, and other spaces within the parking lot may be used if overflow parking is needed.”
“Staff recommends approval for this application,” she said in the planner’s memo.