A boutique beauty studio is planned for a vacant commercial space in downtown New Canaan.
The new business at 21 South Ave. will offer “personal care and cosmetic services along with retail sales of beauty and grooming products,” according to documents filed with Planning & Zoning.
21 South Ave. in New Canaan. Credit: Michael Dinan
“The front portion of the space, immediately accessible from the main entry, will be dedicated to retail merchandise, customer reception, waiting area, and two beauty service stations with integrated retail shelving,” according to a proposed business description.
It continued: “These retail functions will occupy the first portion of the premises in compliance with zoning requirements. The interior service areas will include a private full-size treatment room, an airbrush tanning room, and additional service rooms for appointment-based aesthetic services.”
The business’s operations will be “quiet in nature, with typical daytime and early-evening business hours, and customer visits will be primarily by appointment,” it said.
A floor plan on file shows a retail area with “beauty stations” toward the front, with airbrush tanning and treatment rooms behind.
The building has been owned since 2019 by a limited liability company whose principal lives in Bedford, N.Y. It’s located in the Retail A zone. Under the New Canaan Zoning Regulations, retail and personal service establishments are allowed in the zone with site plan approval (see pages 77-78 here).
The Planning & Zoning Commission is expected to take up the application at its Feb. 24 meeting.