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Town to Repair Spinning Equipment at Mead Park Playground After Six-Year-Old Components Begin to Wobble

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously at its regular meeting at Town Hall on  July 21 to approve a $15,945 contract to repair two standalone spinning play components at the Mead Park playground that have become wobbly after years of use at the popular facility. Superintendent of Parks Ryan Restivo presented the request, saying the town had been alerted to the problem by members of the public who noticed the equipment was no longer functioning properly. “There’s just caution tape around it,” Restivo said of the components. “It still moves and it still functions, but it’s very wobbly.”

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Divided Commission Voids $30 Parking Ticket

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. A North Stamford mother of two who said she did not realize the section of the Playhouse Lot where she parked required payment had her $30 ticket voided by the New Canaan Parking Commission on a divided vote at its most recent meeting. 

Valerie Storr, told commissioners July 8 that she had just come from a pediatrician’s appointment with her young children and was trying out the New Canaan office for the first time. She received a ticket on June 16 at 2:37 p.m. in the Playhouse Lot. In a written appeal, Storr said she had not noticed the upper and lower portions of the lot were different. “I’m very sorry.

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Property Owner Sues Town After P&Z Denies Affordable Housing Proposal

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by the New Canaan Racquet Club. The applicant behind a proposed 14-unit affordable housing development on Parade Hill Road is suing the town following the Planning & Zoning Commission’s unanimous decision to deny the application. The Commission voted June 23 to reject the proposal for 30 Parade Hill Road after determining it did not qualify as “assisted housing” under Connecticut’s affordable housing statute, known as 8-30g. Because of that finding, commissioners concluded the project was not exempt from the town’s active affordable housing moratorium. The proposed development drew concerns from neighbors and commissioners during public hearings over its size and compatibility with the surrounding neighborhood, as well as traffic, public safety, flooding, noise, aesthetics and screening.

Government

Town Voids $60 Elm Street Parking Ticket Issued to Woman Who Hadn’t Been to New Canaan Since Meters Installed

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. A Stamford woman who said she had not visited downtown New Canaan since the town installed parking meters had her $60 ticket voided unanimously by the Parking Commission at its most recent meeting, after raising a pointed question about the visibility of the signs on Elm Street. Catherine Galvin received a ticket at 2:49 p.m. on March 30 on Elm Street. The base ticket amount of $30 had since escalated to $60 due to nonpayment. In a written appeal submitted to the Commission prior to its July 8 meeting, she said she had come to town to shop and walked directly into the store in front of her without noticing any signage.

Government

Notice of Intent To Demolish

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Notice is hereby given that an application for a permit to demolish has been filed in the office of the New Canaan Building Official and is currently pending and is available for public inspection. 

Name & Address of Structure: 90 Douglas Road, New Canaan, CT 06840

Name and Address of Owners: Veronica Plasencia, 90 Douglas Road, New Canaan, CT 06840

Age of Structure: 1950 (76 years)

Square Footage: 2,546 sf