The town is seeking to settle an appeal filed by the owners of a Lukes Wood Road home after the Planning & Zoning Commission last year denied their request to allow higher-than-allowed pillars for a gate at the end of their driveway.
At a special meeting of P&Z on Sept. 22, town attorney Ira Bloom said that under a “reasonable compromise” reached with the town, the pillars—which already are in place at 309 Lukes Wood Road and stand about six and seven feet above grade, given the slope of the land, against the four feet allowed by the New Canaan Zoning Regulations (see Section 6.5.C.3.a on page 126 here)—will remain. However, Aris and Patricia Kekedjian have agreed to move certain trees, replant others, forego installing any fixtures atop the pillars and remove an upper piece of their driveway gate, Bloom said. P&Z commissioner Jack Flinn called the plan “more than adequate” during the meeting, held at Town Hall, and the commission voted unanimously to support it.
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Oxygen Fitness on Pine Street is seeking a part-time front desk worker. The shift will consist of opening the gym at 5 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and working through 11 a.m. Interested in more hours? The fitness facility is looking for a weekend opener, too: 7 to 11 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Contact Cat Alesssio at oxygenfrontdesk@gmail.com for more info.
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The Board of Selectmen on Wednesday voted 3-0 to appoint New Canaan’s Ted Shaker to the Youth Sports Committee. He replaces Ben Sibbett on the group, which is overseeing an across-the-board fields usage fee for the private organizations that run youth sports in New Canaan, among other matters. First Selectman Rob Mallozzi called Shaker a “longtime friend” who used to run CBS Sports and, more recently, has worked out of New York University on a program designed to improve the climate for kids’ sports. The selectmen noted that the town is lucky to have such experts volunteer their time to help make it run. “He will do a terrific job,” Mallozzi said.
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Speaking of sports, Curt Casali—a 2007 New Canaan High School graduate and New Canaan’s first ever Major League Baseball player—is in the hunt for the coveted full-time catching job for the Tampa Bay Rays, according to MLB.com.
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Sponsors of the 2016 New Canaan Old Timers Association luncheon and ceremony. Credit: Terry Dinan