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Zoning Officials to Bayberry Road Man: Make Do with a Smaller-Than-Planned Patio
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Calling a planned pool-and-patio overly large in that it would encroach on two setbacks as originally proposed, zoning officials have instructed a Bayberry Road man to re-think the project and land on something more reasonable. Plans for 179 Bayberry Road call for a 16-by-36-foot pool and L-shaped patio off the back of the 2005-built, 6,000-square-foot house. A special permit is needed for the project because, as originally conceived, it would encroach on 35-foot-setbacks (see page 58 of the Zoning Regulations here, 2-acre zone) by about four feet on the northern side for the length of the pool-and-patio, and by about eight feet on the eastern side, according to plans filed with the Planning & Zoning Commission. Homeowner Matthew Savino told the Zoning Board of Appeals on May 4 that the patio is sized to accommodate outdoor seating and a grill, and the pool placed away from the 2.5-story house so that it can get as much natural light as possible. ZBA member John Kriz called Savino’s request “a big ask.”
“You just want a large patio,” Kriz said at the meeting, held in the Sturgess Room at the New Canaan Nature Center.