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PETITION TO THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
CITY OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT
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Jewish Home for the Elderly of Fairfield County, Inc.
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4200 Park Avenue
72/2510
3/X
Zone Development Standards
Residential Zone Table 3, Note #6
N/A
N/A
To amend the Zone Development Standards to allow an accessible
parking structure which services congregate housing to a maximum allowable height of Forty-five feet (45')
Amendment to the Bridgeport Zoning Regulations
02/21/20
c/o Chris Russo, Russo & Rizio, LLC, 10 Sasco Hill Road, Fairfield, CT 06824
203-528-0590
203-528-0590
203-255-6618
Chris@russorizio.com
Jewish Home for the Elderly of Fairfield County, Inc.
02/21/20
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Colin B. Connor
Elizabeth A. Falkoff*
Robert G. Golger
Michael C. Jankovsky
David K. Kurata
Katherine M. Macol
Leah M. Parisi
William M. Petroccio*
Raymond Rizio*
Christopher B. Russo
Robert D. Russo
John J. Ryan
Vanessa R. Wambolt
(*Also Admitted in NY)
May 1, 2020
Dennis Buckley
Zoning Administrator
Zoning Department
45 Lyon Terrace
Bridgeport, CT 066044
Re: Text Amendment to Zone Development Standards for Residential Zone Table 3
Note #6 of the Bridgeport Zoning Regulations
Dear Mr. Buckley:
Please accept the following narrative and enclosed application materials as part of the
application to amend the Zone Development Standards for Residential Zone Table 3 Note
#6 of the Bridgeport Zoning Regulations (the “Regulations”), as detailed below.
Proposed Text Amendment
(Changes bold and underlined)
Zone Development Standards for Residential Zone Table 3, Note # 6
6. For nursing homes, convalescent homes, assisted living facility or congregate housing,
maximum allowable height for a principal building shall be 6-stories or 60 feet and a
maximum allowable height for an accessory parking structure, approved under a
Special Permit, which services these uses shall be 45 feet provided that the lot size is at
least five (5) acres. (Dormitories excluded).”
Narrative
Nursing homes, convalescent homes, assisted living facilities and congregate housing are
treated as Congregate Housing under the Regulations and are a permitted use in an “R-C”
Zone. Said uses are permitted to be contained in structures to a maximum allowable height of
Six (6) stories or Sixty (60) feet) on properties with a lot area of at least Five (5) acres. However,
the Regulations currently do not provide for accessory parking structures to service these
substantial uses. The City has successful congregate housing uses that struggle to meet their
demand for off-street parking on at-grade parking areas while meeting additional zone
development standards and site improvement demands, such as landscaping and drainage.
These existing uses need accessory parking structures to meet the demands of their use.
The difficulty in developing the parking structure under the current Regulations is that,
since the structure cannot be attached to the building, it is considered an “accessory structure”
pursuant to Section 4-9 of the Regulations and that an accessory structure may not be built that
exceeds Twelve feet (12’) in height for flat roofs. This type of restriction was intended for
residential garages and sheds. The restriction did not contemplate the parking needs of
Congregate Housing which was added as a permitted use in 2012. The proposed amendment
will limit the height of an accessory parking structure to Forty-five feet (45’) in height, which is
substantially less than the principal structure limited to Sixty feet (60’) or six (6) stories. The
parking structure will be well within the height maximum for a building and, therefore, will not
increase any impact to surrounding neighborhoods. In fact, the off-street parking demands of
existing congregate housing uses place significant stress on the congregate housing sites and
their surrounding neighborhood. The proposed amendment will allow these users to address
their off-street parking demands and ameliorate the existing negative impacts while requiring a
Special Permit to ensure the Planning and Zoning Commission retains oversight over the
development of these parking structures.
For the reasons stated above, the Applicant respectfully requests approval of its
application to amend the Zone Development Standards for Residential Zone Table 3 Note
#6 of the Bridgeport Zoning Regulations.
Sincerely,
Christopher Russo