The owners of Parklands Office Park, which owns office buildings on a site uphill from the Darien North rest stop on Interstate 95 and near Fairmead Road, want to put a nursing home there.
The home, called a “Senior Assisted Living and Memory Care facility” in the proposal before the Planning and Zoning Commission, would be located in a modified office building.
A public hearing on the proposal is scheduled for 8 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 26 in Room 206 of Town Hall. The homes nearest to the office park are on Fairmead Road.
According to an announcement on the town government website, Parklands Office Park LLC is proposing that the town “permit senior living facilities in the DOR-1 and DOR-5 zones and make other regulation changes to allow the adaptive re-use and expansion of an office building to be used as an Assisted Living and Memory Care facility.”
The announcement has this map of the property, showing proposed changes on the zoning map:
The land is behind and uphill of the Darien North rest stop on I-95 and between Fairmead Road and parts of Old Kings Highway North.
Here’s the full announcement:
The Darien Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 8:00 P.M. in Room 206 of Darien Town Hall, 2 Renshaw Road, Darien on the following:
Proposed Amendments to the Darien Zoning Map (COZR #1-2016) and Proposed Amendments to the Darien Zoning Regulations (COZR #1-2016), put forth by Parklands Office Park, LLC. Proposal to modify the Darien Zoning Map. The subject properties proposed to be rezoned are: Parklands Office Park (#1 and #3 Parklands Drive) – shown on Assessor’s Map #35 as Lot #34 – which is proposed to be rezoned from DOR-5, R-1/2 and R-1 to be entirely DOR-1.
Parklands Office Park is property 7.9+/- acres in size generally located between the I-95 northbound rest area and properties on the westerly side of Fairmead Road. It is located at the end of Parklands Drive approximately 400 feet south of its intersection with Old Kings Highway North; and
A portion of State of CT DOT I-95 right-of-way and a portion of the adjacent northbound rest stop property (#1 CT Turnpike East) – shown on Assessor’s Map #35 as Lot #36 – which is proposed to be rezoned from DOR-5 to DOR-1; and
A portion of the Fairmead Road right of way south of #23 Fairmead Road which is proposed to be rezoned from DOR-5 to R-1. This portion of right-of-way is 0.13+/- acres in size and shares its northerly point with the southerly point of #23 Fairmead Road and is 26+/- feet wide and 281+/- long.
Proposal to modify the Darien Zoning Regulations to: modify the definition of Assisted Living Facility (ALF) and to permit senior living facilities in the DOR-1 and DOR-5 zones and make other regulation changes to allow the adaptive re-use and expansion of an office building to be used as an Assisted Living and Memory Care facility (Modifying Section 210 and Sections 701, 703, 705, and 706).
At this Hearing, interested persons may be heard and written communication received. A complete description and associated map can be found in the Planning & Zoning Department or the Town Clerk office. The submitted materials may be reviewed during regular business hours 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Monday through Friday at the Planning and Zoning Department, Town Hall.