Greenwich P&Z postpones vote on 18-unit Home Place housing

Planning and Zoning · Meeting of May 12, 2026

Greenwich Planning and Zoning closes hearing on 18-unit Home Place housing, defers vote amid safety fears. TPF Homebuilders wants to consolidate six Davis Avenue and Home Place parcels into 18 units, including four affordable units renting from $2,620 to $3,790 monthly under an income cap of $155,400. Greenwich Tree Conservancy director Kate Chvich said 27 trees over 10 inches would be removed; resident Terry Angodo said the process felt like "preparing us for the atrocity that's coming." Commissioners want a clearer construction staging plan and fire marshal follow-up before deciding, likely at the next meeting.

Separately, the commission unanimously approved, 5-0, a new house at 14 Egleston Lane and, 5-0, a four-lot subdivision on Round Hill Road, and re-elected Margarita Albin as chair.

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Source: the Planning and Zoning meeting of May 12, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

The Full Article

GREENWICH — May 12, 2026 — The Greenwich Planning and Zoning Commission closed a contentious public hearing Tuesday on an 18-unit residential development off Davis Avenue and Home Place, but put off a decision after residents raised alarm over tree removal, construction blasting and fire truck access on the narrow street.

The commission also approved two unrelated applications by unanimous roll-call votes: a new single-family home at 14 Egleston Lane and a four-lot line revision on Round Hill Road, Peck Lane and Sheffield Lane. Commissioners closed but did not decide two other matters, a proposed text amendment that would allow fitness studios in the town's Local Business Retail zone and a Greenwich Country Day School plan for 20 new faculty housing units, and elected Margarita Albin to another term as chair.

The Full Story

TPF Homebuilders is seeking to consolidate six parcels at 368, 376 and 382 Davis Avenue and 8, 18, 20 and 22 Home Place, totaling 1.87 acres, into nine new residential buildings and two renovated ones, creating 18 dwelling units including four deed-restricted affordable units under the state's 8-30g statute. A representative told the commission the affordable units would rent for $2,620 for a studio up to $3,790 for a three-bedroom, based on an income ceiling of $155,400 for a family of four, tied to 150 percent of the area's state median income of $129,500.

Several Home Place residents said the project's location on a narrow street already causes traffic backups and would make it difficult for a fire truck to reach homes in an emergency. Applicant representatives said the town's fire marshal has told them the development, as designed, meets the International Fire Code, though they acknowledged a neighbor's video showing a delivery truck struggling to pass on the road. Commissioner Nicholas Macri, referred to in the meeting by staff and colleagues by several different spellings of his name, pressed the applicant's engineer, Adam Sereni, for a more detailed construction phasing and staging plan, saying the submitted plan was too hard to follow. "I'm kind of disappointed with what I'm seeing here," Macri said of the phasing materials.

Kate Chvich, executive director of the Greenwich Tree Conservancy, told the commission the project would remove 27 trees larger than 10 inches in diameter near a site between Interstate 95 and Long Island Sound, with 81 new trees to be planted and 14 preserved. "We believe that this development raises significant public health and environmental concerns that warrant careful consideration," Chvich said.

Resident Terry Angodo told commissioners the project's safety concerns, including required certified-mail notices to neighbors before any blasting, had gone unanswered for months. "It seems like you all are just preparing us for the atrocity that's coming," Angodo said. Another resident, identified by the chair as Wendy Lean, urged the commission to consider redesigning the project around a single building facing Davis Avenue instead of extending into Home Place, and raised concerns about flooding and sump-pump capacity for the modular units. Chair Albin said staff would follow up with the fire marshal on the access concerns and that the commission hopes to vote at its next meeting.

In unrelated business, the commission unanimously approved, 5-0, a final coastal site plan for Egleston Holdings LLC to build a new 2,862-square-foot, two-and-a-half-story house at 14 Egleston Lane, after attorney Lisa Fineberg presented a revised design that increased the setback from a neighboring property from 5.5 feet to roughly 8.5 feet. The commission also approved, 5-0, a lot-line revision reconfiguring four parcels at 122 Round Hill Road, Peck Lane and Sheffield Lane into more conventional shapes, with conditions requiring health department sign-off on septic areas before recording.

Commissioners also heard, but did not vote on, a proposed zoning text amendment sought by attorney Casey O'Donnell on behalf of Happy Hour Fitness that would allow fitness studios as an accessory use in the Local Business Retail zone. Attorney Mario Capola, representing a neighboring property owner, argued the change would allow large-scale commercial gyms into a zone meant for small neighborhood retail. Separately, the commission reviewed a Greenwich Country Day School pre-application for 20 new faculty housing units on its Schwarz campus off Fairfield Road, and a Stanwich Club plan to replace two staff residences on North Street, without objection. The commission approved its April 14 minutes and re-elected Albin as chair by roll call.

Why It Matters

The Home Place decision will determine whether Greenwich adds four affordable units under the state's 8-30g law, which limits local zoning control over affordable housing, on a narrow dead-end street residents say cannot safely handle more traffic or emergency vehicles. The commission's request for a detailed construction staging plan and further contact with the fire marshal means the outcome, and any conditions attached to it, likely won't be known until the panel's next meeting.

The fitness-zone text amendment, if it advances, would apply townwide rather than to a single property, meaning any decision on parking requirements and accessory-use limits could open similar spaces to gyms and classes in other Local Business Retail districts.

Key Motions & Votes

- Vote: Final coastal site plan for Egleston Holdings LLC, 14 Egleston Lane Tally: For: 5, Against: 0, Abstain: 0, Total: 5 - Vote: Final subdivision lot-line revision, 122 Round Hill Road/Peck Lane/Sheffield Lane Tally: For: 5, Against: 0, Abstain: 0, Total: 5 - Action: TPF Homebuilders final coastal site plan and special permit, 18-unit development at Davis Avenue and Home Place — public hearing closed; decision continued to the commission's next meeting - Vote: Approval of April 14, 2026, meeting minutes Tally: Approved unanimously - Vote: Election of chair, Margarita Albin Tally: For: 7, Against: 0, Abstain: 1, Total: 8 - Vote: Election of secretary, Commissioner Nicholas Macri Tally: Approved unanimously - Action: Happy Hour Fitness LBR zone text amendment (fitness use, accessory-use cap) — Continued to a future meeting - Action: Greenwich Country Day School faculty housing pre-application, Schwarz campus — Continued; commission asked to review again before referral to the Architectural Review Committee

Source

Greenwich Community Television: Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, May 12, 2026