Westport COVID-19 Cases Up 4; State Hospitalizations, Positivity Rate Up
The State Department of Public Health reported 4 more COVID-19 cases in Westport over the past day. The State’s daily test positivity rate was up to 10.84% while hospitalizations were up to 280 throughout the State.
Westport total positive or probable cases: 5,371 cases.
Westport total COVID-19 Deaths: 37 deaths
State Daily Test Positivity: 10.84% [up from 10.64%]
State COVID-19 Hospitalizations: 280 patients [+16 patients]
“The Delamar Hotel Westport”: Westport Inn Makeover will go before P and Z Commission in September
Click to enlarge artist rendering. Westport Planning & Zoning Department Press ReleasePlanning and Zoning Director Mary Young has announced that the proposal to upgrade the Westport Inn at 1595 Post Road East will NOT be reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission on July 11, 2022, as recently reported in the media. The public hearing is postponed to September 12, 2022.
P&Z Director Mary Young identified the plans originally submitted included both hotel rooms and housing units. The project was subsequently revised to exclude the housing units. The current proposal is to redevelop the existing 116 room Hotel to 85 rooms. Site improvements include the addition/expansion of landscaped areas, a new 3-story addition, demolition of the front building, minor additions to the rear building, pool and rear dining terrace, and driveway/ parking improvements. To facilitate the proposed changes, Text Amendment #818 was filed to create appropriate standards for the redevelopment and site design. All application materials can be viewed on the Town of Westport’s website here.
Rick Redniss, Principal Planner at Redniss and Mead, and Bruce Beinfield, Founding Principal of Beinfield Architects, are the consultants assisting WI Associates, the new property owners, to convert the Westport Inn into the “The Delamar Hotel Westport.”
Flags Flying Half-staff through Sunday after Chicago, Japan Tragedies
Governor Ned Lamont’s Office: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that – in accordance with a proclamation from President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. directing flags to be lowered throughout the country as a mark of solemn respect for the memory of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe – U.S. and state flags in Connecticut should remain at half-staff through sunset on the evening of Sunday, July 10, 2022.
Flags are also currently at half-staff through the evening of Saturday, July 9, 2022, in honor of the victims of the recent mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois. Pursuant to today’s order, they should continue flying at half-staff through Sunday evening in honor of the former Japanese prime minister.
Accordingly, since no flag should fly higher than the U.S. flag, all other flags, including state, municipal, corporate, or otherwise, should also be lowered during this same duration of time.
Westport Property Transfers: June 20th - 24th; Highest Sale at $7.6 Million in Owenoke Park
Highest sale at $7.6 million for 49 Owenoke Park. Photo/SmartMLS. Westport Town Clerk’s Office:
Total Conveyance Tax: $70,333.85
Total Sales: $28,658,540.00
Highest Transfer Price: 49 Owenoke Park: $7,600,000
Lowest Transfer Price: 27 Strathmore Lane (Norwalk taxes): $525,000
Transfers:
49 Owenoke Park: $7,600,000
7 Country Road: $4,000,000
39 Long Lots Road: $2,680,000
4 Woodhill Road: $2,450,000
34 Woodside Avenue: $1,975,000
108 Harbor Road: $1,750,000
3 Spruce Street: $1,700,000
23 Grassy Plains Road, Unit 5: $1,488,540
155 Newtown Turnpike: $1,450,000
12 Godfrey Lane: $1,150,000
203C Compo Road South: $1,100,000
15B Ludlow Road: $790,000
27 Strathmore Lane (Norwalk taxes): $525,000