Westport RTM: Saugatuck Zoning Amendments Confirmed by the RTM, Paving Way for “The Hamlet”
January 17th, 2023 Special Meeting Agenda & Results
Westport’s Representative Town Meeting met on Zoom for a special meeting beginning at 6:30 PM and adjourning at just after 11:15 in the evening.
Agenda:
1. To take such action as the meeting may determine, at the request of at least 20 electors of the Town of Westport, pursuant to Town Charter C10-4, to review the Planning and Zoning Commission decision issued on December 12, 2022 regarding Text Amendment #819 (to create a new zoning district, §24C, General Business District/ Saugatuck Marina (GBD/SM) and Map Amendment #820 (to modify the Westport Zoning Map to rezone eleven (11) properties from General Business District (GBD) to proposed §24C, General Business District/Saugatuck Marina (GBD/SM).
The request was denied; 33 members voted “no” to overturning the Commission’s decision, while one member voted “yes” and another member abstained.