Zoning Board of Appeals

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Portion of Town Charter establishing Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA)

Sec. 32. - Zoning board of appeals.

The zoning board of appeals shall consist of five members. The members shall be appointed as of July first in the year of their appointment and shall serve for a term of three years from that date. In any year, a sufficient number of appointments to the board shall be made to fill the vacancies arising because of the expiration of any member's term of office. Vacancies arising for any reason other than the expiration of the member's term shall be filled as provided in section 8.

Meetings

• 7:30 p.m.
• 3rd Wednesday of every month 
• Town Hall
  Room 206

Channel 79 occasionally records public hearings; view the list of videos online.

Detailed agendas are available the Thursday afternoon before a meeting in the Agenda Center and on the Town Calendar.

• We no longer use printed Forms, but rather have applications completed entirely online. Our online permitting system can be found in ViewPoint.
• 2024 Calendar
• Application Fees (in effect as of June 11, 2023).
• 2016 Town Plan of Conservation and Development Adopted by the Commission in June 2016.
• Links to the Darien Zoning Regulations 

Members

Pursuant to Section 8-5 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the Zoning Board of Appeals has five regular members and three alternates.

• Jeffrey Williams, Chair (R)
  Term Expires: June 30, 2022
• Barbara Hazelton, Vice Chair (R)
  Term Expires: June 30, 2024
• Kevin Fullington (R)
  Term Expires: June 30, 2022
• Matthew Lauria (UN)
  Term Expires: June 30, 2025

Alternates

• Gary Greene (D)
  Term Expires: June 30, 2023
• John McGrath (R)
  Term Expires:June 30, 2025
• Jana Romine (R)
  Term Expires: June 30, 2024

Ex-Officio Members

• Jon Zagrodzky, First Selectman

Abutters Tool

Link to help you prepare a list of neighbors within 100 feet of your property Abutter's Tool. You should check this information with the Assessor's Office to ensure that you have the most recent and up-to-date information. The information on the web was last updated January 3, 2023 for both parcel mapping and ownership data.

Forms

We no longer use printed Zoning Board of Appeals Application Forms, but rather have applications completed entirely online. Our online permitting system can be found on ViewPoint Cloud.

• ZBA Instruction Form (PDF)
• Land Use Board Fees (PDF) (effective June 11, 2023)

To determine the prior variances on a property (as required by the ZBA application form on page 2) search the Zoning Board of Appeals Variances Spreadsheet (PDF).  It lists ZBA Variances acted upon through December 27, 2019.  Note: The document is 209 pages long; you are best off searching for the property, rather than printing the document.

Materials

Materials for pending applications and recent actions can be found at ViewPoint Cloud. Channel 79 occasionally records meetings, including public hearings; at the Channel 79 Vimeo.