Land Use & Zoning
FLB Law’s Land Use & Zoning Practice represents prominent developers, national hospitality groups, local businesses, municipalities, and homeowners in a broad range of land use and zoning matters in Connecticut. Our land use and zoning attorneys deliver practical solutions to the most complex land use and zoning matters to meet our clients’ goals. We apply deep knowledge of state and local laws and leverage our long-standing relationships with local zoning and planning boards to navigate and resolve obstacles to efficiently and effectively advance our clients’ projects. Our attorneys are recognized throughout Connecticut for our acute ability to understand the broader implications of any given project, as well as the depth and breadth of our experience in nearly every aspect of land use and zoning.
Land Use and Zoning Services
For decades, FLB Law attorneys have resolved zoning and land use issues for commercial and residential projects of all sizes and complexities in Connecticut. When working with you on your land use and zoning matters, we will meet with you to understand your goals, and then we will come up with a strategy to pursue the approvals you need to meet your objectives. We will then prepare all the planning and zoning documents and applications in order to facilitate that strategy. Our attorneys have successfully assisted clients with securing approvals for zoning changes, variances, site plans, map amendments, text amendments, special permits, and more. We quarterback the entire approvals process and put together the team needed to expertly steer your matter over the finish line. Where applicable, we pull in expertise from our Real Estate, Tax Law, and Litigation & Dispute Resolution practices, in addition to leveraging our long-standing relationships with environmental firms when environmental and surveying services are needed.
Deep Roots in Connecticut
Zoning is a local issue, and it is important to have local representation, especially for large-scale developments and hot-button issues that are likely to be contested. FLB Law is a Connecticut law firm with deep roots in the community. We live here, too, and our relationships with zoning and planning commissions and boards span decades. Board and commission members are our neighbors, and they respect that when seeking to advance our clients’ goals, that we are also focused on serving the greater good of the community where we live and work. We are widely known for our sophisticated understanding of the needs and motivations of local planning boards and commissions in approving projects, and our ability to arrive at creative solutions that satisfy both our clients and these governing bodies. Our attorneys have been leaders within the Connecticut Bar Association Planning & Zoning Section for many years. Our deep understanding of applicable laws, the needs of local planning boards, and all aspects of real estate deals allow us to provide optimal outcomes for our clients efficiently and effectively.
Range of Projects
We have represented clients in a broad range of land use and zoning matters spanning corporate, retail, industrial, mixed-use, multifamily, and residential projects. Our Land Use & Zoning clients have ranged from homeowners seeking variances for renovation projects to business owner-operators seeking a zoning change for their business property to large-scale developers seeking complex entitlements for major projects that will impact the community for decades to come.
Notable Projects
Notable projects that FLB attorneys have worked on include the SoNo Collection, a 725,000-square-foot shopping and dining destination that was the largest redevelopment in the history of Norwalk; The Hamlet, which is a TOD development in Westport, which will be one of the largest projects in Westport’s History; the Westport Weston Family YMCA, and the Garavel Subaru Dealership in Norwalk.