Controversial affordable housing project approved in Fairfield with conditions
Josh LaBella
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The former Masonic Temple, site of a planned affordable housing development, at 131 Beach Road in Fairfield, Conn. on Tuesday, September 2, 2020.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media
FAIRFIELD The town’s Plan and Zoning Commission has approved plans for a controversial affordable housing apartment building near town hall but with some big stipulations.
The first was that the building cannot be taller than 36 feet. The plans currently propose a five-story, 60-foot high building in the 131 Beach Road location a 0.65 acre lot where a masonic temple currently stands. It would contain 40 apartments, 12 of which would be set aside as affordable housing.