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To implement the ban on new smoke shops in Westport, several changes must be made to existing laws, including banning smoke shops from all zoning districts and requiring special permits to sell tobacco products.

Planning and Zoning Commission reveals potential ban on smoke shops in Westport

Zara Saliba '26 and Sophie Smith ’26 November 12, 2023

Several Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) members proposed a new ban to eliminate new smoke shops and signage being built in Westport, according to their discussion on Oct. 16.  Most commissioners,...

Westport restaurants are now able to permanently offer outside seating as long as it does not exceed 75% of their indoor space.

Westport allows restaurants to increase year-round outdoor dining

Jason Stein ’22, Staff Writer March 21, 2022

Westport restaurants are now able to utilize outdoor dining year-round.  Originally, Westport businesses were given the ability to offer outdoor dining as a tool to survive in the COVID-19 pandemic....

To meet Connecticut standards, Westport needs to approve over 700 new low-income housing units. These low-income housing units, such as Hales Court, are essential to correct the housing segregation that plagues Westport.

Westport needs to do more than minimum with affordable housing

Jake Fitzpatrick ’22, Staff writer March 18, 2021

In the early 1930s, the Federal National Mortgage Association was created. Along with other New Deal legislation, it subsidized the creation of suburban housing, but only for white middle-class and lower-middle-class...

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