Attorney Tom Hegney, representing AGW Greenwich LLC, told the Planning and Zoning Commission April 8 that his client seeks to convert a second‑floor space that has been a salon and art gallery back to office use and asked the commission to allow staff to administratively approve the change once off‑site parking within 1,000 feet is secured.

Hegney said the parcel contains 4,582 square feet of gross area with a 948‑square‑foot salon occupying much of the current space; salon parking rules (2 spaces per station under the regulations) require more spaces than office use. He told commissioners his client wants to market the space to office tenants but needs assurance that off‑site parking will be accepted by staff as the prerequisite for a zoning sign‑off and building permits.

Commissioners uniformly rejected any form of preapproval or delegation that would approve the office conversion in principle prior to a concrete parking commitment. Several commissioners said parking demand on Greenwich Avenue is complex and site‑specific, that delegating broad authority to staff would effectively remove the commission’s review role, and that the commission could not predetermine approval subject only to later administrative confirmation.

Commissioners encouraged the applicant to obtain either a tenant or a short option on off‑site parking spaces and said staff will accelerate the application and schedule the item earlier in the queue if the applicant provides a tenant and verified parking arrangements. The applicant agreed to consider a continuation and to advise staff; the commission left the application pending and suggested the applicant request an extension through July 19 if needed.

No formal vote on the merits was taken; the commission’s direction was procedural: do not preapprove office use without verified parking, and return when parking or a tenant is in hand.