Nail Spa | Neighbors Don't Eat Up Westport Panera Proposal

WESTPORT, Conn. " Plans to open a Panera Bread in Westport Plaza are being left in the oven for other week after its Greens Farms neighbors uttered concerns to the Planning and Zoning Commission about the bakery-caf bringing increased traffic and sound to the area.

Located next to Home Goods in the piazza at 1850 Post Road E., the site sought for Panera is now assigned by True Grace, a spike spa. A site outline focus filed with the Planning and Zoning Department seeks to change the use of the space from sell to restaurant.

"Everyone likes Panera. They have a great product," mentioned Bob Scholl, a associate of the Green's Farms Association, an group of neighbors. "But Panera replacing the spike reception room means more traffic."

Peter Romano of Land-Tech Consultants in Westport, who filed the focus on interest of the piazza owner, told the assignment a traffic investigate resolved traffic upsurge in and out of the piazza would not ! be impacted.

Kurt Eichhorn, who lives at the back the piazza at 402 Greens Farms Road, mentioned whilst he and his neighbors are moreover understanding of Panera, traffic isn't the usually issue. He mentioned there are moreover concerns about noise.

In add-on to Home Goods and the spike spa, other tenants in the piazza add Walgreens, Village Bagels and Stride Rite, a children's shoe store. Already, Eichhorn said, he and his neighbors are uneasy by smoothness and trash trucks. The sound combined by these trucks will be increased with the add-on of Panera, he said.

"There will be increased trash generation, that means there will be more trash pickup going on back there," Eichhorn told the commission. "If you've ever listened a trash pickup, you know the sound of trash cans being banged around a few times. It's easy to be woken up by that."

Car headlights resplendent in to neighbors' yards was moreover a regard Eichhorn raise! d. Although there is a blockade at the back the piazza separat! ing it from residential properties, Eichhorn mentioned the blockade is see-through. The about 40 employees Panera would design to sinecure is to store, Eichhorn said, would expected playing field in the back of the plaza.

Neighbor Brad Hardy of 397 Greens Farms Road told the assignment he's anxious that the add-on of Panera would aria parking in the lot, that congregation of Shack Shake, located at 1849 Post Road E., infrequently use.

According to Romano, there is lots of parking in the lot with about 382 spaces. "Even with Shake Shack customers parking there, the lot is never filled to capacity."

Hoping the piazza owners and the neighbors will obtain together and confer concerns, the assignment voted to keep the conference open. It will go on its examination of the focus next Thursday at 7 p.m.