The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) has rescheduled a public hearing on applicant 13 Hawleyville Road LLC’s request to approve a 3.7-acre site at 13 Hawleyville Road (Route 25) as a suitable location for a gas station.

The ZBA hearing is now slated for 7:30 pm on Wednesday, March 13, at Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street. The hearing initially had been slated to occur on March 6, but because the ZBA could not provide a required quorum of members for a March 6 session, the meeting was rescheduled to March 13.

The site is just south of eastbound Interstate 84’s Exit 9 off-ramp. The project would include a 4,400-square-foot gas station/convenience store structure on the property, which lies on the west side of Hawleyville Road, between Covered Bridge Road and the I-84 off-ramp.

Applicable state law requires the ZBA to review sites proposed for gas stations to determine whether they are suitable for that use in terms of public safety and other factors. If the project gains ZBA approval, it also would require approval from the Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z).

In early February, the ZBA issued a certificate of location to NEMCO Limited Partnership of Danbury for a gas station, convenience store, and café that it plans to build at a 0.7-acre site at 26 Hawleyville Road, about 2,000 feet north of 13 Hawleyville Road. That project has gained P&Z approval.