The Danbury Zoning Board of Appeals is meeting tonight, but they will not be discussing or taking action on the Dorothy Day permit issue.  The Board is slated to take up the matter at their meeting on the 25th.  The public hearing closed in June. 

Dorothy Day Hospitality House was issued a cease and desist order because the emergency shelter hasn't had a permit to operate at their Spring Street facility for more than three decades.  In 1983, the Planning Commission gave Dorothy Day permission to operate for a year, and then granted a one year renewal. 

The Zoning Enforcement Officer asked the operator to submit an application to be granted a "special exception use" for the shelter in order to come into compliance with zoning regulations. When that didn't happen, a cease and desist order was issued.