The Danbury Planning Commission has signed off on an Indian food grocer opening in the CityCenter area.  The Indian market will open in a former dance studio space across Crosby Street from Brookview Commons apartment complex. 

A variance was granted by the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals in March to allow fewer parking spaces than are required.  The applicant’s consultants said ethnic markets don’t attract the same volume of traffic as other grocery stores, but the City's zoning regulations don't differentiate between traditional and ethnic markets.  

If it had come in below 3,000-square feet, it would have been considered a convenience store.  But at 5,000-square feet it's considered a grocery store.  The 16,000-square-foot building also houses a Papa John’s, a 40-seat restaurant called Los Andes and two apartments on the second floor. 

According to the report, the market is expected to generate approximately 11 total vehicle trips during the weekday morning peak and 35 trips during the evening peak hour, with an immaterial impact to the adjacent roadways.