The Wethersfield Planning & Zoning Commission is reviewing Application #2230-26-Z to convert 184 Main Street from a commercial B&B into the Ortigia high‑end Sicilian restaurant, including outdoor dining, alcohol sales, significant interior renovations, fire/life safety upgrades, and extensive site/landscape changes. The project depends on multiple parking components: on‑site reconfiguration, a 10‑year off‑site employee parking lease at 383 Silas Deane Highway, additional parking at 1 Wells Road, and a still‑to‑be‑approved expansion of the Keeney Memorial Cultural Center lot with a new sidewalk connection, for which the Town Manager has only issued a non‑binding letter of intent. The record shows multiple rounds of staff and Fire Marshal comments, updated engineering drawings, a detailed landscape plan, and a high‑spec kitchen exhaust, odor control, and HVAC noise mitigation concept, but there is no final PZC decision yet and the June 16, 2026 hearing has been continued multiple times. This creates pre‑RFP opportunities around architectural, MEP, fire-protection, acoustical, traffic/parking design, and neighbor‑impact mitigation. Vendors can help the applicant and Town refine off‑site parking, wayfinding, odor/noise controls, refuse and delivery logistics, and potential construction of the Keeney parking expansion once it moves into formal design and procurement.

Key technical issues include NFPA 13 sprinkler upgrade, second-floor egress, Knox Box installation, ...