Date: Fri 21-May-1999

Publication: Bee

Author: ANDYG

Quick Words:

Curtis-Packaging-Industrial

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Industrial Park Proposed For Toddy Hill Rd

BY ANDREW GOROSKO

Curtis Packaging Corporation has submitted plans to the town for an industrial

subdivision adjacent to its Toddy Hill Road factory.

Known as Curtis Industrial Park, the proposal seeks to create 10 industrial

lots on almost 50 acres generally east of the factory. About 10 acres of the

property, including Curtis Pond, would be designated as open space. The

development site, which is a former gravel mine, is in the town's Aquifer

Protection District. The development would be served by septic systems.

The company would retain the proposed Lot 10, a 14-acre parcel which contains

the existing factory, said Conservation Commission official C. Stephen Driver.

Lot 10 also would be the site of a future addition to the factory.

The industrial subdivision would be served by a proposed dead-end street off

Toddy Hill Road called Turnberry Lane. A second dead-end street called Troon

Way would extend off Turnberry Lane. Most lots in the subdivision would be

between two acres and four acres in area.

Mr Driver said the Conservation Commission review of the development project

will consider the use of Curtis Pond for fire protection and also consider

tree removal from the site. Also, the commission will make a recommendation to

the Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) concerning suitable open space land

on the site, he said.

No direct disturbances of wetlands are proposed in the plans, Mr Driver said.

Mr Driver said the development plans will be referred to the state Department

of Environmental Protection's (DEP) dam protection unit to learn the

implications of the presence of a dam which holds back the water of Curtis

Pond.

If the development plans gain Conservation Commission approval, they would

submitted to the P&Z for a subdivision review.

In 1997, Curtis Packaging obtained a zone change from R-1 Residential to M-4

Industrial for land its land on Toddy Hill Road adjacent to its factory. The

land has been mined out by Newtown Sand and Gravel.

Curtis Packaging sought the change of zone as a preliminary step toward the

proposed construction of an approximately 40,000 square foot warehouse and

distribution center in the future.