Date: Fri 26-Jun-1998

Publication: Bee

Author: ANDYG

Quick Words:

P&Z-PSD-Maguire-Edwards

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7-Lot Subdivision Approved In Sandy Hook

BY ANDREW GOROSKO

The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) has approved Narragansett

Estates/West, a 7-lot subdivision planned for 11 acres on Narragansett Trail

in Sandy Hook.

P&Z members endorsed the residential development plan at a June 18 meeting,

complimenting developer Larry Edwards on his design of the project. Mr Edwards

is a partner with Thomas Maguire in PSD Partnership, the applicant for the

subdivision.

The companion project to Narragansett Estates/West is PSD's Narragansett

Estates/East, a 4-lot residential development proposed for 8 acres on

Narragansett Trail.

P&Z members, however, in May rejected Narragansett Estates/East, posing

questions about the project's viability.

The two Narragansett projects are near PSD's controversial 15-lot Whispering

Pines subdivision on Miya Lane.

The development of Whispering Pines off Pine and Cherry streets was the

impetus for the P&Z's March 1997 revision of its regulations, which limit how

much earth material can be removed from or placed onto a building lot. The

Whispering Pines project involved the removal of almost 40,000 cubic yards of

earth materials from the site.

In a past analysis of Narragansett Estates/East, Ronald Bolmer, the town

engineer, found the developers wanted to remove more earth material from the

site than is permitted by the P&Z's revised regulations.

Since the May rejection of Narragansett Estates/East, PSD has redrawn plans

for that project. A public hearing on the revised development proposal is

tentatively scheduled for August 6.

If Narragansett Estates/East is approved as a 4-lot subdivision, the number of

lots in the three PSD subdivisions in the neighborhood will total 26.