Date: Fri 30-Aug-1996

Publication: Bee

Author: ANDYG

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P&Z-subdivisions

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P&Z To Consider Several Hot Topics At Sept. 5 Mega-Meeting

B Y A NDREW G OROSKO

When the Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) meets on September 5, its

members will be considering several proposals for residential development

totaling almost 90 building lots.

The meeting is scheduled for 7:30 pm in the Newtown Middle School auditorium,

11 Queen Street. The commission will consider the following proposals:

CAMELOT - Caviliere and Sons, Building Contractors, Inc, want to subdivide 110

acres into 42 residential lots off Hattertown Road. The P&Z is scheduled to

hold a public hearing on the proposal.

The site proposed for construction lies to the west of Hattertown Road, just

north of Purdy Station Road.

The proposal received approval from the Conservation Commission for

construction work in a wetlands area in April. That construction would take

place in area with about 1,300 square feet of wetlands.

WHISPERING PINES - The P&Z is scheduled to take action on the controversial

Whispering Pines residential subdivision in Sandy Hook in the vicinity of

Cherry Street, Pine Street, and Narragansett Trail.

Residents living near the development site proposed for 16 lots on 26 acres

have staunchly opposed M&E Land Group's plans for the area. Residents have

cited a host of reasons to reject the project, including environmental

concerns, traffic problems, and overcrowding, among others.

In April, P&Z members rejected an initial subdivision proposal involving 19

houses on the site. P&Z members cited concerns over erosion, sedimentation,

drainage, excavation, and grading as reasons for the rejections.

M&E Land Group came back to the agency with a 16-lot version of the project

which addressed those concerns. Nearby residents again opposed the project.

WEDGEWOOD - The P&Z is scheduled to resume an August 15 public hearing on the

controversial Wedgewood subdivision proposal on Taunton Hill Road. The public

hearing, however, is slated only for accepting any technical information about

the proposal from residents who oppose the development. The

Taunton/Dodgingtown Neighborhood Association was formed, in part, in response

to the development application.

Taunton Hill Road area residents August 15 told P&Z members they strongly

oppose the development proposal because it would overcrowd the area,

jeopardize existing well water supplies, create drainage problems, and

compound existing traffic hazards.

MEADOW ACRES - The P&Z is scheduled to hold a public hearing on Robert and

Kathryn Mathison's proposed Meadow Acres subdivision.

The Mathison's want to create 10 lots on 20 acres on land in the vicinity of

Jo-Mar Drive and Philo Curtis Road in Sandy Hook.

NAGY BROTHERS - Nagy Brothers, a local construction company, wants to create a

three-lot subdivision on almost eight acres at Hemlock Road. The P&Z will

resume an August 15 public hearing on the proposal so the applicants can

submit a US Postal Service affidavit verifying that they notified property

owners within 500 feet of the August 15 public hearing.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - The P&Z is slated to consider a request from Habitat

for Humanity to create two building lots on three acres on Philo Curtis Road

for the construction of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income

families.

Habitat wants to build two single-family houses which would be owner-occupied.

The affordable housing project has drawn generally favorable public comments.

But some people who live in the immediate area of the site say the project

would overcrowd the neighborhood.

P&Z meeting agendas are subject to change. People who want the latest agenda

listings may contact the planning and zoning office in Town Hall South, at

270-4276.