Date: Fri 15-Dec-1995

Publication: Bee

Author: ANDYG

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P&Z-Botsford-Sandy-Hook

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Resubdivision and Road Route Approved By P&Z

B Y A NDREW G OROSKO

Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members have approved a residential

resubdivision in Botsford and also have endorsed allowing a road pass over a

strip of town-owned land in Sandy Hook.

At a December 7 session, the P&Z approved the resubdivsion of Lot 22 and other

property into 17 lots on 273 acres at the Rollingwood development. The

applicant is James V. Massey, III.

The land is in the area between New Lebbon Road, High Bridge Road and Marlin

Road. P&Z members made the approval with various stipulations.

P&Z members held a public hearing on the resubdivision request on November 16.

At the hearing, nearby residents expressed concerns about increased

development in the area as well as increased traffic stemming from new home

construction.

In another matter, the P&Z endorsed a proposal from two developers to build a

road across a 30-foot-wide strip of town-owned open space land in the

Stonegate subdivision off Jeremiah Road in Sandy Hook.

The town had referred the road proposal to P&Z members for their

recommendation. Developers Emory Palmer and Robert Mathison made the proposal

for a Stonegate road crossing.

If the proposed road is fully built, the existing Stonegate Road would be

extended to Alpine Drive in connection with a forthcoming residential

subdivision proposal.

Such a road construction project would, in effect, link the Jeremiah Road

neighborhood with the Riverside section on Lake Zoar.

In August, Mr Palmer and Mr Mathison withdrew their proposal for the Watch

Hill subdivision in the vicinity of Alpine Drive, Bancroft Road and Pole

Bridge Road. The home building proposal, which involved constructing 16 basic

homes on a 32-acre site near I-84, drew heavy opposition from nearby residents

at a public hearing held six months ago.

The residents had complained that the parcel proposed for a subdivision is too

small to support 16 homes and that the subdivision could cause drainage

problems on nearby properties.