Date: Fri 15-Nov-1996

Publication: Bee

Author: ANDYG

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P&Z-subdivision-hearings

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Hearings Set On Three Subdivisions

The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) will consider three separate

residential subdivision proposals consisting of 43 building lots on almost 360

acres when it meets Thursday, November 21.

Three public hearings on the proposals will start at 8 pm at Newtown Middle

School auditorium. The P&Z's regular business meeting will start there at 7:30

pm.

Blakeman Construction, a limited liability corporation, is seeking approval

for the "Rollingwood" resubdivision, consisting of 17 lots on almost 271

acres. The land is on the northerly side of New Lebbon Road.

The Rollingwood proposal is a resubmission of a development plan which was

approved by the P&Z in the past. It's being resubmitted for technical reasons.

John and Nanci Kalas, the property owners, and Avalon Developers, LLC, the

proposed developers, are seeking approval for "Avalon," a 16-lot development

on almost 54 acres. The property is on the north side of High Bridge Road,

near the Newtown/Monroe border.

The Avalon proposal was controversial among area residents who questioned

aspects of the project's wetlands construction work when Avalon was pending

before the Conservation Commission.

M&E Land Group has applied for "Tamarack Woods," involving 10 building lots on

almost 33 acres. The land lies within the triangle formed by Tamarack Road,

Sanford Road, and Echo Valley Road.

The Tamarack Woods proposal is a revision of a previous development plan which

was withdrawn from consideration by M&E Land Group after area residents

strongly opposed it.