Date: Fri 21-Jun-1996

Publication: Bee

Author: ANDYG

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P&Z-Walnut-Tree-condos

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P&Z Turns Down Changes At Walnut Tree Village

The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) has turned down two requests to make

physical changes at Walnut Tree Village, the town's first condominium complex.

Attorney Stephen Wippermann proposed that the P&Z drop its regulation which

requires there to be ramps leading to entryways at multifmaily housing units

for the elderly in EH-10 zones.

P&Z members didn't agree with the proposal and voted that the ramp requirement

remain in effect.

Some residents at the condominium complex at 26 Walnut Tree Hill Road had

asked that ramps not be required there.

Also, Louis DeFilio, president of Walnut Tree Developers, Inc, asked P&Z

members to allow the firm to build unheated porches atop patios at the condo

complex.

P&Z members, howver, turned down the request, saying that porch construction

would increase the construction density at Walnut Tree Village.

The developers are building the first phase of the complex containing 35

units. When fully built, the development will contain 80 units.

In other buisness, the P&Z has denied Richard Rogers' request for a 2-lot

residential subdivision on 6 acres at 55 Butterfield Road.