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Development Proposed For Paproski Land

BY ANDREW GOROSKO

A development firm is proposing that the Paproski family farm be the site of

an 18-home residential subdivision off Castle Hill Road and Sugar Lane.

The Estates of Pumpkin Hill, LLC, of 17 Church Hill Road, wants to build the

houses at what is now the dairy farm of Steve and Gloria Paproski of 40 Sugar

Lane. The terrain consists of wooded acreage and open fields.

Nineteen lots would be created, 18 of which would be home sites. The 19th lot

would remain undeveloped, according to documents filed at the town land use

office.

The name of the proposed subdivision is Cornfield Ridge. It would occupy 74.4

acres, 7.5 acres of which would remain as open space. Such an open-space land

grant to the town, or to some land conservation organization, meets the P&Z's

recently approved requirement that developers set aside at least 10 percent of

a subdivision as open-space land.

Two new dead-end roads would be built off Castle Hill Road. They would be

named Cornfield Drive and Pumpkin Lane. Some lots would have frontage on

Castle Hill Road. A majority of the parcel is in the borough, but some land in

the subdivision is in the town.

The developers are seeking Conservation Commission approval to build a

stormwater detention to prevent sediment from flowing off the subdivision

after heavy rains. The area has Ridgebury wetland soils.

Approximately 400 square feet of wetlands would be affected by the

construction work. The work would create 0.06 acres of new wetlands.

Engineer Larry Edwards has designed the project.

The proposal will be reviewed by the Conservation Commission. If that agency

endorses it, the developers would then submit site plans to the Planning and

Zoning Commission (P&Z) for review. The Borough Zoning Commission also will

review the project.

The P&Z serves as the borough's planning agency and rules on subdivisions

proposed for both the town and the borough.