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Resubdivision At Valley View Approved

B Y A NDREW G OROSKO

Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members have approved a two-lot

resubdivision in the Valley View development, with lots fronting on Kent Road

and the section of Head O' Meadow Road extending from Castle Hill Road.

P&Z members approved the resubdivision without opposition in voting at a May 1

session.

In a discussion before the vote, P&Z member Thomas Paisley said there's

considerable concern among Head O' Meadow Road residents about water running

off the development site and onto Head O' Meadow Road.

"With the (steep) slope situation there, it's far from an ideal site to put in

a home," Mr Paisley said.

But P&Z member Heidi Winslow pointed out the water runoff situation is an

existing problem, adding that the applicant had informed P&Z members that

development work at the site would help the condition.

The developer plans to improve a drainage ditch to handle water runoff.

"This is a marginal building lot, at best," P&Z member Daniel Fogliano said of

the property that fronts on Head O' Meadow Road.

But the proposal meets the P&Z's development criteria, he added.

The resubdivided land known as Lot 6 is 5.9 acres. The lot will be known as

Lot 6-A and Lot 6-B. Lot 6-A has frontage on Kent Road and Lot 6-B has

frontage on Head O' Meadow Road.

P&Z Chairman Stephen Koch said the water runoff problem is a pre-existing

condition.

Although Lot 6-B is a "marginal" one, the land development is "doable," he

said.

While the property is difficult land to develop, it meets the P&Z's

regulations, Ms Winslow added.

On that note, P&Z members voted in favor of the two-lot resubdivision without

opposition.

The development plan approved by the P&Z was the second version of the

proposal presented by developer Joseph Scherpf. An earlier version was

withdrawn and a new version was submitted. In February, Mr Scherpf withdrew

his initial request to resubdivide Lot 6. That application didn't meet

applicable health department regulations concerning septic waste disposal

systems.

Kent Road is a relatively new dead end street extending from Castle Hill Road.

Mr Scherpf developed Valley View on Kent Road.

At a past public hearing on the resubdivision proposal, resident John Naglieri

of 96 Head O' Meadow Road said area residents are concerned about heavy water

runoff during heavy rains in the area proposed for the driveway.

Area residents are very concerned about protecting their homes and the quality

of their lives, he said. Head O' Meadow Road has been deteriorating due to

heavy water runoff after heavy rains, he said.