New Haven Register (New Haven, CT)
P&Z plans 3 public hearings on proposed housing projects
MILFORD —The Planning and Zoning Board has three separate housing projects on its plate.
The largest of the plans is a six-lot subdivision at 1314 Naugatuck Ave. at the corner of West Rutland Road.
There would be three houses fronting on each of the two roads with one property located at the corner of the two roads. The 2.91-acre property is located in the R-18 zone.
White Oaks Terrace LLC of 183 Quarry Road purchased the property from the estate of William H. Brensinger Jr., who died on Aug. 15, 2019, at age 83. The developer has demolished the 1,738-square-foot house, which had been built in 1868, along with a shed and barn on the property.
City Engineer Gregory H. Pidluski recommended requiring the applicant to be responsible for the costs of widening Naugatuck Avenue to 30 feet, including utility relocation, and also to mill and overlay Naugatuck Avenue and West Rutland Road in front of the subdivision, once sewer laterals, underground utilities and catch basins are installed. Pidluski wrote in his review that, at a minimum, two catch basins would need to be installed along the southeasterly gutter line of West Rutland Road.
The subdivision would include a stormwater management system in which 100 percent of the site runoff for a 25-year, 24-hour storm would be directed into an underground storage galley. In lieu of donating a portion of the land as open space, the applicant will make a donation to the city’s open space fund.
Another application is for construction of a threestory, single-family house at 37 Blair St., intended to replace an 879-square-foot single-story house constructed in 1940. William C. Piacitelli owns the 0.34-acre lot located in the R-5 zone, and the AE flood zone, adjacent to the marsh by
Great Creek. The threebedroom house would be elevated on piers to 15 feet with a two-car garage below.
Inland-Wetlands Compliance Officer MaryRose Palumbo issued a jurisdictional ruling on Oct. 29, allowing Piacitelli to raze the existing home and construct a new dwelling. The ruling was required because the property is within 100 feet of a wetland or watercourse in the Housatonic River Watershed. A subsurface rain garden is planned to clean stormwater runoff from the roof and a portion of the driveway before it infiltrates the soil.
Finally, attorney Kevin Curseaden submitted an application for the property at 535-543 Plains Road owned by Patricia J. McAndrew. The 3.11-acre property is located in both the
R-18 and the R-30 zone. The rear of the property comprising about 2 acres is located in the R-30 zone, while the front portion is in the R-18 zone. The property has a 1,566-square-foot house from 1930, a 741square-foot house from 1930, and a 2,928-squarefoot house from 1986. There are also two barns and a greenhouse on the property.
If approved, the zone change would allow six to seven houses on the property, while with the current zoning, three to four houses are possible.
The planned public hearings for the housing applications will take place at Planning and Zoning Board’s Dec. 4 meeting.