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“I really don’t see an issue with that being a little road,” Strollo added. “While the road is narrow at points, there have been no accidents on that road since 2003, and if there are two cars on that road, the recommendation is that one car would have to move to the shoulder to allow the other to pass… We believe the road is functioning safely.”Ĭommissioner Sean Strollo was the only one of his colleagues to suggest that the size of the road was not a negative. “According to our classification system, we would qualify Cornwall Avenue extension as a ‘rural, minor access road,’ which means that there are less than 400 cars on that road in a given day,” Sullivan explained. “If the Commission grants the rezoning, I ask that a clause be added to the deed, if allowable, stating that the lot could not be subdivided in the future”.ĭave Sullivan, a representative from the engineering firm Milone and MacBroom, performed a traffic study on Cornwall Avenue extension, and sought to address the concerns raised about the road. “My conclusion is that the request to change the zoning would only make the area ‘undesirable’ if we need to subdivide the property again…” he wrote. extension in the next Capital Budget.īrucato’s letter echoed Commissioner Linder’s safety concerns, but also pointed out problems with resubdividing the land given a possible zoning change. Linder’s suggestion is to write a letter to the Town Manager and Chairman of the Town Council requesting the inclusion of road improvements to Cornwall Ave. The second approach is not within our power…” We can either approve this application, knowing that the road is unsafe, or deny the application contingent on a commitment by the Town to improve the road.
We also cannot require the Town to bring the road up to standards, which is what would be required to approve this application. “As we know, this application is about a subdivision on an existing town road… We cannot require the developer to make offsite improvements to the road in order to gain approval of this application. Linder’s letter went on to express his belief that the commission is in a difficult position, with only a handful of possible solutions available. This is possibly the worst road in Cheshire.”
There is barely enough room for two-way traffic. Utility poles and mature trees encroach on the road. “It is 14 to 18 feet in width, compared to the standard 30 feet, (and) there are no curbs or sidewalks. “… The existing town road - Cornwall Ave extension - that will serve the existing homes on it, and the additional homes proposed by the applicant is not up to standards,” he wrote. The evening began with two letters being read into the record from Commissioner’s Gil Linder and Robert Brucato, neither of whom were able to attend the meeting.
Clearview returned in 2017 with a scaled back version of the plan, which was eventually approved by the PZC.Īs that construction continues, the developer recently appeared before the PZC to request permission to move ahead with a second phase of the project, which would include six additional homes located on Cornwall Ave. The subdivision, which has been a source of controversy for several years after an original plan to develop 21 units on property off of Cornwall Avenue near Mountain Road was derailed in 2016 after an illegal dumpsite was discovered. Safety concerns surrounding the Cornwall Avenue extension were the topic of discussion at Monday evening’s Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, as commissioners and members of the public continue to discuss the phase two proposal for Clearview Farm Preserve LLC subdivision.