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Neighbors press planning board over proposed Bluestone Court subdivision, board declares lead agency
Summary
Residents raised safety, parking and flooding concerns as SSLI Holdings sought subdividing 2.698 acres into 15 lots under the city's form-based code; the board declared itself lead agency for SEQRA review and tabled the application for further study and interagency review.
The City of Kingston Planning Board on March 17 heard hours of public comment on a proposed subdivision at 21 Bluestone Court that would create a 15-lot walkable-neighborhood plan on about 2.698 acres owned by SSLI Holdings LLC.
Residents said the plan, as revised to meet the city's form-based code, now allows small multiplex units in addition to duplexes and single-family homes and could sharply increase on-street parking and vehicle trips in a narrow neighborhood without sidewalks. Sandy Herna, who said she lives at 258 Lucas Avenue where her property abuts the site, told the board the revised layout places a public road about "9 feet off of my entire backyard," and asked that previously proposed landscaping along Bluestone Court be…
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