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Canoe Brook withdraws proposed South‑side employee housing after strong neighborhood opposition
Summary
Canoe Brook Country Club withdrew a proposal to convert and expand a South Side maintenance building into dormitory-style employee housing after public testimony raised concerns about density, access via the Wallace Road gate and neighborhood impacts; the board signaled reservation about the project’s scale.
Canoe Brook Country Club withdrew a proposed employee housing application after heated public comment and follow-up questioning by Summit’s Zoning Board of Adjustment on Feb. 20.
Attorney Hilary Walls presented a revised plan that reduced the number of proposed bedrooms by 25 percent from the earlier submission. The revised scheme showed 21 beds in the South Side maintenance/employee building, down from an earlier 27-bed layout, and a set of changes the club said would reduce height by a few inches and add bike racks and stormwater measures. The applicant said the units would be used primarily to house seasonal hospitality staff, including foreign workers on visas and domestic seasonal staff when visas were unavailable.
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