Board approves 32 variances for Carlisle Lane townhouse subdivision after extended hearing and public comment

The Milford Board of Adjustment on a series of motions approved 32 separate zoning variances for a proposed major subdivision by Carlisle Lane LLC that would create 39 townhouses and one single‑family lot on roughly 4.5 acres along Truett Avenue.

Planning staff presented the application (BOA‑087‑2025) as a variance package tied to a major subdivision currently under preliminary review. Mr. Pierce (planning staff) told the board the combined property is zoned R‑3 (Garden‑apartment / townhouse district), that the applicant supplied a written narrative and maps for each request, and that the item was advertised in the Daily State News on Feb. 23, 2025 with mailed notice to properties within 200 feet.

The application asks for 32 discrete variances covering front‑yard and rear‑yard setbacks, aggregate side‑yard reductions, increased lot‑coverage percentages, wetland buffer grading, and reduced lot area/width for a single‑family lot. Key project particulars presented on the record include an assembled site of “a little over 4.5 acres,” a preliminary plan showing 39 townhouses and one single‑family dwelling, and three wetland‑buffer grading requests: 945 sq ft (Lot 24), 815 sq ft (Lot 39), and 8,600 sq ft (Open Space Parcel 1 for the stormwater pond).

Applicant representatives — including Gary Cimaglia (spelled on the record) and owner Matt Feint — explained the layout and grouped the variance requests by type. Cimaglia and the project engineer said many of the interior variances arise because the developer intends to create fee‑simple townhouse lots (each potentially…