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ZBA denies developer’s request for duplex development on White Oaks Road after heavy neighbor opposition
Summary
The Zoning Board denied a variance request for a 24‑unit duplex development on 10 acres of White Oaks Road. Neighbors cited loss of rural character, traffic, wells and drainage concerns; the board voted to deny the application.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment on July 15 voted to deny a variance request (ZB2025‑056) that would have allowed a duplex development of 12 buildings (24 units) on a roughly 10‑acre parcel on White Oaks Road. Attorney Patrick Cronin, representing the applicants, had asked the board for two variances—use and density—so the project could be built as duplexes rather than single‑family houses.
Cronin told the board the application had been revised twice and that applicants were willing to accept conditions such as a berm, additional landscaping and privacy fencing to address abutter concerns. He described the design as a “Nantucket‑style” residential plan and said an independent appraiser, Mark McKeon, concluded the development would not reduce…
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