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Promenade at Middletown outlines memory-care and day-program expansion; board takes no action
Summary
Promenade Middletown presented plans to add memory-care services and a community day program through a one-story rear addition and a two-story front addition. The Planning Board treated the presentation as preliminary; board members focused questions on fire-truck access, parking counts and architectural review requirements.
Promenade Middletown LLC on Jan. 8 presented a preliminary plan to the City of Middletown Planning Board to add memory-care services and a community day program at its facility at 60–78 Fulton Street. The presentation was informational only; the board took no formal action.
Steven Laufer, speaking for Promenade, said the nonprofit operates assisted living and seeks to convert some assisted-living rooms to memory care, add public spaces for memory-care residents and open a day program that will serve community members who do not live at the facility. Promenade said the project will not increase overnight bed count but will change room configurations and add programming space.
The design team described two additions: a one-story roughly 9,500-square-foot rear addition intended primarily for memory-care functions and a smaller two-story front addition with resident rooms. The team said the project would create interior courtyards, specialized activity and dining spaces, and measures intended to reduce the risk of residents exiting unobserved.
Board members and staff spent the bulk of the discussion on emergency access and parking. Fire representatives and the project team agreed to coordinate further with the fire department and the civil engineer to ensure apparatus turning radii and rear access meet emergency standards; the architect said the site can be reconfigured to provide a complete apparatus turnaround if required. The project team reported the existing site currently has roughly 78 parking spaces; per zoning the requirement is one parking space per five patients, and the applicant said the facility presently exceeds that minimum. Promenade said it expects about 70 employees in total (roughly 20–25 per shift), about 120 residents (estimated 5–10 drive), and that parking can be adjusted while preserving required access and handicap spaces.
The board’s planning consultant, CPL, had provided a comment letter; the project team said it will submit a full application package addressing open items, including elevations and material callouts. Board members noted the site is in the DMU zone and must proceed to the architectural review board for facade and materials approval when a full application is filed.
Because the presentation was preliminary, the board did not vote. Staff and the applicant agreed to follow up with the civil engineer and fire department to resolve access and parking matters before a formal application is submitted.
