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Commission approves PDD settlement resolution for Mohawk Drive project with affordable-unit requirement and methane-testing condition
Summary
Shelton Planning & Zoning Commission approved a settlement resolution for a planned development district at Mohawk Drive that authorizes a residential building with units including at least eight affordable units at 80% AMI; construction contingent on test borings verifying no methane migration.
The Shelton Planning and Zoning Commission on July 9 approved a settlement resolution establishing a planned development district (PDD) for a residential project at 2 Mohawk Drive (application 2226), including an affordability requirement and a methane-gas test condition.
The resolution, adopted 6-0, approves the submitted initial concept and final site development plans for the property and states that a minimum of eight units must be rented at or below levels calculated at 80% of area median income under Connecticut General Statute 8-30g. The commission also required that no construction or site preparation begin until test borings verify that methane gas has not migrated to any part of the site; the test borings must be provided at the applicant's expense and reviewed by city staff.
Attorney T. Dosso (counsel for the applicant) presented the proposed settlement language and told the commission the resolution is intended to mirror the language required for court review in the related housing-court matter. "This resolution is pretty much the same type of resolution that resolved the court case involving Townsquare," the attorney said while explaining the streamlined form and the statement of uses and standards attached to the resolution.
The approved resolution references the final plans dated 02/08/2022 with revisions through 06/24/2025 and makes the initial concept effective on the second Friday after the settlement's approval and the withdrawal of the appeal, under Connecticut General Statute section 8-8n. The statement of uses and standards attached to the resolution includes the parking ratio and other site-specific controls required by the PDD application.
Commissioners voted 6-0 to adopt the settlement resolution. The commission's action formalizes the PDD and clears the matter for the court process that must approve the settlement and the withdrawal of the appeal, after which the PDD will take effect per the resolution's schedule.
The resolution includes the methane-boring requirement and the 8-unit affordability minimum as conditions recorded in the motion approved by the commission.
