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Zoning board defers decision on Mayflower Avenue multifamily project after neighbors raise density concerns
Summary
The New Rochelle Zoning Board postponed a vote on a proposed multi‑family development (case 322024) on Mayflower Avenue, asking the applicant to return with a reduced unit count after neighbors and a board majority expressed concern about the size of the requested variance tied to the lot‑area‑per‑unit formula.
The New Rochelle Zoning Board on an evening meeting agreed to postpone a vote on case 322024, a proposed multi‑family building on Mayflower Avenue, and asked the developer to return at the board's March meeting with a smaller unit count.
The project team said the proposal has been reduced from its earlier submission and now calls for 24 dwelling units; the applicant and architect described multiple design changes they say lessen impacts on adjacent properties, including upper‑level setbacks, perimeter plantings and a green roof. Opponents and several board members said the relevant issue before the board is the requested variance tied to the city's lot‑area‑per‑dwelling‑unit calculation.
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