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Clinton Zoning Board Debates Major Open‑Space Variance for 70‑Acre Parcel; Motion Being Redrafted
Summary
Owners of a 70‑acre Clinton parcel sought to reduce the town's 40% open‑space requirement (28 acres) to designate 4.8 acres of 'usable' tenant space while keeping the rest in agricultural/forest use; neighbors objected and board members debated a deed‑restriction condition; no final vote — motion being rewritten for a follow‑up meeting.
The Town of Clinton Zoning Board of Appeals spent the bulk of its Jan. 28 meeting debating whether to allow a developer to reduce the town's required open space on a 70.01‑acre parcel that the applicants say they will continue to farm.
Sam Shore, the property owner and applicant, told the board he and his team proposed 12 clustered townhouse units and would set aside 4.8 acres of usable open space for residents while keeping the remaining acreage in agricultural or wooded use. "We're just, the whole point of this was to keep the family farm going," Shore said during the hearing.
The request pits the town's code — which requires 40% of gross lot area as usable open space (28 acres on this site) — against the applicant's plan to retain most of the land in active or managed forestry and to limit resident access to a small lakeside/picnic area. Opponents, including a written letter read into the record…
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