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Somerset council continues hearing on 5401 Uppingham amid neighbors’ stormwater concerns
Summary
The council continued a building‑permit hearing for 5401 Uppingham Street after neighbors raised detailed concerns about construction runoff, tree removals and long‑term maintenance of the proposed landscape infiltration system; the applicant and town engineer defended the design and agreed to provide additional information before the continued hearing.
The Somerset Town Council on Feb. 24 continued a public hearing on a building‑permit amendment for 5401 Uppingham Street after residents pressed the applicant and the town for more detail about how the project’s stormwater features will protect neighboring yards during and after construction.
The application, filed by Wonyoung Kai and Wu Yong Chang, proposes a one‑story front addition, a two‑story rear addition, two new HVAC units and a new driveway; the town staff presentation said setbacks and building height meet Somerset code and that the proposed stormwater design would add about 200 cubic feet of runoff for a one‑year storm while providing about 450 cubic feet of on‑site infiltration.
At public comment two neighbors, Joanne Stellar and her husband Joe, testified that they have spent decades dealing with runoff at their property and said they were "a little shaken" that the project…
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