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New Canaan subcommittee reviews three downtown sites, flags parking, traffic and cost trade-offs
Summary
The Project Development Subcommittee examined conceptual plans for Richmond Hill, Locust Avenue and the Lumberyard, hearing staff analyses on parking ratios, drainage and constructability and agreeing to socialize all three options with the public before making a recommendation.
The New Canaan Project Development Subcommittee met March 11 to review three conceptual site plans for possible affordable housing — Richmond Hill, Locust Avenue and the Lumberyard — and agreed to present all three options to the public as part of a forthcoming engagement and survey process.
Krista Nielsen, a member of the subcommittee, opened the meeting and said the committee’s aim is to ‘‘do our homework’’ so it can advise elected officials on which town-owned sites the town should pursue. The committee voted to approve the minutes of its March 4 meeting at the start of the session.
The Richmond Hill options include a single large apartment building over a two-level parking structure and a smaller, townhouse-style two-building alternative that would yield about 18–20 units. Committee members and staff discussed whether nearby offsite parking — including an underbuilt underground lot at the neighboring…
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