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Bolton PZC voices support for medical use at 1100 Boston Turnpike but urges a village‑style layout
Summary
At its Feb. 8 meeting the Bolton Planning & Zoning Commission reviewed a preliminary plan for 1100 Boston Turnpike, supporting medical tenants while asking the applicant to revise the layout toward a village‑style cluster and allowing some flexibility on parking to preserve marketability.
The Bolton Planning & Zoning Commission reviewed a preliminary plan for 1100 Boston Turnpike at its Feb. 8, 2017 meeting, signaling willingness to relax some parking requirements to accommodate potential medical tenants while urging the developer to revise the site into a more compact, village‑style arrangement.
Jay Ussery of J.R. Russo & Associates presented the plan on behalf of Joel Rosenlicht, saying prospective tenants include a dentist and possibly a physical therapist. Ussery described design constraints — exam and operating rooms need natural light and windows that would ideally face north — and noted the client did not want windows that looked directly onto a parking lot.
The commission said it would consider flexibility on parking if changes produced a site that would support a viable medical use. Commissioner Adam Teller said he did not want to require changes “so far as to make the site unusable for the proposed business,” and members suggested alternatives including altered parking configurations, different access arrangements, and increased landscaping to produce a more clustered, village‑style appearance rather than three separate buildings separated by surface parking.
First Selectman Robert Morra said he was supportive of bringing medical services to the site and noted early conversations with the sewer authority about the property’s capacity. The minutes state the applicant has consulted Inland Wetlands Agent Barbara Kelly and that there is no vernal pool on the site; the commission asked Ussery to revise the plan taking the comments into account.
The commission did not take formal action on the proposal; Ussery said he would continue studying alternatives and return with revised plans.
Votes at a glance: The commission recorded several procedural votes at the Feb. 8 meeting. The January 11, 2017 minutes were approved as amended (motion by Commissioner Adam Teller; second by Arlene Fiano) 5–0–1, with Neal Kerr abstaining. The commission voted 6–0–0 to add an informal discussion of 1100 Boston Turnpike to the agenda and 6–0–0 to move New Business to follow item #2. The commission also corrected a prior motion to set the deadline to file mylars for the Paggioli Subdivision (application PL‑16‑5) to June 6, 2017; that corrective motion passed 5–0–1 with A. Teller abstaining. Christopher Davey moved to adjourn at 9:31 p.m.; the motion passed 6–0–0.
Background: The parcel is in the RMUZ zone; the minutes show the commission is weighing how to preserve a marketable site for small medical uses while adhering to Bolton’s village‑style development goals. No formal application or vote on site plan approval was recorded at this meeting. The commission requested a revised layout addressing parking, access and landscaping and expected the applicant to return with updated plans.
