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Board conditionally grants easement near Sandy Hollow Park to resolve right‑of‑way
Summary
Selectmen authorized a conditional easement that would formalize a driveway pattern and have a property owner relinquish an older right-of-way across Sandy Hollow Park, subject to a survey and attorney review.
The board voted to authorize the First Selectman to execute an easement over a small shaded area adjacent to Sandy Hollow Park so the property owner will relinquish an older right-of-way that crossed town open space. Attorney Jonathan Peck’s client offered to give up the older prescriptive right-of-way in exchange for a recorded easement that formalizes the driveway access from the existing cul‑de‑sac.
Planning staff recommended conditional approval pending a survey and meets‑and‑bounds description. A staff member summarized the legal and access history and told the board that eliminating the traveling right across the park reduces risk and neighbor impacts; the board approved the authorization on condition that the town attorney and planning director review the final survey and easement language.
