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Developer proposes 52-lot Gravel Pike subdivision; supervisors press for larger lots
Summary
Tuskes Homes presented a 52-lot sketch plan for the Demeno property on Gravel Pike and requested rezoning from LIC-1 to R-2; supervisors asked for revisions showing 20,000 sq ft lots and criticized a "bullseye" road layout for snowplowing.
Attorney Bryce McGuigan, Phil Malitsch (Director of Land Development) and Mike Tuskes (President, Tuskes Homes) presented a preliminary sketch plan proposing 52 single-family lots on the Demeno property on Gravel Pike and asked whether the Board would support rezoning from LIC-1 to R-2 Residential. The developer's sketch shows a minimum lot size of 15,000 square feet and an average lot size of 16,000 square feet; Tuskes Homes said it targeted roughly 50 lots and said that a 20,000-square-foot minimum would reduce yield below the developer's target.
Board members said this was not the first rezoning request for the tract and one supervisor said he favored rezoning to residential, while three others said they would need to see a sketch with 20,000-square-foot lots similar to the abutting 2nd Street neighborhood. Supervisors also raised an operational concern that a "bullseye" road layout is difficult to snowplow, and encouraged the developer to revise the plan and return with alternatives. Several members of the public attended and asked questions; Justin Kresge recorded the meeting.
