Developer says stormwater and road placement make saving Colvin Sweet House on-site difficult
Petros Development Group told the Avon Landmarks Preservation Commission that drainage to a downstream culvert and an oversized retention requirement force a roughly 2.8-acre pond on the narrow parcel, limiting options to keep the Colvin Sweet House in its current location.
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At the June 10 meeting, Gregory Modic of Petros Development Group outlined why his engineers concluded the Colvin Sweet House sits at the parcel location most constrained for development: drainage from the site heads north and must discharge across Detroit Road into a downstream culvert serving the Avon Oaks Golf Course, driving a large retention footprint.
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