Hekemian Addresses Revisions to Site Plan; Board Members Sworn In
Attorneys for the S. Hekemian Group answer why the scope of the residential component was reduced; re-appointed and newly appointed Board members sworn in.
During Tuesday's Zoning Board meeting, the applicant's attorney, Antimo "Andy" DelVecchio, informed the Board that the removal of 197 housing units from the site plan of the United Water property was done to satisfy their concerns regarding the high density of the residential portion of the project. The residential component of the original site plan included 221 multi-family units with a four-story parking garage that included 428 parking spaces. The revised plans call for 24 fair market housing units and 54 perimeter parking spaces. According to DelVecchio, and the two Hekemian experts that testified at Tuesday's meeting--architect Christian Lessard and engineer Michael Dipple-- these 24 units will satisfy New Milford's COAH obligation. …
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Michelle
1:41 am on Friday, January 11, 2013
DelVecchio blamed Liebman for the delay, calling it a curve ball, when the fact is the curve ball came from Hekemian once again up and changing his plans. Liebman was right to question it. The plans were incomplete and didn’t even state whether the 24 units were affordable or market-rate; they changed so drastically as to make almost none of the testimony heard so far accurate. But the absolute … more ›