The owner of an approximately half-acre parcel at the corner of South Avenue and Mortimer Street is seeking permission from the town to re-subdivide the property into two lots.
The proposed resubmission at 255 South Ave. calls for the demolition of a 1921-built Colonial on the property, re-subdivision and then development of “each lot with a single family dwelling, driveway, garage and pool,” according to a memo from Town Planner Lynn Brooks Avni to the Planning & Zoning Commission.
“If the Commission looks favorably on this application then it should consider the following conditions: Prior to the issuance of a Zoning Permit, the Applicant will need to obtain an Encroachment permit from CT DOT as well as a Driveway permit and a sewer Disconnect and Connection permit from the Department of Public Works,” the memo said.
P&Z is scheduled to take up the application at its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Under the New Canaan Zoning Regulations, the minimum lot area for the B Residential Zone is 7,500 square feet (see page 55 here).
Also under the regulations, “no parcel in existence” can be “divided, subdivided or re-subdivided in such a way as to exceed” 2.9 lots per acre of buildable land in the B Residential Zone (page 56).
According to the town assessor’s field card, the property at 255 South Ave. is about .52 acres. It was purchased in January for $1,690,000, tax records show, by a limited liability company called GPLC Realty. The application lists the owner as town resident David Koch.
The application includes a re-subdivision map prepared by RKW Surveying that shows property divided into two lots along South Avenue. It also includes a 30-page drainage analysis by Kousidis Engineering LLC which concludes: “The proposed development will increase the amount of impervious area to this site, resulting in higher peak runoff rates. However, with the installation of the proposed stormwater retention systems, the original flow patterns will be maintained and there will be no increase in peak runoff for the 25-year storm event. In addition to controlling stormwater peak runoff, the proposed design incorporates stormwater treatment to control pollution and provide groundwater recharge capacity. The implementation of these techniques and the overall site design layout will result in a finished project that will minimize sediment and erosion impacts during construction and will have no adverse impacts to adjoining properties upon completion.”