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A proposal to build 76 apartments on part of a Middletown mobile home park property has received conditional wetlands approval and is scheduled for a Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing Sept. 23.
Middletown Mobile Home Park LLC, controlled by East Hampton developer William Wayne Rand, plans two three-story residential buildings and two separate garage buildings on an 8.55-acre site identified in the application as Bernie O’Rourke Drive, Lot 1, with access from Washington Street.
The city’s Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency approved construction within the upland review area at its Sept. 16 special meeting. Its decision notice does not specify the conditions attached to the approval.
Middletown Director of Land Use Marek Kozikowski said the proposal will now go before the Planning and Zoning Commission for a public hearing Wednesday, Sept. 23.
The development would include 58 one-bedroom apartments and 18 two-bedroom units, according to the project narrative. Vehicles would enter through a driveway off Washington Street, and the buildings would connect to public water and sewer service.
Site plans show several existing mobile homes would be relocated to an adjacent, roughly 3-acre portion of the property along Washington Street. The demolition plan also identifies a mobile home and several sheds for removal.
The proposal includes 122 parking spaces, including 30 garage spaces, according to the applicant. Plans also call for 38,000 square feet of usable open space.
The property borders a brook and the Coginchaug River.
The project’s design team includes Middlebury-based architect Amara Associates LLC and Old Saybrook-based civil engineering firm Indigo Land Design LLC.
The submitted materials do not identify a construction cost or schedule.
