The Stratford Zoning Commission on Wednesday night unanimously denied a proposal for a 145-unit apartment building, but gave the go-ahead to a separate plan that will result in 34 apartments. Mark Slade, of Bridgeport, doing business as M-Slade Enterprises LLC, planned to construct a 145-unit, seven-story building on a 1.73-acre parcel on Oronoque Lane. Slade […]
The Stratford Zoning Commission on Wednesday night unanimously denied a proposal for a 145-unit apartment building, but gave the go-ahead to a separate plan that will result in 34 apartments.
Mark Slade, of Bridgeport, doing business as M-Slade Enterprises LLC, planned to construct a 145-unit, seven-story building on a 1.73-acre parcel on Oronoque Lane. Slade is under contract to buy the property from Mark Genest, a developer from West Haven.
Slade proposed a zone change and text amendment to allow the proposed development under the state’s 8-30g affordable housing statute, which would designate 45 units as affordable housing.
The commission denied the application after several residents raised concerns related to traffic safety, flooding and other matters.
Sabine Curry, president of the Oronoque Village Tax District, said the district spent $250,000 last year to address a flooding problem in the area of the proposed development. She was concerned that building a 145-unit apartment building would exacerbate the area’s current flooding issues.
“This is definitely a floodzone,” she told the commission.
The proposal included demolishing a 9,423-square-foot house at 100 Oronoque Lane and a 6,096-square-foot house at 150 Oronoque Lane to make way for the proposed apartment building.
In a separate project, the commission approved a plan for a 34-unit, four-story apartment building to be constructed at 2152 Barnum Ave. The commission in mid-August approved the plan with conditions that included requiring all units to be affordable, but the applicant, Now Entity, Inc., appealed that decision.
The commission approved the plan a second time, with conditions that include requiring 24 units of workforce housing, designated for residents who make up to 80% of the area median income.
