Milford zone change opens door for senior housing development project
Thomas Ebersold
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The south entrance to the Southwick complex on Wheelers Farm Road.Google Street View
MILFORD The Planning and Zoning Board has approved a change to the city’s Planned Elderly Community zoning regulations that would allow completion of the Southwick at Milford, a 55 and older condominium complex on Wheelers Farm Road.
According to attorney Kevin Curseaden, who submitted the proposal to the board last month meeting, the Southwick was constructed in 2000. But the developer did not finish the project, he said.
Curseaden requested a change to Section 3.1.6.3, reducing the minimum lot size from 10 to five acres for a “previously approved phased development Planned Elderly Community Use” in an RA zone, and allowing for a “separate fee simple ownership.”
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The state Site Evaluation Committee will decide whether to hold a special approval process for a proposed solar farm in Milford, after receiving petitions from nearby residents.
The proposed array, from a local subsidiary of New York-based Olivewood Energy, would have a capacity of 16 megawatts – about half the size of the normal minimum for SEC consideration.
A community group called Brox Environmental Citizens – named for the piece of land where the solar farm would be built – wants the SEC to step in and decide whether to review the project anyway.
The group submitted petitions with that request, signed by residents in Milford and four surrounding towns.