The Sussex County Council is expected to vote next week on whether to approve construction of 200 apartments at the intersection of Railway and Old Mill roads near Millville and
The Evans Farm project, proposed for the intersection of Railway Road and Old Mill Road, near Ocean View and Millville, includes 200 apartment units and was recommended for approval by the Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commission, 4-1. The Sussex County Council will make the final decision on approval of the project.Coastal Point ⢠Submitted
Some nearby residents are expressing disappointment in the Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commissionâs recommendation last week to approve construction of 200 new apartments on a parcel near Millville and Ocean View, despite nearly five hours of opposition at the March 25 public hearing on the application.
âSussex County has completely lost its mind with regards to development,â resident Don Shope told the Coastal Point. He lives in Bethany Bay, which was also developed by Linder & Co., the developer of the proposed apartment complex.
By Susan Canfora
Despite nearly five hours of testimony on Tuesday, March 25, opposing building 200 apartments  at the intersection of Railway and Old Mill roads in Ocean View, the Sussex County Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended approval.
At the Thursday, April 8 meeting, the project was recommended for approval by a 3-1 vote, with Commission President Robert Wheatley and Commissioners J. Bruce Mears and Holly Wingate in favor, Commissioner Kim Hoey Stevenson opposed and Commissioner R. Keller Hopkins absent.
Although requirements were made before approval, one of the residents opposed, Dave Bartlett, called them âboilerplate conditionsâ such as asking that trees are planted and existing soil not be disturbed and verifying where the bus stop will be for students attending Lord Baltimore Elementary School.
Following nearly five hours of testimony last week â all from those opposed to a proposed project to build 200 apartments at the intersection of Railway and Old Mill roads near Ocean View and Millville, the Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commission deferred making a recommendation until the P&Zâs Thursday, April 8, meeting.
Once made and announced, that recommendation will be sent to the Sussex County Council, whose members will make the final decision.
P&Z commissioners listened to reasons offered as to why the apartments shouldnât be built, in testimony that ran from 6 p.m. until nearly 11 p.m. at the Thursday, March 25, P&Z meeting, but no one commenting spoke in favor.