Affordable apartments, offices proposed off Danbury Road

A 10-unit apartment house with three affordable units is proposed at 2 Island Hill Avenue, on the corner of Danbury Road.

With Ridgefields request for an affordable housing moratorium awaiting a ruling by the state, the town has been presented with plans for a 10-unit apartment building under the states 8-30g affordable housing statute.

The affordable apartments are proposed in combination with an office building, at the corner of Danbury Road and Island Hill Avenue the site where plans for a Stop & Shop gas station were rejected by the Planning and Zoning Commission after vehement neighborhood opposition two years ago.

Can you imagine how much traffic that would have generated? said attorney Robert Jewell, who represents the applicants.

The application came in this week, and Town Planner Betty Brosius said she expected it to be formally accepted by the Planning and Zoning Commission next Tuesday and scheduled for a public hearing some time in the fall.

Itll probably be in the middle of October, she said.

The property is owned by John Morganti & Sons LLC, and includes a largely disused construction yard with a small garage at 65 Danbury Road and a vacant house at 2 Island Hill Avenue.

The plans submitted by Mr. Jewell involve dividing the property, creating separate lots for two projects:

A building with medical, dental and general business offices is proposed at 65 Danbury Road.

The apartment building would have a footprint of just over 5,000 square feet, with two floors above a drive-in basement with parking for seven cars. There would be spaces for another 12 cars outside.

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Affordable apartments, offices proposed off Danbury Road