Toll Brothers has agreed to modify its plans to construct a 161-acre planned community in Mount Pleasant, New York, following pushback from the town board. The proposals currently under review include the construction of 162 townhomes that must now be restricted to households with at least one occupant 55 years old and above.
The concession marks a significant change from previously approved plans submitted by Baker Residential to construct a 73-home community with no age restrictions. As part of the compromise, Toll Brothers has also agreed to donate 18 acres of its property to the town for use as park land.
“Supervisor Fulgenzi and the town board made it quite clear that they had serious concerns about the possible impact on the school district and they genuinely wanted to see the project oriented toward area seniors,” said Toll Brothers’ land-use attorney David Steinmetz of the White Plains firm of Zarin & Steinmetz.
The project site, located between Westlake Drive and Columbus Avenue, was previously owned by the beleaguered Legionnaires of Christ Roman Catholic order and zoned for commercial office development. Toll Brothers is expected to submit a new rezoning application in the coming weeks.
The company’s prior rezoning application with no age restrictions submitted last year for the vacant site was not advanced by the town board.
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New developments without sidewalks should be illegal.
When Levittown, PA, was built in the 1950s, the priciest section was built without sidewalks as it was deemed “more executive.”
Why are we still building the suburbs? It’s time we stop and concentrate on infilling the city with affordable apartments and developing vacant lots. 15-minute cities are better for the soul.