Developers keep moving at Bay Pointe
Lot sizes remained a main point of contention as developers inched forward on their proposed 94-unit housing development at the Bay Pointe Club, during Monday night's three hour Planning Board meeting.
Representatives for Stonestreet, the Rhode Island-based real estate and development company that plans to build the housing units, said that the lot sizes for all homes would be raised to a minimum of 8,000 square feet, at the suggestion of the Planning Board. Stonestreet bought Bay Pointe in 2012 for $1.4 million.
The proposed development would include 62 lots with 94 units, 60 single-family homes and 34 condominiums.
According to the plan, the 60 single-family homes would be located on the southeast side of the Club, around Short Neck Road. The other units would be located off of Cahoon Road near the existing Bay Pointe condominiums.
At the last Planning Board meeting, some board members raised issue with the lot sizes only averaging out to 8,000 square feet, with some of the single family homes on lots as small as 6,097 square feet.
While some board members, such as John Cronan, have called for all houses to have a minimum of 10,000 square feet, by the end of the meeting the developers and board members agreed that a minimum of 8,000 square feet would be sufficient going forward.
Stonestreet co-founder Tim Fay said that his team will redesign the layout with to the proper dimensions, even if it means losing some housing units.
"You won't see a single lot come back in under 8,000 square feet," he said.
A number of issues the board also asked to see taken care of by the next meeting on July 13 included: A comprehensive, consolidated traffic study that combines actual current traffic on Bay Pointe drive, traffic on the interior of Bay Pointe and the projected traffic with the new houses; A cul de sac at the end of Short Neck Road at the southeast of the club; clarification on the proposed sewer system and comment from town sewer officials; and a more detailed phasing plan.
At Monday's meeting Fay said the duplexes and fourplexes at the northeast of the property would come first, then the new 2nd hole would be built on the golf course, then the building of the housing units would continue moving southeast.