A 93-unit apartment complex in Irondequoit was approved by the town planning board at its April 13 meeting.
Eagle Ridge Properties is looking to build two three-story apartment buildings along Hudson Avenue south of Eagle Ridge Circle with a maintenance shop, rental office and mail room. One building would run lengthwise on the frontage to Hudson Avenue, with a 129-space parking lot between the other building that backs up to the existing subdivision.
Access to the nearly $30 million apartment complex would be via Eagle Ridge Circle.
On April 13, the planning board voted 6-1 in favor of the site plan and subdivision approvals. Allan Richards was the lone dissenting vote. The project had already received variances for height, front setback, rear setback and parking in December.
The planning board held a special meeting with a public hearing to approve the project after it was tabled over concerns from a town consultant about density requirements. Those were resolved by the subdivision, which increased the size of the parcel and number of residential units permitted.
The public hearing renewed concerns about the preservation of a barn, believed to be at least 100 years old with a distinct cupola. The site was not deemed historically significant in a recent historic resource study commissioned by the town.
Preserving the building would cut into the number of residential units and potentially make the market-rate housing project unviable, said John Sciarabba, president and CEO of LandTech Surveying and Planning. He did agree to photograph the barn to document it before it’s torn down.
— Steve Howe reports on suburban growth, development and environment for the Democrat and Chronicle. An RIT graduate, he has covered myriad topics over the years, including public safety, local government, national politics and economic development in New York and Utah.
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