Rochester’s Conservation Commission on Tuesday approved Steen Realty and Development’s amended Order of Conditions for 22 Cranberry Highway that improves the project’s drainage plan.
It is the site of a plan for a townhouse development and a 68-unit, age 55-and-over, senior-living apartment building within Rochester Crossroads. Project representative Joseph Sanda explained the development’s underground water discharge system has been redesigned in the northern area of the townhouse section to be less intrusive and less impactful than seen in its original design. “It will discharge stormwater further from the wetlands there,” he said.
Chair Christopher Gerrior asked whether this means the dumpster in the original plan had been moved. Sanda said, “yes.” Gerrior then noted this redesign would mean less water going to wetlands in the only corner of the property under the ConCom’s jurisdiction. The approval vote that followed was quick and unanimous.
The plan here includes an apartment building with 68 units for residents age 55-and-up on a 24,000-square-foot lot that would include a full septic system, a drainage network, and underground utilities.
In other business during the quick meeting, the commission reported the Notice of Intent application to construct at 0 Robinson Road a single-family home with associated grading within the 200-foot riparian zone of a perennial stream has been withdrawn.
The next Rochester Conservation Commission meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 20, at 7:00 pm at Town Hall, 1 Constitution Way.
Rochester Conservation Commission
By Michael J. DeCicco