Ramapo Commons on the move
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- April
- 15
The Town Board has decided after public hearings that its planned affordable condominium development off Twin Avenue will not significantly impact the environment.
Spring Valley, though, continues to be opposed to the size of the project – 132 units – as too large and Village Attorney Bruce Levine had asked the board to do a full environmental review of the plan.
In response to some residents’ concerns expressed at at public hearing, the board approved an amended version that decreases the number of condominiums from 138, eliminating one of the dozen buildings initially proposed. It also increased parking spaces to 175 from 156.
Fencing has also been an issue for neighbors who had been used to living beside a wooded eight acres. The plan promises fencing as well as buffers of trees and shrubs.
A key concern of Spring Valley, as well as of some residents who spoke at the hearing, was the development’s impact on traffic, particularly on Union Road, Twin and Maple avenues.
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on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 at 4:44 pm by James Walsh. 
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