Sunflower Landing re-zone request granted

There were more than a dozen items that needed addressing by the principals from Sunflower Landing but according to the Village of Brockport's engineers, only four of those items fell under the purview of the board - the rest were planning and zoning board issues, Mayor Mort Wexler said.

One of the biggest issues raised at the August 15 public hearing was sight distance of the entrance and exit for the proposed senior housing project on East Avenue.

Chris Schultz, engineer for the project, said the discussion with sight lines "came down to perception."

At the September 6 village board meeting, Police Chief Dan Varrenti said that he attended a meeting recently and agreed that there were adequate sight lines for cars pulling into and out of the proposed subdivision.

"You can clearly see cars coming from the east bound lane," Varrenti said. "To my surprise there was a decent amount of sight distance."

He said that he would still like to see the speed limit on that stretch of road reduced.

Residents at the August public hearing also voiced concerns about the re-zone change from residential to Q-zone, noting that the developer would be allowed to bring in commercial development. As part of the board's resolution at the September 6 meeting, a stipulation of "no commercial" development was added to the rezone request.

The houses proposed for Sunflower Landing would be comprised of 15 percent single family homes that would be available to any age range while the remaining 85 percent are earmarked for those 55 and older. The houses would range in price from $150,000 to $350,000 and would be from 1,200 to 3,000 square feet of living space.

The decision to rezone was passed unanimously.