Residents will have a chance to weigh in on three proposals before the Planning and Zoning Commission at a public hearing Wednesday at 7 p.m.
The three separate proposals, if approved, would bring a convenience store, six new homes and a car storage facility to Shelton.
Read on for more details on each:
Convenience Store
Pramod Kandel owns Mill Variety and Video on Howe Avenue. He wants to relocate the business across the street, in the first floor of his home at 556 Howe Ave.
Kandel said his reason for moving is lack of parking on the opposite side of the road.
He has owned Mill Variety for 18 years, and said he will retain the name on the other side of the road.
The proposal calls for creating parking spots in the back yard of the home, and moving the living space to the upstairs only.
The owner of a home next door has already opposed the application, in a letter sent to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
James Alston said he is against having a convenience store in the spot because it will bring litter, loitering and snow removal problems. Alston also said he is concerned that metal shades on the store windows will make the area look like a high-crime area.
6 Homes
Robert and Carol Farrell own a single-family home on 3.35 acres at 122 Buddington Road.
They want to tear it down and build six single-family homes instead, on a new cul-de-sac proposed to be named Sgt. John’s Ridge.
The proposal involves a zone change from residential and light industrial part to a Planned Development District.
The couple is asking for the zone change and a final site plan approval at the same time.
The land is behind Wal-Mart and next to the Buddington Park Condominiums.
The Farrells want to call the development “Meadow View.”
Car Storage Facility
A company called DWD Partners Limited wants to build a 105-unit storage facility on an empty parking lot at 496 River Road.
The facility would be for cars, specifically classic vintage cars, according to the application filed by attorney Dominick Thomas on behalf of DWD.
The facility would have five buildings, each about 6,000 square feet. One of the buildings would have an office.
The 1.95-acre site, next to Latex Foam International, was previously used to park school buses.
“The usage will be similar, except the cars will be stored in buildings,” the application states.
As part of the application, DWD Partners needs a zone change from commercial to a Planned Development District.
