Seems ecologically friendly (at least compared to the McMansion projects elsewhere in the Town), and this is located just outside the City of Ithaca limits. From the Ithaca Journal:
Belle Sherman cottage project moving forward
Project gets preliminary site approval
By Rachel Stern •rstern@gannett.com • January 5, 2011, 6:05 pm
The Belle Sherman Cottages project moved one step closer to final approval, Town of Ithaca planning Director Susan Ritter said.
The project, on Mitchell Street, involves the development of 19 single-family houses and 10 attached townhouse units on 3.1 acres of land. The board voted unanimously Tuesday night to grant preliminary site-plan and preliminary subdivision approval.
The proposal will now go to the town board and public works committee before the final site plan and subdivision plan are put in front of the planning board. That will probably happen in late February or early March, Ritter said.
The Belle Sherman Cottages project will also involve a new private road between Worth Street and Clover Lane, new storm water facilities, a play area, landscaping, sidewalks and a new connection to the East Ithaca Recreation Way.
"The board determined that the project does not have a significant environmental impact, so they granted approval," Ritter said.
Before final approval, the project must meet certain conditions, she said. For example, the town board must approve the rezoning of the property from a high-density residential zone to a new planned development zone.
"There is a whole list of conditions that must be met, but the rezoning is the most important condition," Ritter said.
In other business, board members completed their review of the final environmental impact statement for the Holochuck Homes Subdivision proposed for a site behind the Museum of the Earth between routes 96 and 89.
Ritter said the next step is for the board to review a new version of the environmental impact statement. Board members suggested some changes and will most likely look at the revised version of the statement during the Feb. 1 meeting, she said.
The proposal involves building 106 town homes in a development with two entrances from Route 96. The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation proposed acquiring most of the eastern portion of the property to go along with the development of the future Black Diamond Trail.
Here's the link:
http://www.theithacajournal.com/arti...moving+forward
Here's a link to the Belle Sherman project (with link to site plan):
http://www.agoradevelopment.com/Current_Projects.html
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