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Southern Ulster Times, Wednesday, April 3, 2019
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Senior development proposed
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An aerial view of the proposed retirement community in Lloyd.
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
On March 21 the Lloyd Planning
Board got their first look at a proposed
continuing care retirement community on
53 acres spanning five individual parcels,
opposite the Bridgeview Shopping Plaza
on Route 9W.
One of the project’s representatives
Patti Brooks, of Brooks & Brooks
Surveyors, said they are proposing a
112,250 sq/ft multi-story, 127 bed care
facility and an Urgent Care facility next
to it that will be operated and managed by
Concordia Senior Communities. This will
be located on 11 of the 53 acres.
Brooks said the residential single
family component of the project would
cover the remaining 42 acres, with a
total of 205 attached and detached,
independent living residences, along
with some town homes, within a gated
community. Building Director Dave
Barton questioned this total, saying that
42 acres would allow 4 units per acre for
a total of 168 units, not the 205 as Brooks
suggested. On this point, Brooks said the
code, “is a little bit difficult to navigate
because there was an or in there, so
we counted it based on the beds in the
facility.”
Brooks cited the code: “The maximum
total density shall not exceed 12 beds
or 4 dwelling units per acre….so we
calculated it out on the 12 beds in the
care facility to make sure we didn’t go
over the density. The way I interpreted
that is that you have a choice of either
saying how many beds are in your overall
facility or 4 independent dwelling units.”
She said certain parts of the town code,
“are silent as to which is applicable to
the commercial part of it and which are
applicable to the individual independent
living.” Barton suggested the density
calculation be broken out for further
review. In addition, Town engineer
Andrew Learn said there is a provision in
the code stating that a house should not
be more than 300 feet from a road, saying
this needs to be clarified on whether
it means a town or a private roadway.
Brooks said she interpreted that to be
an access road. Learn also pointed out
that the proposed roadway that snakes
through the project may be considered
a cul-de-sac and regarded as too long
according to the town code.
The project is proposing two access
points, one via Meyer Drive to the
residential cottages and a second to the
commercial Assisted Living facility off of
Route 9W.
The Assisted Living part of the project
will also provide Memory Care services.
This building will have four stories on
the Route 9W side and two stories on the
western side, facing the steep hill behind
it. The project representatives said
unique architectural touches and colors
have been incorporated in the design to
avoid it looking like a box structure, “but
instead like a home, a real big home. It is
something that complements what it is
used for.”
There are several styles earmarked
for the single story residential cottages,
each at less than 1,000 sq/ft, with pitched
roofs and of modular construction. There
will be single and duplex cottages (side by
side) and have a mix of materials - shakes,
horizontal siding and different masonry
veneers where appropriate, giving the
entire overall project a village feel.
The project is also proposing a two-
story 5,800 sq/ft clubhouse with a long