Subdivision with 45 single-detached homes proposed for Delhi

More residential development is planned for Delhi.

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Norfolk councilors got a first look on Tuesday at a proposed subdivision with 45 single-detached homes east of Waverly Street.

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The Waverly Subdivision would include 42 lots with a 12-foot frontage and three lots with a 15-foot frontage.

The property is almost eight acres on vacant land. It’s surrounded by light industrial uses to the north, low density residential to the east, and agricultural uses to the west and south.

A storm water management block is proposed for the south-west corner of the land and a servicing block at the center of the development.

There would be access to the subdivision from Waverley Street and from a proposed extension of Brock Avenue.

Mike Pletch, a civil engineer with the applicant, Dillon Consulting Limited, said most of a small woodlot wrapping around the property is expected to remain.

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“We’re not expecting to remove any significant amount of trees, just what we absolutely have to for the Brock Avenue extension. Our client would consider keeping those tress as an amenity.”

Pletch said the hope is to start the project later this year, pending approvals.

“The best-case scenario would be to start digging later this year, maybe do some of the earth works. I wouldn’t expect to see houses probably until next year.”

Mohammad Alam, Norfolk’s supervisor of development planning, said public input received related to the proposal included one a letter signed by three people. It raised concerns about the proposed subdivision’s impact on wildlife, the aging sewer system and construction traffic.

“The Brock Avenue road is one of the worst in the county,” said the letter. “How much worse will be after hundreds of trucks go into the area during construction?”

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The letter also said a court order had been issued “stating that a roadway would not be extended into the property by the Brock Avenue access point.”

Alam said county staff have found no such order but will continue their search. Pletch said the applicant has also conducted a search but turned up nothing.

“It’s not a common thing to see that a court would dictate that a county can’t extend one of its own roads,” said Pletch.

Councilors received the development application as information at Tuesday’s meeting. Staff will provide council with a recommendation on whether to approve the plan in future report.

There is substantial residential growth proposed for Delhi. Last December, councilors moved along plans for a subdivision called The Gardens of Delhi that could increase the population in the town by more than 1,000 people. The plan calls for the construction of 371 lots consisting of 123 single-family homes, 171 street townhouses and 76 dual frontage townhouses on about 36 acres of vacant land at Croton Avenue and Dalton Road.

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