Developers Plan 17-Lot Subdivision In Melville

Developers plan to construct a 17-lot subdivision on the site of a former 21-acre farm on Old Country Road in Melville. (Rendering by RMS Engineering)

By Connor Beach
cbeach@longIslandergroup.com

Developers have resubmitted plans to construct a 17-lot subdivision on the site of a former farm on Old Country Road in Melville.

Preliminary plans submitted to the town Planning Department in July show that Matthew Classi of Great Neck-based GCP Capital Group, LLC and Robert Curcio of West Babylon-based RC Melville Farms, LLC own the 21.24-acre property located at 320 Old Country Road in Melville.

The 17 residential lots would range in size from .93 acres to 1.93 acres, with 16 of the proposed dwellings totaling 4,000 square feet and one totaling 3,485 square feet, according to plans submitted to the town.

The subdivision, referred to as Country Hollow Estates, requires the construction of a double-ended cul-de-sac called Country Hollow Road that would connect to Old Country Road via a proposed connection street to be called Old Farm Road.

The plans also call for the expansion of an existing recharge basin across the street from the proposed subdivision that would collect rainfall from the site and existing homes to the south where there “has been some flooding,” according to planning board chairman Paul Mandelik.

The Planning Board at its March 14 meeting issued preliminary approval and a negative SEQRA declaration for the subdivision site plan.

At the meeting Mandelik said the project has been in the works for over 10 years, but that new owners have recently taken over the project.

Planning board members also required that the site plan include a paper road connecting Country Hollow Road to Quintree Lane in the back of the development via Remly Lane should the traffic congestion in the cul-de-sac or Old Country Road require the development to have another point of access.

Matthew Classi did not return a call for comment before deadline.

Developers have three months to submit a final subdivision application to town planners. The board could then issue a final determination on the final site plan map.