1. Notice of Scoping for Jack's Farm
Address of possible location: 1538 South Main Street, Cheshire. Connecticut 06410
Municipality where proposed action might be located: Cheshire
Project Description: The Jack's Farm Housing development plan includes the demolition of a vacant, residential house with a commercial extension and the construction of 45 new, residential apartments consisting of eight one-bedroom, 29 two-bedroom, and 6 three-bedroom units with a 1,200 square foot community room. Included are storage rooms, a meeting room, and an on-site Resident Service Coordinator's office. Parking facilities for 101 cars will be developed around the proposed buildings. Jack's Farm Housing is designed as a mixed-income, residential development targeting individuals and families earning between 25 and 110% of the area's median income (AMI) and will be deed restricted as affordable housing for 50 years. This site is located 144 feet, a one-minute walk, from bus service to New Haven, Hamden, and Waterbury. Jack's Farm is located right over the Cheshire-Hamden town line and about three miles from downtown Cheshire, a mixed-use area containing the range of uses typically associated with a New England town center. Retail, service, institutional, industrial, restaurant, offices, churches, medical and residential industries can all be found in the area. The site was used formerly as horse pasture and an apple orchard sine at least 1934 and since approximately 1955 to the present has been used as a residence. The USDA Web soil survey map identify the area as prime farmland soil. The State historic preservation office (SHPO) provided a letter of no historic properties will be affected. The project location is not within 100- or 500-year floodzone. The location is not within any designated wetland area. The project area doesn't have any critical habitat.
Project Map: Click here to view a map of the project area.
Written comments from the public are welcomed and will be accepted until the close of business on: April 19, 2024.
Any person may ask the sponsoring agency to hold a public scoping meeting by sending such a request to the address below. If a public scoping meeting is requested by 25 or more individuals, or by an association that represents 25 or more members, the sponsoring agency shall schedule a public scoping meeting. Such requests must be made by: March 29, 2024.
Written comments and/or requests for a public scoping meeting should be sent to
Name: Mithila Chakraborty, Ph.D.
Agency: Department of Housing
Address: 505 Hudson Street, Hartford, CT 06106-7106
E-Mail: mithila.chakraborty@ct.gov
Inquiries and requests to view and or copy documents, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, must be submitted to the sponsoring state agency:
Name: Mithila Chakraborty, Ph.D.
Agency: Department of Housing
Address: 505 Hudson Street, Hartford, CT 06106-7106
E-Mail: mithila.chakraborty@ct.gov
What Happens Next: The sponsoring agency will make a determination whether to proceed with preparation of an Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIE) or that the project does not require the preparation of an EIE under the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act (CEPA). A Post-Scoping Notice of its decision will appear in a future edition of the Environmental Monitor.