Save The Park

Driving along Belden Hill Road, you now see very little of the existing SSND buildings. Because the property slopes down from Belden Hill Road, you see the trees, chapel and smaller buildings but little of the large buildings. The SSND development takes advantage of this unique aspect of the site by placing the larger buildings mostly on the footprint of the existing buildings. The image to the right shows the existing buildings (in pink) superimposed on the proposed development (in green). By placing the largest buildings were the large existing buildings are, the SSND Development preserves the park views from Belden Hill Road.

The pictures below shows the before and after views down Belden Hill. The pictures show that the SSND Development will not significantly what you see driving down Belden Hill Road.

A different development doesn’t have to follow the existing footprint of the building. The SSND is voluntarily using a 150’ setback (blue dashed line to the right). The Town only requires a 50’ setback (red dashed line). Zoning regulations would allow 3.5 story buildings at the 50’ setback line as of right, without having to get zoning approval for the location of the buildings. This would destroy the park view from Belden Hill Road. Rather than risk destruction of the park view by another development, Wilton should support current SSND Development.