Residents meet on CHCC plan to build 258 apartments in Sicomac area

More than 90 residents from Wyckoff and Hawthorne met in August to hear presentations on the coming CHCC development proposal from the Save the Woods organization (www.savethewoods.org). In addition to more traffic in the area, residents are concerned about increased run-off from the site, now undeveloped. Run-off is expected to flow into the stream going through Deep Voll Ravine and from there into Goffle Brook. For a newspaper account of the meeting, see:

http://savethewoods.org/news_clips/HawthornePress-8-16-07.html

The CHCC in Wyckoff is thought to be revising plans to be submitted to the towns of Wyckoff and Hawthorne for a major complex of 258 apartments to be built on 19 acres of forest stretching between Wyckoff and Hawthorne. The planned structures will rise four stories high and cover an area equal to 14 football fields. To accommodate the large increase in traffic caused by the project, parts of Sicomac Avenue will be expanded to four lanes.

In particular, residents do not want a repeat of the flooding problems generated from the almost-complete Lafayette Hills complex on Lafayette Avenue Extension just over the Wyckoff border in Hawthorne.

The land is currently zoned for single-family homes with minimum lots of 25,000 square feet (Wyckoff) and 18,750 square feet (Hawthorne) so variances will be required for both change of use and steep slopes. Other variances, including for height, may also be required.

More than 70 residents attended a Hawthorne town council meeting on June 6 to express their concern with the CHCC plans.

The tract is 19 pristine acres of upland forest which is an important watershed and is home to deer, fox, woodland turtles, and thousands of mature trees and woodland plants.

For more information and to sign up for email updates, visit www.SaveTheWoods.org.

 
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