IRRESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT: News-Times picks up on Jeffery Court fiasco

The News-Times picks up on the BRT/Jeffery Court development case on Hospital Ave and sheds more light on the situation.

When the Kaidy brothers first subdivided a peach farm off Hospital Avenue in the early 1900s into small lots, their hope was to create a neighborhood of family housing.

"It was supposed to be a nice family community for people with moderate incomes," said Charlotte Barrows, whose uncle and father, George and Kahan Kaidy, subdivided the 58-acre property in the early 1900s.

Barrows said her uncle and father put the deed restrictions in place to protect the area's character. The restrictions allow only single family homes to be built on the properties.

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BRT, a development firm in Danbury, is in the process of building three townhouses each on four separate lots on Hospital Avenue.

John Noone, who lives across the street from the new development that's been dubbed Jeffrey Court, said that while he believes the deed restriction is binding and enforceable, the city refused to recognize it.

"The restriction was placed there by the original owners so the area wouldn't get overcrowded," he said. "A lot of the neighbors would like to fight this, but we don't have money to hire a lawyer."

So lets recap:

• The section of Hospital Ave where the infamous BRT is building there irresponsible complex is well-known for its traffic concerns


• There are DEED RESTRICTIONS on the property that clearly state that multi-family complexes were not to be allowed


• Property owners have fought BRT from developing a larger complex on that property when the developer came in front of the planning commission


• The Planning Commission denied BRT's previous proposal for that location


• BRT took the City of Danbury to court over the Planning Commission ruling and LOST the case (as well as the appeal to the case)

Simply put, the city dropped the ball in this case. Clearly, the land should NEVER be developed and instead of using the open space bond for silly things such as saving a so-called "farm" that looks more like a junk yard or land that will only benefit the Charles Ives Authority, with his "connections" with BRT, Mayor Boughton should had made a deal with one of his biggest campaign contributor Dan Bertram and purchased the land.

This brings back memories of the Cotswald case...except in this case, the neighbors are losing the battle (for now).