An assisted living center is proposed for Route 206 at the site where a drug treatment center was sought in late 2012.
Senior Housing Development LLC, of Jericho, N.Y., 516-496-1505… wants to build a 112-bed extended care facility on 8.69 acres at 351 Route 206 and the east side of Old Somerville Road.
Harding Corona came before the Planning Board in late 2012 for a 56-bed drug- and substance-abuse rehabilitation facility, but withdrew in January 2013 in the face of opposition of residents in the Flanders Lane area adjacent to the south. Residents were worried about safety and the type of patient that would be treated.
Some other medical facility proposed and withdrawn here??? All-American would build a 2-story, 57,157-square-foot building, with 61 parking spaces to the rear.
A 24-foot-wide driveway is about 155 feet south of the Royce Brook tributary culvert. A Royce Brook tributary crosses the southern one-third of the property, with associated flood hazard area and wetlands.
The property has 345 feet frontage on 206, with more on the future Route 206 bypass. The property is on the opposite the historic Van Der Veer-Harris house, which is owned by the township.
The memory care wing would have 10 companion suites and two studios for a total of 24 beds. The assisted living area would have 43 companion suites and two studios for 88 beds.
The applicant asks for waiver of a community impact statement because the facility would house no children, and the entire population would be older than 62, according to the application.
A one-story frame residence and garage would be demolished.
A planner’s report says 224 trees would be removed and replaced with 199. The applicant is seeking a waiver to contribute to the township tree replacement fund instead of keeping or planting all the trees on site.
Owner of the property is Kulina Asset Management Trust, Neshanic Station, according to the application.
