They included 24 units of low income elderly rental housing at Nunnewauk Meadows, which was completed in 1995, and two single-family homes under construction by Housatonic Habitat for Humanity. The Planning and Zoning Commission approved the two applications with stipulations during its June 24 meeting. Property owners Luciano and Savarina Sproviero of Brookfield received permission to build the 78-unit motel at Benedict Road and Route 6. The commission also approved the couple's request for an excavation permit to bring 5,230 cubic yards of fill to the site. The bragging rights to that title will be part of the city's Safe Summer program that begins Monday and runs until Aug. 8.
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The school construction project approved last week didn't include an indoor pool, but fans of swimming programs won't necessarily be left high and dry now that the issue is expected to be discussed by the Town Council. Mayor Arthur Peitler said yesterday he expects to ask the council later this month to discuss building a municipal pool.