Smithtown officials say the planning board should not approve a developer's request for variances to subdivide land in Nesconset to build four single-family homes, citing concerns about density and flooding.

Developer Red Oak Estates Inc., of Smithtown, wants to build the four residences on a roughly three-acre lot between Wiigs Road and Harding Street. The property is classified as "unbuildable" under town zoning regulations because there are steep slopes, rendering the parts of the land environmentally sensitive, according to Matthew Calado, a senior planner who laid out his concerns in a memo to the town planning board.

The developer has asked for variances reducing the minimum lot areas on three of the four parcels from 15,000 square feet to a range of roughly 4,100 to nearly 6,700

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