Air rights question hangs over Pipin’s development
Just how big will the new development coming to the corner of Pipin’s really be? That’s the question on many Ridge residents’ minds as they prepare for yet another development to settle down in the neighborhood.
The approximately $10 million project – which Pipin’s owner Stephen Oliver told this paper will close the long-standing watering hole for at least a year, if not more – will encompass the space next door to Pipin’s, a long vacant site that once was occupied by J.T.’s Restaurant, and include 20 units (15 two-bedrooms and five one-bedrooms).
The property is located largely in a zoning district that allows for dense construction with a maximum height of 70 feet. The back of the lot, on the other hand, is in a zoning district where the maximum density is far lower, and which has a maximum height of just 35 feet.