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After Neighbors Raise Concerns, Application for Tennis Court on West Hills Road Withdrawn
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A West Hills Road property owner has withdrawn an application to build a tennis court on the 2.13-acre property after neighbors complained that it would be located in a bad spot, bothersome to nearby residents, unsightly and unsafe. The 110-by-50-foot tennis court was planned for the west side of the corner lot at 222 West Hills Road, a property owned by Sil-Wel 7 LLC—a company whose principals include two New Canaan residents, according to the Connecticut Secretary of the State—and which includes an 8,662-square-foot, 2013-built house. In a letter to the town, West Hills Road resident Lisa Vasquez cited “safety for families” as one reason for objecting to the project. “Errant tennis balls could end up on a windshield of any car with this minor proposed setback,” Vasquez wrote in her letter, on file at the Planning & Zoning Department. “We have many teenaged drivers in this family neighborhood … the proposed tennis court site at 222 West Hills Road is located on a very dangerous blind curve.