Norwich - Already approved by the town's wetlands commission, a 90-unit active-adult community proposed for Taftville will now be reviewed by the planning commission.

The proposal, submitted by Ponemah Villa Estates LLC, will be the subject of a Dec. 16 public hearing before the Commission on the City Plan.

The hearing originally was third on the busy agenda, but a highly controversial - and similar - project on Scotland Road was rejected Thursday by the Inland Wetlands, Watercourses and Conservation Commission, and likely will be withdrawn.

An application for a sober house on Bentley Avenue will be heard first by the commission Tuesday.

Half the size of the 185-unit active-adult community proposed for Scotland Road, a more rural section of the city, the Ponemah Villa development would be built in a heavily settled area served by municipal utilities.

The project includes units that range in size from single- to four-bedroom configurations, a community center, parking and drainage facilities, along with recreational trails woven through the heavily wooded property. Roughly 4,400 feet of private roads would be built.

The project would be built in three phases on roughly 36 acres owned by Joseph McMahon between 153 Hunters Road and 115 Merchants Ave. and, according to a two-page narrative of the proposal submitted to the city's planning department.

The first phase could include construction of the primary entrance to the site off Hunters Road, the first 19 residences and a model home, which later would be renovated into the community center, a sewer pump station and two detention ponds, in addition to some sections of permanent and temporary roads.

In the second phase, 27 more residential units would be built, a third detention pond, some portions of a new road and the trail network that would cross twice over Hunters Brook and lead to a recreational area.

The remaining 44 units and completion of the road would comprise the bulk of the third phase.