The East Hampton Town Board this week shot down a plan to build a condominium complex intended to house local workers.

Tanbark Creek LLC proposed a 79-condo development on two parcels totaling 6.7 acres in the Freetown area of East Hampton hamlet. The two-story condos would be sold to local businesses to house their employees, according to Kirby Marcantonio, a principal of the company and housing advocate.

To advance the plan, the company asked the town board to develop the property under the Affordable Housing Overlay District. That discretionary zoning tool permits up to 12 units per acre, if the units are kept with a rent or purchase price affordable for occupants with up to 130% of Long Island’s median income — $214,370 for a family of four.

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