A review of the wetlands requirements has caused the developer to tweak the design of a 40-acre condominium project in Cape Elizabeth.

On Dec. 18, Owens McCullough, an engineer from Sebago Technics, presented to the Planning Board the new plan of the Eastman Road condominium project for comments and suggestions. The site plan will be officially resubmitted the board in February. Eastman Road is off Sawyer Road, and connects to Spurwink Avenue.

The project, which is being proposed by developer Joel Fitzpatrick, last came to the board in October.

“The concept is still the same,” McCullough said about the two- and four-unit, one-story condominiums.

When questions about the sensitivity of wetlands on the site were raised by the town and the public, Fitzpatrick had supplemental engineering work done. He learned that environmental rules required a 250-foot buffer for the wetlands, which was not taken into account in the first design.

In the redesign, two condominiums were added, one of which will be lower in price, bumping the total number of condominiums up to 48 and the number of affordable units to six. In October, Fitzpatrick said the condominiums would cost between $350,000 and $450,000.

Fitzpatrick said the design of the single-story condominiums, which feature wider halls and doorways, is geared “to fit the need of the retired, empty-nester crowd.” Though the project is not deeded to restrict others from purchasing the condos, he believes that the development will not be as attractive to families as it will be to retirees.

The first time around, neighbors wrote to the town in opposition of the project, saying it would cause too much traffic and that, without a restriction written in the deed, families would end up moving in.

Fitzpatrick said in October, and reassured the board last week, that families would not end up moving into the condominiums. He said he has had families come to him, asking what he’s working on and none has been interested in the project.

“Young couples don’t want anything to do with it,” he said.

He said he also has a list of people with grown children who are in their late 40s and 50s who do want to move in.

Town Planner Maureen O’Meara said only 11 children live in the 296 condominiums in Cape Elizabeth, none of which are age-restricted.

McCullough asked the board for suggestions regarding traffic- calming measures.

Planning Board member Paul Godfrey said avoiding too much expansion of the already narrow Eastman Road would probably be the most effective measure.

“I’m not looking at anything physical in the road from this applicant,” he said, in response to McCullough’s suggestion of a speed table.

Though Godfrey said signs are not the most effective way to calm traffic, they would be “better than not having anything at all.”

McCullough said when the applicant returns to the board in February, more definitive plans will be in place.