Applicant says residential plan will lower traffic and impervious coverage compared with existing office use
Developer representatives told the board that converting the existing office site to the proposed 131-unit residential development would reduce stormwater, lighting and traffic impacts compared with the current office use; the applicant cited a projected traffic reduction (transcript phrasing includes an unclear figure '931 units') and an impervious coverage estimate of 30.97% versus the site's current ~41%.
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During questioning, the applicant contrasted the proposed residential use with the existing office use and argued several local impacts would be reduced. The applicant told the board the proposal would be "dramatically better" than the current office use for neighbors regarding noise, stormwater, lighting and traffic; in the transcript the applicant states the project's projected traffic (spoken phrase: "from 931 units") would be less than 10% of the traffic generated by the existing office building.
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