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Key outcomes at a glance

- 48 Harriet Ave. (ZBA 25‑27): The board granted a variance to allow Thomas Mannion to construct a second story, square off the front of the house and add a side deck on the premises at 48 Harriet Ave. The DPW review letter said it had no comment on the proposal. The board approved the petition by voice vote.

- 29–31 Nightingale Ave. (ZBA 25‑28): Peter Zook’s request to convey 4,500 square feet of 29–31 Nightingale Ave. to the abutting commercial property (common ownership) was allowed by the board; neighbors who spoke in the meeting described the property as already fenced and in use by the business, and DPW offered no additional comments.

- 18 Old Colony Ave. (ZBA 25‑32): Wollaston Assets LLC’s larger proposal to construct a five‑story, 62‑unit development was continued to Sept. 9 for presentation of detailed stormwater storage and release calculations by the applicant’s civil engineer (see separate story).

- 38 Old Colony Ave. (ZBA 25‑33): The board approved a revised plan from Wallaston/Nassus LLC to raise the existing structure and construct a 19‑unit residential building with 19 parking spaces. The planning board had reviewed the project and peer review engineers and DPW commented as part of that process; the applicant represented the units as condominiums and said each unit will have a deeded parking space.

- 506 South St. (ZBA 25‑34): South Street Assets LLC received approval to demolish and rebuild as a four‑story, 18‑unit residential building with 33 total parking spaces (21 garage spaces + 12 surface spaces). The board approved the petition with one explicit condition recorded by the motion: that parking be deeded to bedrooms (the motion wording used \"every bedroom shall have a deeded parking space\"). DPW submitted comments to the planning board and indicated their comments had been addressed.

- 211–215 C St. (ZBA 25‑35): The board allowed the applicant to demolish the former restaurant and build an 18‑unit, three‑story residential building with 41 parking spaces (18 garage + 23 surface). The decision includes an access restriction recorded in the motion: entry to the site will be by C Street and vehicles must exit via the Murphy Memorial Drive side (\"entrance only\" on C Street). The project underwent planning board review, peer review and DPW review.

- 148 Squanto Rd. (ZBA 25‑24): The applicant withdrew the request to reconstruct and add a three‑story rear addition; the ZBA accepted the withdrawal without prejudice.

Why it matters: Approvals and conditions on these petitions shape housing density, parking availability and local traffic patterns. Several approvals convert underutilized or deteriorated properties into new housing; at least one approval (506 South St.) included a specific deeded‑parking requirement recorded by the board to limit off‑site parking pressure.

What to watch next: The board continued the larger 18 Old Colony (62‑unit) hearing to Sept. 9 for a civil engineer’s presentation on drainage. Several successful applicants will next proceed to the building permit and site plan stages with DPW and planning board oversight where required.

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The developer, attorney Edward Fleming, told the board the current plan responds to neighborhood concerns: the project was reduced from an earlier 94‑unit, six‑story design to 62 units in five stories, and converted to condominiums rather than rental apartments. Architect Brian Donahue described a U‑shaped building with two levels of enclosed parking and four floors of living area, and said the site includes an internal drop‑off that serves the garage entrance and provides room for deliveries.

The project’s stormwater strategy drew the strongest attention. Fleming said the proposal went through the planning board and a peer‑review engineering process and that the Department of Public Works (DPW) and the city’s peer reviewer required “substantial upgrades” to the drainage plans. “We upgraded the drainage for this proposal,” Fleming said, adding that changes were required for other nearby developments as part of a coordinated response.

Civil/peer review numbers presented by the applicant were incomplete at the meeting. Several neighbors — including George Haivanes, owner of Wallace & Wines at 58 Beale St. — told the board their property has repeatedly flooded and that past promises of repairs have not solved the problem. Haivanes said the area has experienced multiple recent storms that left his loading dock under water, harming inventory. “It’s a lake, and the city is a cause of the problem,” Haivanes said, noting photos and earlier city correspondence dating to 2006 about spot repairs and maintenance.

Ward 5 Councilor Dan Minton and other neighbors urged caution and called for explicit details of how much runoff the proposed detention/infiltration systems would store and how quickly those systems would release water back to the local drainage network. “I don’t feel good unless I see some numbers,” Minton told the board.

Engineer Chi Minh (Hardy Design Group) reviewed the application’s drainage submissions for the board and said the applicant enlarged on‑site detention compared with the initial filing. City and applicant materials show the team added detention/infiltration capacity within the site and adjusted designs after peer review; however, the project’s civil engineer was not available at the meeting and the board asked that the engineer attend the Sept. 9 hearing to present exact storage volumes and modeled release rates. Fleming confirmed the applicant will provide the detailed computations.

Board members pressed for a specific accounting of on‑site storage and the modeled peak runoff under multiple storm events; several said they would not advance the project without those numbers. The board voted to continue the matter to Sept. 9, 2025, to give the developer and its civil engineer time to bring detailed stormwater calculations and for neighbors to review them.

Why it matters: the 18 Old Colony site sits above a low area that has repeatedly flooded property owners and businesses. The project’s stormwater design and how it interacts with adjacent parcels — including several other large developments in planning — will influence whether redevelopment reduces or shifts flood risk in the neighborhood.

What remains: the developer must present the drainage engineer’s calculations (total on‑site storage, infiltration rates, and modeled peak off‑site flows for the 2‑, 10‑, 25‑ and 100‑year storms) and answer follow‑up questions about service of courts/driveways, garage access, and final unit mix. The board set Sept. 9 as the continuation date.

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