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2 East Main multifamily site plan continued after peer‑review and lighting questions; decision deadline extended
Summary
The Planning Board continued hearings on an eight‑unit multifamily proposal at 2 East Main Street while supplemental peer review and plan clarifications — notably a full photometric exhibit and a lighting waiver request — are completed.
Southborough — The Planning Board continued public hearings Monday on a proposed eight‑unit multifamily building at 2 East Main Street after the town’s peer reviewer received the latest submission and raised outstanding items including a full photometric plan, fixture table, and architectural plan details.
Planning staff confirmed submission number 4 was sent to Fuss & O’Neil for supplemental peer review and that the peer‑review scope and fee for that work had been exhausted and extended. The applicant, represented at the meeting by Peter Bemis, said he had added the landscaping requested along Newton Street and sought clarity on remaining board comments.
Outstanding items the board and peer reviewer flagged include: inclusion of a full‑size photometric sheet and fixture table in the plan set, documentation of any light‑trespass onto adjacent properties or public ways, clear architectural floor‑and‑height dimensions on the submitted plans, and resolution of a requested waiver for downtown lighting criteria. The applicant said he would submit a waiver request for the lighting criteria and roll the 11×17 photometric exhibit into the full plan set.
The board discussed the requested lighting waiver in the context of pedestrian safety and nearby residential receptors; members supported considering a waiver for higher pedestrian‑area lighting but asked that the waiver request and a full photometric exhibit be included in the next submission so the board could condition any approval. The board voted to continue the hearings to Oct. 20 and separately approved an extension of the board’s decision deadlines to Oct. 24 to allow Fuss & O’Neil time to complete supplemental review and for the applicant to address outstanding plan comments.
Why it matters: the project proposes multifamily housing in the downtown district and requires careful site plan review (parking, lighting, landscape buffering, and architectural compatibility) before endorsement.
What’s next: applicant to submit photometric and architectural plan corrections, a formal lighting‑waiver request and a revised plan set; Fuss & O’Neil will complete supplemental peer review and the board will reconvene Oct. 20 with a decision deadline extended to Oct. 24.
