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Nantucket Historic Commission holds 3 Pops Lane project after widespread neighborhood objections
Summary
The Nantucket Historic Commission (HDC) agreed April 8 to hold a decision on the proposed infill development at 3 Pops Lane in Old Madaket and requested further revisions after multiple commissioners and numerous neighbors said the design’s massing, roof forms and visibility from Heather Creek and Millie’s Bridge remain problematic.
The Nantucket Historic Commission on April 8 voted to hold the application for the 3 Pops Lane infill project for additional revisions after nearly two hours of public comment and detailed commissioner discussion.
The developer, Mark Catone, told the commission the project team had lowered multiple ridge heights, reduced window heights in some masses and altered connectors between massing elements. He said the overall strategy was to keep the house low profile and maintain more of the lot’s ground-cover allowance than in earlier designs.
But the project drew repeated objections from abutters and members of the former Madaket Advisory Group, who said the design remains out of character with Old Madaket’s “cottage-scale”…
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