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Planning Board supports waivers and conditionally approves preliminary subdivision plan for Esco Road extension
Summary
The board voted 4–0 to approve a preliminary subdivision plan allowing a roughly 1,365-foot extension of Esco Road to create two new frontages on a roughly 30-acre assemblage, while recommending conditions and noting multiple required waivers and future requirements for a definitive plan.
The Worcester Planning Board on Aug. 13 voted 4–0 to approve a preliminary subdivision plan that would extend an existing private portion of Esco Road by roughly 695 feet (for a total private-plus-new length of about 1,365 feet) and create two new lot frontages within a roughly 30-acre assemblage at 34 Esco Road and 224 Southwest Cut Off.
The applicant team, represented by Eric DeBrule (Boiler & Giny) and attorney Adam Baldarelli, said the extension would create a cul-de-sac and two buildable frontages. The plan requests multiple waivers from the city subdivision regulations, including centerline radii, dead-end length (the combined private and proposed extension exceeds the typical 500-foot limit), one-foot contour interval format and locating major on-site features such as trees over 12 inches in caliper.
City planning staff emphasized that…
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