Planning board approves BICO LLC conditional use permit for Page Street housing, revokes prior boundary-line plan

The Plymouth Planning Board voted to approve a conditional use permit for BICO LLC to build a residential development at the end of Page Street with access from Crescent Street and to revoke a previously recorded 2023 boundary-line adjustment so the applicant can merge parcels as part of the project.

The plan, presented by Harry Blackie of BICO LLC, calls for five two-family houses and one single-family house (11 dwelling units total) on what the applicant said will be 1.69 acres after the lots are merged. Joseph, a town planning staff member, introduced the application as “a request for a conditional use permit in accordance with section 401.1 of the zoning ordinance.”

Board members and the applicant spent substantial time on life-safety and site infrastructure details. The town’s fire chief confirmed to staff that the project meets his operational requirements—specifically a 14-foot gated emergency access, a 20-foot roadway section with reinforced sides at grade, and a 30-foot turnaround depicted on the plan. The applicant told the board one garage wall that would sit closer than the 15-foot building-separation requirement will be built with fireproof…