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Breeze Apartments plans large retaining wall, loses several trees; zoning variance for loading approved
Summary
Breeze Apartments developers showed a 13-foot retaining wall section, a smoothed 30-foot grade change and a previously approved reduction in loading spaces; the committee asked for additional elevations, tree-mitigation options and pedestrian-safety details.
Developers for the Breeze Apartments at 121—125 Lake Street presented site revisions including a tall concrete retaining wall where bedrock conditions proved inconsistent, a reworked grading plan to smooth a roughly 30-foot change in elevation, and a previously granted zoning variance that reduced loading zones from four to two.
Eric (last name not specified) and Julia, representing the project team, described three cross-sections of the site. The team said the tallest retaining wall would be about 13 feet of exposed concrete in the worst-case section. In other parts of the parcel where bedrock is competent, the design retains exposed bedrock faces; at the north end the team plans to smooth steep banks to a graded…
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