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Planning Board continues Reservoir Meadows revision after extensive public comment; decision deadline extended to May 2
Summary
The board continued its public hearing on 26 Meadow Lane (Reservoir Meadows) after the applicant revised the layout from five to six units. Neighbors raised groundwater, septic and open-space concerns; the board set a March 24 procedural continuation and extended the decision deadline to May 2 to allow further peer review.
The Planning Board on March 10 continued the public hearing on 26 Meadow Lane (Reservoir Meadows), a revised flexible-development proposal that would change the plan from five to six residential units and reorganize building placement and open space.
Why it matters: the project proposes multiple units on an 8.7-acre property and relies on the flexible-development provisions of the zoning bylaw that trade density for protected open space. Neighbors and the board flagged drainage, groundwater, septic reserve placement and open-space accounting as issues that require careful peer review and follow-up from the Board of Health.
What the applicant presented: engineering consultant Peter Bemis described a reconfigured plan with two…
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