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Planning board approves 25-space parking lot for Alliance Braintree after neighborhood revisions, adds higher landscaping surety
Summary
After neighborhood meetings and revised plans, the Planning Board approved a major modification on Feb. 11 allowing Alliance Braintree to add a 25-space parking lot (net +20 spaces) with extensive landscaping and an increased as-built surety of $5,000; the board recorded supportive public testimony from residents and staff.
The Planning Board on Feb. 11 approved a major modification to allow a 25-space parking lot (a net increase of 20 spaces after removal of five existing spaces) at Alliance Braintree, a skilled nursing facility on Grove Street, concluding a public hearing continued from an earlier meeting.
Attorney Frank Marinelli, representing Alliance Health and Human Services, described the request as a site adjustment to meet demonstrated staffing and visitor parking needs. Marinelli said the applicant revised the plan after a neighborhood meeting on Feb. 4, moving the parking field 9 feet farther from adjacent homes and adding an evergreen buffer of 46 Green Giant arborvitae and additional shrubs. He said Alliance is finishing an…
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