Planning Board conditionally approves 10‑lot subdivision at 161 Lowell Street after drainage review and abutter concerns

The Rochester Planning Board on Feb. 3 gave conditional approval to CEM3 Holdings’ 10‑lot residential subdivision at 161 Lowell Street, approving several waivers and a conditional‑use permit after a public hearing and technical-review comments.

The project and decision: The applicant, represented by Christopher Barry of Barry Surveying and Engineering, proposed approximately 900 feet of new roadway leading to a short cul‑de‑sac and 10 single‑family homes in the R‑1 zone. The board accepted the application as complete, found the project not to be a Development of Regional Impact, granted a conditional‑use permit to allow a 20% reduction in frontage along cul‑de‑sac lots, and approved two subdivision‑regulation waivers (a grade waiver near an intersection and an exception to the minimum closed‑drainage velocity requirement). The final conditional…