The Lakeville Planning Board continued the public hearing on an application from Lakeville Owner LLC to consolidate several parcels at 43 Main Street into two buildable lots and a roadway until the board's next regular meeting on Feb. 13.

The applicant's attorney and presenter, John O'Leary, told the board the definitive subdivision would "reset and start from clean" the many existing parcel lines on the property and combine six or seven lots into a single development served by a new subdivision road off Bridal Street. O'Leary said Lot 1 would be roughly 1.8 acres and Lot 2 would be the remaining acreage; the plan also creates a separate parcel for a shared wastewater treatment plant that the project partners would jointly own and manage.

The board's peer reviewer, Environmental Partners (referred to in the submission as Apex Engineering in places), had already reviewed stormwater, traffic and site civil elements, O'Leary said. The applicant submitted a revised set of plans dated Jan. 9 after town zoning reviewer Nate Darling flagged one item, and consultant Annie Gorman of BHB walked the board through a small revision that extended the subdivision road about 85 feet so the plan complied with the town's front-yard circle rule (a 160-foot-diameter circle that must not touch side property lines).

Separately, the board read a written comment from the fire chief asking that any unpermitted commercial trash operations stop immediately and that any dumpsters larger than six yards be removed. The fire chief's comment said the property owner is ultimately responsible under the fire code. The applicant acknowledged they had been notified, said their surveyor staked the boundary for the new owner, and told the board they had asked the dumpster operator to remove the dumpsters; O'Leary said he believed the issue had been resolved but accepted adding a condition of approval requiring removal if it remained.

Neighbors submitted one written concern about the Bridal Street entrance, noting traffic and lighting near the state road; the board noted the intersection is on a state road and not maintained by the town, and said the 40B process or state funding would be a separate path for remediation if needed.

Board members said the application had received a thorough engineering peer review and asked for a standard set of conditions tied to the site-plan review record. With those conditions in mind and after confirming the applicant would provide revised materials and conditions in advance of the next hearing, the board voted to continue the public hearing to Feb. 13.

Why it matters: The subdivision would reshape a multi-parcel site along a key corridor, create a separate wastewater parcel for shared infrastructure, and require coordination on traffic access and fire-safety compliance. The board left the record open to confirm technical fixes and to add conditions tied to the fire chief's concerns and to confirm zoning conformity.

What happens next: The hearing is continued to the Planning Board's Feb. 13 meeting; the applicant agreed to supply updated plans and to accept conditions requiring resolution of the dumpster/trash issue if it persists.