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Plymouth zoning board approves special exceptions for duplexes on Texas Hill Road
Summary
The Plymouth Zoning Board approved two special exceptions allowing developer Ben Downing to build two duplexes on each of two adjoining lots on Texas Hill Road, creating four duplex buildings (eight rental units) intended as workforce housing. The approvals are subject to later planning-board review and required utility permits.
The Plymouth Zoning Board on a meeting date not specified approved two special-exception applications that allow developer Ben Downing to build two duplex buildings on each of two adjacent lots on Texas Hill Road, a total of four duplexes yielding eight rental units.
The project, proposed on two lots measuring about 2.72 and 2.25 acres, is intended to provide “workforce housing” close to town. "The purpose of building these duplex units is going to be to rent them out to young professionals and young families," applicant Ben Downing told the board during the public session.
A nut graf: Board members found the proposal met the town's special-exception criteria — including compatibility with neighborhood character, adequate lot size, and no identified safety hazard from the proposed driveways — and voted to approve both applications (map 221-068 at 112 Texas Hill Road and map 221-070). The approvals were unanimous; planning-board…
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