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Zoning board approves 62-unit Old Colony Avenue development; engineer says stormwater chambers will reduce peak runoff
Summary
The Quincy Zoning Board of Appeals approved Walliston Assets LLC's plan for a five-story, 62-unit residential building at 18 Old Colony Avenue and reviewed a stormwater chamber design the applicant says will store runoff up to the two-year storm with no outflow and reduce peak discharge for larger storms.
The Quincy Zoning Board of Appeals on Sept. 9 authorized Walliston Assets LLC to construct a five-story, 62-unit residential building with 98 parking spaces at 18 Old Colony Avenue and reviewed the developer’s stormwater plan for adjacent properties.
Civil engineer Carlos Sculte of Civil and Environmental Consultants told the board the existing site drains untreated overland to a paved parking area behind nearby retail, and the proposal introduces a subsurface stormwater chamber system between the building and Old Colony Avenue that will accept runoff from roofs and parking. "That system is then designed to reduce the peak rates," Sculte said,…
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