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Applicant withdraws 55 Lenox Street special-permit application after board objects to large parking waiver
Summary
The Norwood Planning Board accepted a request to withdraw a special-permit application for 55 Lenox Street after members said the developer27s request to waive most parking requirements was too large to approve.
Debbie Homewood, chair of the Norwood Planning Board, read the agenda item at the Planning Board meeting and said the public hearing for 55 Lenox Street was closed and could not be reopened because it would have required additional public notice.
The discussion that followed focused on a requested waiver of the town27s parking requirement for the proposed project. Planning Board member Joe said two issues stood out for him: the size of the building and the quantity of required parking. "There are 2 issues that stand out for me. 1 is the size of the project and the lack of parking with respect to the size of the project," Joe said, noting that the developer had told the board the larger building was necessary for feasibility.
Joe and other board members…
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