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Committee to correct site-plan review threshold to match MS4 and avoid undue requirements
Summary
Members agreed the bylaw contains an erroneous site‑plan threshold (3,000 sq. ft.) that should be corrected to the MS4 standard (43,560 sq. ft. / 1 acre) so routine residential projects are not subject to commercial-style site-plan review.
Lakeville’s Zoning Bylaw Review Committee identified an apparent error in the town’s site‑plan review threshold for residential projects and agreed to correct it to match the MS4 stormwater permit standard.
Committee members said the current bylaw text appears to require site‑plan review for residential disturbances of 3,000 square feet, which would make nearly every house project subject to planning-board site‑plan review. The committee noted that the MS4 (municipal separate storm sewer system) regulatory standard that motivates site‑plan review for stormwater is one acre (43,560 square feet). Members described the 3,000‑square‑foot figure as an apparent misprint or drafting mistake and directed staff to amend the bylaw number so that site‑plan review applies at the intended, higher acreage threshold.
The committee characterized the correction as straightforward: change the numeric threshold in the bylaw so it aligns with state/federal MS4 requirements and the planning board’s current practice. The committee asked staff to prepare language for a future amendment.
