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Regional planner Serped begins rules-and-regulations update with Lakeville planning board
Summary
Serped (regional planning consultant) told the Lakeville Planning Board it has reviewed draft rules and will fold in stormwater bylaw, road standards and fee/timeline comparisons; a draft is expected for review in early–mid September.
The Lakeville Planning Board met with Taylor Perez, director of housing and research at CIRPED, on July 24 for a kickoff meeting to update the town's rules and regulations. Perez said CIRPED has been cross-referencing two draft documents provided by the planning department and reviewing other municipalities' approaches to fees, procedural timelines and statutory references.
Perez said CIRPED will incorporate the recently completed stormwater bylaw, work on road standards in coordination with Sean Hilton of CIRPED's transportation group, and compare fee schedules and timelines from other towns. "Is that something that you folks would be interested in seeing done as a part of this work to complement it?" Perez asked the board, offering to prepare examples such as a complete-streets policy.
Board members and staff raised recurring waiver issues the town encounters with subdivisions: whether sidewalks should be required for new subdivisions when adjoining lots lack sidewalks, practices around street lighting and driveway lantern alternatives, street-tree species and underground utilities, and a long list of common waivers the board frequently sees. Planning staff asked CIRPED for lists of common waivers and example diagrams or form-based-code excerpts to include in the draft.
Perez said CIRPED can deliver materials in Word for tracked changes and provide a polished PDF for web posting; he suggested returning with a substantial draft in early to mid-September. "We're moving full steam ahead," Perez said.
The board and Perez also discussed format and outreach: the planning office asked for a Word version for edits and a PDF for the website, and members requested example diagrams and plant-species guidance from CIRPED's landscape colleagues. The board took no formal vote; staff will coordinate follow-up with CIRPED and circulate draft materials when available.
