Planning board receives pre-application for 526 Post Road; schedules site walk

The planning board received a site-plan/subdivision pre-application for 526 Post Road, an 8.15-acre parcel in the general business district, and scheduled a site walk for Thursday, Aug. 28 at 6 p.m.

Bill Walls, identifying his firm as Lawson and Generate, presented the plan on behalf of the property owner, Chris Conroe. Walls told the board the rear portion of the parcel is wooded and that the plan proposes 15 single-family condominium buildings (15 units) on the back half of the property, with each unit provided a garage and at least one additional parking space. Utilities would be extended from Route 1, where existing sewer and water serve the front commercial parcel; the sewer extension likely will require upsizing an existing 6-inch main to an 8-inch main at the sewer district’s direction.

Walls said stormwater would be handled through a series of underdrained soil filters and detention basins and that the project would require a DEP stormwater permit because of the amount of impervious area. The applicant also noted a small wetland finger on the site that may be filled; the team said the wetland appeared to be on the order of 1,000 square feet and that permit processes would address impacts.

Board members and staff discussed access and circulation, parking, and the need to schedule a site walk to have centerline and unit locations flagged in the field. The board voted unanimously to receive the pre-application and directed staff and the applicant to coordinate the site walk flags and plan revisions for review at a future meeting.

The board did not grant final approvals at the meeting; engineering and permit details remain to be submitted and reviewed.