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Conservation commission approves Norwood Commerce Center stormwater plan and caps parking at 471 spaces
Summary
After peer review and a multi‑year review, the commission approved an order of conditions requiring substantial stormwater treatment for a long‑used industrial site and limited the approved parking to 471 spaces; any future parking increases will trigger review by the town’s stormwater authority.
Representatives for Norwood Commerce Center presented revised plans at the May 28 meeting to address longstanding after‑the‑fact paving and to add stormwater controls on the site at 61 Endicott Street, which runs along Hawes Brook. Attorney Hearn and project manager Kevin Holtzer said the owner seeks to regularize earlier unpermitted paving, improve circulation and parking, and bring the site’s drainage into compliance.
Engineer Sue Spratt (Mackenzie Engineering Group) and peer reviewer Spencer Lins (Parr Corporation) reviewed updates including subsurface infiltration chambers sized for recharge, engineered stormwater treatment units (storm sceptors), re‑grading of swales, and compensatory flood storage for previously filled areas. The revised plans…
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