Board recommends approval of Fourth Street Village PD amendment, asks developer to revisit project egress

The Town of Oakland Planning and Zoning Board voted to recommend approval of the First Amendment to the Fourth Street Village planned development agreement and preliminary subdivision plan, while asking the applicant to revisit vehicle access points and the traffic analysis.

Brad Cornelius, presenting the amendment, said the revised plan retains the previously approved entitlement of 190 multifamily units and a commercial/office total within the approved range, but reconfigures building footprints and the site layout. Under the amendment the project’s commercial square footage was specified at 73,500 square feet, which Cornelius noted remains within the Town Commission’s previously approved entitlement range (a minimum of 40,000 and a maximum of 150,000 square feet). The applicant consolidated multiple multifamily buildings into a single larger multifamily building on the south side of the property and reoriented several commercial…