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Hudson Planning Commission denies school plan that would widen Middle School driveway and remove Saywell House
Summary
The Planning Commission voted unanimously to deny Hudson City Schools’ conditional-use request to widen the driveway at Hudson Middle School — a plan tied to demolition of the Saywell House — citing neighborhood compatibility, alternatives not exhausted, and code concerns.
The Hudson Planning Commission voted 7–0 to deny a conditional-use request from Hudson City Schools to widen the driveway at Hudson Middle School, a change that would have required demolition of the historic Saywell House.
The commission’s decision followed staff testimony and an applicant presentation that framed the change as a response to dismissal-time stacking onto North Oviatt Street. City staff summarized a post-construction traffic analysis recommending a widened entrance (two lanes in, one out for several hundred feet) to create substantially more on‑site queuing. "This additional storage would take at least 28 additional…
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