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Applicants for 116–118 Canal Street to return with comparative plans; board conditions temporary shared driveway and future curb cuts
Summary
Applicants seeking a special permit to divide 116–118 Canal Street into a duplex lot and a single-family lot were told to provide comparative village-overlay documentation, landscaping plans, and a mylar for recording. The board required a condition that two curb cuts will be allowed when DPW permits and discussed making the shared driveway a temporary condition.
Applicants Phil Brunelli and Jeremy Valerino presented a plan to divide a former three-family parcel at 116–118 Canal Street into two lots — a duplex and a single-family home — and asked the board to consider a special-permit approval under the village overlay.
The board and its reviewer, Gino, told applicants they must supply comparative documentation showing the proposed building(s) meet village-overlay criteria (floor-area, height, ratio comparisons within a 300-foot comparison area). Gino said the required comparative data was not included in the current submission and must be provided before the board can complete review.
Applicants said they will use a shared driveway to avoid new curb cuts and will grant an easement to the single-family lot. Board members discussed past problems with shared driveways and debated a condition making the shared driveway temporary. Several members favored a time-limited condition (for example, tied to a five-year DPW moratorium on altering a newly paved street) that would allow future owners to apply for separate curb cuts after the moratorium expires.
The board also reminded applicants they must bring a mylar copy of plan sheets so the board can sign and the applicants can record the plan at the registry of deeds. Members voted to include a condition that two curb cuts (one per lot) will be required when allowed by DPW and to continue the public hearing to Dec. 5 so applicants can submit the comparative data, landscaping details, and the mylar.
Next steps: Applicants will submit the required comparative documentation and revised plans addressing landscaping and driveway conditions; the board will reopen the public hearing on Dec. 5.
