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Lakeville boards consider local OSRD bylaw for Rocky Woods as alternative to developer—s 40B
Summary
At a Dec. 26 joint meeting, Lakeville planning and partner committees discussed drafting an Open Space Residential Development (OSRD) bylaw focused on the Rocky Woods parcel as an alternative to a developer—s pending Chapter 40B comprehensive permit; boards requested topographic, wetland and cultural overlays and agreed to continue the discussion at the Jan. 9 planning board meeting.
At a Dec. 26 joint meeting, the Town of Lakeville Planning Board, with members of the Board of Health, Conservation Commission and Open Space Committee, took the first public step toward drafting a town-led Open Space Residential Development (OSRD) option for the Rocky Woods parcel as an alternative to a developer—s pending Chapter 40B comprehensive-permit application.
Planning Board members said the developer has put the 40B on hold until after the spring 2025 town meeting and is willing to negotiate an OSRD and a development agreement. The chair read the developer—s concept numbers: the 40B concept was described as about 200 units on roughly 185 acres; the OSRD concept was presented as about 204 (possibly 214) units on roughly 308 acres, including 136 single-family lots and 68 duplex/55-plus units. Single-family lots in the OSRD concept were listed with a proposed minimum of 15,000 square feet, and the single-family portion was described as served by…
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