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Planning board approves 3 Thayer Street eight-unit project with conditions
Summary
The Quincy Planning Board unanimously approved Boston Properties’ eight-unit site plan for 3 Thayer Street on Nov. 19, subject to multiple special conditions including construction management, transformer screening, DPW approvals and recorded stormwater operations and maintenance plans.
The Quincy Planning Board on Nov. 19 unanimously approved a site plan for an eight-unit building at 3 Thayer Street, subject to a set of special and general conditions the city required before building or occupancy permits are issued.
The project, presented by Edward Fleming, attorney for Boston Properties, is a proposed three‑story, eight‑unit residential building. Fleming told the board the applicant has worked to respond to peer review and city department comments and is confident the smaller project will not materially worsen local traffic. "We’re very confident that this much smaller project of 8 units is not gonna be impacted," Fleming said.
Deputy Planning Director Rob Stevens recommended approval but urged multiple conditions intended to protect public infrastructure and neighborhood character. Stevens told the board the department would require, among other items, a construction management plan; approval from the Department of Public Works for any work in the street and obligations to restore repaved sidewalks and curbing; additional soil testing and any required stormwater design adjustments; pre‑ and post‑construction sewer television inspections; a recorded operation and maintenance plan for the stormwater system at the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds; a pre‑demolition hazardous‑materials survey for any buildings to be removed; and written noise, rodent control and dust control plans to be filed with the appropriate city departments. Stevens also proposed adding a condition requiring a modified landscape plan that provides screening for any pad‑mounted transformer, or documentation that National Grid approved a pole‑mounted transformer so the screening condition would be moot.
Board members asked about utility service and transformer location; Fleming said transformer details appear on the revised civil drawings and that the applicant will coordinate with National Grid. During the discussion the applicant explained that one of the rear driveways would affect roughly seven parking spaces but that the main garage access near the corner should remain usable. Fleming also said the units are intended for sale and that condominium documents could include circulation rules to manage driveway usage.
The board moved and seconded an approval of the site plan with the department’s listed conditions; the motion carried unanimously. The approval is subject to compliance with all special and general conditions and to any further permitting actions required by the Department of Public Works, the Quincy Health Department and other city offices.
Next steps for the applicant include finalizing National Grid coordination, filing the construction management and utility plans for city review, completing required testing and surveys, and obtaining building and occupancy permits once conditions are met.
