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Lowell planning board continues 558 Gorm Street site-plan after parking, labeling and trash concerns
Summary
NLK Homes’ revised filing to build five units at 558 Gorm Street was presented by engineer Casey Ferreira; board members raised questions about parking fit, mislabeled square footage, trash handling and lofts becoming bedrooms and voted to continue the matter to Feb. 2, 2026 for revised plans.
Casey Ferreira of Howard and Hudson told the Lowell Planning Board that NLK Homes, LLC seeks site-plan approval to build one triplex and one duplex (five units) at 558 Gorm Street, increasing the site's bedroom total to 13. Ferreira said the plan provides 11 parking spaces, while the parking requirement for 13 bedrooms is 10 spaces (the applicant rounds up), and that drainage would use a subsurface infiltration system sized to detain and infiltrate more than 1 inch of stormwater per square foot of impervious surface as required by the regional wastewater and stormwater authority.
Board members praised the proposed facade…
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