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Conservation commission approves stormwater controls, limits parking at Norwood Commerce Center redevelopment
Summary
The Norwood Conservation Commission approved an order of conditions for redevelopment work at 61 Endicott Street, requiring stormwater controls, compensatory flood-storage and a cap on parking at 471 spaces; further parking increases must trigger review by the new town stormwater authority.
The Norwood Conservation Commission on May 28 approved an order of conditions for stormwater and site improvements at the Norwood Commerce Center, 61 Endicott Street, that requires new treatment and recharge systems and limits site parking to 471 spaces unless the town stormwater authority later reopens review.
The vote followed presentations from representatives of the property owner and the engineering consultant and a detailed peer review of stormwater design. The commission’s action requires the applicant to install sediment traps, stormwater treatment units and subsurface infiltration chambers intended to treat previously unmitigated runoff before it reaches Haws Brook and downstream Meadow Brook.
The decision matters because the 12-acre former industrial site has large areas of historic, unmitigated pavement that currently discharge directly to…
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