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Acton board continues hearing on Primrose Schools proposal after pushback from historical commission, neighbors and reviewers
Summary
Select Board continued the public hearing on Primrose Schools’ proposed two-story childcare at 457 Massachusetts Ave to March 16 after hearing objections over demolition of a mid-19th-century house, extensive tree removal, steep grading and driveway/parking concerns. The Dover amendment limits denial of the educational use, but the board and reviewers identified multiple conditions and design changes to resolve.
The Acton Select Board continued its public hearing on Feb. 23 on Primrose Schools’ application to convert 457 Massachusetts Ave into a two‑story, roughly 14,000‑square‑foot childcare facility, citing unresolved preservation, grading and circulation issues.
Alyssa, the board’s planning liaison, opened the discussion and summarized legal constraints: the proposed childcare is protected under the Dover amendment, meaning the town cannot deny the educational use outright, though the board can impose “reasonable dimensional requirements” within eight statutory categories and must be specific and transparent when doing so, she said. She also noted the board had only just received a third‑party engineering peer review that morning.
Jonathan Silverstein, counsel for the applicant, and Adam Drake of Stonefield Engineering presented site plans that…
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