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Board approves 24-space parking addition at Washington Place Medical Park with landscape waivers, lighting restriction
Summary
TF Moran's plan to add 24 parking spaces to Washington Place Medical Park was approved with a waiver from landscape-striping requirements; the board added a condition that lights be turned off one hour after the medical park's buildings close and required as‑built drainage verification and other staff conditions.
The Bedford Planning Board on Sept. 8 approved a site-plan amendment to add 24 parking spaces at Washington Place Medical Park, merging a 0.3‑acre parcel into the larger park and authorizing landscape waivers for striping and tree‑strip width.
Tom Burns of TF Moran said the expansion would increase the park’s total parking to 457 spaces and include a bioretention area to treat stormwater from the new pavement. “This would be constructed to treat the stormwater runoff from this new parking area,” Burns said, adding that an as‑built drainage submission would be required after construction.
A nearby resident, Ricky Gallant of 10 Park Drive, told the board he was concerned about nighttime lighting, privacy and noise if the undeveloped lot is cleared. “The main thing we were concerned about was the lighting... privacy and noise,” Gallant said. Burns and planning staff said the project uses downcast, dark‑sky lighting modeled to 0 foot‑candles at the property line and proposed fencing to match or exceed existing privacy fences; staff also noted the proposed lights mount at 12 feet and will be timed to shut off with the rest of the park.
The board granted a waiver from the Performance Zone landscape‑strip standards, approved the parking expansion subject to the 14 staff conditions in the staff report, and added a condition requiring lights to be turned off one hour after the closure of the medical office buildings. The applicant agreed to the conditions, and the motion to approve carried.
