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Planning board approves South Street self-storage project, grants parking waiver and stresses future sidewalk/right-of-way considerations
Summary
The board approved SP2025-10 for a roughly 66-unit single-floor self-storage facility at 323 South Street, granted a waiver to reduce required parking from eight spaces to zero citing low trip generation, and discussed preserving space for future sidewalk construction and tree screening along the frontage.
The Milford Planning Board on Feb. 17 approved a major site plan for South Street Storage LLC (SP2025-10) and granted a waiver to eliminate the eight required off-street parking spaces.
Sam Poisey of Meridian Land Services, representing the applicant, said the ITE trip-generation analysis shows about 14 total trips on a Saturday and a peak-hour rate of approximately 0.31 trips, supporting the argument that dedicated parking is unnecessary for a single-floor self-storage facility with no office. "There really are no trips generated from this," Poisey told the board as he requested a formal waiver reducing required parking to zero.
Board members questioned whether a future tenant or a conversion to an office would require a return to the board. Members also debated sidewalks and whether the town should require a developer contribution when the municipality lacks a fully defined or funded sidewalk policy. Some members argued the board can require off-site improvements under the regulations when impacts warrant it; others said without an established process a contribution would be unfair.
After discussion, the board voted to approve the parking waiver and then approved the major site plan, with members requiring preservation of mature frontage trees and a condition that structures not preclude a future sidewalk corridor. Tim Feynon moved to approve the application; the motion passed on roll-call vote.
The applicant and the board noted that any significant change of use in the future (for example, converting storage units to office space) would require returning to the planning board for review and possible parking or other conditions.
