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Developer Joe Falzone asks planning board to clarify Brentwood’s new zoning rules as staff insists commercial mandate applies to first‑floor
Summary
Developer Joe Falzone presented preliminary plans for a 30‑acre parcel and sought clarification about multifamily definitions and whether Brentwood’s 50% commercial mandate can be met off the ground floor. Planning staff and the board said the ordinance requires first‑floor commercial and cautioned that the site’s soils and septic capacity (preliminarily ~120 units) remain subject to in‑ground testing.
Developer Joe Falzone and Christian Smith of Beals Associates presented preliminary, pre‑application questions about roughly 30 acres of property to the Brentwood Planning Board, asking how to interpret elements of a newly enacted zoning district and what the town expects during design.
Falzone identified himself at the hearing: "I'm Joe Falzone, who's gonna be developing the 30 acres," and said the presentation was intended to surface ambiguities so the design team would not pursue approaches that conflict with the ordinance. Christian Smith described early technical work: a professional soil scientist completed wetland delineation sampling and the team is assembling boundary and topographic surveys.
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