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Board rejects proposal to add front parking for Franklin senior living project at 553/557 Franklin Road
Summary
Franklin's zoning board denied a request to allow perpendicular parking in front of a proposed senior living facility at 553/557 Franklin Road, citing hillside frontage rules and that an approved site plan already meets parking standards; residents raised flooding and traffic concerns.
The Franklin Board of Zoning Appeals denied a variance on March 5 that would have allowed non-parallel parking in front of a proposed senior living and memory care facility at 553 and 557 Franklin Road.
Staff told the board the project sits within a planned district and a Hillside Overlay. A prior 2022 approval allowed landscape frontage and parking to the sides of the building; staff said the revised site plan under review meets parking standards…
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