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Planning Board postpones Poland Road multifamily plan after neighbors raise drainage, density and screening concerns
Summary
The board voted to postpone review of a proposed three-building, four-unit-each layout at 530/538 Poland Road after residents raised concerns about wetlands, drainage, lighting and property screening; the applicant will revise the plan and may request waivers to form-based code frontage requirements.
The Planning Board voted to postpone consideration of a proposed multi-building subdivision on Poland Road after several nearby residents raised unresolved concerns about drainage, wetlands, screening and scale.
Staff introduced the application as a revision of an earlier two-building plan at 530 and 538 Poland Road. Jeff Amos and Jim Corbin of Terodine Consultants described a new layout with three buildings — each containing four units — served by a new private way, on-site parking behind the buildings, street trees, underground electric, a gravity sewer connection and a required fire hydrant. Amos told the board the layout meets many form-based code aims but will likely need…
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