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Board conditionally approves 96 Main Street mixed-use project, ties sign-off to water and materials
Summary
Bridgewater Planning Board granted site-plan and special-permit approval for 96 Main Street (16 residences, three commercial spaces) conditionally on successful water/sewer signoff, adherence to presented exterior materials/colors, a signage plan return, and addition of building materials and snow‑storage language.
The Bridgewater Planning Board voted May 6 to conditionally approve a mixed-use development at 96 Main Street after the developer addressed engineering comments and the board added permit conditions for potable water, building materials and signage.
Adam Jaspin of Centerline Development told the board that "all of those comments have been satisfactorily addressed" and that test pits and a board-requested site visit were completed. He described a snow-storage plan that uses on-site designated areas plus six flex parking spaces as emergency snow storage, and showed a VertiBlock retaining wall and updated landscape plan.
Town engineer Greg Tansy said his outstanding comments had been satisfied, including lighting set at appropriate heights and drainage improvements; he told the board he had no outstanding comments after reviewing the revisions. "Everything was retained within the limits of the site as far as light trespass was concerned," Tansy said.
Board members focused on utilities and materials. Chair Patrick Frisco and building commissioner Steven Solari emphasized that a building permit cannot be issued without potable-water signoff: "A permit cannot be issued unless sign off for potable water is there," Solari said. The board therefore attached a condition requiring successful water and sewer (or potable-well) demonstration before final signoff.
The board also added conditions that the building be constructed as presented — including window muntin details and materials — and that the applicant return to the planning board with a signage plan (a planning-board meeting, not a public hearing) once tenant signage is known. Janet Hansen, a Pleasant Street resident, asked if plantings were native and whether runoff would reach nearby wetlands; applicants said the landscape plan includes native plantings and that the revised stormwater design will treat runoff prior to discharge.
The board closed public input, adopted the additional conditions on materials, signage and utilities, and voted to approve the site-plan and special-permit package (site plan approval under section 10.6 and special permit under section 9.6) subject to those conditions. The approval is conditional on providing evidence of potable water and any required health‑department signoffs before a final endorsement or building permit issue.
