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Planning board approves adult day health center at 260 High Street with pick‑up and safety conditions
Summary
The Lowell Planning Board approved a site plan for an adult day health center at 260 High Street, with conditions requiring reserved pick‑up/drop‑off signage, offsite employee parking, coordination with the building department on fire/suppression requirements, and traffic/parking measures to allow vans to pull fully onto the site.
The Lowell Planning Board approved a site plan on June 1 for Cornwatch to operate an adult day health center at 260 High Street, a use the board had earlier granted by special permit. The site plan approval includes conditions intended to manage drop‑off and pick‑up maneuvers, require offsite staff parking, and ensure building‑department and health‑department requirements are met.
Why it matters: The center will serve seniors and other adults who need daytime services. The board focused on ensuring safe vehicular maneuvers for van pick‑up and drop‑off, avoiding on‑street backing, and clarifying that staff will not direct or stop traffic on public streets.
Applicant Quinn Guash told the board the program will maintain current building circulation and that employees will park offsite; a parking space on site will be reserved and signed for timed pick‑up and drop‑off. “Our goal is to provide the adult day health program that serve the community in safe, accessible and well‑managed setting,” Guash said. The board incorporated transportation staff recommendations requiring signage and a circulation approach that allows vans to pull fully into the site and exit forward, plus language clarifying that staff assistance in egress/ingress does not authorize directing or blocking public traffic.
Board and staff also noted the applicant must work with the building department to confirm whether fire suppression is required and with the health department for licensing as an adult day health facility. As part of the conditions the board reiterated the applicant’s commitment that employees park offsite, that participant numbers remain within the previously approved cap, and that on‑site signage be posted during drop‑off and pick‑up windows to maximize maneuverability.
Next steps: Applicant to satisfy building department and health department permit and licensing requirements, install required signage, and adopt the traffic/circulation measures agreed with transportation staff.
