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Planning board continues Deer Hill Road duplex site-plan review to July 13
Summary
Developers presented revised plans to build two duplex buildings at One Deer Hill Road; the board praised reduced impervious area and design intent but asked for a materials list, detailed landscape plan and stormwater details before concluding the hearing on July 13.
The Manchester-by-the-Sea Planning Board on June 8 continued a public hearing on a site-plan application for One Deer Hill Road after the developer presented a revised layout that replaces a previously proposed set of detached houses with two duplex buildings.
Tom Ford, the project's developer, told the board the parcel sits in the town's 3A zone and "can accommodate up to seven units," and said the team reconfigured the plan to create two buildings that reduced impervious area and created small private patios. He acknowledged that "one or two garage doors might be visible as you drive up the hill," but said the architecture was designed to relate to Pine Street.
Architect Julie McDonald said the proposal uses one-and-a-half-story forms with porches and a mix of gable and gambrel roof elements and that exterior materials would include clapboards and shingles with metal roofing accents; she said connectors and covered walkways were added to improve circulation and privacy between units.
Mark Resnik, the town's land-use director, reminded the board that the application requires site-plan review under the MBTA housing provisions and that the bylaw requires 1.5 parking spaces per residential unit. He said the board will forward the building designs to the Design Review Committee (an advisory public body) for consultation and that the committee's feedback will inform the board's final site-plan review.
Board members asked the applicant to provide a clear materials list, fenestration details, and a landscape plan that shows patios and buffering to adjacent single-family houses on Pine Street. The board also flagged drainage and stormwater design as a key outstanding item; staff said the site may require a stormwater permit from public works and that the applicant has already engaged an engineer.
Neighbor Brian Parker asked whether the new buildings would be on slab foundations; Ford said limited basements were possible depending on ledge conditions. The board took the public input and voted to continue the hearing to the July 13 meeting at 7 p.m. so the Design Review Committee can review materials and return recommendations to the board.
