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Restaurant end‑cap at Dalewood I prompts parking, pedestrian‑safety and snow‑storage talks
Summary
Applicant for Jen Korean Barbecue proposed restriping, added stop signs, three new parking stalls and a reduced seat count (407); the board pressed the applicant on crosswalks, curb height, bollards, valet options, snow‑storage locations and employee parking enforcement ahead of a March 30 public hearing.
Colette Delauro, senior project manager at Langan, presented design changes for a proposed Jen Korean Barbecue restaurant at the Dalewood I shopping center. Delauro described additions including a new four‑way stop, a stop bar in front of the restaurant, restriping over an existing brick crosswalk, relocation of a transformer to gain three parking stalls, and a reduction in the restaurant's seat count from 421 to 407 (a change tied to adding a family restroom). "We found that to the north we have 29 spaces ... If you add up the new spaces we're adding, we have 59 spaces," Delauro said, summarizing a parking count and concluding that available parking would meet the code‑based requirement for the busiest day and time.
Board members probed pedestrian safety and snow‑storage contingencies. Commissioners asked whether bollards or raised curbing could protect the front entrance after noting a past vehicle‑into‑store incident at another center; Delauro cautioned that bollards could narrow the already‑tight sidewalk and proposed exploring surface‑mounted bollards or raising curb height. There was broad discussion of crosswalks; the applicant said the plan would stripe a crosswalk atop the existing brick paving to improve visibility, and the applicant's property manager described contractual options to haul snow off‑site during extreme events.
Members also asked about valet parking as a weekend or holiday option to ease peak‑time demand. Management said operations are still evaluating logistical and cost questions but are open to exploring valet on an as‑needed basis. The applicant agreed to provide additional responses to outstanding questions by March 24 so the Planning Board could schedule a public hearing at the March 30 meeting.
Next steps: applicant to return with answers on bollard/curb options, confirmation of parking counts, and details on snow‑storage triggers; Planning Board expects to set a public hearing for March 30 if outstanding items are addressed.
