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Planning Board continues Locust Estates subdivision hearing, staff says stormwater review complete
Summary
The Attleboro Planning Board continued the 47-lot "Locust Estates" subdivision hearing May 4 while staff and consultants review phasing, sidewalks, open space layout and demolition/restoration; city staff said the stormwater peer review is complete and the developer agreed to revise plans.
The Attleboro Planning Board on May 4 continued the public hearing on Newberry Estates Development, LLC's 47-lot definitive subdivision plan known on the plans as "Locust Estates," asking the developer to supply revisions on phasing, sidewalks, open-space layout and demolition/restoration details before the matter returns to the Board.
Director of Planning and Development Gary Ayrassian told the Board staff and the city's stormwater consultant had reviewed the petitioner's responses to the peer review and held a final work session; he said the stormwater system as presented is acceptable for the current design. Board members and staff flagged outstanding items including a phasing schedule that must comply with the Board's limits on house lots along a dead-end street, extension of sidewalks onto Locust Street and off-site sidewalks, and the layout and parking adjacent to the development's proposed open space and Attleboro Land Trust land.
Chairwoman Heather Whitehead asked whether changes to proposed boulevard entrance islands and Oakley Circle would require additional stormwater review; Ayrassian said the reduction in pervious area would be negligible and would not affect system capacity. The Board also discussed possible crosswalks from the subdivision entrance to Locust Street and from Ridgewood Road Extension to Woodland Lane; Whitehead said she did not think crosswalks could be installed and Ayrassian said he would check with Police, the Department of Public Works and the School Department.
Larry Beals of Beals Associates, the project engineer's representative, said he had taken notes of the Board's requests and that the team would make the necessary plan revisions. With no further public comment, the hearing was continued to a later meeting for the outstanding items to be addressed.
The Board's review is administrative and procedural: no approvals were granted at the May 4 hearing and the developer must return with revised plans and a phasing schedule the Board finds consistent with its regulations.
