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Board approves 13‑lot Seatington/Lexington Road subdivision after planning‑board revisions
Summary
Applicant reduced an earlier 40‑lot plan to a 13‑lot proposal to avoid wetlands; the planning board issued a favorable advisory opinion and the zoning board approved variances for reduced lot widths and front setbacks to keep homes away from federally regulated wetlands.
Attorney Bruce Steves and project engineer Dom Eureko summarized revisions to a previously larger subdivision proposal on Lexington Road. The proposal was reduced to 13 lots (lots 2 through 14) after planning‑board review and the planning board issued a unanimous favorable advisory opinion supporting the reduced plan. The applicant sought area variances for minimum lot width on two lots and front‑yard setback relief for 11 lots in order to maintain distance from federally regulated wetlands at the rear of the parcels.
The board considered the reduced plan and its advisory opinion, discussed the need to preserve natural buffers to adjacent neighborhoods and wetlands, and concluded that the variances — though substantial — were substantially reduced from the earlier 40‑lot concept and were necessary to protect wetlands by keeping homes farther from the regulated area. The board voted in favor of the draft motion to approve the 13‑lot plan and associated variances; roll call recorded six votes in favor.
