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Planning board approves Amazon Granite special permit with strict drainage and tree‑preservation conditions
Summary
The Bourne Planning Board approved a special permit and site‑plan review for Amazon Granite at 130 MacArthur Boulevard, requiring on‑site stormwater controls, a final drainage design approved by the conservation agent, preservation/replacement landscaping and departmental reviews before occupancy.
The Bourne Planning Board voted to approve a site‑plan review special permit for a granite countertop facility at 130 MacArthur Boulevard, concluding that the proposal meets the town’s zoning and site‑plan criteria while imposing several conditions to protect wetlands and public safety.
Professional engineer for the applicant (speaker 9) told the board that the project would redevelop the former RMA gym site and that, after meeting with the conservation commission, the design team “reduced the on‑site drainage systems” so the plan would “protect the off‑site vernal hole located on the Cape Cape White Cannabis site to the north.” The applicant said the final drainage system is designed to treat increases in pavement run‑off and to recharge stormwater on site to meet the Stormwater Management Act.
The board’s motion to approve cited the planning board bylaws and site‑plan criteria and incorporated the submitted plans and testimony into the decision. A committee member moving the approval summarized the conditions the board attached: that revised plans, drainage materials and architectural materials be incorporated into the decision; that deviations require resubmittal; and that the applicant obtain reviews and approvals from the Bourne Fire Department for emergency access and Knox box installation, the Bourne Water District on water service adequacy, the Health Department on septic and public‑health compliance, and the conservation agent for wetland resource and buffer compliance.
The decision also imposes construction‑phase requirements: erosion and sedimentation controls must be installed and maintained throughout construction, grit separators/dry wells/infiltration systems and a tree box filter must be installed and operated according to an operations and maintenance plan, landscaping must be installed and maintained with a three‑year guarantee, outdoor storage and display be limited to areas shown on the approved plan, and an "as‑built" plan and engineer certification must be submitted prior to occupancy.
Board members praised the project as an improvement to a previously neglected property but pressed for final drainage documentation and tree preservation on site. The applicant responded that a pre‑construction meeting will be held with the conservation agent and that the final drainage installation must satisfy the conservation agent prior to the issuance of an occupancy permit.
The board took the motion and voted to approve the special permit; members congratulated the applicant and the meeting moved on to the next agenda item.
What happens next: the approval is subject to the conditions spelled out in the decision; building permits and a recorded decision at the registry of deeds are required before construction and occupancy.
