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Planning Board approves Pleasant Street cluster development with conditions
Summary
The Planning Board approved Full Site Plan #26FSP01 for Mr. Olszak’s Pleasant Street cluster development, accepting previously approved 2006 plans but imposing nine conditions (including current DES permits, Fire Department cul‑de‑sac approval and a required Condo Declaration). The vote was 4–1–0.
The Bristol Planning Board approved Full Site Plan #26FSP01 on March 11 to allow Mr. Olszak to proceed with a cluster residential development off Pleasant Street based on previously approved 2006 plans, subject to nine conditions the board attached to the approval.
Donna Sullivan read the full site plan application into the record and noted 17 abutters were notified; the plans referenced a 2006 approval. Vice Chair David Shirley raised concerns that the 2006 Notice of Decision (NOD), case notes or minutes were not provided with the current application and suggested those materials would be helpful for deliberation. The board debated whether the absence of the 2006 NOD made the application incomplete; after discussion, members voted the application complete (motion passed 3–2–0) and then proceeded to deliberation.
Mr. Olszak said he intends to build two‑story townhouses sized about 28 by 40 feet, with three bedrooms and two baths, and that the surrounding land would be common area. He reported a wetlands survey had been completed and that the drainage is shown on sheet 2 of the plans. Public commenters raised concerns about privacy, driveway access, and an existing erosion gully. Mr. Olszak responded that the project would use the previously cleared area and that he would build a six‑foot chain link fence with siding along the property line to address privacy concerns.
The board’s approval included nine conditions, among them: incorporation of any conditions from the 2006 Notice of Decision and the 2006 ZBA NOD; adherence to the erosion control plan on sheet 5; current DES permits must be in place before work begins; Fire Department approval of cul‑de‑sac size; a driveway permit; and that the applicant file and obtain a state‑approved Condo Declaration that explicitly requires following the landscape and grading/drainage plans (with a requirement to return to the Planning Board if the condo association later seeks to vary those plans).
The approval motion passed 4–1–0, with Jeremy Fischer recorded as the lone no vote on the final approval. The board directed the Land Use Department to ensure conditions are met before construction begins.
