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Council debates temporary driveway at 27 Prospect Street after planning board denial
Summary
The council discussed a request for temporary access at 27 Prospect Street that the planning board denied; the city engineer advised against a secondary driveway for a single-family lot, and the council debated safety and future use concerns but the transcript does not record a clear final tally.
The council considered a request to approve a temporary approach at 27 Prospect Street after the planning board voted against the application. Councilors noted the city's planning board denial and said the application lacked sign-off from building and engineering departments.
A staff speaker explained the city engineer is not in favor of a secondary driveway at a single-family property because the proposal adds parking and the property is in a single-family zoning district that does not permit two-family conversions. Councilors discussed whether parents moving into the property justified temporary access and whether a use variance or conversion to a two-family dwelling would be required to permit a permanent second driveway.
The council requested a motion and proceeded to a roll-call vote sequence in the provided transcript; the segment records multiple "Councilman No" responses and then "Yes," but the audio-transcript excerpt does not provide a clear, unambiguous final tally or recorded outcome. Because the transcript segments provided do not contain a definitive roll-call tally, this article does not assert the final decision on the application. Councilors urged staff to consider quality-of-life impacts and to coordinate further review with planning and engineering staff.
