Applicant seeks two-building, 8-unit workforce housing project at 3310 Noyak Road

Attorney Timothy S. McCully, counsel to Burke and Sullivan, presented a site-plan and special-exception application for 3310 Noyak Road, saying the plan proposes two buildings with four apartments each — eight affordable apartments on a 2.489-acre parcel in the Hamlet Commercial Zoning District. "Basically, what we're trying to do here is do 8 affordable apartments on a 2.5 acre parcel of property," McCully told the board, noting the project sits in an aquifer protection overlay and an archaeologically sensitive area and that required reports were supplied to the board.

McCully explained the project needed zoning relief to keep the apartments on a single lot rather than subdividing into multiple lots: the Zoning Board granted permission to place the eight apartments on one parcel and provided relief on the code requirement for commercial square footage. He also told the board that wastewater capacity limited immediate construction of both buildings and that the applicant has identified potential transfer-development-rights credits; "if we got the suitable credit, we can have the other building," he said. Board members asked whether affordability covenants would be recorded and how units would be managed; McCully said covenants will be recorded and that the owner will manage rentals and leases to meet town affordable-unit requirements.

The board discussed the timing of phased approvals and potential expiration; members noted that phased approvals can be extended and that applicants commonly request formal extensions as needed. The board moved to close the public hearing with a 10-day written comment period and passed the motion, the chair announcing five yes and two absent. The applicant said it will return to the board for Phase 2 when credits are secured.