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Questions about parking, fronting and lot splits dominate discussion of Manchester Road proposal
Summary
Committee members and planning staff pressed the developer on shared parking, building-to-street expectations in the Town Center, and options to screen parking with a low garden wall while preserving safe pedestrian access to a preschool and playground.
Committee members and planning staff focused significant attention on how the two proposed uses would share parking and how buildings should be oriented to Manchester Road under Town Center guidance.
Planning staff said the Town Center often prefers buildings near the street with parking behind. "In town center, we generally prefer to have the buildings toward the street and the parking behind," staff stated, and offered a garden-wall screening option if parking must be closer to the street.
The petitioner said the current plan anticipates some shared parking with an eventual lot split so each user could own their parcel. Staff advised considering cross-parking and cross-access agreements and recommended consolidating small lots to simplify setbacks and future site development requirements.
