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Neighbors press board on lighting, drainage and privacy for Children’s Home parking plan
Summary
Several nearby residents told the Planning Board they feared the expanded Children's Home parking lot would increase lighting, noise, and drainage impacts; the applicant and town engineers responded with drainage details and potential light shields and gates.
At the Feb. 24 public hearing, neighbors bordering the Children’s Home property told the Town of Fenton Planning Board they were worried the new consolidated parking areas would bring noise, bright lights and privacy intrusions to adjacent backyards.
Resident Gerry Buckley, who lives back-to-back with the facility, asked where the new lot would sit and warned: "So, the parking lot with the noise and lighting will be added and these Residents will be in the same situation that we have been in for years with no action. This will affect him every day." Other residents asked whether security cameras would intrude on privacy and whether construction traffic would use local streets.
Assistant Town Engineer Tony Citriniti described the drainage approach, saying the project will use "sheet flow," which "takes the water and disperses it over the area that is undisturbed and not being worked on" so runoff is slowed and filtered into the ground. Residents also raised septic concerns: Tyler Quinn asked whether the aquifer reference covered "our water supply or drainage?" and staff clarified the permitting covers both water resource protections and drainage management.
Board members recommended several mitigations — light shields, possible timers, gated closures at night and a living-fence buffer — and asked the applicant to provide photometric plans for review. The playground will remain in its current location and is not included in this permit application.
