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Applicant seeks extra floor and four small units at 1016 Mount Vernon; planning board grants submission waivers
Summary
Attorney Joseph Tavy told the Winchester Planning Board the project at 1016 Mount Vernon would add a partial third floor with four residential units and requested multiple submission waivers; the board unanimously granted the waivers and set joint review with the CBDRS ahead of a September 8 continuation.
Joseph Tavy, attorney for 1016 Mount Vernon Street LLC, told the planning board the application seeks a special permit to increase the floor-area ratio and site-plan/design review to add roughly a 0.333 third floor with four residential units ranging from 399 to 519 square feet.
"The agenda indicates that the additional floor space is approximately 8,500 square feet. It's actually closer to 2,500, 2,800 square feet," Tavy said, asking the board to treat the numeric packet error as corrected and to accept updated floor plans to be filed before deliberations.
Tavy outlined multiple submission waivers, arguing the proposal changes building height only and does not alter site layout, parking, access or circulation. The board voted to waive the site development plan requirement (7.30.160.4), phasing plan (7.30.160.6), traffic circulation/parking/TDM (7.30.160.8), open-space/natural-resources plan (7.30.160.9), stormwater and flood mitigation plan, and the landscaping plan; each waiver passed by voice vote and was recorded as unanimous.
Board members asked follow-up questions on parking and unit conversions. A board member noted residents downtown use street parking with resident permits and off-street spaces behind the police station; an applicant representative confirmed some tenants travel by rail and that the existing second-floor rentals would be converted to condominiums, bringing the total building to nine condominium units if approved.
The board agreed to place a joint meeting with the Center Business District Review Subcommittee (CBDRS) on August 18 to review design details and to continue the public hearing on the application to September 8 for final deliberation.
