1/10/2018 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS ZBA Decision

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MA HPLi ZONING BOARD of APPEALS MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 10, 2018 Mr. Feronti continticd stating that when this building is completed, there will be affordable units, originally there was only one;which will bring a total of 32 units amongst the four buildings and 8 affordable units. In addition, there will be one handicapped accessible unit in this building; and will provide for two fully accessible units within the four buildings. Originally, this building was proposed as a 6 unit building with a mixture of 1 and 2 bedroom units,which required a parking requirement total of 8 spaces. with the 10 one bedroom-units, the building requirement will be 10 parking spaces. Building 44 was always intended to be pmt of the Market St. West lot. Currently built in that lot there are 34 parking spaces, with the demand of Buildings 40, 42, and 44 there are and will be a demand of 28 spaces. So even with the increase number of units within Building 44 this parking lot has the ability to handle the additional units. The- refo re reallocating two more spaces from this building to this lot, beeps the total the same. Mr. Mendoza asked how many stories to the building;. Mr. Feronti said there will be two stories. There's a thin story component on half of the building which is a dormer. Mr. Feronti said that the height and the number of stories was waived under the original 40B permit. Mr. Connell said that there's a third story living in the dormer of the roof. The height is ft. to the widow's walk. Mr. Feronti wanted to present this information' to the ZBA prior to meeting with other Town Departments. Mr. Blaisdell asked about the affordable units. Mr. Feronti said,that this building will provide at %. Where are 5 out of the first 22 buildings, this building will be 8 out of the 32 buildings. Phase I A. is 52 units, by the time the 52nd occupancy permit, there has to be 5% dedicated affordable units. This building will be modular. Mr. Gould mentioned that there is a granite slab that sticks out along the driveway closest to the police station and Jobs Fishing Road that needs adjustment. Chairman Furbush asked about inquires made by Bob Wooldridge. Nfi•, Feronti said that Mr. Wooldridge had past conversation with Doug Storrs based on a different prof ect, in 20041, 2005 and 2006 which is a completely different type of construction certainly along Market Street, but within the 40B as a whole. It was predominantly town hones at that time:, it was single-family homes, and there were a couple of multi-family homes that were on the scale of the building that has Pottery Barn which bas 24 units in the building. Those types of buildings can amortize the cost of an elevator. He said that back in 2012-20135 it lead then to figure out the process of what type of buildings to build, what type of markets were desired, and would the banks lend them money;toward a path of smaller units. It's difficult to build an elevator and add those costs under the 400 criteria. 9