01/21/2026 PLANNING BOARD Minutes (2)

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of TMs s,s z. Aannin Board c� 16 Great Neck Road North .wlashpee, Aassachusetts 02649 Request: Seeking approval of 5-lot Definitive Subdivision Plan consisting of 4.54 acres located off Garden Drive. The application is for a "Cottage Development" under the terms of the New Seabury Special Permit. The Subdivision Plan is intended for the fifth and final phases of the development commonly referred to as the Cottages at New Seabury. Chair Waygan read the Public Hearing notice into the record. Nick Galanis with New Seabury Homes is present for the applicant this evening, and David Crispin with BSC Group is on Zoom. As of last Planning Board meeting, he and Board member Mr. Milbury met on site at New Seabury to go over lighting options for the end of Garden Drive, going to Great Oak Road and down by Topspin Way. They are proposing a light post on that corner of Great Oak Road as well as uplighting running down the planting beds on the left side of the road. Topspin Way will have the same light posts on either side. In the parking lot they are proposing a 16ft. pole with downlighting for the end of the parking lot, which are the same as the opposite end of the lot. That parking lot has an existing light. Photos were taken of adjacent neighborhoods to demonstrate what those lights will look like all lit up. Mr. Balzarini asked what the poles were made of and it was answered steel, aside from the wooden posts on the properties. Ms. Faulkner inquired about specific lumens, while those exact figures could not be provided, it was noted low. Mr. Tobin stated the photos showing lighting styles are in the packet. He asked for the height of the wooden post in front of the homes, it was answered 6.5ft. There are also lights on the garages. The posts on the street are 8ft. tall. Mr. Hansen inquired about the meaning of`alternatively could be flush'. Flush refers to the amount of lighting, nothing is shining above the ground, as it is lighting up plants. Ms. Waygan asked the Board Engineer if the plan is correctly represented. Ms. Christy stated the lighting scheme proposed here is smaller scale, as it is residential style. She doesn't think the Board even needs a lighting level plan, and what they are proposing is entirely appropriate for this type of development. More details about the lighting are on the back pages. Mr. Tobin read a recommendation to the Board for a condition, stating except for the intersection, lighting levels shall result in no light spillover. He would like the Board to have a discussion about the plan and how we can ensure the two lights at Topspin Way and Garden 2