Thursday, April 25, 2013
The new plan meets all of Wayland's zoning and bylaw requirements, though there remain questions about mitigating traffic issues at the nearby intersection.
Developers for 150 Main St., also known as the Finnerty's site, met with the Planning Board Tuesday night for a public hearing on a new, one-building plan for the Cochituate corner. Wayland residents Matthew Levy and Jesse Adelman, the developers, already have Planning Board approval for a two-building development on the site. In March, however, they withdrew their special permit request related to parking and signage relief after learning they would need Zoning Board of Appeals approval to construct outdoor seating at the planned restaurant. Town Planner Sarkis Sarkisian explained that the developers could pursue their remaining special permits through the ZBA since they needed some zoning approval for their project anyway. In the …
Friday, March 22, 2013
The special permit application for 150 Main St., in Wayland, was related to parking and signage at the former Finnerty's site.
The developers of 150 Main St., in Cochituate, also known as the Finnerty's site, have informed the town planner that they want to withdraw, without prejudice, their application for special permits related to parking and signage at the site. Developers Matthew Levy and Jesse Adelman spent months in Design Review Board and Planning Board hearings on the way to site plan approval for a project that features two buildings: one, a CVS and the other, a mixed-use building expected to house a restaurant and some additional retail space on the first floor and office space on the second. The total approved project consists of 27,374 square feet of commercial space. The next step appeared to be a special permit hearing before the Planning Board …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Several agenda items were continued to later dates.
The Wayland Planning Board had the Finnerty's project, medical marijuana and the proposed River Road Department of Public Works facility on its Feb. 5 agenda. All but one of those hearings was continued to a later date. Here are three things you missed at Tuesday's meeting. 1. Finnerty's Special Permit Hearing. Developers for the 150 Main St. (Finnerty's) project were scheduled to meet with the board for a public hearing regarding special permits for signage, parking on residentially zoned land and fewer parking spaces than required by Wayland's bylaw. That hearing was continued, without discussion, to March 5 at 7:35 p.m. 2. Medical Marijuana Zoning. The board was also scheduled to discuss a zoning bylaw change designed to make opening a …
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The project first appeared before the board in mid-2011. Months of public hearings and studies culminated with an important Planning Board vote Tuesday night.
[Update] The final, approved site plan is now attached to this article. Additionally, a PDF of the Planning Board's decision can be downloaded. [Original article] Site plans for the redevelopment of 150 Main St., known as the Finnerty's property, got the green light, with modifications, from Wayland's Planning Board Tuesday night. Board members voted 5-0 to approve the site plans, which call for two buildings to be constructed on the site -- one a CVS and the other a mixed-use building expected to house a restaurant and some additional retail space on the first floor and office space on the second. The total proposed project consists of 27,374 square feet of commercial space. The approval comes after months of discussions about and …
Thursday, January 17, 2013
The Finnerty's redevelopment project continues to move forward, with the Planning Board Tuesday night reaching a decision about a Main Street curbcut and making plans to approve the site plan with modifications at its next meeting.
Planning Board members Tuesday night paved the way for approval of the 150 Main Street site plan, even as they voted against a proposed Main Street curbcut that will necessitate some site plan modifications. Wayland residents Matthew Levy and Jesse Adelman purchased the property, commonly known as the Finnerty's property, on the corner of West Plain and Main streets in 2011. They have since drawn up plans to redevelop the corner with two new buildings -- a CVS and a mixed-use, two-story commercial building featuring a restaurant, other retail shops and upstairs office space. The plans for the development called for three curbcuts, two on West Plain Street and one on Main Street. An independent traffic engineer suggested Tuesday night that …
Friday, January 11, 2013
Discussions continue regarding where and whether to allow medical marijuana treatment centers in Wayland.
The Wayland Planning Board deferred taking a vote on recommending a proposed amendment to Wayland's zoning bylaw that would address medical marijuana treatment centers in town. Instead of making a decision Tuesday, the board decided to leave the conversation open, with a placeholder article in the Annual Town Meeting Warrant, pending some additional guidance on the issue from the attorney general's office. The bylaw change that the Planning Board is considering would both define "medical marijuana treatment center" and restrict those centers to either the municipal services overlay district, the 7.5 to 8 acres on Route 20 at the site of the old septage facility, or the town's only parcel of land zoned light manufacturing, which is a strip …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
The Planning Board public hearing for 150 Main Street in Cochituate continued Tuesday night.
Tuesday night's Planning Board public hearing drew significantly fewer residents than previous sessions regarding the redevelopment plans for 150 Main Street, also known as the Finnerty's site. Still, passionate response to the project emerged. Planning Board Chairman Kent Greenawalt explained that the town's traffic expert had not had sufficient time to review the traffic studies and Main Street curbcut request, so the hearing would not address those items. Instead, the hearing focused on the developers' request for a reduction in required parking and approval for parking in a residential zone as well as some design elements of the buildings. When it comes to parking, attorney Ann Sobolewski explained, the developers are seeking approval …
Thursday, December 6, 2012
The old Finnerty's site at 150 Main Street has drawn plenty of dissenters and supporters. Tuesday night provided another opportunity for voices to be heard.
It's been three months since the Finnerty's site developers were last in front of residents during a public hearing. On Tuesday, a packed Wayland Senior Center heard that much work has been done in those 90 days, and the crowd of about 70 people had the chance to air both their concerns and their support. Matthew Levy, who purchased the Finnerty's site in early 2011 in partnership with fellow Wayland resident Jesse Adelman, explained that they have spent the past three months rethinking the design for the corner. "We’ve been working with our tenant to modify plans in response to feedback we have heard from the Design Review Board, Planning Board and the public,” Levy said. The plan proposed at the first public hearing on Sept. 4 included …
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
The Wayland Planning Board is taking steps toward submitting a zoning bylaw related to marijuana dispensaries for the 2013 Annual Town Meeting Warrant.
Wayland Planning Board members Tuesday night agreed to hold a public hearing in early January in order to set the wheels in motion on potentially amending the town's zoning bylaw to address marijuana treatment centers. Town Planner Sarkis Sarkisian told the board that several towns in the Commonwealth have already taken steps to regulate where and whether medical marijuana dispensaries can operate in their towns once Ballot Question 3 goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2013. It's a question of "whether the town of Wayland should be proactive and submit a proposal for Town Meeting regarding marijuana zoning," Sarkisian told the board. The planner has already had conversations with Wayland town counsel Mark Lanza, who advised that Wayland wait to …
Thursday, March 22, 2012
The Wayland Planning Board has five articles in the upcoming Annual Town Meeting Warrant.
Ira Montague, chair of the Wayland Planning Board, submitted the text below on behalf of the Planning Board. The comments address the five Planning Board-sponsored articles on which voters will decide at the upcoming April Town Meeting. ARTICLE 24: Amendment of Zoning By-Law- Creation of Design Review Board This article seeks to establish a Design Review Board with an advisory ruling capacity and the following specific responsibilities within commercial areas. The Design Review Board is also intended to facilitate an expeditious project review process for applicants, helping them to anticipate major design issues and proposing design solutions at the earliest possible stage in a project’s development. The Design Review Board will realize …
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