[SBC] FW: Planning Board Agenda - FYI - Assembly Square Revised Plan Un der Review

Tue Nov 14 09:06:07 EST 2006

FYI - the Planning Board will soon be considering zoning changes to create a
"Planned Unit Development" for Assembly Square..

Steve

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Martha Tai  
> Sent:	Monday, November 13, 2006 10:26 AM
> To:	Adam Dash; Alice Martin; Anne Thomas; Anya Bokov; Arn Franzen;
> Brandon Wilson; Bruce Desmond; Carlene Campbell; Charles OBrien; Chris
> Daveta; Dana LeWinter; Debora Mitrano; Denise Provost; Dennis Sullivan
> (E-mail); Edward Nuzzo; Evelyn Persoff; Frank Wright; George Landers;
> James Halloran; James Hodnett; James Kostaras; James Kotzuba; James
> Swanton; Janice Delory; John Long; Joseph Curtatone; Joseph Merkel; Kate
> Ashton; Kelly Como; Kevin Kelleher; Kristi Chase; Lisa Lepore; Maeghan
> Silverberg; Mario Beauzile; Maryann Heuston; Matthew Buckley; Maureen
> Liberatore; Michael Gleba; Nancy Aylward; Paul Mackey; Paul Nonni; Penny
> Snyder; Peter Forcellese; Peter Forcellese (E-mail); Philip Ercolini;
> Pintern; Rebekah Gewirtz; Richard D. DiGirolamo (E-mail); Robert Trane;
> Ron Newman; Sean O'Donovan; Somerville Bicycle Committee; Stanley Koty;
> Steve Mackey; Terence Smith; Thomas O'Connor; Thomas Taylor; Vithal
> Deshpande; Walter Pero; William Roche; William White
> Subject:	Planning Board Agenda - Thursday, November 16, 2006
> 
> 
> AGENDA
> 
> The Somerville Planning Board will hold a public meeting on Thursday,
> November 16, 2006 at 6:00 pm in the Aldermanic Chambers at Somerville City
> Hall, 93 Highland Avenue, Somerville, MA. 
> 
> Public Hearings:
> 
> A public hearing for all interested parties will be held by the Somerville
> Planning Board on Thursday, November 16, 2006, at 6:00 p.m. in the
> Aldermanic Chambers of Somerville City Hall, 93 Highland Avenue,
> Somerville, MA.  The purpose of the hearing will be to receive public
> comments concerning: 
> 
> Zoning Amendment concerning Dimensional Requirements in RA and RB
> Districts (Continued from November 2, 2006) A proposed amendment to the
> Zoning Ordinance of the City of Somerville with respect to Article 8,
> "Dimensional Requirements," to increase side yard setbacks in RA and RB
> Zoning Districts.
> 
> Assembly Square: The Applicant, Federal Realty Investment Trust, and their
> Agent, Hugh Hahn, Vanesse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. seek approval of a
> preliminary master plan (S.Z.O. §16.8.1) for a Planned Unit Development-A
> (PUD-A) project to construct buildings containing a mix of retail,
> restaurant, business, residential, hotel, cinema and office uses.  The
> residential development is subject to inclusionary housing requirements
> (S.Z.O. §13.2). A Waiver is sought under S.Z.O. §6.4.12 and §16.5.4 from
> Ground Level Retail Size Cap (S.Z.O. §6.4.8.D.2.b). Assembly Square Mixed
> Use District (ASMD); Planned Unit Development Overlay District - A
> (PUD-A); Waterfront Overlay District (WOD).
> 
> The Owners of the parcels within the boundaries of the proposed PUD-A
> include FR Assembly Square, LLC  (86-A-1, 67-A-2); FR Sturtevant Street,
> LLC (99-A-8, 99-A-7, 99-A-5); IKEA Property, Inc. (85-A-1, 85-A-2, 85-A-3,
> 85-A-4, 85-A-6, 85-A-7); Marron Realty Trust (99-A-9, 99-A-9A, 85-A-2A);
> 99 Foley Street, LLC (99-A-10); Clay Realty Corporation (99-A-2, 99-A-3,
> 99-A-4); the Department of Conservation and Recreation of the Commonwealth
> of Massachusetts (85-A-5); and the Somerville Redevelopment Authority
> (99-A-6, 99-A-11, 101-B-24, including private way section of Foley
> Street); City of Somerville (Assembly Square Drive and public way section
> of Foley Street).
> 
> Copies of the proposed amendment and additional information concerning
> these applications may be reviewed at the Office of Strategic Planning and
> Community Development in City Hall, 93 Highland Avenue, Somerville, MA,
> Monday through Wednesday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Thursday between
> 8:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
> 
> Review of Cases for the Zoning Board of Appeals:
> 
> 75 Beacon Street:  (continued at previous meeting) (Applicant and Owner:
> Ian Mazmanian) The Applicant seeks special permits (SZO §4.4.1 and
> §7.11.1.c) to construct two new residential units onto an existing
> one-story commercial building. Residence B (RB) zone.
> 
> 1-4 Hayden Terrace:  (continued at previous meeting) (Applicant: James
> Douglas; Owner: One Hayden Terrace Trust; Agent: Richard G. Di Girolamo,
> Esq.) The Applicant seeks special permits (SZO§ 4.4.1 and §4.5.3) for the
> alteration, addition, and enlargement of an existing nonconforming
> 4-family dwelling. Residence B (RB) zone.
> 
> 35R Lexington Ave: (continued at previous meeting) (Applicant & Owner:
> Christos Poutahidis; Agent: Francis J. Scannell) The Applicant  seeks a
> special permit (SZO §4.4.1) to alter a non-conforming structure to convert
> the premises into two (2) dwelling units.  The proposed work would include
> the removal of the attached corrugated metal structures. Residence A (RA)
> zone.
> 
> 
> Any other business
> 
>  <<11-16-06_final.doc>> 
> 
> Martha Tai
> Planner/Zoning Administrator
> Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development
> City Hall   
> 93 Highland Avenue   
> Somerville, MA  02143
> 617.625.6600  x2500
> 617.625.0722  fax
> 
> 
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