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

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I assume that the bicycle parking ordinance will apply. Any other questions we should be asking?

-Greg

-----Original Message-----
>From: SWinslow at ci.somerville.ma.us
>Sent: Nov 14, 2006 9:06 AM
>To: Sbc at lists.bostoncoop.net
>Subject: [SBC] FW: Planning Board Agenda - FYI - Assembly Square Revised	Plan Un der Review
>
>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
>> 
>>