HomeMy Public PortalAbout20200423 - Planning Board - AgendaHOPKINTON PLANNING BOARD
Thursday, April 23, 2020 7:00 P.M.
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1.Administrative Items
a.Form K Lot Release -Lot A-2-3 and Restricted Land Covenant -Legacy Farms
North
b.Approval Not Required Plan - Lumber St. 147 - Chirco, Bullock, Yovan
c.Site Selection Criteria for Solar Overlay District
d.Minutes of February 24, 2020; March 9, 2020; April 13, 2020
2.Continued Public Hearings – Bucklin St. & Leonard St. – 1) Stormwater Management
Permit; 2) Petition to Construct a Paper Street – Wall Street Development Corp.
Proposal to construct a paper street entitled “Bucklin Street”;Proposal to construct four (4)
single-family homes with driveways,utilities and associated grading.A stormwater management
permit is required because the project will result in land disturbance of one acre or more and it is
not a “subdivision.”
*APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED CONTINUATION TO FIRST MEETING IN MAY*
3.Continued Public Hearings -Solar Special Permit and Stormwater Management Permit -0,
71 Frankland Road - Seaboard Solar
Proposed 5.0 megawatt solar facility at 0 and 71 Frankland Road, the former Liberty Mutual
Insurance site.
4.Continued Public Hearing -Major Project Site Plan Review -25-35 Main Street (Hopkinton
Village Center) - LFJ Development Corp.
Proposed construction of parking lots for municipal and private use,driveways,and associated
infrastructure.
5.New Public Hearing -Special Permit for Common Driveway -47,49 Stoney Brook Rd.-
Kenneth Marsters, Prime Homes
Proposed common driveway to provide access to two new single family homes.
6.Continued Public Hearing - Zoning Articles for Town Meeting
Proposed amendments to the Hopkinton Zoning Bylaw and Zoning Map, including:
●Amend Article XXVII,Signs,Section 210-179,to allow for additional temporary signage
for businesses determined to be affected by construction within a public right-of-way.
●Establish the Commercial Solar Photovoltaic Overlay District and amend the Zoning Map
to place all or a portion of the following parcels within the Commercial Solar
Photovoltaic Overlay District,without affecting the underlying zoning of said parcels,as
applicable:
394 Wood Street (Assessors Map Ul Block 1 Lot 0),0 495 +Elm (1-495 ROW)
(R23-495-0),0 Wood Street (U6-21-0),5 Mechanic Street (U6-20-0),147 Lumber Street
(R29-15-0),201 Hayden Rowe (U24-24-0),0 Cedar Street (UII-26-B),0 Wilson Street
(U12-2-A),17 Wilson Street (UI2-1-A),0 Wilson Street (U11-30-0),67 East Main
Street (U7-1-0), 0 Frankland Road (U7-7-0), 71 Frankland Road (R9-5-0).
7.New Public Hearing - Zoning Article for Town Meeting
Proposed amendments to the Hopkinton Zoning Bylaw and Zoning Map, including:
●Establish a Commercial Solar Photovoltaic Overlay District and amend the Zoning Map
to place all or a portion of the following parcels within this District without affecting the
underlying zoning of said parcels, as applicable:
Off Teresa Road (Assessors Map R23 Block 102 Lot 0);Off Teresa Road (Map R30
Block 20 Lot 0);0 Wood Street (Map U14 Block 28 Lot 0);495 Interstate (Map R17
Block 1 Lot 0);Off Route 495 (Map R17 Block 3 Lot 0);66 Fruit Street (Map U3 Block
13 Lot 0); and 66B Fruit Street (Map R6 Block 8 Lot 0).
8.New Public Hearing - Zoning Article for Town Meeting (Citizen’s Petition)
Proposed amendment to the Hopkinton Zoning Bylaw, including:
●Amend Article XIII,Garden Apartments in Residential Districts,Section 210-74.B.(11)
and Article XIIIA,Village Housing in Residential Districts,Section 210-75.3.B.(11),to
require the Town of Hopkinton be responsible for trash and recycling collection within
the developments approved under these Articles.
Business to be considered by the Board at any time during the meeting:
●Legacy Farms Road/East Main Street Traffic Light Status
●Legacy Farms Fiscal Analysis
●Growth Study Committee Update
●Discussion regarding cul-de-sac length in OSLPD developments
●OSLPD regulation change recommendations to ZAC
●Master Plan Action Items
●Lumber Street/West Main Street improvements
●Legacy Farms North (Section formerly known as Rafferty Road) - Discussion about disrepair
●Main Street Downtown Corridor update
●Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness and Climate Change discussion
●Future agenda items, correspondence
The listed matters are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair to be discussed at the meeting.Not all items may in fact be
discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.