HomeMy WebLinkAboutCorrespondence - 200 CHICKERING ROAD 5/29/1996 MERRIMA K ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC,
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May 29, 1996
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Ms. Kathleen Colwell °
Town Planner,
Town Hall
120 Main Street
North Andover, MA 01845 � �
RE: Old Town Village
North Andover, Massachusetts
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Dear Ms. Colwell: '
Regarding the subject, enclosed is a copy of Section 4.11,5 of the North Andover Zoning By-Law
which does not prohibit access to residential uses through commercial uses, but restricts the
access to commercial uses through residential uses. I assume this does not apply to streets, such
as Farrwood Avenue but to driveways etc.
Enclosed is a print of ENDRD Plan#3209 (dated November 3, 1955) which lays out Farrwood
Avenue as a street, in accordance with the Subdivision Control Law(see lower left corner of
plan). I enclose also a photocopy of a 1965 plan (#5427) which created the apartment lots and a
1972 Form A(#6822) plan, both of which are also signed by the Planning Board. Given these
three plans, there is no restriction as to access to the utilities or pavement noted thereon. I
apologize for the print quality, but you might wish to order original copies from the Registry of
Deeds.
Mr. Scott will be forwarding to you under separate cover correspondence from his attorney
addressing the Farrwood access issue. In the meantime, we are obtaining proposals to conduct
the traffic study and are evaluating design revisions as a result of input from the Board last night.
Ms. Kathleen Colwell
May 29, 1996
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Thank you for your consideration and please do not hesitate to contact me should you have
further questions or comments.
Very truly yqurs,
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Enclosure
cc: Mr. Joe Scott
Attorney Hatem
Mr. Reiner Koch
MERRIMACK ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC. 66 PARK STREET ANDOVER,MASSACHUSETTS 01810
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DIVISION OF SCOTT COMPANY
May 30 , 1996
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Planning_ Board
146 Main St.
No. Andover, MA 01845
RE: OLD TOWNE VILLAGE/FARE OOD AVE
Dear planning Board and Kathleen Bradley Colwell :
Enclosed is a copy of my attorney's letter on the Farwood Ave
issue. Furthermore, I would like to point out that there is no
private way or private property signs prohibiting entry.
Steve Stapinsky has checked and the water and sewer is maintained
by the Town for the entire road.
Traffic from the entire Heritage Development could access our
stores without ever going out on Rte 125 which would cut down
traffic on Rte 125. Parents could virtually send their children
down to the stores, get a hair cut, buy milk and eggs without
getting out on the highway. The personal convenience of actually
having this group of stores should be looked at positively.
The services that are offered from this development are all the
services needed by this development as well as the neighboring
houses. The list of stores and potential stores are as follows:
1. Florist and Card Shop
2. Convenience Store
3. Dry Cleaner
4. video Store (possible)
5. Hairdresser and cuts
6. Travel Agent
7. Take-out restaurant (who delivers)
8. Candy Store
This list of potential stores do not have heavy trucking
requirements for delivery.
The future development of the Elderly Housing could access these
services by walking to the stores through the proposed walkways
we've provided in the site plan.
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May 30 , 1996
No. Andover Planning Board and
Kathleen Bradley Colwell
When I initially looked at the site I went through a check list of
items as follows:
1 . Is this a good product for the Town? Yes
2 . Rennie flowers needed to expand? Yes
3 . Does it add to the tax base? Yes
4 . Will it be designed to the Town's
image? (Old Towne Village) Yes
5 . Is there a market for its tenants? Yes
6 . Do we need housing for healthy 55 to 75
year old people? Yes
7 . Will this be a first class development? Yes
8. Does it add to the traffic, we believe no
the traffic exists it will draw from the
traffic in the neighborhood. No
9 . Does it add to the school system? No
10. Will it be designed to state and local
cities rules and regulations? Yes
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
SCOTT CONSTRU ION CO. , INC.
,J e h Scott
LP" esident
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LAW OFFICES
127 TURNPIKE STREET
NORTH ANDOVER,MASSACHUSETTS 01845-5095
VICTOR L. HATEM (508) 685-3366
ALSO ADMITTED IN N.H. FAX: (508) 662-1712
JOSEPH V. MAHONEY
PETER L. HATEM
ALSO ADMITTED IN FLORIDA AND N.H.
May 28, 1996
Mr. Joseph Scott
12 Rogers Street
Haverhill, MA 01830
RE: Old Towne Village/Farrwood Avenue
Our File No. G5120
Dear Mr. Scott:
This is to advise you that I am familiar with the property
belonging to Dorothy Rennie on Chickering Road and as it abuts
Farrwood Avenue.
Through a research of all of the pertinent records at the
Registry of Deeds, I am of the opinion that there is no
restriction of record precluding access from Farrwood Avenue to
the property belonging to Dorothy Rennie.
Should there be any other questions, do not hesitate to
call.
Very truly yours,
VICTOR L. HATEM
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G512003
Memorandum
To: Planning Board Members
From: Kathleen Bradley Colwell, Town Planner
Date: May 10, 1996
Re: Interpretation of Section 4.122(21) Congregate Housing for Elders in R-4
Steve Stapinski had filed a plan for the Rennie property on Rt. 125. The current Rennie's Florist
will be torn down and a new retail mall will be constructed in that portion of the property that is
zoned B-1. Behind the mall building, on land zoned R-4, a plan for"congregate housing for
elders" has been submitted under Section 4.122(21) of the Zoning Bylaw. The bylaw is sketchy
on the procedures and I am unaware of any other projects that have been approved under this
section. At the present time the applicant has applied for a special permit under the Site Plan
Review for both the housing and the mall. I think that additional permits are required however I
am looking for the Board's interpretation. The bylaw was created in 1988 so some of you may
have been involved in the drafting of the section.
My interpretation of the bylaw is that the applicant needs a special permit under Section 10.3, not
under Site Plan Review. Furthermore, I believe that the applicant must also apply for subdivision
approval to create the road and the lots. I view this section as being similar to the R-6 zone
special permits whereby the applicant must receive both special permit and subdivision approval.
The plan shows a 16,450 sq. ft retail building and 23 duplex units on two separate lots.
I have the following questions:
Does each unit, or set of seven units have to be on an individual conforming lot and meet all of
the appropriate setbacks or can all of the units be placed on one big lot with that lot meeting the
minimum requirements ?
I think that groups of seven units must be on conforming lots as 21(b) states that the
maximum allowable FAR shall be .3 or seven units. FAR= gross floor area/lot area.
21(d) states that all dimensional criteria in Table 2 shall apply to the structures therefore I
think that the groups of seven units must conform to the appropriate setbacks.
Do they have to apply for subdivision approval or can they have a driveway connecting all of the
units?
I think that they do have to apply for subdivision approval although this is not clear.
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