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Home My WebLink AboutCorrespondence - 70 MAY STREET 6/1/2017 Bread & Roses Housing Building iC'ommunity.._.One Home, One Family, at a Time MEMORANDUM To: Town of North Andover Zoning Board of Appeals Applicant,/Owner: Bread & Roses Housing Property: 70 May Street—Map 18 Lot 21 Date. June 1, 2017 The applicant, Bread & Roses Housing, is requesting dimensional variances to allow the new construction of a single-family home to replace 70 May Street an existing, dilapidated home for purposes of affordable housing.The details of the Applicant's variance requests were set forth in the Variance Application as previously submitted by the Applicant to the Board. The hearing for the Variance was opened on May 9, 2017. The Board heard testimony from the Applicant, North Andover Affordable Housing Trust and Levis Companies in support of the Application.There were no abutters present at the initial hearing of May 9, 2017.The matter was continued at the conclusion of the May 9, 2017 hearing with a number of issues to be addressed 1 by the Applicant in response to specific inquiries of the Board pertaining to the design of the project. The purpose of this memo is to respond and provide background with respect to the issues raised by the Board at the initial hearing. There were seven (7) issues specifically identified for which the Board requested further information, six(6) of which are addressed in this memorandum and one (1)which is addressed in a separate memorandum by Laurie Burzlaff, chair of the Affordable Housing Trust. Page 15 Union Street,Suite 4011 Lawrence,MA 01.840; 978-685-18,2.31 www,BRHousing.org 1. Plan of Land showing existing placement of the home with the proposed home. Attached please find a revised plan with clear delineation between existing and the subject, proposed home. The existing home has a footprint of 825 square feet. The proposed home has a total footprint dimension of 894 square feet for a net increase of about 8% (with front porch). However, the footprint of the main house (without the front porch) is only 768 square feet - a footprint decrease from the existing dwelling. In addition, the left side setback improves by 2 feet with the proposed dwelling (8 ft) from the existing (6 ft). 2. Landscaping Design. A request was made for the Applicant to provide details of the landscaping architecture, specifically, in relation to the removal of any existing trees during construction of the site. The Applicant has removed two trees from the property in preparation for construction—as documented on site plan. The Applicant will replace the tree removed in the backyard with a 1" Maple Tree. In addition, the Applicant will plant native species on the right perimeter of the building to include a combination of native arborvitae shrubs and native perennials such as Liatris (Liatris Species), Purple Dome New England Aster (Aster Novae-Angliae 'Purple Dome'), Purple Coneflower (Echincea Purpurea) with some patches of ornamental grass -Tall Switchgrass (Panicum Virgatum). 3. S_tormwater/Water Table/Water Runoff/Water Infiltration Plan. A request was made for the Applicant to provide details of stormwater management in the revised site plan. The stormwater management system will collect all roof water runoff from the gutters which will tie into an underground dry well cultech chamber. Cultech chamber specifications can be found in the attached, revised site plan. 4. Neighborhood Lot Sizes and How Subject Property Compares. Attached you will find Town of North Andover MIMAP showing lot acreage written in.red. Lots that have multifamily dwellings are indicated by the (2) written in red.Also attached are Google Maps and the Town's GIS Map showing a bird's eye view of the neighborhood. As you can see,the lot size is not significantly different than those found in the neighborhood, especially since many lots that are slightly larger in size (34 and 38 May Street, 5, 7 and 21 Belmont) all contain 2 family dwellings. Three lots (22 May Street, 8 Morton Street and 11 Waverly Road) are smaller than 70 May Street and contain single family dwellings. 5. Feasibility of U-Shaped Driveway.A request was made for the Applicant to reconsider the U-shaped, on-site driveway. The site plan has been revised to incorporate on-site parking for two vehicles at the rear of the property instead of the U-shaped driveway. Page 2 6. Updated Proposed Plan Showing Trees Slotted for Removal/Already Removed. A request was made for the Applicant to provide details of the landscaping architecture, specifically, in relation to the removal of any existing trees during construction of the site. The Applicant has removed two trees from the property (documented on site plan) in preparation for construction. The Applicant will replace the tree removed in the backyard with a 1" Maple Tree. Page 3 Yesenia Gil From: philip.notopoulos@hlklaw.com Sent: Friday, June 2, 2017 9:26 AM To: Yesenia Gil Subject: RE:Charlesbank Homes application I am pleased to report that the Charlesbank Board has voted to approve a grant of$50,000 for the May St. project. The only condition to funding is obtaining final permits. I understand you are going for zoning approvals this month. Please let me know when you have all permits in hand, after which we can promptly fund the grant. Philip Notopoulos I Holland&Knight Partner Holland & Knight LLP 10 St.James Avenue, 11th Floor I Boston, MIA 02116 Phone 617.573.5844 I Fax 617.523.6850 philip.notopoullos@hklaw.com I www.hklaw.com Add to address book I Vew pofessonal biography From:Yesenia Gil [mailto:y.gil@b�rhousing.org] Sent:Tuesday, May 02, 2017 2:40 PM To: Notopoulos, Philip (BGS-X75844)<philipnotopoulos@hklaw,com> Subject: RE: Charlesbank Homes application I look forward to meeting with you on May 181h at 9:30am on site. Kind regards, Yesenia A. Gil Executive Director Bread & Roses Housing 15 Union Street, Suite 401 Lawrence MA 01840 R os t,-s Housing From: ohili).nota i)oulos(@hklaw,com [nigilto:philio,niotopoulosphl<law.com] Sent:Tuesday, May 2, 2017 2:38 PM To:Yesenia Gil <y.g,il@ usin ,or > _ � ho Subject: RE: Charlesbank Homes application Great. How about 9:30 at the site? Philip Notopoulos I Holland&Knight Partner Holland & Knight LLP 10 St.James Avenue, 11th Floor I Boston, MA 02116 Phone 617.573.5844 1 Fax 617,523,6850 philip.notopoulos@hklaw.com I www.hkiaw.com Acid to address book1 View professIonM biography From: Yesenia Gil [ma'iltoil@brhousing.org] Sent:Tuesday, May 02, 2017 2:37 PM To: Notopoulos, Philip (BGS-X75844) <pI)ilip.notoploulos@hl<law.com> Subject: RE: Charlesbank Homes application Good afternoon Mr. Notopoulos, Thank you for your review of our grant application. The morning of May 181h works best for me. Please let me know the exact time. Kind regards, Yesenia A. Gil Executive Director Bread & Roses Housing 15 Union Street, Suite 401 Lawrence MA 01840 d & Roses R From: phi lip,notopoujos@hklawcom [m:a fto:phili .nota oulos hlla w.com] Sent:Tuesday, May 2, 2017 2:33 PM To:Yesenia Gil <ygil@brhousJngor > Cc: rh '�-S�Ir e add�-c 0 M Subject: Charlesbank Homes application I am one of the Board members of Charlesbank Homes and will be reviewing your request regarding 70 May Street, North Andover. I would like to schedule a site visit in mid-May; our next board meeting is June 1, so I want to complete my review in time to be ready to discuss at the Board meeting. Would first thing in morning of May 15, 17 or 18 work for you? I have been to your offices in Lawrence before, so probably meeting at the site makes the most sense. Philip Notopoulos I Holland&Knight Partner Holland & Knight LLP 10 St.James Avenue, 11th Floor I Boston, MA 02116 Phone 617.573.5344 1 Fax 617.523.6351 phi Iip.notopoul'os hklaw.corn I www.hklaw.com Add to zAldess bcrta< I View professional WogrMaphyr NOTE, This e-mail is from a law firm, Holland&Knight LLP("H&K"), and is intended sollely for the use of the individuals)to whom it is addressed. If you believe you received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete the e-mail from your computer and do not copy or disclose it to anyone else. If you are not an existing client of H&K, do not construe anything in this e-mail to make your a client unless it contains a specific statement to that effect and do not disclose anything to H&K in reply that you expect it to hold in confidence. 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