HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-12-20 Planning Board Supplemental Materials (31)MEMORANDUM
TO: JUDY TYMON, TOWN PLANNER
FROM: JOHN T. SMOLAK
SUBJECT: 623 OSGOOD STREET -- FRONTAGE EXCEPTION SPECIAL PERMIT AND DEFINITIVE SUBDIVISION APPLICATIONS
DATE:
OCTOBER 31, 2012
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In connection with our discussion, the following briefly
summaries the circumstances surrounding the above-referenced filings in connection with 623 Osgood Street.
The property at 623 Osgood Street is approximately 16.5 acres in size, and
is owned by Deanna Ousler and George W. Ousler, III as Trustees of the Osgood Street Realty Trust (the “Owners”). The Property is located within the R-2 Zoning District.
The Property
is improved with a single family house, along with carriage house/barn which is located at the end of a tree-lined driveway extending to Osgood Street.
The Property is located between
Edgewood Farm and the Stevens Estate. See the following video link from the real estate broker: http://bit.ly/623Osgood
At the 2012 Annual Town Meeting, voters approved of the purchase
of a portion of the Property for open space/conservation purposes using funding through the Community Preservation Act.
The open space purchase would expressly exclude the existing single
family dwelling to be retained by the Ousler family.
In order to effect the conveyance of the open space property to the Town, the Owner is proposing to divide the Property so that
the open space lots can be conveyed to the Town, and then restricted pursuant to a Conservation Restriction.
To this end, the Owner, Osgood Street Realty Trust, has filed two alternative
applications with the Planning Board as a means of dividing the lots:
The attached Application for Definitive Subdivision was filed to enable the creation of a roadway (which follows
the existing driveway) and would end in a cul de sac or hammerhead configuration in order to provide frontage for Lot 1 which would be a lot on which the existing house is located and
which would be retained by the Owner. Lot 2 and Lot 3 would then be conveyed to the Town for open space/passive recreational purposes.
As an alternative to the Definitive Subdivision
filing, the Owner has also filed an Application for a Frontage/Lot Width Exception Special Permit. Unlike the definitive subdivision filing above, the approval of a Frontage Exception
Special Permit for proposed Lot 1 would create a lot on which the family residence would be retained, and that lot would include a 50-foot wide lot (running from Osgood Street to and
including the existing house and out-buildings. If a Frontage
Exception Special permit is issued, then the lots would be created through Planning Board endorsement of an ANR Plan.
It is important to note that under either alternative:
No work
or other construction is being proposed.
Lots are simply being created on paper in order to allow for the conveyance of Lots 2 and 3 to the Town.
the existing driveway within a 50-foot
wide portion of a lot.
9. A Planning Board hearing is scheduled for November 20, 2012.