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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.
1.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.
2.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.
3.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
4.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.
5.The open space purchase would expressly exclude the existing single family dwelling to
be retained by the Ousler family.
6.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.
7.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:
a.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.
b.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
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Exception Special permit is issued, then the lots would be created through Planning
Board endorsement of an ANR Plan.
8.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.
b.the existing driveway within a 50-foot wide portion of a lot.
9. A Planning Board hearing is scheduled for November 20, 2012.
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