The Planning Board voted to approve special permits for Hayden Woods at 201 and 215 Hayden Rowe Street during their meeting on March 25. The permits were for garden apartments in residential districts and flexible community development. The applicant William Perkins presented the plan with John Perkins and Joe Marquedant of Marquedant & Associates.
The proposal for Hayden Woods includes 18 multi-family units and one affordable housing unit off of a cul-de-sac with a road 1,354 feet in length. The units would be made for two to four families, with the exception of the affordable housing, and all units will have two bedrooms. All of the buildings will have 35 feet between them and will be equipped with solar panels. Wetlands border the property, and berms are proposed around the property. In most places, the berm would be 22 feet in width instead of 24 and would require a special permit. The property would have a septic system connected to a leach field, and each unit would potentially have its own well. Municipal water is available for the property, but the water needs to be petitioned for from the DPW. A 1,300 square foot recreation area is proposed for the property over the septic system.
Planning Board member Claire Wright was concerned with the length of the dead-end road. Marquedant responded by stating that two other developments with 1,200 foot dead-end roads had been allowed. He also stated that all of the units were put along the roadway so that they could be reached by emergency vehicles, and the roadway is wide enough for emergency vehicles to turn around at the end. Planning Board Chairman Ken Weistmantel suggested adding a small sprinkler system that would feed off of the cold water system to each unit.
“That’s enough to get someone out of the building very safely... That gives you that much more time to get out of the house.” said Weismantel.
The special permits were approved by the Board. The Conservation Commission now has to approve the plan and the wetland buffers.
