Planning Board Agenda

Monday, May 21, 2007 6:30 P.M.

Mayor’s Reception Room, City Hall

City of Lowell, 375 Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA

I.                   Minutes and Roll Call

Approval of Minutes: December 18, 2006, January 4, 2007, January 18, 2007, and February 5, 2007

Roll Call of Neighborhood Groups

II.                Public Hearings

Site Plan Review: 14 Perry Street

The Lowell Planning Board will review an application by Jeremy McSorley of Greener Landscape for Site Plan Review for a project located at 14 Perry Street.  The proposal includes the demolition of an existing auto repair building and the construction of a new car wash facility.  The project is located on a lot that is 8,289 sqft in land area, located partially in the TMU (Traditional Neighborhood Mixed Use) and partially in the UMU (Urban Neighborhood Mixed Use) zoning districts.  The project requires Site Plan Review under Section 11.4 of the Lowell Zoning Ordinance

Special Permit Review: 133 Clark Road

The Lowell Planning Board will review an application by Mary J. Blazon for Special Permit Review for a project located at 133 Clark Road.  This proposal plans take the place of an approved five (5) lot subdivision proposed for this site.  The proposal includes the demolition of an existing single-family house on site for the development of two lots fronting on Clark Road.  One lot will have forty (40) feet of frontage on Clark Road and consist of 20,000sqft of land area, and the second lot will have sixty (60) feet of frontage on Clark Road and 51,373 sqft of land area.  The project is located in the SSF  (Suburban Single Family) zoning district.  The project requires Special Permit review under Section 5.2.9: Frontage Reduction for Large SSF Lots of the Lowell Zoning Ordinance.

III.             New Business

Lot Release: Residents First Development Corporation – 1436 Gorham Street

The Board will discuss the lot release proposal for the remainder of the lots location in Zone 2 of the Residents First Development Corporation project at 1436 Gorham Street.  In total, the applicant is requesting 18 lots to be released, which are all part of Zone 2 of the project.

IV.              Old Business

V.                 Other Business

1.       Notices From Abutting Towns

2.       General Correspondence

3.       ZBA Legal Notices

VI.              Further Comments from Planning Board Members

VII.           Adjournment