Planning Board

City of Lowell - Planning Board Planning Board Agenda Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. This meeting will occur in-person with the option to join remotely. You can choose to attend in-person in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 375 Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA 01852; or you can choose to attend remotely by using one of the following four options to access the meeting: 1. Join via your computer, tablet, or smartphone: https://lowellma.zoom.us/j/83030029587 2. Call 646-558-8656 and enter the MEETING ID: 830 3002 9587 3. Watch LTC Channel 99 4. Watch online at: www.ltc.org/watch/channel-99 Review all application documents online at: www.lowellma.gov/1098/Planning-Board I. Minutes for Approval January 20, 2022 Meeting Minutes February 7, 2022 Meeting Minutes II. Continued Business Site Plan Review and Special Permit: 733-735 Broadway Street 01854 Boston Capital has applied to the Lowell Planning Board and Lowell Zoning Board of Appeals for Site Plan Review, Special Permit, and Variance approval to redevelop the existing historic mill building at 733-735 Broadway Street into 53 affordable units. The project includes the redevelopment of the existing structure, as well as the construction of an addition to include additional housing, a management office, and parking. The subject property is located in the Traditional Multi-Family (TMF) zoning district. The project requires Site Plan Review approval per Section 11.4, and Special Permit approval per Section 4.5 from the Lowell Planning Board. The project will also require Variance approval pursuant Section 5.1, Section 5.2, Section 5.3, and Section 6.1 from the Lowell Zoning Board of Appeals, and any other relief required under the Lowell Zoning Ordinance. The applicant has requested a continuance to the March 7, 2022 Planning Board Meeting. Site Plan Review: 663 Lawrence Street 01852 Standish Green Group, LLC has applied to the Lowell Planning Board for Site Plan Review approval to operate an Adult Use Marijuana Cultivation and Product Manufacturing Facility at 663 Lawrence Street. The subject property is located in the Light Industrial (LI) zoning district. The proposal requires Site Plan Review approval pursuant Section 7.10, and Section 11.4 from the Lowell Planning Board, and any other relief required under the Lowell Zoning Ordinance. Public Shade Tree Hearing: 939 Lawrence Street 01852 and 1050 Gorham Street 01852 In accordance with M.G.L. Ch. 87.5 and Ch. 260 pf the Lowell Code of Ordinances, the Lowell Planning Board will hold a public hearing to hear all interested persons regarding the proposed removal of seventeen (17) public shade trees located at 1050 Gorham Street and 939.1 Lawrence Street. These trees are less than 24” in diameter and six (6) of the trees are dead. New England Power Company is proposing that the trees be removed so that they can access their transmission lines to replace existing overhead transmission shield wire lines and replace or modify existing transmission line structures. III. New Business Definitive Subdivision: 339-341 Lincoln Street 01852 Lil Pea Real Estate, LLC has applied for the approval of a definitive subdivision plan that includes the subdivision of the existing parcel into two (2) parcels that do not meet the minimum frontage requirements pursuant Section 5.1 of the Lowell Zoning Ordinance. The property is located in the Traditional Neighborhood Two-Family (TTF) zoning district. The project requires Planning Board approval under Lowell’s Subdivision of Land Regulations. IV. Other Business Extension Request: 725, 741 & 749 Merrimack Street, 01854 The applicant for 725, 741 & 749 Merrimack Street has requested a two-year extension to the Special Permit approval first granted to convert the vacant church into 50 residential units. V. Notices VI. Further Comments from Planning Board Members VII. Adjournment