NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
Fairhaven Planning Board
Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at 6:30 pm
Banquet Room, Town Hall, 40 Center Street
Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Notice is hereby given that the Fairhaven Planning Board will conduct two continued public hearings and one new hearing at 6:30 P.M. on Tuesday April 14, 2020, in the Town Hall, 40 Center Street, Fairhaven, MA. The scheduled public hearings on March 24, 2020 could not take place as the Planning Board Meeting was cancelled due to the Coronavirus situation. The Planning Board Meeting will be conducted remotely for the public.
To Join the Meeting from home, log on to: https://zoom.us/j/731182273
or telephone 1-929-205-6099
Meeting ID: 731 182 273 #
NEW HEARING
• RZ 2020-01: Crow Island Rezone to Mixed-Use. The purpose of the hearing will be to receive information and public comment on the following Rezone application: RZ 2020-01 — the applicant, Crow Island Realty Trust, is requesting approval through the Rezoning public hearing review process to rezone Crow Island in New Bedford/ Fairhaven Harbor from a Single Residence (RA) zoned district to the Mixed-Use District (MU).The location is Crow Island, Map 44 Lot 1 (2.29 acres).
CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARINGS
Notice is hereby given that the Fairhaven Planning Board will also conduct two Continued Public Hearings on the same date. The scheduled continued public hearings on March 24, 2020 could not take place as the Planning Board Meeting was cancelled due to the Coronavirus situation. The purpose of the hearings will be to receive information and public comment on the following Special Permit applications
• 1) 2019-15: Bridge Street Mazda. The applicant, Carapace LLC, represented by Richard Rheaume, P.E. of Prime Engineering, Inc. is requesting approval through the Special Permit review process to construct an approximately 14,000 square foot commercial building for an auto dealership with fifty-four (54) parking spaces and associated infrastructure, stormwater control and landscaping. The location is 250 Bridge Street, Map 36, Lot 15.
• 1) 2019-13: Lewis Landing. The applicant, Dana Lewis, represented by Richard Rheaume, P.E. of Prime Engineering, Inc. is requesting approval through the Special Permit review process to develop a vacant 2.5-acre piece of land by constructing four (4) multi-unit residential buildings with three (3) two-bedroom units each plus two, twenty-eight (28) parking spaces and associated infrastructure, stormwater control and landscaping. The location is Huttleston Avenue (between 347 and 355), Map 31 Lots 115A and 117C.
Copies of the applications are on file at the Department of Planning and Economic Development, Town Hall. Due to the present coronavirus situation, visitors are not allowed at Town Hall. Call the Planning Department at (508) 979-4082, Ext. 9, to make arrangements to see the complete files.
Much of the files can be viewed at the Planning Board webpage on Current Projects Under Review: https://www. fairhaven-ma.gov/planning-board/pages/ current-permits-being-reviewed-special-permits-definitive-subdivisions
For information on RZ 2020-01/Crow Island, go to: https://www.fairhaven-ma.gov/planning-board/ pages/rz-2020-01-crow-island-rezone-mixed-use.
For information on ways to participate in the public hearing process without physically being present due to the present situation, please visit the Fairhaven Planning Board webpage: https://www.fairhaven-ma.gov/planning-board
You can call the Planning Department at (508) 979-4082, Ext. 9 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, to discuss the applications and ongoing measures to adapt to the situation.
John Farrell, Chairman, Fairhaven Planning Board
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