134-138 BABCOCK PLACE

  • Project Name: Babcock Place
    Applicant: Babcock Place, LLC (Samuel Slater)
    Initial Proposal: 62 rental residential units, 31 parking spaces
    Proposal as of 1/17/2018: 45 rental residential units, 36 parking spaces (final)
    Comprehensive Permit Issued / Decision Filed with Town Clerk 4/5/2018
  • August 18, 2022:  Proposed insubstantial modification (increase parking from 36 to 39 spaces)-granted
  • June 22, 2023 ZBA: Proposed substantial modification (decrease parking from 39 spaces to 23). 

Decision filed with Norfolk County Register of Deeds 4/26/2018

If you have any questions, please contact the Planning Department at (617) 730-2130 or email Senior Planner Maria Morelli.

MODIFICATION #2 (2023)

  • Proposed Change: Decrease parking from 39 to 23 spaces
  • Cover letter and plans
  • Board of Appeals Administrative Decision: Scheduled for May 25, 2023
    • Voted Substantial Modification. Hearing will be opened on June 22, 2023

MODIFICATION #1 (2022)

  • Proposed Change: increase parking from 36 to 39 spaces
  • Cover Letter
  • Plans
  • Board of Appeals Administration Decision: Scheduled August 18, 2022

KEY DATES

NOTE: The official mechanism for notification in accordance with the Open Meeting Law is the Town Calendar not this web page.

  • November 2016: The applicant has submitted their Site Approval Application to MassHousing
  • January 20, 2017: The Town submitted their comments to MassHousing. Letter (PDF),
  • March 15, 2017: The Applicant submitted ZBA application for a Comprehensive Permit
  • April 13, 2017: ZBA Public Hearing is opened and continued (no Board Discussion or Testimony)
  • May 10, 2017: ZBA Hearing: Administrative details, Application overview, Chapter 40B overview
  • June 21, 2017: Continued to July 24. No Board discussion.
  • July 24, 2017: Testimony from staff, boards, commissions
  • August 23, 2017: Testimony from architecture, traffic, parking peer reviewers
  • October 2, 2017: Review revised plans in response to ZBA charge. Plans (PDF) and ZBA Presentation (PDF)
  • November 6, 2017: Continued to November 8, 2017--no discussion
  • November 8, 2017: Continued to November 27, 2017--no discussion
  • November 27, 2017 (7:45 pm) : Revised plans (architecture only) and peer review
  • December 4, 2017: Continued to December 11
  • December 11, 2017: Continued to December 13
  • December 13, 2017: Continued to January 17
  • January 17, 2018: Continued to January 29
  • January 29, 2018: Dec 13 plans/Jan 17 revisions, tree protection plan/foundation method, peer review
  • January 30, 3018: Continuation of January 29 hearing and topics
  • March 7, 2018: CONTINUED TO MARCH 14
  • March 14, 2018*: Applicant's Request for Waivers from Zoning, General By-Laws, Draft Conditions
    *ROOM CHANGE: SCHOOL COMMITTEE ROOM ON FIFTH FLOOR - Will not be televised.
  • March 19, 2018: Draft Conditions
  • March 26, 2018: DECISION: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS / PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED
  • April 5, 2018: COMP PERMIT GRANTED / DECISION FILED - 20 day appeal period starts

NOTE: No evidence or testimony from the Applicant and the Public may be submitted to the ZBA after the close of the public hearing. The ZBA has 40 days after the close of the public hearing to deliberate, render its Decision, and file it with the Town Clerk. Deliberations are open to the public.

ZBA DECISION

Decisions of the Board of Appeals become final in twenty days after the Decision has been filed with the Office of the Town Clerk, unless within that time an aggrieved person appeals to Norfolk Superior Court or Massachusetts Land Court pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40B, Section 21, and so notifies the Town Clerk by serving a copy of the complainant within said twenty days.

WAIVERS AND CONDITIONS

Submissions and drafts for March 14, 2018 hearing through close of public hearing/deliberations

PLANS

WAIVERS

CONDITIONS

LETTERS TO ZBA FROM STAFF AND TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS

SITE ELIGIBILITY APPLICATIONS AND DOCUMENTS (PEL)

August, 2016: Site Eligibility to MassHousing (PEL)

MassHousing Site Eligibility Letter (PDF) - 2.23.17

Town Response to MassHousing: Letter Here (PDF) - 1.20.17

Additional Letters submitted to MassHousing in addition to above letter:

ZBA APPLICATION AND DOCUMENTS (Comprehensive Permit)

Plans Submitted with ZBA Application:

PLANS SUBMITTED NOVEMBER 15-17, 2017

Architecture

Stormwater, Foundation, Geotechnical

Landscaping

Traffic / Parking

Trash / Recycling

Preliminary Building Code Analysis

3D Model:

Please contact the Planning Department

PLANS SUBMITTED DECEMBER 6-12, 2017

MATERIALS FOR JANUARY 29, 2018 Hearing

From Applicant:

ZBA Presentation - December 13, 2017 (2.5 MB) (PDF) (fifth floor stepped back; rear yard SB =16 to 21 feet)

Trash / Recycling

Arborist Report / Tree Protection Plan (PDF) v2 (figure fixed 11:40 am) - January 17, 2018 (Howard Gaffin)

Geotechnical Plans: different foundation methods (PDF) - January 16, 2018 (McPhail Assoc.)

Stormwater:

January 25, 2018 Revised Repor (PDF)t (in response to Peter Ditto's memo Jan 7, 2018, Tom Brady memo Jan 17, 2018)

Technical Reviews:

INDEPENDENT TECHNICAL PEER REVIEWS

Site/Building Design

Traffic

Parking

LETTERS TO ZBA

From the Applicant

From Staff, Boards, Commissions

From the Public

November 2017

December 2017

January 2018

PRESENTATIONS

TRANSCRIPTS

Transcripts are available two weeks after a hearing. All hearings are streamed live and video later archived via Brookline Interactive Group.