Published: 4/18/2018 6:02:50 PM
As the May ballot approaches, the Planning Board is in its final days of explaining its zoning overhaul to the public, and the board is receiving mixed reactions.
The board has several amendments on the ballot this year, the most comprehensive of which is its “zoning simplification” amendment. While its aim is to streamline the code, the amendment itself is the longest and most complex of the ones proposed by the board this year, and will have the most impact on what types of building can go on in town.
The “simplification” piece of the ordinance is that it makes the zoning more uniform, taking the existing districts and overlays and making them into more packaged districts. While some regulations are changing, many of them will stay the same for those areas, such as what uses are allowed there.
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Published: 3/17/2021 3:55:58 PM
The proposed 26-home subdivision on the former site of the Walden Eco Village in Peterborough was met with a considerable amount of public opposition at a Planning Board meeting on Monday. It was the first opportunity for public comment on the formal proposal.
Applicant Akhil Garland first described his plan to subdivide the Walden Eco Village in July 2020, at which point 25 tenants were renting the seven cottages and nine tiny houses, or casitas, on site. The 52-acre property is accessed via Garland Way off Middle Hancock Road in Peterborough’s rural district. The project’s application process led town staff to discover that 15 structures on the property lacked required permits, including all the casitas. Town officials observed hazardous electrical and gas configurations during a December site visit associated with the application, which caused the town to evict the site’s 25 tenants on Dec. 16. A class-action law
Published: 2/25/2021 4:39:58 PM
The Peterborough Planning Board heard a conceptual application for a 46-home development near the corner of Greenfield Road (Route 136) and Burke Road at their meeting on Feb. 8.
The applicant, Miami-based Lionheart Capital, already owns about 160 acres on the Burke Road site through Star Mountain Properties, their subsidiary company, according to tax parcel records. A large equestrian facility and a home with a guest house and a pool are already on the property. The proposed area is framed by Otter Brook.
The development would be comprised of two loops, one with 21 homes and the other with 25, Fieldstone Land Consultants engineer Chad Branon told Board members during the meeting, with the smaller loop surrounding existing horse paddocks, according to draft minutes. The development could be comprised of individual houses or condominiums, he said.
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Published: 12/16/2020 5:35:44 PM
Peterborough has upheld its order that all 25 tenants of the Walden Eco Village must evacuate by Wednesday.
The ruling came despite appeals from tenants, community members, and an ultimately failed attempt at a temporary fix by the landlord, Akhil Garland, who represents the owning entity the Garland Family Realty Trust.
The Walden Eco Village was founded about 12 years ago, residents say, and is comprised of a series of cottages and casitas, or 140 square foot tiny houses, around a village green. Some residents live in cottages equipped with bathrooms and kitchens, and others in smaller rentals use a community building for kitchen, bathroom, shower, and laundry facilities. Tenants pay between $445 and $1,400 a month depending on a rental’s size and amenities.