Planning Board Continues Worcester Road Hearing After Abutter Raises Parking Dispute

FRAMINGHAM — March 16, 2017 — Framingham Planning Board continues Route 9 redevelopment hearing after abutter objects to parking plan. The board voted to continue the public hearing on a proposed commercial redevelopment at 231 Worcester Road — a 1929 bungalow-style building sought by Partners4 Realty Trust as a home for a karate studio — to April 13 after attorney Sean McDonough, representing the abutting owner at 225 Worcester Road, argued that the site plan's nine side parking spaces encroach on a private way his client owns in fee. McDonough submitted a 1997 survey plan and a 1963 license document and said the easement governing the way "is not to be used for any purposes other than for a right-of-way." The board chair directed the parties to resolve the dispute privately, telling attorney Arthur White and McDonough: "It's not up to our board to figure out how to work out your problem." In routine action, the board voted 5-0 to endorse an approval-not-required plan for 801 Edmonds Road and 4-0-1 to authorize its administrator to sign off on an occupancy permit for 21 Pleasant Street, Lot 2, after the fire chief and DPW engineering waived a previously required fire hydrant because the lots are served by private wells.