![]() ![]() Kendra Lelie, the zoning board’s planning consultant, said the mural would help. “In my eyes, your mural does not cut the mustard,” Lavine said. The goal is to beautify the area and not so much as to screen it, they said.īut zoning board member Charles Lavine was critical of the mural and questioned its impact. Latini and Anthony D’Agosta, the project architect, agreed that a mural would “soften” the look for residents whose view would be the back of the shopping center. Since the apartment buildings will face the back wall and loading docks of the Lawrence Shopping Center, it was also suggested that a mural could be painted on the back wall of the shopping center buildings. ![]() Zoning board member Peter Kremer suggested a “balloon” test, in which a balloon or similar object would be suspended at 39 feet to provide a clearer, visual representation. ![]() However, some zoning board members were concerned about the height of the apartment buildings and their aesthetic impact. The height will not be noticeable from the street, because the land slopes downward by 13 feet from its highest point on Texas Avenue, said Charles Latini, the applicant’s planner. The three-story apartment buildings each will be 39 feet tall, which exceeds the 35-foot height maximum. The apartments would be affordable to low- and moderate-income households. The 69 apartments would be arranged in a series of six two-unit duplex buildings that would have frontage on Texas Avenue, and a trio of three-story apartment buildings at the rear of the duplexes. The plan calls for the equivalent of 17 units per acre. A sliver of the parcel is in the R-4 zone, which sets a maximum density of 10 units per acre. Part of the 4-acre parcel is in the Highway Commercial zone, which does not permit residential uses. The application is in front of the zoning board because it requires a use variance. ![]()
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