Williamstown Youth Center Clears First Permitting HurdleBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
09:30AM / Wednesday, May 11, 2011 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A new Youth Center took another step forward Monday night when it received its first approval through the Planning Board.
The plans reached the board Monday night for a functional equivalency determination on whether the plans fit subdivision access regulations.
The center is set to be built on Elementary School land and though not technically a subdivision, the plans must still meet those requirements, Planning Board Chairman Pat Dunlavey said.
"Because they are building two buildings on the same land it has to comply as if it [was] two lots," Dunlavey said on Tuesday. "There was some discussion about drainage."
The plans show drainage toward Church Street in the same way water is currently drained. Before the new Elementary School was built, water ran off toward School Street.
While the board said they wished the developers analyzed restoring the drainage toward School Street, it is not in their purview to demand it.
The board unanimously agreed that the plans fit the regulations. Youth Center officials will face the Zoning Board of Appeals next Thursday, when Youth Center officials will seek a special permit.
Youth Center officials hope to break ground in October.
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