1-9 Piedmont Street

This project consists of 12 one bedroom apartments low mod apartments with  4 commercial/studio/retail spaces on the street level.   By code it would have required 48 parking spots but a variance was applied for to waive all 48 spots in December of 2005.  In the application (Book 38111 page 259), it was stated (Section 13) that there was adequate off street parking available.  In other words, there was no need to provide all of these parking spots off street, on the property.

No private developer would have ever gotten a waiver of 48 parking spots and I need to ask, if you know this area, where will these people park??  There is limited off street parking in this area and it completely backs up each morning and day already from the nearby school traffic.   The variance, however, was granted. 

Now that the project is approaching completion,  without many (if any), local contractors (note picture above HVAC company not even from Massachusetts but Ct.), I have been told that there is a petition to remove Piedmont Ct, which abuts this project and extends between Piedmont Street and Castle Street.     My guess would be that the developer of this project will then ask for ownership of this road once removed from the official map.  Ironically they will say that they need this property for parking, since there is not enough off street parking for the project contradicting their own variance for 48 parking spots.