The Planning Board has scheduled a June 28 public hearing for a site plan review relating to parking for a McLean Hospital proposal to locate a residential educational/therapeutic residence on Bypass Road. The hearing starts at 7 p.m. in the Town Office Building’s Donaldson Rom.
Dozens of residents appeared at a May 24 Planning Board meeting to protest the proposal, which would house up to 12 young men aged 15-21 plus two overnight staff at a large single-family house McLean recently purchased at 22 Bypass Road. Neighbors at the meeting worried about added traffic, headlights late at night, and neighborhood security in the event that one of the patients left the property unattended.
Septic regulations seem to prohibit the property from having more than six bedrooms or being occupied by more than 12 people (including staff), according to a May 12 letter from Assistant Public Health Director Stanley Sosnicki. However, he added in a June 14 email to the Lincoln Squirrel that this was “an opinion based on limited information provided at the time… and does not adequately address the nature of staff members and instructors at the property.” McLean will make a formal submission with more information so he can more accurately assess the projected septic flows for the new use, Sosnicki said.
Representatives from McLean did not immediately reply to an email requesting comment.
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