Marion Planning Board — April 6, 2026

The Marion Planning Board met on April 6, 2026, to address several development and procedural items. The board opened with a pre-submission conference for Sippican Holdings, LLC, regarding the proposed adaptive reuse of an office building within the former Lockheed Martin complex at 14 Barnabas Road. Engineer Steve Chiosa of SciTech Engineering presented plans to convert the facility into a 49-unit residential rental apartment complex served by 91 parking spaces. Board members and public commenter Chris Collins raised concerns regarding the appropriateness of introducing residential density into a Limited Industrial zone and questioned the Zoning Board of Appeals' previous approval of a use variance without a Town Meeting zoning amendment. The board voted unanimously to classify the proposal as a major site plan review and set an initial MGL Chapter 44 Section 53G review escrow account at $5,000.

In other business, the board discussed revised grading plans submitted by Toll Brothers for the residential development at 78 Wareham Road. A representative explained that significant earthwork adjustments and road lowering were necessary to address an imbalance in fill material, resulting in alterations to on-site detention basins and drainage routes. Action was deferred to allow the town's peer review consulting engineer, Field Engineering, time to finalize formal review comments and calculations. The board also reviewed approval comments from the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office concerning the town's stormwater bylaw, agreeing to schedule a public hearing to establish rules under MGL Chapter 44 Section 53G½ for performance securities and deposit of sureties.

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