10.14.2026 Planning Board

The Fall River Planning Board met on October 14, 2026, to address several old and new business items concerning roadway reconstructions and Approval Not Required (ANR) subdivision plans. In old business, the board voted unanimously to table the roadway reconstruction plan for Spring Street to November at the applicant's request. The board also reviewed a roadway reconstruction application for a vacant wooded lot off Bark, Norwood, and Monarch Streets. After reviewing technical recommendations with Director of Engineering and Planning Daniel Aguiar, the board voted unanimously to approve design standard waivers—including relief on curve radii, leveling slopes, pavement width, and street trees—and approved the reconstruction plan subject to conditions governing pavement width, crest elevation, and drainage mitigation reviews by the Department of Community Utilities.

Under subdivision surety reviews, the board evaluated a request from Highland Woods Subdivision to reduce their $225,000 letter of credit to $100,000. Board members voiced concern about the lack of an itemized cost estimate and the fact that revised as-built plans were submitted just hours before the meeting without review by the Department of Community Utilities, leading to a unanimous vote to table the matter to November.

In new business, the board unanimously endorsed Form A ANR plans for 107–111 Lewis Street (subdividing a parcel into two lots), 302 Orswell Street (subdividing a through lot into two parcels following ZBA relief), 503 Highland Avenue (subdividing the former Feitelberg Mansion parcel into two conforming lots), and 846 Brayton Avenue (carving out a 26,000-square-foot lot fronting Jefferson Street for a residential apartment project). An ANR plan for 99 Jones Street was tabled to allow the applicant to properly reference a previously endorsed two-lot subdivision before subdividing into three lots. The board concluded the meeting by approving the minutes of September 9, 2026.

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