Urban Affairs Committee recommends two special permits in 25-minute session

MARLBOROUGH -- October 13, 2021, Marlborough Urban Affairs Committee advances mobile home park split and Wayside Crossing drive-thrus on 5-0 votes. The committee recommended approval of a special permit dividing the 119-site Post Road Mobile Home Park at 181 Boston Post Road East into a 10-site front parcel and a 109-site rear parcel, with attorney Christopher Flood and owner Henry Winske explaining the split enables tenants to purchase the rear park while preserving redevelopment options up front. A second special permit covers drive-thru facilities for a new Starbucks and a bank at Wayside Crossing Plaza, 6661 Boston Post Road East; the committee amended the traffic-flow condition at City Engineer Tom DiPersio's request to add signage at the Dicenzo Boulevard intersection aimed at reducing "illegal left turns into the target driveway." Aubuchon Realty Co. attorney Brian Falk confirmed the Starbucks design includes a mobile-order walk-up window. Both items move to Monday's City Council meeting for referral to legal.