Planning Board approves two new homes, advances wireless bylaw fix

LINCOLN -- March 14, 2023, Lincoln Planning Board approves two homes and recommends cell tower bylaw fix for Town Meeting. The board unanimously closed hearings on a single-family home at 200 Old County Road, where applicant Shane Wren is building partly across the Wayland line, and on a 4,832-square-foot Deck House replacement at 247 Old Concord Road for Jim Hutchinson, with builder Mark Getteman. The Hutchinson project carried only one open issue, exterior wall lights at 933 lumens versus the town's 900-lumen limit, which staff will handle administratively. Member Rob Ahlert presented amendments to Section 12.6 codifying federal "eligible facilities request" procedures, including a mandatory 60-day review window and updated parcel numbers for the wireless overlay district. "We've been improvising," Ahlert said of current practice. The board voted 5-0 to recommend the amendment to Town Meeting.