Planning Board Meeting August 12, 2025
HOLYOKE PLANNING BOARD
PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA
TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2025 @ 5:30 P.M.
Zoom.com – Meeting ID 836 3939 8493: OR CALL IN: 1 646 558 8656
(all meetings are being recorded)
- Special Permit (Sec 8.8.4) Dimensional Regulation – Vila Nova Properties 736 Dwight Street (7/8/25) (006-09-001 & -002) (2025-20)
- Special Permit (Sec 6.1.7) Parking Reduction – Vila Nova Properties 736 Dwight Street (7/8/25) (006-09-001 & -002) (2025-18)
- Special Permit (Sec 8.8.4) Dimensional Regulation- Vila Nova Properties 718 Dwight Street (7/8/25) (006-06-009) (2025-19)
- Special Permit (Sec 6.1.7) Parking Reduction- Vila Nova Properties 718 Dwight Street (7/8/25) (006-06-009) (2025-17)
HOLYOKE PLANNING BOARD
PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA
TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2025 @ 5:30 P.M.
Zoom.com – Meeting ID 836 3939 8493: OR CALL IN: 1 646 558 8656
(all meetings are being recorded)
ZONE CHANGE / SITE PLAN REVIEW/ SUBDIVISION/SPECIAL PERMIT
- Special Permit (Sec 8.8.4) Dimensional Regulation – Vila Nova Properties 736 Dwight Street (006-09-001 & -002) (2025-20)
- Special Permit (Sec 6.1.7) Parking Reduction – Vila Nova Properties 736 Dwight Street (006-09-001 & -002) (2025-18)
- Special Permit (Sec 8.8.4) Dimensional Regulation- Vila Nova Properties 718 Dwight Street (006-06-009) (2025-19)
- Special Permit (Sec 6.1.7) Parking Reduction- Vila Nova Properties 718 Dwight Street (006-06-009) (2025-17)
- Special Permit (Sec 4.6.3.2) Exceed Temporary Fence Height – MIFA/Victory Theater 81-89 Suffolk Street (012-06-006) – Matthew Jacobs, Barr & Barr, Inc. (2025-16)
PLANNING BOARD BUSINESS
- Project Updates/Old Business/New Business:
a.) SPR File #166, Open Square Residential, Item #6, 6-month update
b.) SPR File #158, Dunkin, 209 South Street, Item #14, 6-month update
c.) Chapter 61A review; Henry Seidel Trust and Dorothy Seidel / Raymond Prych, 174-00-001
d.) WINN 1/2 update
- Meeting Schedule (tentative):
August 26, 2025 – SP Sec 4.6.3.2 Fence Height, Florence Bank; Colvest/Lynch File# 137/A update
September 9, 2025 – ZC Tiny Homes; SP Sec 6.4.6.4 Signs, Superfresh; Victory Theatre, SPR Sec 10.0, SP Sec 6.1.7 parking, SP Sec 6.4.6.4 Signs
September 22, 2025 –
- Other Business:
a.) Comprehensive Plan Update
- Minutes: 7/8/25 SP PH Peck Middle School, SP PH Dimensional Reg 736 Dwight Vila Nova Properties, SP PH Parking Reduction 736 Dwight Vila Nova Properties, SP PH Parking Reduction 718 Dwight Vila Nova Properties, SP PH Dimensional Regulation 718 Dwight St Vila Nova Properties.