Draft Project Impact Report - Boston Redevelopment Authority

Exeter Residences/888 Boylston
Boston Zoning Commission
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MEPA Office, Executive Office of
Environmental Affairs
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Approval of Notice of Project Change
Massachusetts Historical Commission Determination of No Adverse Effect for MEPA Notice of
Project Change (if required)
Department of Environmental Protection Sewer Extension/Connection Self-Certification
Mass Highway Department Traffic Signal Permit (if required)
Massachusetts Water Resource Authority
Construction Dewatering Permit (if required)
Federal Government
Federal Aviation Administration FAA Determination of No Hazard for buildings and cranes
(in excess of 200’)
Environmental Protection Agency National Pollution Discharge Elimination System General
Permit for stormwater and for construction dewatering (if
required)
This table presents a preliminary list of permits and approvals from state and local governmental agencies,
which are presently expected to be required for the Project, based on Project information currently available. It
is possible that not all of these permits or actions will be required, or that additional permits or actions may be
needed all of which may become evident during Project design and development.
Boston Civic Design Commission (BCDC)
Most of the permits listed above are customary in case of an office building or
residential building in Boston in a PDA. However, the following additional
explanation is provided either to indicate the status of on-going permitting or to
provide information on the Project elements giving rise to a specific permit in
instances where it may not be clear.
Article 41 currently provides for a maximum 155-feet building height within a PDA
in the Huntington Avenue/Prudential Center District (except for a single building--,
viz. 111 Huntington Avenue Office Building, which was permitted to be 465 feet)
and currently limits floorplates above 155 feet to 22,500 SF in average gross floor area
(GFA) and no single floor above 155 feet may exceed 25,000 SF. The Project will
require a recommendation by the BRA to the Boston Zoning Commission for
adoption of a Text Amendment to Article 41 to permit the increased height for the
Exeter Residences and 888 Boylston and to permit the size of floorplates above 155feet
to be determined in the Design Review process. This approval will be sought
simultaneously with approval by the Boston Zoning Commission of the Fourth
Amendment to Development Plan.
BCDC review began during review of the NPC/PNF on November 6, 2007 and the
Project was referred to Design Subcommittee. Meetings with the Design
Subcommittee are ongoing.