Draft Project Impact Report - Boston Redevelopment Authority

Exeter Residences/888 Boylston
the Exeter Residences and 888 Boylston are subject to the provisions of Article 37
pertaining to Green Buildings.
The Huntington Avenue Prudential Center District Zoning (Article 41) established
the goals and requirements for projects within a Planned Development Area relevant
to the Exeter Residences and 888 Boylston. Compliance of the Project with the design
goals of Article 41 is addressed in Chapter 3. Compliance with the other goals will be
achieved as follows:
Section 41-12(2) provides for a maximum FAR of 6 within a PDA and a
maximum building height of 155 feet (except for a single building--viz. the 111
Huntington Avenue Office Building which was permitted to be 465 feet). The
FAR of the Prudential Center as a whole will not exceed the FAR of 6 after
construction of the Project. The Proponents are proposing a text amendment to
this Section to permit the increased height for the Exeter Residences and 888
Boylston.
Section 41-14(1) provides that a Development Plan for a PDA must provide a
certain amount of new housing, that at least 10% of the new dwelling units be
Affordable or that a dollar contribution be made to the Neighborhood Housing
Trust for affordable housing, and that at least 0.7 off-street parking spaces be
provided for each new on-site dwelling unit. The Exeter Residences meets or
exceeds each of these provisions.
Section 41-14(2) provides that a Development Plan for a PDA must provide ,
either directly or through funding, for substantial street improvements to streets
adjacent to and in the vicinity of the PDA. These improvements are intended to
improve use of the affected streets by pedestrians. 888 Boylston will improve
Boylston Street in accordance with the Boylston Street Master Plan and, as noted
above, the Exeter Residences will include improvements to Exeter Street. Taken
as a whole, the Development Plan for the PDA also includes other improvements
to streets adjacent to and in the vicinity of the Prudential Center. Furthermore,
both Boston Properties and AvalonBay are each contributing $200,000 for the
Boylston Street improvements.
Section 41-16(1) provides, in pertinent part, that no new building should cast
shadows for more than two hours from 8 AM to 2:30 PM on any day from March
21 through September 21 on any portion of dedicated public parkland (with
certain exceptions related to areas which are cast in shadow by structures in
existence on March 20, 1990 or which would not be cast in shadow by buildings
conforming to the as-of-right limits of Article 41). As discussed in Chapter 5, no
new shadows are cast on dedicated public parkland for more than two hours on
any day from March 21 through September 21.
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