Draft Project Impact Report - Boston Redevelopment Authority

Exeter Residences/888 Boylston
with the elevator core for the new building ensuring easy access from car to elevator
for residents.
The parking for 888 Boylston of 177 new spaces will be accomplished by adding an
additional parking level within the existing space. The existing Green level of the
Prudential Center parking garage was constructed with an 18-foot floor to floor
dimension within the footprint of 888 Boylston. This Project envisions insertion of a
mezzanine parking level within this space. Both the mezzanine level and the Green
level will be managed parking thereby increasing the parking capacity of the garage
within the existing garage footprint. The mezzanine deck would be valet accessible
only. Access will be via a ramp from the Green level only, and no additional access
ramps or curb cuts from the street are required.
The parking modifications will not reduce the Prudential Center Garage’s capacity
for public parking.
3.6 Conformance with Specific Design
Requirements of the Huntington Avenue
Prudential Center District Zoning
The Huntington Avenue Prudential Center District Zoning (Article 41) established a
number of design goals in Section 41-12(2) and 41-18 for projects within a Planned
Development Area relevant to the Exeter Residences and 888 Boylston, specifically
the following:
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 Proponent is proposing a text amendment to this
Section to permit the proposed increased height for the Exeter Residences and
888 Boylston.
Section 41-18(1) provides that Street Wall Continuity within a PDA shall be at a
depth from the curb line stipulated in the Development Plan. The 4 th
Amendment to Development Plan will establish requirements applicable to
Street Wall Continuity. In addition, Section 41-18(1) permits recesses and bays
approved through Large Project Review as appropriate to the creation of visually
interesting designs or accommodation of specific ground level functions.
Section 41-18(2) pertains to Street Wall Height, which is a concept only relevant
to Sky Plane Setbacks, and Section 41-18(4)(a) regulates Sky Plane Setbacks on
Exeter Street and Boylston Street. Under Section 41-18(4)(a), Sky Plane Setbacks,
including the requirements of Section 41-18(4)(b) relating to Entrance Elements,
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