Plymouth Zoning Board Opens Hearing on 163-Unit Pulte 40B Condo Proposal

PLYMOUTH -- September 29, 2025, Plymouth Zoning Board opens hearing on 163-unit Pulte 40B condo plan in North Plymouth. The board unanimously continued both cases, Case 4183 and Case 4184, to October 20 after attorney Stephanie Kiefer of Smolak and Vaughn introduced two Chapter 40B comprehensive permit applications from Pulte Homes of New England for projects called Ocean View North, a 100-unit, two-building development off Court Street and Prince Street, and a 63-unit six-story building on Sandri Drive. Under the state's New England Fund program, 25 percent of units in each project would be deed-restricted affordable at up to 80 percent of area median income, totaling 39 affordable units, with market-rate condos estimated at $400,000 to $800,000 and affordable units running roughly $300,000 to $380,000 depending on bedroom count. Board member Michael Leary declared he would not approve the nine-foot surface parking spaces proposed, citing a consistent board standard of ten feet, and chair Peter Conroy demanded dimensioned drawings, completed DPW and APEX peer review responses, and fire department sign-off on emergency access before any permit decision. Plymouth's Select Board had previously declined to endorse the project as a friendly 40B, leaving the Zoning Board of Appeals as the sole local permitting authority under state law.