The Town of Lakeville Zoning Board of Appeals on Oct. 16 granted special permits to allow construction of single-family dwellings at 31 and 33 Reservoir Avenue, properties currently in the business zone. Petitioner Derek Maxey told the board he intends to build two houses and said the residential use fits the surrounding neighborhood.

"So I'm planning to put 2 houses there at some point, but this is the first step," Derek Maxey said when introducing the petition. The board read a planning board memo dated Oct. 6 stating the planning board "supports the petition to allow a residential dwelling in the business zone."

During public comment, resident Tom Barricone, who said he owns nearby properties at 16 and 13 Reservoir Avenue, asked how the lots would tie into a separate proposal for senior housing and whether the Eighteenth Fairway would become nonfunctional. Maxey told the board he expects the course to be modified to a nine-hole layout if the larger senior-housing plan proceeds. "There's a proposal that went Tuesday to the Select Board and the Planning Board ... to build senior housing... in this case they're going to convert it down to, it's going to be a 9 hole golf course and not 18," Maxey said.

Neighbors raised questions about whether the lots extend into small ponds on the course and whether local conservation review would be required. Maxey said the proposed house sites would be more than 200 feet from the reservoir and that he would seek Conservation Commission (ConCom) approval if needed. "We're gonna be 200 feet away... And if there is any concern, I'd have I would get Concom's approval," Maxey said.

Board members asked about access and traffic; Maxey said existing gated access would be restricted so that the new lots would not create through traffic. The board took a single motion on the pair of petitions and approved the special permits for 31 Reservoir and for 33 Reservoir, with the board chair announcing unanimous approval.

The board record shows the petitions were filed under the Town's zoning sections cited at the hearing; the planning department had the application documents available for public inspection. The approvals allow the applicant to proceed to the statutory recording and building-permit steps required after a special-permit decision.

No conditions beyond standard recording and permitting steps were read into the record during the hearing.

Votes at the hearing were recorded as unanimous; the transcript does not contain a member-by-member roll call.