Below is a timeline of events over the past three years. As you can see, many events have occurred and we are working on making this page as complete as possible. To that end, we will continue to update this timeline as the process moves forward.
Surfside Crossing (SSX) purchases 13+ acres of property at 3, 5, 7 & 9 South Shore Road.
SSX submits original plan to the Town of Nantucket (TON) for a 156 unit 40B development consisting of 60 stand alone single residences and 96 condominium units in 6 multi-unit buildings.
SSX Receives Letter of Eligibility from Mass Housing.
May 10th - Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) public hearings begin.
July 24th - The ZBA meeting has to be halted and rescheduled as many Nantucket community members who showed up to attend the meeting had to stand in the back of the room, in the entryway, and outside the building.
August 28th - More than 800 people attend the rescheduled ZBA meeting held in the high school's Mary Walker Auditorium (the largest meeting place on the island).
Public hearings conclude and the ZBA issues an “approval with conditions” for a 60-unit development with a mix of single and multi-unit dwellings. SSX immediately appeals this ruling to the Housing Appeals Committee (HAC).
Public hearings conclude and the ZBA issues an “approval with conditions” for a 60-unit development with a mix of single and multi-unit dwellings. SSX immediately appeals this ruling to the Housing Appeals Committee (HAC).
SSX submits a substantially different, new 156-unit all condominium plan (see below) along with their long overdue Environmental Notification Form (ENF) to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.
SSX appears before the Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs via ZOOM in lieu of an actual site visit to review ENF to determine an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) be required.
July 13th - NLC and TON/ZBA motions denied to dismiss and vacate at HAC .
August 27th - Town counsel filed a complaint in the Nantucket Superior Court seeking judicial review of that decision as arbitrary and capricious, and requesting that the matter be remanded (to the Nantucket Zoning Board of Appeals), citing the removal of single family homes, increase in building height and number of parking spaces, change in the landscape plans, and the decrease in usable open space and perimeter buffer areas, among several other changes.
HAC Online Hearing Days: Thursday 3/4/2021, Friday 3/5/2021, Monday 3/8/2021, and Wednesday 3/10/2021 - all beginning at 10:00 a.m.
To attend the hearing which starts Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 10:00am via video access, please contact DHCDHousingAppealsCommittee@mass.gov – before the hearing (if possible) or during the hearing. To attend the hearing via audio access only, please call +1 857-327-9245, United States, Boston (Toll) at the start of, or during the hearing, and use Conference ID 482 021 90# (In order to join the video conference, you will need the Microsoft Teams app downloaded to your computer or smart phone.)
HAC Grants Intervenor Status to Nantucket Tipping Point
See Below
Read Nantucket Tipping Point's Expert Witness and Abutter's pre-filed testimony Here.
Read the HAC draft decision and objections here Here.
Original Plan
New Plan
Currently Un-Developed
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