Recently the rapacious developer of the ‘Northgate Meadows’ Mass.Gen.Laws Ch. 40B scam/sham ‘affordable housing’ apartment project on the Sterling-City of Leominster line, charging up to $2600/month rent for 2-bedroom apartments– https://www.apartmenthomeliving.com/apartment-finder/Northgate-Meadows-Sterling-MA-01564-16365625 –petitioned the Town of Sterling for a building permit fees waiver.
Now 150 Clinton LLC d/b/a Sterling Storage Solutions, 150 Clinton Road, Sterling, having out-of-state managers and an out-of-town agent for service of process, is seeking building permit fees reduction(s) from the Sterling Select Board. SEE https://www.sterling-ma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif1266/f/agendas/2022_7_20_agenda.pdf Here is the Town of Sterling Building Permit Fee Schedule– https://www.sterling-ma.gov/building-department/pages/building-permits-fee-schedule-epermitting
Check out 150 Clinton LLC via name-search using the Massachusetts corporations database– https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corpweb/CorpSearch/CorpSearch.aspx — and check out Sterling Storage Solutions’ unit rental price schedule here– https://thestoragesolutions.com/self-storage/sterling-ma-01564
Does your heart bleed for a developer charging $70/month for 25 square feet, and $265/month for 200 square feet, of mere storage space? Mine neither.
Word must be out that the Sterling Select Board prostitutes itself for property developers. Expect property developers’ efforts to get Sterling building permit fee waivers or reductions—that YOU will never get if you re-roof your home or install replacement windows, for examples—to continue.
J.G.
STERLING, MASSACHUSETTS, OVERWATCH 