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Lot Feasibility Report

Vacant land, one new home · Lot 4, Reservoir Road, Princeton, Massachusetts

Report no.SR-2026-0233

Date preparedOctober 16, 2026

Prepared forSample Buyer (under agreement)

Question asked"Can we build a house on this lot?"

01THE BOTTOM LINE

BUILDABLE — WITH A WETLAND PERMIT

This lot can take one single-family home, built in the front half.

Size, frontage, zoning and the lot's legal history all check out. The back of the lot is wetland, so the house and driveway belong in the front, and the work needs a filing with the town's Conservation Commission. Know that before you close.

IN PLAIN ENGLISH — THE SHORT VERSION

OKLot size and frontage meet today's zoning — no variance needed to build.
OKLegal lot: created on a recorded plan; not merged with a neighbor's land.
OKRoad: the frontage is on an accepted public way, so a driveway can come straight off it.
PERMITWetland: the back third needs Conservation Commission approval; keep the house and driveway in front.

02PROPERTY RECORD

Lot area91,500 sq ft (2.1 ac)

Zoning districtR-A — rural residential

Frontage210 ft on Reservoir Road

RoadAccepted public way

UtilitiesNo town water or sewer on this road

Lot createdRecorded plan, 1987

WetlandsWetland at rear · 100 ft buffer

SourcesAssessor · registry of deeds · MassGIS · bylaw §3

03CAN A HOUSE GO HERE? RULE BY RULE

THE RULE	WHAT IT REQUIRES	YOUR PLAN	RESULT
Lot area	80,000 sq ft minimum	91,500 sq ft	PASSES
Frontage	200 ft on a public way	210 ft	PASSES
Use	Single-family home allowed	One home	PASSES
Lot history	A real, separate legal lot	Recorded plan, 1987 · not merged	PASSES
Wetlands	Approval for work within 100 ft	Rear third of the lot	PERMIT NEEDED

How to read this: green means settled. Yellow means a permit is needed — know what it takes before you buy.

04THE LOT & WHERE A HOUSE FITS

Wooded lot in autumn with a stone wall and an orange survey flag in the clearing — Fig. 1 — The lot from the road. The orange flag marks a wetland boundary set by a wetland scientist.

Fig. 2 — Buildable area: the house and driveway stay in the front, out of the wetland buffer. Not to scale.

05WETLANDS

A wetland runs along the back of the lot. Under the state Wetlands Protection Act, any work within 100 ft of it needs approval from the town's Conservation Commission, and this sample town also bans building within 25 ft. The buildable area in Fig. 2 keeps the house and driveway out of the buffer, so the Commission filing can be a simple one.

06WHAT TO DO, IN WHAT ORDER

Wetland line — a wetland scientist flags it; the Conservation Commission confirms it

Certified plot plan — house, driveway and every setback, drawn by a surveyor

Conservation Commission filing — for any work inside the 100 ft buffer

Driveway permit — from the road department

Building permit — then build, inspections and certificate of occupancy

07WORTH WATCHING

Two pending changes in Massachusetts law could add options for a lot this size — including a duplex in some districts. They are proposals, not law, today. See What's coming for where each one stands.

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