CVS, which has two stores in Arlington now, is planning a much-larger third retail store next to Arlington High School, where the Hodgdon-Noyes auto dealership closed in April. Town Planner Kevin O'Brien confirmed Oct. 1 that the national chain filed an application for a special permit on Sept. 18 for a 12,900-square-foot store.

“The special permit process will begin with a public hearing on Oct. 20,” O’Brien wrote in an e-mail Oct. 1. “The [Redevelopment Board] will have to make a finding that the proposal meets all 19 standards set out in the bylaw. For a project this size, it is likely that the hearing will extend over several meetings.”

According to the plans, the new pharmacy and store would include a drive-through pickup window.

In addition to a special-permit application required under the town bylaw for retail structures larger than 3,000 square feet, CVS submitted a traffic study and stormwater plan.

In 1998, the Redevelopment Board denied Osco Drug a permit to build on the former site of Time Oldsmobile, at Mass. Ave. and Mill Street. The decision followed public protests opposing the drugstore, particularly from Jason Street neighbors who feared changes to the historical nature of their neighborhood.

A traffic study undermined the Osco plan. Time Olds was demolished in 2001, and brick duplexes were eventually built on the site.

At the site for proposed CVS, there is no four-way intersection, which could lessen the concerns about traffic.

The developer listed on the plans is Gershman Brown Crowley, of Lincoln, R.I., and the architect is BKA Architects of Brockton.

The property would be leased to CVS, headquartered in Woonsocket, R.I., by Noyes Realty Trust, which would retain ownership.

O’Brien said Noyes has not informed the town about its plans for the other building on an adjoining lot, the Dr. Attwood House, which has been used in the past for offices.

Currently, CVS has two stores in Arlington, at 23 Mass. Ave. and at 319 Broadway. Both are much smaller than the one proposed.

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