Item Coversheet
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
 
LEXINGTON PLANNING BOARD
AGENDA ITEM TITLE:

Multi-Family Housing Zoning for MBTA Communities. Public work session for Planning Board to develop zoning proposal for Annual Town Meeting. Public questions and comments welcome and encouraged
PRESENTER:

Board Discussion

ITEM NUMBER:

SUMMARY:

Multi-Family Zoning Requirements for MBTA Communities
A new law requires MBTA-served communities to have at least one zoning district of reasonable size in which multi-family housing is permitted. 

Board members will continue to discuss and and work on a zoning amendment article to bring forward for Annual Town Meeting. The Planning Board has been discussing locations and will begin developing zoning regulations and will review a first draft of the zoning amendment. 

 

The Planning Board is working towards zoning compliance. Subscribe to the Planning Board's email notification system here

Enclosed are the Community Workshop Feedback Forms, Community Workshop Map, PB Presentation visual from PB meeting held on 12.14.22, Qualities to consider, and a first draft of the zoning prepared by staff.

 

Project webpage: www.LexingtonMA.gov/MBTAZoning  






SUGGESTED MOTION:





FOLLOW-UP:




DATE AND APPROXIMATE TIME ON AGENDA:

12/21/2022                           

 

ATTACHMENTS:
DescriptionType
Community Workshop Feedback formsExhibit
Community Workshop MapExhibit
Qualities to considerExhibit
PB Presentation Visuals from 12.14.22 meetingPresentation
DRAFT Overlay ZoningExhibit
Preliminary Map Zoning Overlay DistrictsExhibit
Preliminary DRAFT MAP Zoning Overlay DistrictExhibit
DRAFT Overlay Zoning 12.21.22 REDLINEDCover Memo
DRAFT Overlay Zoning 12.21.22 CleanExhibit
VOD VisualsExhibit