SUMMARY:
Continued Public Hearing (from February 1 & February 8). The Planning Board will hold a continued hearing for board members to deliberate on the zoning proposal.
Planning Board's Zoning Bylaw and Zoning Map proposal is to create village overlay districts permitting multi-family housing with inclusionary housing requirements, and allows mixed use in some districts under specific conditions.
This article implements the requirements of M.G.L. c. 40A § 3A by establishing new overlay zoning districts on the Zoning Map and amends the Zoning Bylaw to permit multi-family housing, and mixed-use developments (in some areas). The Planning Board's zoning proposal will create new Village Overlay Districts in Section 7.5 of the Bylaw and on the Zoning Map as Village Overlay (VO), Village Mid-Rise Overlay (VMO), and Village High- Rise Overlay (VMO).
More info and background here: http://lexingtonma.gov/MBTAZoning
The presentation from February 1, modified through February 10 is attached. The proposed zoning motion showing redlined (track changes) made on February 8 is attached.
Summary of changes made since Feb. 1:
- Lowered maximum height in center and North Bedford Street areas to 4 stories and 52 ft. (changed name to VO - Village Overlay)
- Lowered maximum height in all the VLOs to 60 ft. (5 stories) for mixed-use in commercial districts and 52 ft. (4 stories) in any residential district. (40 ft. (3 Stories) is max. for projects that are only residential)
- Changed name of VLO (Village Low Rise) to VMO (Village Mid-Rise) as result of max. height changes.
- Increased max. height in the VHO (Hartwell/Maguire Rd.) to give a height bonus up to 115 ft. for mixed use in CM zone.
- Increased minimum parking requirements to 1 per dwelling unit in all Village Overlays.
- Added a 15 ft.-wide transition landscape screening buffer along boundary of all village overlay districts.
- Change the inclusionary dwellings to all be eligible for listing on the Town's subsidized housing inventory (SHI).
- Added in a few properties
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