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City Council Meetings – Week of 10/20/2024

City Council will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, October 21 at 7:45PM. See Reports Docket and New Docket.

Land Use will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, October 22 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following:

  • Requests for Extension of Time to:
    • Amend the site plan associated with the Special Permit and to allow dimensional relief for the additional paved parking area at 1349 Centre Street (See Special Permit documents)
    • Construct a rear addition consisting of an attached garage with two stories of living space above, further extending the nonconforming 3.5-story structure at 255 Jackson Street (See Special Permit documents)
    • Allow an Elder Housing with Services facility, to allow a development in excess of 20,000 sq. ft., to allow a seven-story building, to allow a building 84 feet in height, to allow parking within the side setback, to reduce the required parking stall width, to reduce the required parking stall depth, to reduce the required parking stall depth for accessible stalls, to allow a reduced drive aisle width for two-way traffic and to waive the lighting requirements at 34, 36, 38, 48, 50 Crafts Street, 19 Court Street and 21 Court Street (See Special Permit documents)
  • Request for a Special Permit/Site Plan Approvals to:
    • Expand the existing driveway to accommodate two parking stalls within the front setback and to further extend nonconforming parking to allow an additional parking stall within five feet of the front lot line at 31 Chase Street (See Special Permit documents and Planning Memo)
    • Convert the existing attached garage into living space, requiring construction of a second parking stall in the driveway, resulting in two parking stalls within the front setback and an additional stall within five feet of the front lot line at 140 Derby Street (See Special Permit documents and Planning Memo)
    • Construct a dormer allowing a combination of dormers exceeding 50% of the length of the wall below at 67 Chester Street (See Special Permit documents and Planning Memo).
    • Construct three attached single-family dwellings in two separate buildings and surface parking stalls on an undersized lot and with associated dimensional relief for the buildings and parking at 56 Chapel Street (See Special Permit documents and Planning Memo)
    • Demolish the existing dwelling and construct four single-family attached dwellings in two buildings, resulting in a reduced side setback, a driveway within 10 feet of the side lot line, and parking within 20 feet of a boundary line at 51 Oak Avenue. (See Special Permit documents and Planning Memo)

Programs and Services will meet in person (Room 211) and virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, October 23 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following:

  • Request to acquire a 11,210-square-foot portion of the Price Center parking lot at 25-27 Christina Street for the price of $430,000 to be used for development of access to a new shared-use path bridge over the Charles River
  • Reappointment of Michelle Freshman to the Health and Human Services Advisory Council
  • Reappointment of Sam Figler to Newton Commonwealth Foundation

Public Facilities will meet in person (Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, October 23 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following:

  • Appointment of Alexander Lee to the Sustainable Materials Management Commission
  • Petition for a grant of location to install and maintain gas main in Centre Street (See supporting documents)
  • Petition for a grant of location to install and maintain gas main in Walnut Street (See supporting documents)
  • Petition for a grant of location to install and maintain gas main in Washington Street (See supporting documents)
  • Petition for a grant of location to install and maintain gas main in Canterbury Road (See supporting documents)
  • Reappointment of Alan Gordon to the Sustainable Materials Management Commission

Public Safety and Transportation‘s regularly scheduled meeting has been canceled (see Meeting Cancellation Notice)

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