Newton Highland Area Council members and residents discussed and debated a proposed letter addressing the new Zoning Redesign and community engagement process that has been launched for Village Center Zoning by the City. Three Area Councils — Waban and Newtonville, and Newton Upper Falls — voted to send a letter…
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At its meeting last week, the Newtonville Area Council voted to send this memo to the City Council, requesting that the City Council abstain from approving zoning changes or special permits in village centers until the City completes its village center zoning process. The expressed concern is focused on the…
The City has recently completed calculations to determine whether or not Newton can assert Safe Harbor Protections under Chapter 40B, which would provide an opportunity to exert more control over approvals or denials of Comprehensive Permits. Safe Harbor might be claimed by calculations of either land area or number of…
The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) recently released final guidelines for multi-family zoning requirements for the MBTA Communities Act. During the comment period earlier this year, nine Newton City Councilors (Albright, Lipof, Downs, Crossley, Bowman, Kelley, Noel, Humphrey, and Kalis) submitted comments that: Supported the 25-50 acre size…
Plans are underway for the second phase of community engagement on Village Center Zoning. On August 1, in the third meeting of the Community Engagement Network, Network members had an opportunity to review the finalized engagement material and get answers to questions regarding the community engagement plans. This next phase…
The Zoning and Planning Committee released its report of its July 11 meeting. In that meeting (NewTV video), the committee voted to approve these appointments: Fred Brustman to the Auburndale Historic District Commission Scott Aquilina to the Chestnut Hill Historic District Commission
The Zoning and Planning Committee will continue its discussions on Village Center Zoning. See agenda. Last week, the Building Professionals Zoning Working Group has submitted comments on Village Center Zoning. See Local Building Professionals’ Comments on Draft Village Center Zoning email and Local Building Professionals’ Memo. This week, the Council received an email…
The Zoning Redesign ‘Community Engagement Network’ will be meeting on Tuesday, June 21, 6PM-7:30PM with an optional public Q&A from 7:30PM to 8PM. Go here to join the Zoom meeting. The network is comprised of volunteers from the community who will work with city staff to provide information and engage…
Nine Newton City Councilors jointly submitted comments to the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) on its draft guidelines for implementing a new Section 3A of M.G.L. c. 40A (the Zoning Act). This was part of an economic development bill requiring communities served by the MBTA to have at…