{"id":10558,"date":"2025-04-26T07:16:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T11:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=10558"},"modified":"2025-04-26T07:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T11:16:07","slug":"video-planning-board-discusses-zoning-ordinance-amendments-4-24-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=10558","title":{"rendered":"Video: Planning Board Discusses Zoning Ordinance Amendments, 4\/24\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Planning Board and discussed potential\u00a0zoning ordinance amendments. Key topics covered include revising the\u00a0definition of &#8220;abutter&#8221;\u00a0to potentially expand notification radius, amending\u00a0parking requirements\u00a0for certain housing types, and considering changes to where\u00a0workforce (inclusionary) housing\u00a0is permitted, with a focus on commercial versus residential zones. The board also analyzes the potential removal of the\u00a0Route 28 performance overlay district\u00a0to encourage redevelopment, and they discuss the need for a new\u00a0solar ordinance. Finally, the meeting includes public input and a conversation about the disconnect between the Planning Board&#8217;s authority and the Town Council&#8217;s role in addressing issues like\u00a0infrastructure and traffic, highlighting the need for better collaboration and public understanding of government processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Planning Board Workshop \u2013 With Public Input, 4\/24\/2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U4cIo6uZEbY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Planning Board and discussed potential\u00a0zoning ordinance amendments. Key topics covered include revising the\u00a0definition of &#8220;abutter&#8221;\u00a0to potentially expand notification radius, amending\u00a0parking requirements\u00a0for certain housing types, and considering changes to where\u00a0workforce (inclusionary) housing\u00a0is permitted, with a focus on commercial versus residential zones. The board also analyzes the potential removal of the\u00a0Route&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10559,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10558\/revisions\/10559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}