Planning Board Actions Taken 04/27/20
Agenda Items & Actions Taken (unofficial):
1. Administrative Items – None
2. Continued Public Hearing – Maspenock Woods (West Elm Street) – Maspenock Woods Realty Trust – Not Discussed, continued to June 1, 2020
3. Continued Public Hearing – Zoning Articles for Town Meeting – Proposed amendments to the Hopkinton Zoning Bylaw and Zoning Map, including:
- Amend Article XXVII, Signs, Section 210-179, to allow for additional temporary signage for businesses determined to be affected by construction within a public right-of-way. – Discussed and continued to June 1, 2020
- Establish the Commercial Solar Photovoltaic Overlay District and amend the Zoning Map to place all or a portion of the following parcels within the Commercial Solar Photovoltaic Overlay District, without affecting the underlying zoning of said parcels, as applicable. – Discussed and continued to June 1, 2020
4. Continued Public Hearing – Zoning Article for Town Meeting – Proposed amendments to the Hopkinton Zoning Bylaw and Zoning Map, including:
- Establish a Commercial Solar Photovoltaic Overlay District and amend the Zoning Map to place all or a portion of the following parcels within this District without affecting the underlying zoning of said parcels, as applicable. – Discussed and continued to June 1, 2020
5. Continued Public Hearing – Zoning Article for Town Meeting (Citizen’s Petition) – Proposed amendment to the Hopkinton Zoning Bylaw, including:
- Amend Article XIII, Garden Apartments in Residential Districts, Section 210-74.B.(11) and Article XIIIA, Village Housing in Residential Districts, Section 210-75.3.B.(11), to require the Town of Hopkinton be responsible for trash and recycling collection within the developments approved under these Articles. – Discussed and continued to June 1, 2020
Business to be considered by the Board at any time during the meeting:
- Legacy Farms Road/East Main Street Traffic Light Status – Not discussed
- Legacy Farms Fiscal Analysis – Not discussed
- Growth Study Committee Update – Not discussed
- Discussion regarding cul-de-sac length in OSLPD developments – Not discussed
- OSLPD regulation change recommendations to ZAC – Not discussed
- Master Plan Action Items – Not discussed
- Lumber Street/West Main Street improvements – Not discussed
- Legacy Farms North (Section formerly known as Rafferty Road) – Discussion about disrepair – Not discussed
- Main Street Downtown Corridor update – Not discussed
- Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness and Climate Change discussion – Not discussed
- Future agenda items, correspondence – Not discussed
Materials for this Meeting:
- Agenda, Memo and Administrative Items
- YouTube Video – 3 hours 8 minutes