Council sends Mechanic Street machine shop and Robey zoning rewrite to Urban Affairs

MARLBOROUGH — December 19, 2022 — Marlborough council refers Mechanic Street machine shop and Robey affordable-housing rewrite to Urban Affairs. At its Dec. 19 meeting, the City Council opened two public hearings — a Section 6 special permit sought by attorney Brian Falk for Octa 48 LLC to convert a pre-existing nonconforming warehouse at 269 Mechanic St. to Action Precision Machining, opposed in writing by 32-year abutter Mary Georgie of 270 Mechanic St., and a Chapter 650 package from At-Large Councilor Kathleen D. Robey requiring 15 percent affordable units in by-right mixed-use Marlborough Village projects and eliminating the existing $50,000-per-unit buy-out. Both went to Urban Affairs without council debate. Councilors also approved a 10-year Union Common lease with First Church, a one-year extension of 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. hours for the Shell station at 431 Lincoln St., a March 29, 2023 site-plan extension for 57 Main St. (10-0-1), and a new Treasury Payroll Manager ordinance, and accepted on file PERAC's required fiscal 2024 appropriation of $10,650,851.