PLANNING BOARD ADOPTS HOME RULE FRAMEWORK, SCHEDULES ZONING HEARINGS
Planning Board adopts procedures for new state zoning authority. The Board voted unanimously on April 6 to accept a memorandum outlining how it will exercise authority granted under Chapter 85 of the Acts of 2025, also approving draft public hearing scripts for the framework. Chair Sean N. Fay
Planning Board · Meeting of April 6, 2026
MARLBOROUGH — Planning Board adopts procedures for new state zoning authority. The Board voted unanimously on April 6 to accept a memorandum outlining how it will exercise authority granted under Chapter 85 of the Acts of 2025, also approving draft public hearing scripts for the framework. Chair Sean N.
Fay summarized modifications to the procedural documents. The Board also voted to set May 4 for a public hearing on a proposed Forest Street Residential Overlay District and referred a Mount Royal Avenue Approval Not Required application to the town's Legal Department due to questions about frontage adequacy and access standards.
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Source: the Planning Board meeting of April 6, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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