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Brentwood planning board advances draft housing package, debates ADU, multifamily and workforce rules
Summary
At a planning-board meeting, members and staff reviewed draft ordinances to implement accessory dwelling unit (ADU) changes, permit multifamily in commercial zones along Route 125 and add a workforce-housing incentive; the board agreed to prepare outreach materials and public hearings ahead of town meeting.
The Brentwood Town Planning Board spent the bulk of its meeting reviewing a draft package of land-use changes that would expand where multifamily housing and accessory dwelling units (ADUs) are allowed and add incentives for workforce housing.
Board members and staff said state housing laws are driving some of the changes and that the board has tried to narrow where denser development would be permitted. Planning staff walked the board through revisions that would make the former Multifamily/Commercial/Industrial zoning along Route 125 a unified Commercial District, remove multifamily from North Road and keep the Town Center District unchanged for now.
Board members described a proposed residential density of six housing units per acre in the Commercial District, with an allowance of up to eight units per acre where developers include deed-restricted workforce units. The draft…
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