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Planning board urges City Council to take no action on proposed Central Business District map change, calls for citywide zoning review
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing the Framingham Planning Board recommended that the City Council take no action on a proposed trimming of the Central Business (CB) District map and asked the planning department to begin a broader citywide zoning analysis, citing MBTA-compliance risk and state-identified zoning problems.
The Framingham Planning Board voted on May 15, 2025 to recommend that the City Council take no action on a proposed amendment that would significantly shrink the city’s Central Business (CB) District map. The board also asked the planning department to begin a broader, citywide zoning analysis to address zoning, MBTA community compliance, and downtown-scale questions.
Planning staff and board members said the proposed map changes risked undermining the city’s MBTA Communities compliance and raised technical problems flagged by the state. A staff presentation summarized state review comments and other concerns: the state had identified provisions in the existing CB bylaw that can’t lawfully limit the number of bedrooms or require a cap on building permits and questioned certain unit-size and occupancy rules; the staff…
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