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Chicopee committee recommends rezoning 7.5 acres on Burnett Road to industrial
Summary
A Chicopee City Council committee voted 4-0 March 26 to recommend rezoning about 7.5 acres at 0 Burnett Road from Residential A to industrial to allow UFP Technologies to expand employee parking; the measure will go to the full City Council on April 1.
A Chicopee City Council committee voted 4-0 Wednesday to recommend rezoning roughly 7.5 acres at 0 Burnett Road from Residential A to industrial to allow the expansion of employee parking for UFP Technologies.
The vote clears the way for the proposal to be considered by the full Chicopee City Council at its next meeting on April 1. The applicant is listed in the file as UFPTMA LLC; the property owner is listed as Dow Jones and Company.
John Furman, office manager for VHB in Springfield, appearing for the applicant, said the rezoning would remove a “remnant” area of residential zoning that lies under existing Eversource power-line easements and allow the company to repurpose an existing paved area as a parking lot. “Our choices were to rezone or to…
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