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Planning Board reviews draft Housing Production Plan; board narrows duplex approach, prioritizes town parcels for study
Summary
Planning staff summarized revisions to Sudbury’s Housing Production Plan: the board agreed to explore targeted duplexes by overlay district, support the Housing Authority with regulatory assistance, and prioritize specific town-owned parcels for study while deferring some decisions for further feasibility work.
The Planning Board received a staff briefing on revisions to the Town of Sudbury’s Housing Production Plan during the March 12 meeting and discussed several substantive changes to strategy and priorities.
Adam (planning staff) said the most substantive revision narrowed the earlier proposal for duplexes "by right" into an approach to “explore” specific areas where duplexes by right could be appropriate and to use targeted overlay districts with guardrails (such as per-unit square-foot limits) to prevent large, market-rate buildings that would not produce affordable units. The board and staff discussed balancing the town’s goals for added housing with safeguards against developers…
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