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Selectmen consider converting MSOD to Medical Services District amid debate over scope, timing and uses
Summary
Selectmen reviewed a planning board article to convert the Medical Services Overlay District into a base Medical Services District intended to make zoning for a future hospital redevelopment clearer, but planning staff and several selectmen urged a more deliberate review of uses and parcel language before final action.
The Board of Selectmen reviewed a planning‑led zoning article on April 8 that would convert the existing Medical Services Overlay District (MSOD) into an underlying Medical Services District (MSD) as part of efforts to clear a zoning path for a future hospital redevelopment.
Town staff said the original MSOD had been adopted quickly to allow the hospital redevelopment work to proceed and that converting the overlay into a base district is largely “housekeeping” — it would make medical services the underlying zoning on specific parcels and remove the possibility of other unrelated base uses remaining available under the General Business…
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