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Planning Board weighs Fairgrounds Road overlay as 2024 zoning changes alter lot‑size landscape
Summary
Board members debated whether a Fairgrounds Road Residential Overlay District is still needed after 2024 zoning changes reduced minimum lot sizes; the overlay would enable smaller single‑family lots and traditional homeownership but board members raised infrastructure and manufactured‑housing questions.
The Plymouth Planning Board revisited a proposed Fairgrounds Road Residential Overlay District (FRROD) at its June 19, 2025 meeting and discussed whether the overlay remains necessary now that 2024 zoning amendments clarified minimum lot sizes and how additional dwelling units are calculated.
Planning staff Joseph summarized the practical difference between the underlying agricultural zoning and the single‑family residential model the overlay would mirror. Under the single‑family residential model discussed, the minimum lot size would be 10,000 square feet with 5,000 square feet required for each additional unit on a lot; under the agricultural district…
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