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Council sends three zoning amendments to first printing, including FEMA floodplain update

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Gardner City Council voted unanimously to send to first printing three zoning-related measures: a FEMA-driven floodplain overlay amendment (time-sensitive), a Central Street commercial-overlay classification, and a historic-preservation project zoning amendment that would create a special permit pathway and parking relief.

The Gardner City Council on June 16 voted unanimously (11-0) to send three zoning measures to first printing: an amendment to the city zoning code to update the floodplain overlay to comply with recent Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requirements; an amendment to add a commercial overlay classification on specified Central Street parcels; and a petition-driven amendment to create a "historic preservation project" section that would allow certain uses by special permit and revise off-street…

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