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Framingham council withdraws MBTA-era CBD submission after heated debate, asks administration for new map
Summary
City councilors debated a proposed reduction to the Central Business (CB) District and concerns about state MBTA-zoning compliance. Council voted unanimously to withdraw the administration's recent submission and asked the administration to bring a revised, side-street-focused map to the Planning & Zoning subcommittee.
Framingham City Council voted unanimously on June 3 to withdraw a recent submission to the state related to the Central Business (CB) District zoning map and instructed the administration to bring a revised map to the Planning & Zoning Subcommittee for further work.
The vote capped a three-hour council debate that focused on whether shrinking the CB District to remove side streets would put the city out of compliance with the MBTA zoning law and the state's conditional approval. Councilor Christine Long, who made the motion that had been on the floor, said the goal was to "take it off the side streets and…
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