Planning Board backs owner's request to rezone Surfside Road parcels to Commercial Neighborhood
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Summary
The Planning Board voted to send a positive recommendation to town meeting to change multiple Surfside Road parcels from RC-2 to CN after the property owner’s representative asked the board to reconsider earlier action; the staff noted the required vote quantum changes to 50 percent.
The Planning Board voted to send a positive recommendation to town meeting to rezone multiple parcels on Surfside Road from RC-2 to Commercial Neighborhood (CN) after the property owner's representative requested the change, planning staff said.
Planning Department staffer Meg Trudell said the board previously moved to rezone the parcels to R-10 because the owner had not weighed in; the owner's representative, Jesse Glidden, later asked the board to reconsider and prefer CN. Trudell told the board, "the quantum of vote, if you support that change, will change, I believe, to a 50%." The board amended the motion accordingly and approved the recommendation on a recorded vote.
The change alters the parcels' future permitted uses and development standards by moving them from an RC-2 classification toward a neighborhood commercial designation. Trudell said planning staff supports the property owner's request and that CN had been one of the alternatives considered at earlier hearings.
Board members discussed only procedural aspects before closing public comment; no members of the public spoke. Barry Rector moved and John Kitchener seconded the motion to send a positive recommendation to town meeting reflecting the CN designation and the 50% voting quantum; the motion carried.
The recommendation will be printed in the warrant for annual town meeting and, if adopted by voters at town meeting, will change the zoning map for the parcels identified in the hearing record.
