Urban Affairs Committee moves to recommend denial of rezoning request for 1 Maple Terrace; forwards recommendation to full council

The Marlborough City Council Urban Affairs Committee moved to recommend denial of a zoning map amendment for 1 Maple Terrace (Map 70, Parcel 24) after discussing a planning board recommendation and neighborhood impacts.

The committee considered Council Order 24109305, a communication from Justin Malay, trustee for 1 Maple Terrace Real Estate Trust, seeking to change the parcel’s zoning to the Marlborough Village District. The committee heard that the Marlborough Planning Board voted 5-0 to send a negative recommendation to the city council, citing concerns that the proposed rezoning would allow greater density and height than the proponent proposed and could negatively affect the neighborhood.

The planning board’s written recommendation said the proposed development shown by the proponent “is in keeping with the character of the surrounding neighborhood” but that the zoning change itself would allow higher density and…