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Framingham council closes MBTA hearing, refers plan to shrink Central Business District to planning panel
Summary
After extended debate and public comment, the Framingham City Council closed a lingering MBTA-zoning public hearing and voted to refer a separate effort to shrink the Central Business (CB) District to the Planning and Zoning subcommittee for study and amendment. The referral passed 9-1; the hearing was closed unanimously.
Framingham City Council on Feb. 4, 2025 closed a public hearing on a previous planning-board MBTA zoning submission and voted to send a separate proposal to shrink the city’s Central Business (CB) District to the Planning and Zoning subcommittee for further work and public review. The referral vote to begin an amendment process passed 9-1; a related vote to close the earlier public hearing passed unanimously.
The move matters because the MBTA Communities Act requires certain communities to adopt zoning that enables a prescribed amount of housing near transit. Councilors and residents disagreed about how much of that new housing should be concentrated downtown under the city’s CB District versus spread to other parcels. Councilor Christine Long, who led the…
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