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Bedford planning board sends four zoning amendments, including workforce and stream protections, to March ballot
Summary
After a public hearing and extended discussion, the Bedford Planning Board voted to place four proposed 2025 zoning amendments — covering workforce and senior housing, dimensional standards in the general residential zone, cottage court housing, and a 50-foot stream buffer — on the March town ballot.
The Town of Bedford Planning Board voted Jan. 13 to place four proposed zoning amendments on the March 11 ballot after holding a first public hearing and receiving multiple public comments.
The proposals would: (1) revise how the ordinance treats workforce and senior housing — renaming "elderly housing" to "senior housing," creating separate categories for townhouse-style and garden-style multifamily housing and reducing the required affordable set-aside from 25% to 10%; (2) relax dimensional standards in the general residential (GR) zone, including reduced front, side and rear setbacks and smaller minimum lot sizes where lots are served by public water or sewer; (3) permit cottage court housing by conditional use permit in…
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