The Planning Board took a series of largely procedural and property‑specific votes on Jan. 22 to send zoning map amendments and technical bylaw changes to the Annual Town Meeting warrant with positive recommendations. Many items were grouped by staff as part of the RC2 phase‑out, site corrections, or clean‑up of prior negotiations.
Votes at a glance (selected items; vote tallies reflect roll call recorded at the meeting):
- Zoning map amendment: R40 to ROH (portion of 0 Fair Street) — positive recommendation; quorum vote required: two‑thirds. Vote: unanimous by roll call (recorded as Aye by board, motion passed).
- Zoning map amendment: RC2 to R5 (Surfside Road / Myakama Avenue parcels) — positive recommendation; quorum two‑thirds. Vote: unanimous by roll call.
- Zoning map amendment: RC2 to CTAC (Old South Road / Van Gilder Ave; Van Gilder subdivision) — positive recommendation; quantum vote recorded as 50% in the motion. Vote: unanimous by roll call.
- Zoning map amendment: RC2 to R5 or CTEC (Rosemary Way parcel) — staff recommended R5; board sent positive recommendation; quorum two‑thirds. Vote: unanimous.
- Zoning map amendment: RC2 to R5 (Appleton Road parcels) — positive recommendation; quorum two‑thirds. Vote: unanimous.
- Zoning map amendment: RC2 to CMI or CTEC (43 ___ Road; owner requested CTEC) — positive recommendation; quantum vote 50%. Vote: unanimous.
- Zoning map amendment: RC to CN (103 Washington Street; permitting completed) — positive recommendation; quantum vote 50%. Vote: unanimous.
- Zoning map amendment: RC2 to R10 (residential suggestion where properties are used residentially) — positive recommendation to R10; quorum two‑thirds. Vote: unanimous.
- Zoning map amendment: R40 to CN (23 Airport Road and Windmill Auto Rental parcel) — positive recommendation to CN to reflect commercial use; quantum vote 50%. Vote: unanimous.
- Zoning map amendment: ROH to CDT (7, 9 and 11 North Water Street; properties used as guest houses) — positive recommendation; quantum vote 50%. Vote: unanimous.
- Zoning bylaw amendment: Orleans Management District technical cleanup (replace references to Planning Board with Zoning Board of Appeals where previously moved) — positive recommendation; quorum two‑thirds. Vote: unanimous.
- Zoning bylaw amendment: Delete temporary moratorium on recreational marijuana establishments (expiration passed) — positive recommendation; quorum two‑thirds. Vote: unanimous.
- Zoning bylaw amendment: Definitions — attainable/obtainable housing (to align with Affordable Housing Trust) — positive recommendation; board moved to forward as written. Vote: unanimous.
- Zoning bylaw amendment: Inclusionary housing (citizen petition revised to remove commercial and by‑right subdivisions; applies to multi‑unit/special permit divisions of five or more units; one unit required to be attainable at 240% AMI) — positive recommendation; procedural and threshold details were cleared with staff. Vote: unanimous.
Several items were removed from the agenda for advertising/technical reasons earlier in the meeting and did not require action.
What this means: the Planning Board’s positive recommendations will appear on the Town Meeting warrant for voter consideration. Many items are routine rezonings reflecting current use, parcel ownership corrections, or phase‑out of the RC2 district; a few (inclusionary housing, attainable housing definition) are substantive and were discussed at higher detail.