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ZBA denies request to allow multifamily housing on industrially zoned North 40 site; board cites master-plan and industrial-land preservation
Summary
The Concord Zoning Board of Adjustment on Wednesday denied a use variance that would have allowed multifamily residential development on a 40-acre parcel currently zoned industrial, after members cited the master plan and a need to preserve limited industrial land.
The Concord Zoning Board of Adjustment on Wednesday denied a use variance that would have allowed multifamily residential development on a 40-acre parcel (the “North 40”) currently zoned industrial.
Applicant representatives — led by attorney John Cronin and developer Kevin Lacasse — asked the board for variances to approve a mixed multifamily project with a substantial affordable-housing component (the team proposed roughly half of units as affordable in early concepts). They argued the parcel’s wetlands, irregular topology and constrained buildable footprint make largescale industrial development infeasible and that housing — with a high percentage of affordable units delivered by Catch Neighborhood Housing — would produce…
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