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Select Board reconsiders and unanimously backs zoning article to allow large‑format retail on single Cosland Drive parcel
Summary
The Select Board unanimously voted Oct. 21 to support a zoning article that would permit a major‑highway retail use on a single Cosland Drive parcel owned by Atlantic Management, paving the way for site‑specific permitting processes if the warrant passes at town meeting.
The Town of Southborough Select Board voted unanimously on Oct. 21 to support Article 1 at the upcoming special town meeting. Article 1 is a zoning amendment that would add a specific, major‑highway retail use to the town’s zoning code for a single parcel in the industrial park (identified in the proposed bylaw and generally described as the Cosland Drive/former Dell EMC parcel), enabling a large‑format retail development to proceed through the usual permitting processes.
At the presentation, Al (Select Board member) and others stressed that the article adds a permitted use for a specific parcel rather…
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