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Planning board backs ordinance to promote housing growth, expedite permits and allow tiny homes and expanded ADUs
Summary
The Gardner City Planning Board voted to recommend a package of zoning changes intended to ease housing production, including by‑right multifamily in select areas, tiny homes, expanded ADU allowances and an expedited 90‑day review process.
The Gardner City Planning Board voted to recommend ordinance 11704, a wide‑ranging zoning package intended to promote housing production through reduced parking requirements, by‑right multifamily in selected areas, a housing priority overlay for starter homes, expanded rules for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and an expedited permitting timeline.
Planning staff read a letter from Anita Muhammad, identified in the submission as a property manager with Simplified Management, supporting the changes: "I strongly support the proposed zoning ordinance…
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