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Board weighs 2-acre overlay to spur housing but opts to wait on state action
Summary
Members reviewed maps proposing a 2-acre split overlay along two state roads to encourage housing; discussion highlighted trade-offs (infrastructure, school costs, wetlands), and members agreed to monitor SB 84 before proposing warrant articles.
Planning Board members reviewed draft maps and discussed a potential two-acre overlay that would allow smaller lot divisions along Governor’s Road and Wentworth Road as a limited means to increase housing supply.
Speaker 7 presented colored maps that marked parcels possibly eligible for smaller splits and said the overlay would be limited to the two state roads;…
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