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Yarmouth Planning Board weighs narrow wording change to Article 13 to allow alternate data sources for median sale price
Summary
The Planning Board reviewed a proposed amendment to zoning bylaw §4-12 that would keep the Warren Group as a data source for median sale price but permit ‘other available comparable data’ when calculating the fee paid in lieu of creating affordable housing units. A motion to approve revised language was made on the record and later withdrawn; the final disposition was not recorded.
The Yarmouth Planning Board on Nov. 13 reviewed a proposed change to Article 13 — an amendment to zoning bylaw §4-12 governing affordable housing fees — that would change how the town determines the median sale price used to calculate fees paid in lieu of producing affordable housing units.
Chair Joanne Crowley opened the discussion by noting the board would review and vote on the proposed change and pointed members to a revised motion and explanatory materials in the meeting packet. A staff member identified…
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