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Residents press council to revert MU-2 zoning; developers warn change would chill investment
Summary
Dozens of residents urged the Leominster City Council to reverse recent MU-2 zoning changes that remove special-permit review and abutter notice, citing lost protections and flood/stormwater risks. Developers and their counsel said reverting the code would undermine projects already permitted and chill future investment; the council kept the public hearing open and scheduled further discussion for Dec. 8.
Leominster — At a lengthy public hearing on Nov. 24, residents near Orchard Hill Park Drive urged the Leominster City Council to revert amendments to the city's MU-2 zoning district, saying recent changes remove planning-board tools such as buffer requirements, abutter notice and special-permit review that protect neighboring properties.
"No one here wants to stop housing," said Haley Brady, of 200 Harvard Street, at the council podium. "We just want the basic allowances that every other homeowner in this city is afforded." Brady asked the council to restore buffer and special-permit protections so neighbors could avoid stormwater discharge and other impacts on…
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