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Needham working group votes to recommend new lot-coverage formulas to Planning Board
Summary
A Town of Needham zoning working group voted to recommend a revised lot-coverage schedule to the Planning Board after reviewing a spreadsheet of proposed percentages by lot size. The group also confirmed it will present three FAR options and deferred a final decision on how attic space counts toward FAR.
A Town of Needham zoning working group voted to recommend a set of lot-coverage formulas to the Planning Board on a motion approved during its meeting.
Lee, who is drafting the proposed zoning articles, had shared a spreadsheet of proposed coverage percentages that reduce maximum building footprints across lot-size bands. Members discussed practical effects on common 10,000-square-foot lots, the treatment of garage area, and whether to add a minimum building-footprint floor…
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