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Needham advisers preview zoning items for Town Meeting: ADU updates, Hillcrest petition, parking forums
Summary
The council discussed multiple zoning matters bound for Town Meeting — updates to ADU rules to comply with state requirements, a citizen petition for 888 Great Plain/Hillcrest proposing mixed-use development with about 24 housing units, and parking forums and a credit-card meter pilot tied to a townwide parking study.
Council members reviewed several items slated for Special Town Meeting and the spring warrant, focusing on zoning changes and programs likely to affect downtown businesses and housing.
Adam (planning staff) said the large-house review will go to Special Town Meeting and described a citizen’s petition for 888 Great Plain (the Hillcrest Bridge site) that would create a center-overlay mixed-use framework allowing three stories above retail and roughly two dozen residential units above. "It would allow the development of that single family home into…
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