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Subcommittee splits on auto-dealer language; opts to continue debate
Summary
A proposed amendment would change a ban on new and used auto dealerships to a Planning-Board–issued special permit; councilors debated economic-development trade-offs, potential visual impacts, and whether the measure should be amended and remanded to the Planning Board. The committee continued the item to Feb. 18 for staff to evaluate procedural steps.
The Bylaw Subcommittee reviewed Measure 2026-047 on Feb. 4, a proposed change to the zoning use schedule that would make new and used auto-dealer uses subject to special permit review by the Planning Board instead of outright prohibition.
Town Manager Borg proposed amending the earlier draft to replace prohibitions with a special-permit requirement, allowing planning professionals to evaluate site-specific proposals rather than a blanket ban. "It would not…
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