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North Attleboro planners pitch Multiuse Overlay to encourage adaptive reuse
Summary
Planning board leaders told the bylaw subcommittee the MXO overlay would allow more flexible uses— from assisted living to light manufacturing—through a special-permit process and branded marketing; councilors sought assurances about legal defensibility, design waivers and mapping ahead of a Feb. 18 continuation.
Planning board leaders presented a proposed Multiuse Overlay (MXO) zoning bylaw to the North Attleboro Bylaw Subcommittee on Feb. 4, pitching the change as a tool to encourage adaptive reuse of underused commercial property and broaden the town’s economic base.
Jason Gittle, chairman of the Planning Board, said the draft bylaw grew from a year of work and three core elements: the bylaw text, design and dimensional standards, and mapped overlay boundaries. "We decided to climb an altitude and take a look at the town as a whole," Gittle said, arguing the overlay targets gateway corridors and sites of ‘cement sprawl’ where different uses could be appropriate.
Town Planner Gil Hilario told the…
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