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Planning subcommittee pauses 02/21 amendment, schedules workshops and aims to reconvene July 15
Summary
The Newburyport planning and development subcommittee agreed April 28 to pause work on zoning amendment 02/21, hold a five-part workshop series with experts and community members, and keep the joint public hearing open with a target return date of July 15; the committee also recommended receiving and filing ordinance 02/18.
Ben Harmon, chair of the planning and development subcommittee of the Newburyport City Council, opened the committee’s April 28 meeting by saying the group would pause immediate action on zoning amendment 02/21 and run a set of public workshops to refine the proposal before returning to a joint public hearing on July 15.
“Themes that we'd like to work through in the workshops include level setting on the housing and economic needs of Newburyport, and also understanding the profitability concerns of home builders,” Harmon said, laying out a five-workshop…
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