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Planning Board rejects floor amendment to add affordability requirement for A2 independent-living projects
Summary
On May 4 the Town of Needham Planning Board considered a floor amendment to require inclusionary affordable units in A2 independent-living developments and, after debate between a resident proponent and North Hill representatives, the board moved the motion and members opposed it; the motion did not carry and the board instead signaled it will pursue a townwide approach to inclusionary zoning.
The Town of Needham Planning Board debated and rejected a floor amendment on May 4 that would have required independent-living units built under Article 19 (A2 district) to meet the same inclusionary-affordability rules applied to other multifamily districts.
Ken Buckley, a Needham resident who identified himself as living at 22 Warren Street, urged the board to adopt the amendment. He said the change would ‘‘ensure that independent living units created under Article 19 are treated consistently with every other multifamily district’’ and cited the town’s recent loss of 28 affordable senior units at Steven Palmer as a reason to…
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