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Committee postpones transformer‑setback amendment until July 20 for Eversource representation

Newton City Zoning & Planning Committee · June 22, 2026
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Summary

The committee voted to hold Mayoral docket item 6526 (amend Section 1.53 to allow transformers to project into setbacks) until July 20 after planning staff said the Eversource representative could not attend tonight; the item was placed on hold for the next meeting.

Chair Baker read docket item 6526 — a mayoral request to amend Section 1.53 (setbacks) to allow transformers to project into required setbacks — and planning acting director Katie Weell told the committee that the Eversource representative could not attend tonight but indicated availability for the July 20 meeting. The committee voted by voice to hold the item until that date.

The hold preserves committee review and allows the utility representative an opportunity to present technical and safety information. No ordinance or amendment was adopted; the item will return to the committee with the Eversource representative present.

Next steps: item 6526 will be on the July 20 agenda with the requested Eversource representative in attendance; no votes on substance were recorded tonight.