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ZBA withdraws 9 Center Street application, continues two matters and approves minutes and rules
Summary
At the same meeting the ZBA accepted a withdrawal of the 9 Center Street application, continued two other applications (Parker Street to July 28 and 24 Woodland Street to July 14), approved minutes from June 9, 2026, and voted on proposed rules. A recusal was recorded for one member on the Woodland Street item.
The Newburyport Zoning Board of Appeals handled several procedural matters before and after the hearing on 135 Low Street. The board accepted the applicant’s request to withdraw the 9 Center Street application without prejudice. The board also granted continuances for two other matters: the Parker Street application was continued to July 28 at the applicant’s request, and the application for 24 Woodland Street was continued to July 14; a board member recused from the 24 Woodland Street matter but the board advanced the continuance with the necessary votes.
Following the public hearings the board approved the minutes from its June 9, 2026 meeting and took up proposed rule changes; members discussed whether to vote that evening and proceeded with motions and votes recorded in the meeting minutes.
Votes on procedural items were handled by roll call. The continuances advanced with affirmative votes (three in the affirmative in the continuance with a recusal where noted). The meeting adjourned after the business and board members who had been in private discussion were invited to continue off the record if needed.
The board’s formal actions on these items were procedural and do not change zoning rules beyond the recorded minutes and the pending review of proposed rules.
