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71-2 <br />Joint Meeting – January 5, 2017 <br />The Zoning Bylaw Articles are: <br />Special Permit Residential Developments: changes are proposed to streamline/improve <br />the process; <br />Definitions Changes: some housekeeping needed to strengthen what Town Meeting <br />approved; <br />Two-Family Homes: proposals are now being reviewed by Town Counsel; <br />Economic Development Changes: changes to the CRO zone. <br />No zoning bylaw technical changes are planned. <br />The General Bylaw Articles are: <br />Scenic Road Designation <br />Creation of Turning Mill NCD <br />Blasting Prohibition <br />NCDs—Technical Changes: a $500 fine will be lowered to $300 due to a ruling from the <br />State’s Attorney General; wording changes will clarify NCD Commission oversight <br />jurisdiction <br />Special Permit Residential Developments <br />Mr. Henry said the prices for units in developments using the Balanced Variant is higher than the <br />Planning Board would like. To address this, Planning proposes to create a fourth, smaller size <br />category. Today, the smallest unit is 2,700 sq. ft.; in the new bylaw, the smallest size would be <br />2,100 sq. ft. The percentage of each size category would also be changed to 25% of the total <br />units at 3,500 sq. ft., 25% at 2,700 sq. ft., 25 % at 2,100 sq. ft. and 25% unregulated. <br />Mr. Henry said Planning hopes this substantive change will address community concerns about <br />affordability and SHI inventory. In this case, Mr. Henry said the public benefit variant would be <br />eliminated that exists in the current bylaw; it would be folded into the requirement of the newly <br />named “Flexible Development” bylaw. <br />Some of the wording of the details of the bylaw is now being refined. This amendment is closely <br />related to one of the citizens’ petitions articles that seeks to modify Balanced Housing <br />Developments so a meeting with the petitioner is being arranged to discuss how the two articles <br />overlap. <br />Mr. Pato said this amendment appears to be heading in the right direction and he is happy to see <br />it on the docket for Annual Town Meeting. <br />Mr. Kelley said he understands the objective of addressing concerns with Balanced Housing <br />Development (BHD) but the primary issue with BHDs seems to be density. He asked about the <br />changes to the total square footage allowance in Flexible Residential Development (FRD) as <br />opposed to Balanced Housing Development. Mr. Henry said that FRDs would allow 80% of the <br /> <br />