Planning Board Meeting

Event Date: 
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 - 6:30pm
6:30PMCall to Order & Approval of the Minutes of January 26, 2021
6:31PM

ANR - Charles B. & Nancy A. McDevitt - Shepard Road and Hillside Drive  (lot consolidation)

6:35PM

Public Hearing - Special Permit & Site Plan - 420 Main Street - Porchlight Investments III, LLC

  • Applicant requests approval to allow for the conversion of <1 acre of CT zoned lightly wooded property adjacent to the existing 420 Main Street parking lot to an overflow parking lot to support additional business planned for the Table 3 Restaurant Group and existing tenant & shared agreements.
6:50PMPublic Hearing - To consider the proposal to amend Chapter Twenty Seven - Village Gateway District, Section 27.04 B. by inserting 7) Fast Food Establishment. Also, the proposal to amend the definition of Fast Casual (found in Chapter Two) by deleting the language "that is at least 4,000 square feet in area".
7:05PMPublic Hearing - To consider the proposal to amend the Accessory Dwelling Unit Bylaw - Chapter Eighteen. The amendments eliminate the renewal process, eliminate the maximum square footage requirement and instead require that the unit be subordinate to the principal dwelling, and also contain provisions for an accessory dwelling unit located within the accessory structure.
7:15PMRight of First Refusal - Amber N. Herting as the Trustee for Hillman Family Irrevocable Trust - 49 Bushnell Road
 

Town Planner Update

  • Next Meeting Dates
  • Proposed Zoning Amendments - Flood Plain Overly District
 Old/New Business
 Adjournment
 

*Pursuant to Governor Baker’s March 12, 2020 Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A Section 18, and the Governor’s March 15, 2020 Order imposing strict limitations on the number of people that may gather in one place, this meeting of the Sturbridge Planning Board will be conducted via remote participation to the greatest extent possible. Specific information and the general guidelines for remote participation can be found on the Town’s website at: https://www.sturbridge.gov/town-administrator/pages/how-access-virtual-meeting For this meeting, members of the public who wish to listen and or watch the meeting either online via the Town’s on demand video broadcast, on cable television on Channel 191, or dial into the meeting at 774-304-1455, enter 1428# for the meeting number and 12345 for the access code. (This phone number is only active for the public during public meetings). No in-person attendance of members of the public will be permitted, but every effort will be made to ensure that the public can adequately access the proceedings in real time, via technological means. In the event that we are unable to do so, despite best efforts, we will post audio and/or video recordings, transcript, or other comprehensive record of the proceedings, on the Town’s website, as soon as possible after the meeting.

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