Town of Arlington, MA
Redevelopment Board

Agenda & Meeting Notice
March 18, 2024
 
 

Per Board Rules and Regulations, public comments will be accepted during the public comment periods designated on the agenda. Written comments may be provided by email to cricker@town.arlington.ma.us by Monday, March 18, 2024, at 3:00 pm. The Board requests that correspondence that includes visual information should be provided by Friday, March 15, 2024, at 12:00 pm.

The Arlington Redevelopment Board will meet Monday, March 18, 2024 at 7:30 PM in the

Arlington Community Center, Main Hall, 27 Maple Street, Arlington, MA 02476

1.Review Meeting Minutes
7:30 pm The Board will review and vote to approve meeting minutes from March 4, 2024.

2.Public Hearing: Warrant Articles for 2024 Annual Town Meeting
7:35 pm

The Board will hear deliberate and vote on the following proposed zoning amendments to the Zoning Bylaws.

 

ARTICLE 25
ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / BUILDING DEFINITIONS 
To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 2: Definitions, in the Zoning Bylaw to amend the definitions of Building, Attached, and Building, Detached, to clear up an ambiguity between those two definitions; or take any action related thereto.


ARTICLE 26

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / ADMINISTRATIVE CLARIFICATION
To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 5.4.2.A. R District Yard and Open Space Requirements in the Zoning Bylaw to reference an exception found elsewhere in the Zoning Bylaw; or take any action related thereto.


ARTICLE 27 

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION 
To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 5.9.2. Accessory Dwelling Units for clarity to change how subsections are numbered and to remove a subsection that is outdated; or take any action related thereto.


ARTICLE 28 

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / DELETE INLAND WETLAND OVERLAY DISTRICT 
To see if the Town will vote to delete Section 5.8, Inland Wetland Overlay District, from the Zoning Bylaw and adjust the numbering of subsequent sections; or take any action related thereto.


ARTICLE 29 

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / REDUCED HEIGHT BUFFER 
To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 5.3.19. Reduced Height Buffer Area in the Zoning Bylaw to alter the height buffer requirements; or take any action related thereto.


ARTICLE 30 

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / SHADED PARKING LOTS 
To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 6.1.11.D of the Zoning Bylaw to require that trees or other shade be provided in parking lots with more than 25 spaces; or take any action related thereto.


ARTICLE 31 

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / ADD 5-7 WINTER TO THE MBTA NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT 
To see if the Town will vote to add the Address of 5-7 Winter St., to the Neighborhood Multi-Family (NMF) Subdistrict Parcel List. So that the Map/Table listing of all the properties in the Neighborhood Multi-Family (NMF) Subdistrict includes the following property, the additional line will read as follows: Address: 5-7 Winter St.; Owner: AML Realty Trust; Existing Use Codes: 104; Existing Use Description: Two Family Residential; Parcel Acres: 0.420; Parcel Square Footage: 18,306; or take any action related thereto.


ARTICLE 32 

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / TRAFFIC VISIBILITY 
To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 5.3.12(A) of the Town’s Zoning Bylaws to permit buildings, structures or vegetation across street corners if it can be shown that they will not restrict visibility in such a way as to hinder the safe transit of a vehicle through the subject intersection; or take any action related thereto.


ARTICLE 33 

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / REAR YARD SETBACKS IN BUSINESS DISTRICTS 
To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw Section 5.5.2, Dimensional and Density Regulations, to adjust the rear yard setback requirement for uses of four or more stories in the Business Districts; or take any action related thereto.


ARTICLE 34 

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / RESIDENTIAL USES 
To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 5.4 of the Town’s Zoning Bylaws by changing the definitions, regulations, and requirements of R0 Large Lot Single-Family Districts, R1 Single-Family Districts and R2 Two-Family Districts to permit the expansion of allowable residential uses in these districts, with the goal of diversifying the Town’s housing stock; or take any action related thereto.


3.Adjourn
10:00 pm (Estimated)

4.Correspondence

Inspectional Services Dept - 3/8/24

E. Benson - 3/13/24

C. Chalapatas - 3/18/24

A. Chan Waiy - 3/15/24

J. Cullinane - 3/17/24

A. Ehlert - 3/18/24

P. Fisher - 3/18/24

E. Grigoris - 3/18/24

L. Grigoris - 3/18/24

C. Heigham - 3/11/24

C. Loreti - 3/05/04

M. Marx - 3/15/24

G. Oba - 3/11/24

R. Peterson - 3/8/24

J. Pierce - 3/4/24

J. Pierce - 3/7/24

M. Radochia - 3/17/24

L. Veevy - 3/7/24