Joint Planning Board, Planning & Development Committee, and Committee of the Whole Meeting
Address
i. Amend the Zoning Map of the City of Newburyport as follows:
a. Add a so-called “Colby Farm Lane Residential Overlay District” (CFL-ROD) as depicted on a map entitled “Colby Farm Lane Residential Overlay District,” prepared by the Office of Planning & Development, dated August 7, 2018, said District to be located between Low Street (to the north/east), Hale Street (to the south), I-95 (to the west) and Route 113/Storey Ave (to the north);
b. Eliminate the existing “IB-ROD” Overlay District, which is referenced in Section XIV entitled “Open Space Residential Development (OSRD); and
c. Change the entire existing I-1B District located north of Colby Farm Road and west of Low Street to an R-2 District.
ii. Amend the Newburyport Zoning Ordinance Section XIV, entitled “Open Space Residential Development (OSRD) by altering certain requirements and standards for an OSRD Special Permit and/or development, including changes to the calculations used to develop so-called “yield plans.”
