8/5/2026 Planning Board Agenda

Date: 
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 - 7:00pm
Agenda ItemSummary
ODNC00224_06_22_2026 Prohibit Data Centers

Amend the Newburyport Zoning Ordinance by adding to the list of prohibited use types so-called “Data Centers.”

Continued from 7/15/2026

ODNC00226_7_13_2026 Establish R2A District

Amend the Newburyport Zoning Ordinance to subdivide the existing R-2 Residential District utilizing the same boundaries as the existing Demolition Control Overlay District (DCOD), so as to establish a new “R2A” District encompassing those portions of R-2 located outside said DCOD, and/or to establish additional R2 district subdivisions and neighborhood boundaries (e.g. “R2B”) for purposes of also varying the baseline dimensional requirements within each such area/neighborhood of the present R2 District, and to reduce the height allowance for single- and two-family structures within said R2A District from 35’ to 25’.

Dynamic map

9 Center Street

DOD Special Permit (PBSP-26-2)

Continued from 5/20/2026, 6/3/2026, and 7/1/2026.

Approval of Minutes