Tomorrow night (Thursday), 7pm is a public hearing at the Police Department, run by the Planning Board, about the proposed zoning changes to the Lunt and Wisdom Way properties.
Re Lunt, changing from General Industry (GI) to Limited Commercial (LC) enables the following new uses: single-family dwelling; two-family dwelling; crematory; municipal or commercial parking lot or garage; bus or railroad passenger terminal or taxi dispatch; car wash; funeral home; hotel, motel, inn; conference center; personal and consumer service establishment; retail establishment; restaurant, bar or lounge; take-out restaurant; drive-in or drive-through restaurant; sale or leasing of motor vehicles, boats, farm implements, campers or other vehicles or heavy equipment; new and used motor vehicles with Greenfield Class 1 MVL; theatre; garden center; private club or membership organization.
Following new allowed by special permit: multifamily dwelling; bed-and-breakfast; assisted living facility; indoor recreation; gas station; medical center/clinic; R&D facilities; mixed residential/business.
Following existing would be newly disallowed: power plant (special permit); radio/tv/cell towers; bulk storage/sale of fuel or fluid; office park; trucking firm; warehouse or freight transport terminal; assembly/bottling/packaging/finishing plant; contractor's yard; open storage of raw materials, finished goods, or equipment; light industry, manufacturing, or processing plant; salvage/junkyard (special permit); waste hauling establishment (special permit); processing of earth designated for removal by the town (special permit); incidental retail sales to a permitted use (special permit).
There will be a second public hearing at the Town Council's Economic Development Committee meeting, Tuesday, January 10 at 6:30 pm at the Police Department. I will be unable to attend this meeting, but I will be at tomorrow night's meeting, and I encourage interested residents to attend one or both meetings to offer your comments to town officials, or contact me with your questions and feedback.
