AGENDA
LAND USE COMMITTEE MEETING
OCTOBER 10, 2002
COUNCIL CHAMBER
Convened: 7:04 p.m.
Adjourned: 8:53 p.m.
RE: Site Plan Approvals, Signs
Present were: Chairperson Councillor Stephen T. Patton
Councillor
Joseph M. Petty
Also: Assistant
City Manager Paul LaCava
Chief
Development Officer Phillip Niddrie
Commissioner
of Code Enforcement Jill Dagilis
Staffpeople
Judy Stohlberg, Joanne Kennedy Valade,
Deputy
City Solicitor Michael Traynor
Assistant
City Solicitor Jeff Head
Code
Director David Holden
Chairperson
Worcester Planning Board, Joe Boynton
City
Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk
1. Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance.
#7D CM June 11, 2002
Recommend Hold
2. Relative
to Law Concerning Unrelated Persons Occupying Premises.
#16D CM June 25, 2002
3. Relative
to “Item for Sale” Lawn Signs in a Residential Area/Yard Sales in a Residential
Area.
#15A CM
July 16, 2002
4.
Relative to Seasonal
Sidewalk Sales and Yard Sales.
#15B CM
September 3, 2002
5. The
Committee on Housing and Revitalization Upon the Communication of the City
Manager relative to Article VII – Inclusionary Zoning and Density Bonuses to
Promote Affordable Housing.
#58 CC
February 5, 2002
6. The
Planning Board Upon the Order of Councillor Stephen T. Patton requesting the
Zoning Ordinance be amended so that Table 4.1, line 12 is changed so that
semi-detached dwellings known as duplexes are no longer “allowed by Special
Permit” in RS-10 and RS-7 zones and are instead designated as “not allowed”.
#106 CC
June 25, 2002
Chairman’s Order request the Administration provide the City Council with
an explanation of the reference to a Neighborhood Preservation District as it
appears in the zoning ordinance.
Chairman’s Order request the Administration provide the City Council
with a clarification between the definitions parking structure and garage
private as they appear in the zoning ordinance.
Chairman’s Order request the Administration provide the City Council
with an explanation of the term cooperative residence in comparison to a
fraternity/sorority and rooming house.
Chairman’s Order request the Administration provide the City Council
with a summary concerning the changes of jurisdiction from the Zoning Board of
Appeals to the Planning Board.
Chairman’s Order request the Administration provide the City Council
with a report clarifying information contained in the Sign table.
Chairman’s Order request the Administration comment on the Planning
Board’s communication concerning the following points:
a.
In residential
zones, that a side yard setback of nine feet be established,
b.
That in BG-6.0 zones,
all first floor uses be required to be retail,
c.
That in BG-6.0
zones, a cap be placed on the minimum frontage for residential uses,
d.
That all business
zones should have a minimum lot size of 5,000 square feet,
e.
That a
recommendation be made concerning prohibiting required parking in the front
yards of residential zones in a certain front yard setback, and
f.
That consideration
be given to the creation of a BG-20 zone.