AGENDA
LAND USE COMMITTEE MEETING
NOVEMBER 14, 2002
COUNCIL CHAMBER
Convened: 7:07 p.m.
Adjourned: 9:04 p.m.
RE: Design Review, Conservation
Councillor Paul P. Clancy, Jr.
Councillor
Joseph M. Petty
Councillor
Barbara G. Haller
Also: Assistant City Manager Paul
LaCava
Chief Development Officer Philip J. Niddrie
Housing Director Scott Hayman
Code Director Jill Dagilis
Deputy City Solicitor Michael Traynor
Staffpeople Judy Stohlberg, Kathleen Donovan,
Paul Moosey, Joanne Kennedy Valade
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
In Committee October 10, 2002 - Held
In Committee October 24, 2002 – Held
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. Relative to Discussion Points from the Chairman of the Planning Board Regarding the Zoning Ordinance.
#8CM October 15, 2002
6. Relative
to Manufacturing Zones.
#7F CM
September 24, 2002
7. Relative
to Developers Compliance with Subdivision Requirements.
#23F CM
September 24, 2002
8. Relative
to Protocol for Maintaining Dumpsters Located on Private Property.
#21B CM
October 15, 2002
9. Relative
to Copies of State Building Code – Pertaining to Group Residences and Group
Dwelling Units.
#6A CM October 29, 2002
10. The
Committee on Housing and Neighborhood 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
11. 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
Speakers:
1.
Aldo, Riggieri, 15
Winneconnet Road, Worcester
2.
Lawrence Freed, 214
Weatherstone Drive, Worcester
Chairman’s Orders:
1.
Request the
Administration provide the City Council with a report detailing which Special
Permits for uses listed in the permitted use table have been most frequently
brought before the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals, and further,
request the Administration for a recommendation as to which types of Special
Permits might be eliminated.
2.
Request the
Administration consider re-writing the letter that is issued by them as a
result of decisions of the Zoning Board of Appeals so that the public is more
clearly informed of the appeals procedure.
3.
Request the
Administration consider changing the notification procedure in the instances of
continuations of hearings before the various Boards and Commissions so that
abutters of interest are re-notified at the expense of the petitioner each time
a continuation is granted, and further, that petitioned properties be
physically posted with notice of hearings.
4.
Request the
Administration consider addressing the problematic pre-existing, non-conforming
uses and changes that may restrict, in certain instances and neighborhoods, the
continuation of these uses exclusive of the 2-year period wherein a like use
might be continued based on the previously existing non-conforming use.
5.
Request the
Administration consider adding retail sales as an allowed use in all zones
where the Arts Overlay District occurs and that said allowance be added to the
proposed zoning text in Section 4, paragraph A.
6.
Request the
Administration report to the City Council the ramifications of changing housing
zone designations so that RG-5 zones are eliminated and all other zones in the
existing map and ordinances are incremented upwards using current square foot
minimums, and that the proposed zoning text be adjusted accordingly.
7.
Request the
Administration to provide the City Council with it’s recommendations concerning
the Cluster Zoning component of the current ordinance and it’s inclusion in the
proposed zoning text.
8.
Request the City
Clerk provide the City Council with copies of all rules and regulations on file
as approved by and for City Boards and Commissions.
Chairman’s Resolution that the City Council and it’s Land Use Committee
begin review of the Zoning Map.