CITY OF WORCESTER

Economic Development Committee Meeting

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Esther Howland (South) Chamber

Convened: 5:04 P.M.

Adjourned: 6:23 P.M.

Mayor
Joseph M. Petty

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Clerk of the City Council
Nikolin Vangjeli

Committee Members

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Order - That the City Council Standing Committee of Economic Development hereby approves the minutes of the Economic Development Committee meeting on October 20, 2022.

Report of the Planning Board Upon the Petition of Donald J. O'Neil, on behalf of Polar Views, LLC., request the Zoning Map be amended to include the parcel of land situated at 39 Lamartine St. within the Commercial Corridor Overlay - Canal District Parking Subarea (CCOD-C). # 12a CC October 12, 2022

Report of the Planning Board Upon the Petition of Brian Falk, on behalf of Clifford & Rano Realty Trust, Spectrum Health Systems, Inc. and Mark and Sandra Cutler request the Zoning Map be amended by extending the RG-5 zoning district to fully encompass the following properties: 57 Cedar St., 55 Cedar St., 29 Sever St., 27 Sever St., 25 Sever St., 91 Elm St., 93 Elm St., 95 Elm St., 97 Elm St., 101-103 Merrick St., and 105 Merrick St. # 17b CC September 20, 2022

Report of the Planning Board Upon the Petition of Richard Smalley request the Zoning Map be amended by changing the zoning designation of the property located at 267 Providence St. from RL-7 to BG-2. # 17d CC September 20, 2022

Report of the Planning Board Upon the Petition of Mark Borenstein, on behalf of Kensington Management LLC., request the Zoning Map be amended by changing the zoning designation of the property located at and known as 48 Mason St. from the current zoning designation of Business, General (BG-3.0) to Business, General (BG-3.0) and Commercial Corridors Overlay District - Elsewhere (CCOD-E) by establishing the CCOD-E as shown on the plan attached. # 17c CC September 20, 2022

Report of the Planning Board Upon the Petition of Stephen Madaus, on behalf of 318 Park LLC, request Article IX, Section 5 of the Worcester Zoning Ordinance be amended to allow for construction of new mixed-use and multi-family buildings in the Commercial Corridors Overlay District (CCOD) as described in the attached petition. # 17a CC September 20, 2022

Report of the Planning Board Upon the Amended Petition of Steven Rothschild, Trustee of More Bricks Realty Trust et al. request the Zoning Map be amended by extending the BG-6.0 (Business, General) zoning district and Commercial Corridors Overlay District (CCOD-D) to encompass the properties located at 24, 36 and 40 Jackson St., and 21 Lagrange St. Further, request the BG-3.0 (Business, General) zoning district and Commercial Corridors Overlay District (CCOD-E) be extended to wholly encompass the properties located at 767 Main St. Further, request the RG-5 (Residence, General) zoning district be extended to wholly encompass the properties located at 5, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22 & 24-26 Lagrange St. and 93 (aka 95) Beacon St. (Petition wording corrected following the October 20, 2022 Economic Development Committee meeting to properly reflect amendment made during its Planning Board hearing). # 17b Tuesday, July 19, 2022

In Committee October 20, 2022 - Held