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Mark Your Calendar: March 29, 2022
The Charter Review Committee will be holding a pubic hearing on their Town Warrant Article to change the Millbury Planning Board from an elected board to an appointed board (appointed by the Town Manager) at the Board of Selectmen's Meeting on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at 6:00 PM at the Millbury Town Hall at 127 Elm Street in Millbury, Massachusetts.
Mark Your Calendar: March 28, 2022
Please mark your calendar for Monday, March 28, 2022, at 7:15 PM, the Millbury Planning Board will be holding a public hearing on one of the citizen's petitions for the "Rezoning To Suburban II A Portion Of Residential I North Of Rice Road". All neighborhood residents should attend in person.
Millbury's Subsidized Housing Inventory
The Subsidized Housing Inventory (SHI) is used to measure a community's stock of low- or moderate-income housing for the purposes of M.G.L. Chapter 40B, the Comprehensive Permit Law. While housing developed under Chapter 40B is eligible for inclusion on the inventory, many other types of housing also qualify to count toward a community's affordable housing stock.
No Appeal Of Project Denial
The deadline to file an appeal of the denial of the multifamily special permit and site plan review for the proposed Rice Pond Village project, which was proposed to have 46-residential units on the 15.4822± acres of land, passed on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. The Millbury Planning Board's denial decision was a sound and defensible one based upon the facts presented, most importantly public safety.
Multi-Family Moratorium Petition Submitted
The general purpose is to simply press pause while the Town of Millbury upgrades all of its regulatory requirements to properly address responsible and harmonious development of multi-family dwellings, such as the Millbury Zoning Bylaws and Subdivision Rules and Regulations with a focus on three-family, apartments, and condominiums to have more detailed special permit and site plan criteria and required findings. Town Counsel noted that our regulations are lacking in clarity.
Don't Prioritize Affordable Housing Over Public Safety
On February 14, 2022, Valentine's Day, the developers, Steven F. Venincasa and James M. Venincasa, doing business this time around as Whitney Street Home Builders, LLC, were not feeling the love from the Millbury Planning Board when with a simple majority vote (as required) denied the special permit application and site plan review for a multifamily use for a proposed 46-unit condominium project.