Use Regulations Update Split Paper 327
At a glance
Based on auto-generated captions; names, numbers and addresses may be misheard.
- What: paper 327-26, an update to the zoning use table making more uses allowed by right instead of by special permit.
- Where it stands: split in committee; 15 of 18 line items were enrolled on October 20 by voice vote. The other three (motel and hotel, restaurant and fast food, supermarket) became paper 327A-26 and remain in committee because the planning board suggested site plan review, for which regulations do not yet exist.
From the video (October 27, 2026)
Ordained, allowing uses such as medical centers, restaurants, body art, convenience stores, kennels, research and development, and towing by right in certain zones. See 2026-10-27 - City Council.
Sources
Log
- 2026-10-20 - City Council - Enrolled 15 of 18 amendments; 327A stays in committee.
- 2026-09-08 - City Council - Paper 374-26 received and referred to Rules and Ordinances; Planning Board advised against making restaurants by-right (from auto-captions).
2026-10-27 - City Council
Enrolled ordinance 327-26 (use table) on the agenda; 327A-26 remained tabled in 2026-10-27 - Rules and Ordinance Committee.
- 2026-11-10 - Rules and Ordinance Committee - 327A-26 (use regulations, 12.12.030) listed as tabled.