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The Planning Board voted 5-0 to recommend unfavorable action on multiple proposed changes to residential parking requirements in the Belmont Center and Center Gateway Overlay Districts. It also voted 5-0 to recommend favorable action on largely technical zoning cleanup edits.
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The Board supported keeping flexibility in the overlay districts’ residential parking rules rather than replacing them with broader bylaw standards or a fixed one-space-per-unit requirement. The Board also recommended edits that correct definitions and table headers, clarify language, and add a definition for “art gallery,” without other substantive changes. Overnight street parking was not considered because the Board said it was outside its authority.
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