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The Planning Board voted 6-0 to remove a provision that would have limited mixed-use project waiver requests to developments providing more than 20% affordable housing. Projects with 10 or more units would still have to provide 20% affordable housing, while waiver requests of any size would continue to require individual special-permit review.
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The vote changes the proposed mixed-use zoning bylaw before Town Meeting consideration; it does not automatically grant height, parking, or open-space waivers. Smaller mixed-use projects may request those waivers without first meeting a 20% affordable-housing threshold, while larger projects remain subject to the separate affordability requirement. The Board also reviewed updates to subdivision regulations and a draft five- to 10-year historic preservation plan.
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