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2026-08-05 - Planning Board

Summary

This page summarizes the posted agenda, not what happened at the meeting; no minutes or transcript were available. The Planning Board's 5:30 PM agenda opened with a public meeting on the Definitive Site Plan and a private street improvement for 24-28 Chequesset Road and 29 Dominion Road, then a site plan and an Inclusionary Zoning parking special permit hearing for 25-27 Perkins Street. It listed Definitive Site Plan reviews for six other addresses (including 454-456 Granite Street and 114 Lincoln Street), a Frontage subdivision hearing for 3 Mann Street, and a preliminary site plan for the C Street area. Two zoning hearings followed: a Zoning Map Amendment for 25 West Chester Street (ZA-2026-002) and a Zoning Ordinance Amendment on minimum parking requirements (ZA-2026-011). Other business included seven ANR plans, a request to set the form of surety for the C Street subdivision, the draft Priority Habitat Map of Rare Species out for public comment, and approval of minutes from June and July.

Source: posted agenda (PrimeGov); no minutes or transcript yet.

Issues discussed: 24-28 Chequesset Road, 25-27 Perkins Street, 454-456 Granite Street, 114 Lincoln Street, 25 West Chester Street (Catholic Charities), Minimum Parking Requirements Zoning Amendment

Agenda

Planning Board members: Albert LaValley (Chair), Conor McCormack (Vice Chair), Brandon King, Anthony Dell'Aera, Stephen Toomey, Carlos Rosende (Alternate). Meeting at 5:30 PM, Levi Lincoln Chamber (Room 309), Worcester City Hall, with Zoom and phone participation. Application materials at worcesterma.gov/planning-regulatory/boards/planning-board.

Call to Order - 5:30 PM. Requests for Continuances, Postponements, & Withdrawals.

New Business

  1. 24-28 Chequesset Road & 0, 29 Dominion Road (PB-2026-007): Public Meeting - Definitive Site Plan; Public Meeting - MGL 81-G and/or GRO Ch. 12, Sec. 12, Private Street Improvement
  2. 25-27 Perkins Street (PB-2026-026): Public Meeting - Definitive Site Plan; Public Hearing - Special Permit (IZ) for relief from minimum off-street parking and/or loading requirements, parking dimensional requirements, and landscaping requirements (Article VII, Section 6.A.ii)
  3. 42 First Street & 35 Second Street (PB-2026-042): Public Meeting - Definitive Site Plan
  4. 454-456 Granite Street (PB-2026-047): Public Meeting - Definitive Site Plan
  5. 114 Lincoln Street (PB-2026-049): Public Meeting - Definitive Site Plan
  6. 27-35 Chandler Street & 47-53 Irving Street (PB-2026-052): Public Meeting - Definitive Site Plan
  7. 287 Providence Street (PB-2026-061): Public Meeting - Definitive Site Plan - Extension of Time
  8. 9 Dalton Street (PB-2026-63): Public Meeting - Definitive Site Plan
  9. 3 Mann Street (PB-2026-064): Public Hearing - Definitive "Frontage" Subdivision Plan
  10. 12 New Bond Street, 0 Ararat Street, 0 & 14 Indian Hill Road (aka Lot 2 C Street) (PB-2026-66): Public Meeting - Preliminary Site Plan
  11. 25 West Chester Street (ZA-2026-002): Public Hearing - Zoning Map Amendment
  12. Minimum Parking Requirements (ZA-2026-011): Public Hearing - Zoning Ordinance Amendment

Other Business (Public Meeting)

  1. Subdivisions: C Street - Definitive Subdivision Plan (PB-2025-062), request to set form of Surety
  2. Approval Not Required (ANR) Plans: AN-2026-034 - 240 Moreland Street (Public); AN-2026-036 - 52 Butler Street (Public & Private); AN-2026-039 - 42 First Street & 35 Second Street (Public & Private); AN-2026-040 - 4 Chequesset Road & Pocono Road (Private); AN-2026-041 - 59 Pocasset Avenue (Public); AN-2026-042 - 13 Southgate Place (Private); AN-2026-043 - 22 Shaffner Street (Public)
  3. Communications: Draft Priority Habitat Map of Rare Species - available for public comment
  4. Board Policy and Procedures
  5. Approval of Minutes - 6/3/2026; 6/24/2026; 7/15/2026

Adjournment

Transcript

Transcript pending: YouTube captions can't be retrieved yet (see the Worcester playbook).