Planning Board Seeks Ban On Downtown Parking Lots, Warehouses

FOXBOROUGH, MA — Parking lots, storage garages, and more could be banned from some parts of Foxborough.

The planning board has placed an article on the Special Town Meeting warrant that would ban some uses in the general business district, which is located on Railroad Avenue and the majority of the area around the center of town.

If approved, Article 7 would not allow the following uses in the area:

• Parking lots constructed to the standards found in section 6.1 of the zoning bylaws
• Commercial storage garages and motor vehicle repair shops
• Self storage mini-warehouse, rail storage or switching yards
• Truck terminal/general commodity/public warehouse
• Automobile storage or automobile auction facilities
• Outdoor storage or overnight parking of buses, trucks or other vehicles whose weight exceeds 10,000 pounds

In total, the planning board has four articles on the warrant. The planning board will also ask residents to vote to amend the Stormwater Management Bylaw passed at the May Town Meeting and two marijuana bylaws.

Below are the planning board's articles for the Dec. 4 Town Meeting:

2017 Planning Board STM Articles by DanLibon on Scribd

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