Planning Board Meeting: March 20

The Needham Planning Board will meet on Tuesday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Public Services Administration Building, 500 Dedham Ave.

On the agenda:

1. Correspondence

2. Public hearings:

7:30 p.m. Amendment to Major Project Site Plan Review No. 2010-02: Town of Needham, 470 Dedham Avenue, Needham, MA, and the Needham Historical Society, 1155 Central Avenue, Needham, Massachusetts, Petitioners, (Property located at 1155 Central Avenue, Needham, MA.)

7:50 p.m. Amendment to the Subdivisions Regulations and Procedural Rules of the Planning Board.

8:10 p.m. Annual Town Meeting articles

• Article 1: PB Amend Zoning By-Law – Definitions
• Article 2: PB Amend Zoning By-Law – Dimensional Regulations
• Article 3: PB Amend Zoning By-Law – Off-Street Parking Requirements
• Article 4: PB Amend Zoning By-Law – Definition of Structure

3. Minor Project Review for Outdoor Seating: Petit Needham, LLC d/b/a Petit Robert Bistro, 298 Harvard Road, Bolton, MA 01740, Petitioner (Property located at 45 Chapel Street, Needham, MA).

4. De Minimus Change: Major Projects No. 1996-05: Highland Montrose, LLC, 159 Cambridge Street, Allston, MA, Petitioner, (Property located at 922-958 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA.)

5. De Minimus Change: Major Project Site Plan Special Permit No. 91-3: North Hill Needham Inc., Petitioner (Property located at 865 Central Avenue, Needham, MA).

6. Review and Approval of Easement: Major Project Site Plan Review No. 2011-01: Wingate Senior Living, 63 Kendrick Street, Needham, Massachusetts, Petitioner, (Property located on the westerly side of Gould Street between the Wingate at Needham Nursing Home at 589 Highland Avenue and the MBTA Right of Way).

7. Conversation about De Minimus Change processes.

8. Discussion about Proposed Zoning By-Law Amendments:

• Flood Plain Amendment
• Mixed Use 128 Dimensional Changes

9. Discuss MBTA Service Cuts and Fare Increases.

10. Minutes.

11. Board of Appeals- March 29, 2012.

12. Report from Planning Director.