Westford Planning Board Recommends Two Zoning Bylaw Amendments
Board will continue debate about restaurant drive-thrus
On Monday evening the Westford Planning Board voted to recommend two of the three Zoning Bylaw amendment warrant articles it previously continued from the February 19 meeting. The first warrant article, Article 21-Sidewalk Funding, grants the Planning Board the authority to waive the required sidewalk construction associated with land development projects in lieu of the developer making a financial contribution to the town. Westford has historically done this for over 20 years on projects where constructing sidewalks wouldn’t make practical sense. The contributions are deposited into a fund for the purpose of building sidewalks in higher priority areas or fixing sidewalks in dire need of repair. When the Board does waive construction in …
jmcgruff
9:03 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
"building sidewalks in higher priority areas or fixing sidewalks in dire need of repair. " hmmm? Like the sidewalks built from the common to 495 that NOBODY uses!? Or the sidewalks throughout Forge, Nab & Graniteville that are crumbling & have never been repaired? Why would any neighborhood NOT want a sidewalk? Seems to me alot of people move to Westford for...wait..the schools..which means...… more ›