Town Meeting continued.
We moved into "Enlarging Building Mass and Reducing Resident Parking Spots." Fun stuff. Sorry if you are going to be a multifamily apartment dweller in Arlington's future. Town Meeting decided to make your experience worse...
| Article 39 |
ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT/INCREASED FLOOR AREA RATIO FOR MIXED USE STRUCTURES
To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw in Section 5.5.2 to increase the Maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) allowed for mixed use structures in the Business districts, or take any action related thereto.
Article 39, which ARFRR previously wrote about as "Fiddling With FAR" proposed roughly doubling the building density of mixed use buildings, like the two new buildings by Stop and Shop. I spoke about how the Article was poorly researched and there could be unintended consequences. It passed (majority vote - not 2/3rds, due to the new Governor's "Housing Choice" reduction in density votes.)
ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT/APARTMENT PARKING MINIMUMS
To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw to reduce or remove minimum vehicular parking requirements for Apartment Building uses; or take any action related thereto.
Article 41 would punitively reduce the required parking spaces, particularly hitting renters and condo owners (who likely don't live here yet) hard by reducing parking in 2 and 3 bedrooms substantially from 1.5 and 2 parking spots to 1 space. Also, the redevelopment board already has the ability to reduce parking requirements by 75% when apartment buildings are reviewed by them.
It passed (majority vote - not 2/3rds, due to the new Governor's "Housing Choice" reduction in density votes.)
Article 49 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
We learned that the library will be open on Good Friday and Saturdays... yay!
