AGENDA
LAND USE COMMITTEE MEETING
MARCH 5, 2003
COUNCIL CHAMBER
7:00 P.M.
Convened: 7:03 P.M.
Adjourned: 8:34 P.M.
Present: Councillor Stephen Patton, Chairman
Councillor Joseph Petty
Jill Dagilis, Commissioner, Code Enforcement
David Holden, Assistant Commissioner, Code Enforcement
Kathleen Donovan, Regulatory Services Staffperson
Joel Fontaine, Director of Planning
Michael Traynor, Deputy City Solicitor
Paul Moosey, DPW Staffperson
Jody Kennedy Valade, Regulatory Services Staffperson
Mary Babbidge, Assistant City Clerk
Speakers: Todd Rodman, 14 Saxon Rd.
Michael Troiano, 3 Hampton St.
Chairman’s Order – Request Administration evaluate the impact of closing the Registry of Deeds would have on the City of Worcester.
Chairman’s Order – Request Administration consider relocating functions related to issuance of parking lot licenses and approval of projecting signs from the License Commission to a department with more expertise.
Chairman’s Order – Request the Traffic Engineer look at parking requirements for movie rental establishments and whether they under general business requirements have adequate parking.
Chairman’s Order – Request Administration look at requirements for blasting within city limits and consider that there be notification to neighbors.
Chairman's Order - Request Administration submit to City Council a revised proposed zoning ordinance to include recommended changes on the next City Manager's calendar or next earliest possible date.
1. Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance.
#6A CM January 28, 2003
In Committee February
13, 2003 - Held
Recommend file
2. Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to DRAFT copy of the Proposed Zoning Ordinance.
#6A CM February 11, 2003
Recommend file
COMMUNICATIONS OF THE
CITY MANAGER
3. Relative to Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance.
#7D CM June 11, 2002
In Committee October 10, 2002 - Held
In Committee October 24, 2002 - Held
In Committee November 14, 2002 - Held
Recommend file
4. Relative
to Law Concerning Unrelated Persons Occupying Premises.
#16D CM June 25, 2002
Recommend file
5. Relative
to “Item for Sale” Lawn Signs in a Residential Area/Yard Sales in a Residential
Area.
#15A CM
July 16, 2002
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
Recommend file
6. Relative
to Seasonal Sidewalk Sales and Yard Sales.
#15B CM
September 3, 2002
Recommend file
7. Relative to Discussion Points from the Chairman of the Planning Board Regarding the Zoning Ordinance.
#8C CM October 15, 2002
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
Recommend hold
8. Relative
to Manufacturing Zones.
#7F CM
September 24, 2002
Recommend file
9. Relative
to Developers Compliance with Subdivision Requirements.
#23F CM
September 24, 2002
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
Recommend file
10. Relative
to Protocol for Maintaining Dumpsters Located on Private Property.
#21B CM
October 15, 2002
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
Recommend
file
11. Relative
to Copies of State Building Code – Pertaining to Group Residences and Group
Dwelling Units.
#6A CM October 29, 2002
Recommend file
12. Relative
to identifying social service and state non-profit agencies taken from the list
identifying all of the City of Worcester’s non-taxable properties.
#18A CM
February 26, 2002
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
Recommend file
13. Relative to Community Preservation Act.
#17A CM
February 27, 2001
In Committee November 28, 2001 – held
In Committee April 2, 2002 – held
Recommend file
14. Relative
to Community Preservation Act, Borrowing – Inside or Outside of Debt Limit.
#26A CM
April 3, 2001
In Committee November 28, 2001 – held
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
Recommend
file
15. Relative
to Minimum Allowable Percentage that may be adopted for the Community
Preservation Act.
#26B CM
June 12, 2001
In Committee November 28, 2001 – held
In Committee February 13, 2003 – Held
Recommend
file
16. Relative
to Real Estate Taxes under Various Surcharges of the Community Preservation Act
including Exemptions.
#4A CM June 19, 2001
In Committee November 28, 2001 – held
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
Recommend file
17. Relative
to the List of the Annual Revenue Lost from acquisition of taxable properties
by exempt organizations.
#4A CM
March 19, 2002
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
Recommend file
18. Relative
to a letter sent to Worcester’s college presidents and hospital CEOs regarding
that they keep any new property acquired on the City tax rolls.
#29C CM
March 19, 2002
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
Recommend file
19. Relative
to Exempt Properties 1991 to 2001, also New Construction on Exempt Properties.
#4A CM
April 23, 2002
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
Recommend file
20. Relative
to the Amount of Revenue Collected Through the Worcester District Registry of
Deeds. (Community Preservation Act)
#26C CM
April 23, 2002
Recommend file
21. Relative
to $5,008,260.00 in Surcharges Collected by the Worcester Registry of Deeds.
#26A CM
May 28, 2002
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
Recommend file
22. Relative
to Tax Exempt Comparison to other Cities.
#4E CM
June 11, 2002
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
Recommend file
23. Relative to Group Homes – Neighborhood
Notification.
#16C CM
April 23, 2002
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
Recommend file
24. Relative to the property located at 380
Lake Ave.
#18F CM
April 2, 2002
Recommend file
25. Request
adoption of the order transferring the jurisdiction of and authorizing the
disposition of the foreclosed property at 380 Lake Ave.
#33 CC
April 2, 2002
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
Recommend file
26. Relative
to Main South CDC Properties. (amount of real estate taxes paid)
#4C CM
June 11, 2002
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
Recommend file
27. Relative
to Taxable Properties Purchased by UMass Memorial.
#4H CM
June 11, 2002
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
Recommend file
28. Relative
to Indian Hill School Sale – Remaining Land.
#16C CM
June 11, 2002
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
Recommend file
29. Relative
to Definition of Group Homes.
#16A CM
November 12, 2002
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
Recommend
file
30. Relative
to Number of Unrelated Individuals Living in a Housing Unit.
#16C CM
November 12, 2002
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
Recommend
file
31. Relative
to an opinion whether a proposed zoning amendment which would prohibit Single
Family semi-detached Dwelling Units in RS-7 and RS-10 Districts is applicable
to the subdivision development known as Roda Estates.
#16D CM
January 14, 2003
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
Recommend hold
32. The
Report of the Committee on Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization Upon the
Communication of the City Manager relative to Article VII – Inclusionary Zoning
and Density Bonuses to Promote Affordable Housing.
#58 CC
February 5, 2002
In Committee February 13, 2003 - Held
Recommend file
33. The Report of the Planning Board Upon the Order of Councillor Stephen T. Patton requesting the Zoning Ordinance be amended so that Table 4.1, line 12 is changed so that semi-detached dwellings known as duplexes are no longer “allowed by Special Permit” in RS-10 and RS-7 zones and are instead designated as “not allowed”.
#106 CC
June 25, 2002
Recommend accept Planning Board recommendation
34. Chairman’s Resolution that the City Council and it’s Land Use Committee begin review of the Zoning Map.
#63 CC November 26, 2002
Recommend hold