Littleton Common Overlay District - Public Forum
The Planning Board and Board of Selectmen hosted a public forum on the Littleton Common Overlay District Study on Wednesday, June 17, 2009. The forum was led by Mark Racicot of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) to begin setting the stage for creating a potential overlay district for Littleton Common, the nearby properties to the west, including those owned by IBM and Cisco, as well as possibly areas to the east of the existing business district. Mr. Racicot used a PowerPoint Visual Preference Tool that MAPC has successfully used in Bedford, Millis and other communities in preparation for discussions of mixed use bylaws. See the PowerPoint presentation. See the Visual Preference Tool presentation results.
NEW - See Tables and Charts summarizing June 17, 2009 Forum Results
At the June 17, 2009 forum, participants were asked to provide input regarding the uses that they would like to allow under zoning in order to promote the goals of the Littleton Master Plan in the three potential overlay district areas.
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Draft Sub-areas:
A - existing Business village area
B - IBM west to Beaver Brook Road
C - From east of Village to Powers Road
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The results of the June 17, 2009 exercise are shown below. Numbers shown are votes of those in attendance.
| Land use Description |
A
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B
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C |
| Office Parks |
1
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45
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0
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| Retail / Commercial |
45
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38
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6
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| Entertainment |
35
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50
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5
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| Hotel |
3
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45
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4
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| Industrial/ Research and Development |
0
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40
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1
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| Professional offices/ services |
64
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52
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11
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| Residential Multi-family |
25
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13
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1
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| Restaurants |
66
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52
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20
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| Farmland Protection |
N/A |
69
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63
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| Mixed Use - Residential and Commercial |
60
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34
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11
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| Single family residential on conventional lots |
2
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18
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5
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| Single family residential on clustered lots with open space preservation |
N/A |
33
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28
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| Duplex or townhouse residential development with open space preservation |
N/A |
28
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14
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| Resort development with open space preservation |
N/A |
22
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14
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| Indoor and Outdoor recreational uses |
23
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53
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34
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| Historic Preservation |
62
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43
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49
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