5 Things You Need To Know Today

Medical-Marijuana Dispensaries, Accessory Apartments on Redevelopment Board’s Agenda

The board is holding a public hearing at 7 p.m. tonight in Town Hall.

Today is Monday, March 11. Here are five things you need to know: 1.) From the town: Arlington Redevelopment Board Hearing on Proposed Zoning Bylaw Amendments Tonight: The Arlington Redevelopment Board (ARB) will hold a public hearing, as required by state law, on the proposed amendments to Arlington’s Zoning Bylaws, Monday, March 11, at 7 p.m. in the second-floor conference room of the Town Hall Annex. The proposed zoning amendments relate to Accessory Apartments and medical marijuana dispensaries and will be presented at Town Meeting this spring. Article 6 (inserted at the request of 10 registered voters) looks to allow Accessory Apartments associated with single-family residences owned by seniors. Article 7 and 8 (inserted by the Town …

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5 Things You Need To Know Today

Board of Selectmen, Redevelopment Board Meetings Tonight

The Board of Selectmen will meet at 7:15 p.m., the Redevelopment Board at 7 p.m.

Today is Monday, Dec. 3. Here are five things you need to know: 1.) The Board of Selectmen is meeting at 7:15 p.m. tonight in the Selectmen’s Chambers on the second floor of Town Hall. See agenda. 2.) The Redevelopment Board is meeting at 7 p.m. tonight in the Town Hall Annex’ second-floor conference room. The board’s agenda includes updates on Symmes and Alta Brigham Square. 3.) From the town: 2013 Annual Town Meeting Warrant Opens Tuesday, Dec. 4: The Board of Selectmen served notice that the opening of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting for 2013 begins Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 8 a.m. and closed on Friday, Jan. 25, at noon. During this time, warrant articles can be submitted to the Board of Selectmen’s Office. The Warrant Article …

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Town Meeting Defeats 'Accessory Apartments' Article

A recap of Town Meeting's third session on Monday.

After a slow start last week, Town Meeting got rolling Monday, as members addressed 17 articles, including one on “accessory apartments” and three on the meeting itself. Members have now taken up 25 of the meeting’s 72 articles through three sessions, leaving 47 to go when they reconvene at 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, in Town Hall Auditorium. “Accessory Apartments” On Monday, members picked up right where they left off, debating Article 8, a zoning bylaw amendment that would have allowed “accessory apartments,” or small, contained apartments in single-family-home districts by special permit, had it not been defeated. After debating the article for about an hour last Wednesday, April 25, members did so again for about 20 minutes on Monday …

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Cremated Remains a No Go at Cooke's Hollow

A recap of Town Meeting's second session on Wednesday.

Cremated remains won’t be entombed in stone walls at Cooke’s Hollow – at least not for another year. After more than an hour-and-a-half of debate Wednesday night, Town Meeting members voted down a zoning bylaw amendment, Article 9, that could have led to such a scenario at the conservation area. “Arlington should be for the living, not the dead,” said Precinct 6’s Bill Kaplan, who opposed the motion. The amendment, put forth by the Redevelopment Board, needed a two-thirds majority to pass and came up 39 votes short, with 75 members voting for it, 95 against. If passed, the amendment would have allowed cremated remains to be buried or immured on parcels of land in the town’s Open Space districts that are under the control of the …

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'Mixed-Use' Permit Defeated on Town Meeting's Opening Night

A recap of the first night of Town Meeting.

A zoning bylaw amendment that, according to the Redevelopment Board, was intended to preserve and encourage business use in most of the town’s business districts through a special “mixed-use” permit was defeated Monday by a voice vote on the first night of Town Meeting in Town Hall Auditorium. After more than an hour of debate, the article, Article 7, which was brought forth by the Redevelopment Board, failed to get the necessary two-thirds majority – and quite possibly would have been defeated in a simple-majority vote, as the “no” voters appeared to have the slight edge in the voice vote. The new “mixed-use” permit, which would have allowed business use on the ground floor and residential use above, was meant as a tool to create growth …

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