Planning Board backs revised Belmont Center zoning overlay language
Planning Board unanimously backs zoning overlay edits for Belmont Center gateway. Chair Thayer Donham led the remote meeting to refine Warrant Article 3, Appendix 2, incorporating staff-recommended changes to guest room definitions and hotel amenity requirements for Class 2 and 3 properties, after
Planning Board · Meeting of February 20, 2026
BELMONT — Planning Board unanimously backs zoning overlay edits for Belmont Center gateway. Chair Thayer Donham led the remote meeting to refine Warrant Article 3, Appendix 2, incorporating staff-recommended changes to guest room definitions and hotel amenity requirements for Class 2 and 3 properties, after public comment from Bob McGaw suggesting clearer language and more flexible fitness standards. Two separate motions passed unanimously: the first 4-0-0 to adopt the definition, capitalization, and formatting revisions to Section 6.15 and 6.15.7; the second endorsing the full revised Appendix 2 as of February 17, 2026.
The recommendations now head to Town Meeting.
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Source: the Planning Board meeting of February 20, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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