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Board approves McLean sign waiver, elects officers

The Belmont Planning Board approved a dimensional waiver letting McLean Hospital Corporation install a 27.76-square-foot entrance sign at Olmstead Drive and Pleasant Street, well over the district's 18-square-foot limit.

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Government · Planning Board

Planning Board Continues Work on Zoning Amendments

Planning Board continued zoning bylaw amendments with focus on Hill's Crossing Overlay District. Chair Thayer Donham led an extended discussion of design standards, ground floor commercial requirements, roof styles, parking overflow, mechanical equipment screening, buffer distances, and housing

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Government · Planning Board

Planning Board approves BHA residential project on Sycamore Street

Planning Board approved BHA development and second-story addition. The Belmont Planning Board unanimously granted special permits and design and site plan approval for a Belmont Housing Authority residential project at 131-135 Sycamore Street, including a parking waiver between phases and

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