Planning Board unanimously recommends approval of citizen petition rezoning four School Street properties. Chair Sarah Creighton and the board voted to advance the amendment at Town Meeting, which would rezone 115, 117, 119, and 121 School Street from Residential District A to Residential District
Manchester-by-the-Sea Planning Board votes unanimously to send School Street rezoning to Town Meeting.
Manchester Planning Board unanimously recommends four zoning articles for the 2026 Annual Town Meeting. Chair Sarah Creighton presented proposals creating two downtown districts to preserve mixed-use character and eliminate commercial parking requirements, a new senior housing bylaw addressing
Manchester-by-the-Sea Planning Board unanimously approved two special permits and a site plan for a mixed-use redevelopment at 22 Union Street and voted to send four zoning articles to April Town Meeting.
Planning Board continues 22 Union Street special permit hearing due to snowstorm. Chair Sarah Creighton cited the Governor's emergency declaration, Town Hall closure, and widespread power outages as obstacles to meaningful public participation and moved to open and immediately continue the hearing
Planning Board moves five zoning articles toward annual town meeting. The board unanimously approved a downtown zoning revision excluding 37 Beach Street from the Town Center district, along with a senior housing article setting minimum lot sizes from half acre to one acre by district, an inn
Manchester-by-the-Sea planners continued a special permit hearing for a mixed-use redevelopment of the former Cargo Unlimited building at 22 Union Street and voted to advance three zoning bylaw articles to the Select Board ahead of spring Town Meeting.
Planning Board unanimously appoints two associate members and advances four zoning articles for Town Meeting. Nancy Garvey, a 20-year resident and former six-year Planning Board member, and Isabella Bates, an 82-year-old full-time resident of 16 years, were appointed to one-year terms expiring June
Planning Board holds public forum on proposed senior housing bylaw. Member Christopher Olney presented the first age-restricted zoning provisions in Manchester's history, aimed at retaining the town's 1,500 seniors currently lacking appropriate downsizing options; the bylaw would permit independent
Manchester-by-the-Sea Planning Board moves closer to placing a senior housing zoning bylaw on the spring town meeting warrant.
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