Planning Board deferred landscape contractor yard hearing to September 23 and agreed to pursue zoning law articles for the fall Town Meeting. Town Planner Alexander Wade briefed members on Massachusetts Chapter 40A revisions, effective July 1, 2026, which require municipalities to accept use
Boxborough Planning Board moves toward a data center moratorium and confronts a state zoning overhaul that put the town's bylaw out of compliance as of July 1.
Boxborough Planning Board modified special permit conditions for The Park at Beaver Brook. Chair Richard Guzzardi, Clerk Chris Dowdy, and Member Mark White voted in favor; Member Gary Kushner abstained. The modification applies conservation restrictions only to Boxborough parcels after portions of
Boxborough Planning Board schedules August public hearing to fix a state housing compliance error in its MBTA Communities Overlay District.
Boxborough Planning Board reorganized its leadership, unanimously electing Richard Guzzardi as chair and Chris Dowdy as clerk. Dowdy also received unanimous appointment to the Community Preservation Committee for a three-year term. The board reviewed Americans with Disabilities Act compliance
Boxborough Planning Board reorganizes leadership and directs staff toward Enclave enforcement as ADA violations persist. The board unanimously elected Rich Guzzardi as its new chair, replacing Rebecca Verner, and elected Chris Dowdy as clerk at its June 15 remote meeting.
Planning Board recommends narrowed plastic bag article for town meeting. Chair Rebecca Verner said the Board voted unanimously to advance a phased approach to Article 7, focusing on plastic bags only and deferring other plastics to a future warrant article. Town Planner Alexander Wade reviewed
Boxborough Planning Board votes to narrow plastic bag bylaw the night before Annual Town Meeting.
Planning Board narrowly backs plastic bag ban, defers broader waste rules. The Boxborough Planning Board voted 5-0 on May 11 to retain only a single-use plastic bag prohibition from a proposed waste reduction bylaw for the May Annual Town Meeting, striking provisions on disposable food service ware
Boxborough Planning Board unanimously stripped its proposed plastics bylaw to a single-use bag ban only, one week before Annual Town Meeting.
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