Hearings set for Revere park rules, housing definitions
By Mike Berger
The town is hoping to open the new Revere park by late summer or early fall. (Jay Turner photo)
Two agenda items pertaining to the Paul Revere Heritage Site — including a revision to the development agreement concerning the definition of family housing as well as a draft set of rules for the new public park on the property — will be open for public comment at the next Board of Selectmen’s meeting on Tuesday, June 11.
The first hearing is scheduled for 6:15 p.m. and will look at revising the development agreement with Canton Holdings LLC so that it is consistent with Massachusetts’ current definition of a family. The existing language, according to Town Counsel Paul DeRensis, is out of date and needs to be tweaked in order to ensure that the 60 age-restricted rental units planned on the site can be counted toward the town’s affordable housing stock. Canton’s subsidized housing inventory is currently around 12 percent — above the 10 percent threshold mandated by Chapter 40B. The language updates would satisfy both the town and the developer, as well as the state Department of Housing and Community Development.
The second hearing will begin around 6:30 p.m. and focuses on a set of proposed rules and regulations for the seven-acre Revere park, which was formally acquired by the town this spring. Selectmen and the Paul Revere Heritage Commission’s Open Space Committee are hoping to open the park by late summer or early fall to coincide with the opening of a new restaurant, Northern Spy, on the main floor of the historic copper rolling mill.
According to new Selectmen Chairman Chris Connolly, the proposed rules for the park consist of “simple and common-sense” measures, such as hours of operation and prohibitions on certain activities, including alcohol consumption, smoking or discharge of firearms, open fires or barbecues, active sports, use of motorized equipment, and use of drones. Another proposed rule asks dog owners to keep their pets on a leash. The parkland will be maintained by the town’s Parks and Recreation Commission.
Both agenda items are open for public comment and have been duly advertised.
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Posted by Mike Berger
on Jun 8 2019. Filed under Uncategorized.
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