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16 Great Neck RoadNorth <br />wlashyee, -Massachusetts oz649 <br />Mr. Lehrer noted when they first wrote this it was a very liberal approach. Performance <br />standards were robust with 100ft. buffers, which is a significant distance to any dwelling. One <br />point he would like to raise, when considering community character, pedestrian friendliness, <br />and walkability, solar is not a great use to achieve those goals. An Overlay District approach <br />is a good approach, it should be accompanied by identifying parcels to be included in that <br />district. <br />Ms. Waygan thinks what they have now is not sufficient, even though they are allowed in <br />industrial, it is not a good bylaw. They looked at several bylaws along with the model bylaw for <br />the state and read bylaws for different towns. <br />Mr. Lehrer stands by the performance standards and the framework for the use that was built <br />into the bylaw, it's the appropriateness of the use in the Commercial Districts that he <br />questions. <br />Ms. Waygan stated if they don't have enough land set aside then they become a target for <br />being unregulated. This is why she thinks C1, C2, and C3 need to be added. In a housing <br />crisis, why are we using residentially zoned land for energy generation? She wants to put this <br />in now and they don't have time to look at other lots at this time. <br />Mr. Lehrer wants to caution, we are in a housing crisis. As we have gone through the LCP <br />and have consumed the data, everything is driving us towards development and <br />redevelopment and telling us to stop constructing single family dwellings. For that reason, it is <br />not advantageous to utilize land area in Commercial Districts for solar energy use. <br />Ms. Waygan stated that is a backwards thought process. Commercial properties are not <br />zoned for housing unless a Chapter 40B is used or open space incentive development <br />(OSID). There is no potential for large tracks of housing in commercial. What we are learning <br />from the comprehensive permit process is people don't want the town overdeveloped, they <br />want clean water, and to maintain the rural character. Mr. Lehrer agreed this was all true. She <br />went on to say this is being driven because there is a law suit that could be given free range <br />to someone who brought in a proposal. We need a zoning bylaw that allows more land to be <br />used for solar. If we add C1, C2, C3, that covers that. Then we can search for other parcels <br />that don't fall under commercial zones and industrial for an overlay. She wants to get this on <br />the Town Warrant this season, as it makes them vulnerable for another six months if not <br />brought to May Town Meeting. As they are not getting a lot of proposals for redevelopment, it <br />protects them from a strange proposal coming in without a basic solar bylaw in place, thus <br />making them vulnerable for a lawsuit. There is a huge advantage to adding this to the bylaw <br />for now. <br />4 <br />