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Waltham Morning Brief, Oct. 24: Zoning panel refers five applications to legal review

Waltham ordinances committee refers five zoning applications, including a housing expansion bid, to legal review. From our own coverage: Committee approves ski shop license with e-bike sales ban; Ordinances committee postpones zoning applications for law review.

From Waltham News

  • Committee approves ski shop license with e-bike sales ban Waltham's Licenses & Franchises Committee took up several secondhand dealer licenses, including a River Street ski and bike shop with a dealer-specific sales condition, plus a School Committee-requested street renaming, while three other license matters awaited further review.Waltham News
  • Ordinances committee postpones zoning applications for law review Waltham's Ordinances & Rules Committee referred five zoning and special permit applications, including a bid to more than double long-term housing capacity at Dyer's Crescent Suites, to the Law Department for review, holding off on votes pending legal guidance.Waltham News
  • Committee approves two fuel storage licenses Waltham's Licenses & Franchises Committee took up two fuel storage license applications, one for ARE-MA Region on Sylvan Road and one for a Fifth Avenue site with an incoming tenant, while weighing a plan to require two-year master plans from utility companies under Rule 95.Waltham News
  • Ordinances committee approves CAVA permit, advances reviews Waltham's Ordinances & Rules Committee took up CAVA Group LLC's special permit application, with revised delivery and dumpster conditions presented by the petitioner's attorney, while directing the Law Department to review zoning amendments at Felton and Williams streets and leaf blower and snow removal ordinances.Waltham News

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