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CANTON PLANNING BOARD
                                   REPORT AND MOTION
                             ANNUAL TOWN MEETING – MAY 9th, 2022

                            ARTICLE #35 AMEND ZONING BY-LAW
             Section 9.3 to Remove the Economic Opportunity Overlay District (EOOD)
                               (Board of Selectmen for Planning Board)

Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-laws:
    1. By deleting Section 9.3 for “Economic Opportunity Overlay District (EOOD)”
And
    2. By relabeling Section 9.3 as not used

Or to take any other action related thereto.

PUBLIC HEARING:
This is to certify that a public hearing concerning the subject matter above, as place on the warrant for the
2022 Annual Town Meeting, was held by the Planning Board on February 16th, 2022 at 5:30 P.M. and
continued to March 2nd, 2022 at 6:00 P.M., in the Salah Meeting Room, Town Hall, 801 Washington Street,
Canton, Massachusetts, in accordance with the provision of the Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40A.

Said amendment is contained, in its entirety, in a document available for public review on file in the office of
the Planning Board, the Town Clerk, the Board of Selectmen, at Memorial Hall, and at the reference desk of
the Canton Public Library. It is also available online on the Planning Department website.

Notice of the subject matter for the public hearing, sufficient for identification, has been published in the
Canton Citizen, a newspaper of general circulation in the Town on January 27th and February 3rd, 2022.

REPORT:
On February 16th, and again on March 2nd, 2022, the Planning Board discussed the proposed article to amend
Section 9.3 to Remove the Economic Opportunity Overlay District (EOOD). The Economic Opportunity
Overlay District’s main function was to allow for more flexibility in permitting above or below-grade
structured parking, as well as allowing for increased building heights (up to 60 feet). This overlay district
currently only applies to 1 Wellness Way (Point32Health), otherwise known as the former Reebok
Headquarters. The parcel is already developed, and additional tall buildings are not anticipated. The Master
Plan 2020’s zoning analysis noted that this overlay district was no longer effective for economic development.

RECOMMENDATION:
On February 16th, 2022, the Planning Board voted unanimously with four (4) members in favor and none
opposed, to recommend that this Article be adopted at Town Meeting with no changes in the motion, that
the applicable language be added directly into this section of the by-laws. The hearing was closed on March
2nd, 2022, with no changes to the vote or motion.

Voted 4-0
In favor: Patricia McDermott, Kathy McCormack, David McCarthy, and Joseph Amrhein
Not present: Robert E. Panico

MOVED:
That the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-laws:
   1. By deleting Section 9.3 for “Economic Opportunity Overlay District (EOOD)”
And

2. By relabeling Section 9.3 as not used

Or to take any other action related thereto.

Respectfully submitted,


_____________________________
David McCarthy
Chair of the Canton Planning Board