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TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER
OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
120 MAIN STREET
NORTH ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS 01845
Joyce A.Bradshaw,CMMC Telephone(978)688-9501
Town Clerk Fax (978)688-9557
E-mail Bradshaw(dtownofnorthandover.com
This is to certify that the following vote was taken on Article 42 at the
Dissolved 2009 Annual Town Meeting held May 12, 2009 and May 13, 2009:
Article 42. Amend Zoning Bylaw-Section 16.2- Corridor Development District 1-
Permitted Uses. To see if the Town will vote to emend Section 16.2 of the Town of
North Andover Zoning Bylaws, in the Corridor Development District 1 (CDD1) by
inserting the following language:
"Drive through restaurants shall be permitted on property/properties that do
not directly abut a residential zone."
The purpose of this article's proposed zoning change is to encourage the highest
and best use of the properties along Route 114 and to encourage economic development
and diversity in the community tax base for the Town.
Route 114 is an extensively developed commercial highway that 12 million cars use
annually.
This zoning change will permit a commercial use that is consistent with the other
commercial uses along Route 114 and to provide much needed commercial revenue to
the Town.
This commercial revenue will benefit the schools, police, fire, and public works
departments of the Town without increasing residential property taxes.
For the past 20 years, three different zoning policies (R6, Village Commercial, and
CDD1) sponsored by the Planning Board have failed to provide commercial development
in the area located between the Chestnut Green Office Park and the Super Stop & Shop.
Furthermore, the use restrictions of these zoning policies have failed to address the
hardship that the unfairly burdened homeowners face within this area.
This Amendment will permit the same rights to the aggrieved homeowners as other
commercially zoned properties adjacent to their homes;
ARTICLE 42 DEFEATED YES 56 NO 60
VOTED MAY 13, 2009