Amendments to the town’s accessory apartment regulations and new zoning language for stormwater management will be the subject of Planning Board public hearings on Monday, March 9 starting at 7:15 p.m. If approved, the zoning bylaw would add a cap on the number of accessory apartments allowed, equal to 5% of all residential units in…
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New state law requires towns to allow multifamily zoning near train stations
Editor’s note: This story was originally published on or about February 13 but was lost after a website malfunction and later recovered. A new state law will require rezoning part of the South Lincoln area to encourage multifamily housing around the commuter rail station — something the Planning Board has been wrestling with for years…
Lincoln’s affordable accessory apartment program OK’d by state
(Editor’s note: This story was originally published on or about Feb. 13, 2021 but was lost after a website outage and later recovered. The paragraph on loan terms was updated on March 1, 2021.) Lincoln’s plan to offer tax rebates and loans to residents who create affordable accessory apartments on their property has finally won…
Third SOTT looks at electricity aggregation, road safety, South Lincoln
Residents heard updates on electricity aggregation, road safety measures, and planning for South Lincoln’s future at the third State of the Town meeting on November 19. Electricity from renewable sources Almost three years after voters authorized the Board of Selectmen to start developing the program, the Green Energy Committee is nearing the finish line for…
State of the Town updates to span three evenings
Lincoln’s annual State of the Town meeting will be split into three online meetings from 7–9 p.m. on three consecutive days next week. Topics and dates will be as follows. Click here to register for any or all of the sessions. Tuesday, Nov. 17 Public health update Lincoln Covid-19 web page Town Meeting preview School…
Clarification
The October 12 story headlined “Septic treatment becoming an issue for mall and South Lincoln” may have implied that the four-member South Lincoln Planning Advisory Committee will not have any presence from the Finance Committee. While he will not be a voting member, FinCom member Tom Sander will act as liaison to SLPAC. The article…
Septic treatment becoming an issue for mall and South Lincoln
(Editor’s note: this article was updated on October 13.) To remain economically viable, the Mall at Lincoln Station needs an upgrade to the septic treatment facility for the entire area, according to the Rural Land Foundation, which owns the mall. Last winter, officials proposed rezoning parts of South Lincoln to create more incentives for businesses…
Property sales in September
3A South Commons — Rajesh K. Dasari to Brain Hurley for $479,000 (September 17) 22 Juniper Ridge Rd. — Walter Scott to Jinquan Liu for $50,000 (September 3) 30 Windingwood Lane — Leonard Notkin to Kavita S. Reddy for $574,000 (September 24) 4 Farrar Rd. — Jean-Pierre Carney to Igor and Robin Dobrusin for $1,375,000…
Property sales in August 2020
8 Silver Hill Rd. — John Peters to Kathy and Andy Gabelman for $925,000 (August 31) 140 Lincoln Rd. — Leo W. Roache to James B. and Diane M. Callahan for $451,000 (August 31) 11 Hillside Rd. — William A. Nockles to Brooks and Patricia Mostue for $575,000 (August 28) 8 Ridge Rd. — Fredrick…
Outdoor watering now limited to once a week
Residents on town water must now limit non-essential outdoor watering to one day a week because of this summer’s drought conditions, though agricultural watering is exempt from these restrictions. After above-normal temperatures in July and early August and more than three months of below-normal rainfall, state Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Kathleen Theoharides declared a…