[Massplanners] Mandatory Mixed Use - 3A Zoning Question

[Carolyn Britt]

Ipswich is considering a Mandatory Mixed Use area in our downtown that 
is already about half mixed use. There are no buildings over 3 stories, 
with some recently modified for more upper story residential. There are 
two newer, 3 story, mixed use but they were built about 10-15 years ago.

Best wishes with all of this.

Carolyn Britt, AICP

1 Shagbark Woods

Ipswich, MA 01938

978-356-9881

978-317-2145 cell


On 7/16/2024 10:54 AM, Ryan, Christopher via MassPlanners wrote:
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> Good morning planners
>
> I am having a lot of trouble finding resources to verify an assumption 
> that mixed use buildings are generally not viable at 3 stories and 
> require at least 3 stories of residential in addition to the ground 
> floor commercial to be feasible to develop in the current market. 
> We’ve been counseled on this by several consultants but have not been 
> able to find any journal articles, newspaper pieces, memos, white 
> papers, or anything else that definitively provides evidence for this.
>
> Since we are seeking to establish a mandatory mixed use zoning 
> subdistrict in Belmont, we’d like to be able to provide information to 
> our citizens who are skeptical about this assumption and would rather 
> we limit MMU to 3 stories total. Does anyone have information which 
> could help us with our outreach for this provision?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Chris R.
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> */Christopher J. Ryan, AICP, Ph.D./*
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> Director of Planning & Building
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> Town of Belmont
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> 19 Moore Street
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> Belmont, MA 02478-0900
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> Tel: 617.993.2658
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> Email: cryan at belmont-ma.gov
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> Web: https://www.belmont-ma.gov/office-of-planning-building
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