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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">GB has one called the Village Center Overlay Districts. It made some mixed use allowances, reduced parking requirements, but on the other hand added a special permit process for
design review. It’s worked ok over the last 8-10 years. We also revised the use table in the underlying zone. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] Question on Mixed-Use Overlays<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I agree with Dan. Sometimes, overlays create 2<sup>nd</sup> options and do not address the core changes that you seek. In Tewksbury, we just reduced our number of overlays from 13 to 5. They became very confusing to applicants, board members
and the general public. Our new Town Center District does allow for mixed uses without the use of an overlay. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dennis rezone Dennis Port and West Dennis Village Centers. We did not ho the overlay route. We wanted to get rid of the 1970's strip zoning that existed in that area, not just give a second option. Our zoning sought to return to more historic
land use patterns for the two villages. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Sep 7, 2022, 2:47 PM Curtin, Jennifer via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Have any other Towns established mixed-use overlay districts in their downtowns and if so, could you send me some examples?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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