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<p>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.</p>
<p>Best wishes with all of this.<br>
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<address>Carolyn Britt, AICP</address>
<address>1 Shagbark Woods</address>
<address>Ipswich, MA 01938</address>
<address>978-356-9881</address>
<address>978-317-2145 cell<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/16/2024 10:54 AM, Ryan,
Christopher via MassPlanners wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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morning planners<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thanks in
advance,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Chris R.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Christopher
J. Ryan, AICP, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Director
of Planning & Building<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Town
of Belmont<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">19
Moore Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Belmont,
MA 02478-0900<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Tel:
617.993.2658<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Email:
</span><span
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href="mailto:cryan@belmont-ma.gov" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">cryan@belmont-ma.gov</a></span><span
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Web:
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href="https://www.belmont-ma.gov/office-of-planning-building"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.belmont-ma.gov/office-of-planning-building</a></span><span
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