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Gloucester City Council Votes on Proposed Zoning Changes

Posted on
April 29th at 2:08pm.

The Gloucester City Council voted on four zoning changes related to the development of two-family homes. These four changes were among the nine initially recommended by the Gloucester Planning Board. Please see the two rejected zoning changes:

  • Allow homeowners to convert a single-family home into a two-family in the R-40, R-30, R20, and R-10 districts by-right. 6-3 against.
  • Allow two family home construction by special permit in the RC-40, coastal residential districts. 8-1 against.

Please see the two approved changes:

  • Allow three family home construction by special permit in the R-30 district. 8-1 for.
  • More uniform minimum lot frontage and lot width requirements in certain residential districts. 8-1 for.

Changes, including allowing the construction of three family homes by-right in the R-5 district, and increased height allowances for residential and multifamily projects were not discussed at the meeting. A public hearing to discuss these changes will be held on May 10th.