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Local Residents Oppose Two Area Developments

WORCESTER, MA-Two development proposals come before the city's planning board but both face opposition from local residents. One project is an 84-unit cluster housing development while the other is a 104-unit over-55 continuing care retirement community.

By Naomi Grossman | Updated on April 11, 2002

WORCESTER, MA-The city’s planning board is considering two development proposals but has put off granting the projects the special permits they require. Both projects face opposition from local residents.

Equivise Limited is seeking a special permit to develop an 84-unit cluster housing development on nine acres off West Boylston Street. According to Katie Donovan, the city’s land use planner, this is Worcester’s first cluster zoning proposal since the city adopted a cluster zoning ordinance in 1991. The site is zoned for single family housing and duplexes so the development only requires a special permit which is up to the Planning Board’s discretion.

Donovan tells GlobeSt.com that a cluster housing development maintains the integrity of a site while allowing for denser development by concentrating the units in small buildings and leaving more open space around the buildings. These kinds of developments, she points out, “aren’t as disturbing as a” standard housing development.

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