Presentation includes an initial review of downtown zoning and questions for participant discussion. See meeting materials and other project information at www.mapc.org/downtownlynn.

1. Build on the Vision for Downtown Lynn
Team of Advisors Meeting 2
8:00-10:00am, Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Grand Army of the Republic Hall and Museum Building
56-60 Andrew Street, Lynn, Massachusetts 01901

2. Agenda
8:00-8:10: Introductions and updates
8:10-8:35: Review of downtown zoning
8:35-8:55: What will spur equitable downtown
development?
8:55-9:15: Reaching out
9:15-9:30: Open discussion and next steps

3. Downtown Zoning Overview
Preliminary Analysis

4. Recent planning for Downtown
• Recent planning efforts
• Market Street Vision Plan 2009
• Washington Street Gateway
District Plan, 2008
• Waterfront Master Plan, 2007
• Downtown Workshop, 2004
• Key Recommendations
• Live/Work/Play environment
• Mixed-use and residential
• Improved retail environment
• Improved public realm
• Transit oriented
• Recommendations for zoning
mentioned, but not specific

5. The Lynn Zone Ordinance
• Zone ordinance is old
• Many amendments
• Little design criteria
• Very restrictive, particularly downtown
• Many uses require a special permit
• Impediment to business and development?
• Ordinance is difficult to follow
• Many footnotes, poor organization
• Use categories are too broad
• Use definitions can be contradictory

6. Downtown Zoning Districts
• Four Base Districts
• Central Business District (CBD)
• Business (B)
• Light Industrial (LI)
• High Rise Residential (R5)
• Three Overlay Districts
• Residential Reuse Overlay District
• Sagamore Hill Corridor Overlay District
• Washington Street Overlay District

7. Lynn
Zoning
Downtown
Study Area

8. Central Business District (CBD)
• Allows for many typical
downtown uses as of right
• Office, retail, institutional, parks
• Special Permit required for
other common downtown uses
• Residential (except reuse)
• Food Service of any kind
• Hotels
• Recent improvements a step in
right direction
• Removed industrial and auto
related uses in CBD
• More changes needed
• Residential is a key component to
live/work/ play environments

9. Residential Reuse Overlay District
• Only as of right residential
within CBD
• Parcels within 1,500 feet of
MBTA station
• Successful
• Over 200 new residential units
created
• Few opportunities left

10. Light Industrial District
• Remnant from industrial past
• Not compatible with CBD
• Further isolates downtown from
waterfront
• Rezone to maximize potential
• Connection to waterfront and
CBD
• MBTA Commuter Rail

11. R5 District and Overlays
• R5 residential as of right
• Single family to high rise
• Overlays allow for mixed-use
• Most progressive zoning in study
area
• Pedestrian oriented
• Washington Overlay =
Downtown Gateway
• Promotes multifamily
• No single family
• Improved use allowances
• Sagamore Hill = Residential
Transition
• All residential types
• Limited retail

12. Next steps in review of zoning…
• Explore strategies to allow residential in the
CBD as of right
• Review uses in each district
• Expand or revise what is and is not allowed
• Example: More than one food service establishment type
• Affordability strategies
• Inclusionary zoning
• 40R district
• Density bonuses
• Create Zone District Summary Sheets

13. What will spur equitable
downtown development?
See handout for sample questions to ask community members

14. Reaching out
See handout for proposed outreach strategies

15. Open discussion and next steps