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The City Council has before it a request of BH Normandy Riverside LLC to amend Special Permit #27-20 approved on October 19, 2020. The Land Use Committee will review the two docket items associated with the rezoning and Special Permit:
#91-21 Zoning amendments for Riverside project
MD 399 GROVE OWNER, LLC/RAMIREZ CONCORD, LLC/BH NORMANDY RIVERSIDE, LLC/MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY requesting amendments to Chapter 30, Newton Zoning Ordinance, in Sections 4.2.4 and 4.4.1 and 6.2.10 relative to the Mixed Use 3 District.
#27-20(2) Petition to amend Special Permit #27-20 for Mixed Use Transit Oriented Development at Riverside Station
MD 399 GROVE OWNER, LLC/RAMIREZ CONCORD, LLC/BH NORMANDY RIVERSIDE, LLC/MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY petition for SPECIAL PERMIT/SITE PLAN APPROVAL to amend the Special permit site plan as approved by Council Order #27-20 to allow changes to: the square footage of all of the approved buildings, the heights of Buildings 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 and 10, the building footprints shown on the site plan, the open space as shown on the approved site plan, the Comprehensive Sign Package, all at 355 and 399 GROVE STREET on land known as Section 42, Block 11, Lots 3, 4 and 4A, containing approximately 13.05 acres of land in districts zoned Mixed Use 3 Transit Oriented (MU3). Ref: Sec. 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 7.3.3, 7.4, 7.3.5 of the City of Newton Revised Zoning Ordinance, 2017. Proposed Amendments are subject to the proposed text changes to the MU-3 zoning district.
03-18-21 Revised Zoning Review Memo
03-08-21 Proposed Zoning Amendments
03-08-21 Zoning Amendments - Redlined
03-08-21 Compiled Project Binder with Index
03-15-21 Revised Parking Calculation
04-09-21 Law Department Memo re Riverside Voting Requirements
04-13-21 Land Use Planning Memo #91-21:#27-20(2) - Riverside
05-11-21 Land Use Planning Memo - Riverside
05-11-21 Riverside Trans Peer Review response to Comments
05-19-21 Revised Civil Plans Buildings 1 and 2
05-26-21 Solid Waste Management Plan
06-04-21 Riverside Design Change Summary
06-11-21 Riverside Bldgs 1 and 2 Lab LEED BD+C CS v4 Scorecard[1]
06-11-21 Riverside 3D (Open with Adobe)
06-11-21 Renderings Bldgs 1 and 2
06-11-21 Design Change Narrative Bldgs 1 and 2
06-11-21 Alternative Scenario for Metric Support
Special Permit #27-20
Important documents related to this request:
Planning Department's Riverside Visioning Plan
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Planning Memos and Councilor Questions
03-24-20 Land Use Planning Memo #26-20/#27-20 - Riverside
Councilor Questions - Updated 03-10-20
03-20-20 Responses to Councilor Questions
06-02-20 Planning Memo - #26-20/#27-20 - Riverside
10-06-20 Draft Council Order - Redline and Clean
04-01-20 Responses to Councilor Questions
Responses to Councilor Questions 04-17-20
Responses to Councilor Questions 04-21-20
05-26-20 Responses to Councilor Questions
Councilor Questions 04-24 through 05-05
05-07-20 Councilor Greenberg Questions
05-09-20 Councilor Bowman Question
05-13-20 Councilor Markiewicz Question
05-18-20 Councilor Bowman Questions
05-18-20 Councilor Downs Question
05-21-20 Councilor Downs Questions
06-03-20 Councilor Gentile Questions06-18-20 Compiled Questions and Answers
07-07-20 Councilor Greenberg Question re Inclusionary Housing
07-13-20 Response to Councilor Greenberg Question re Inclusionary Housing
07-24-20 Councilor Markiewicz Email re Condition 12
Draft Council Orders
07-10-20 Law Memo re Draft Council Order
07-10-20 Draft Council Order - Clean
07-10-20 Draft Council Order - Word
07-10-20 Draft Council Order (Redline)
Special Permit-Riverside