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WRENTHAM TOWN CENTER ZONING Community Forum December 12th, 2017 Public Safety Building IMAGE: MAPC Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum | Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17 WELCOME! Joseph Botaish

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WRENTHAM TOWN CENTER ZONING Community Forum

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

December 12th, 2017 Public Safety Building

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WELCOME!

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

Joseph Botaish

Chair Board of Selectmen Town of Wrentham

John Charbonneau

Director of Planning and Development Town of Wrentham

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DOWNTOWN WORKING GROUP

Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

Joseph Botaish, Wrentham Board of Selectmen Robert Cass, Wrentham Planning Board Paul Cataldo, owner, Cataldo Hardware John Cox, owner, The Gavel Patrick Doherty, Mid-Point Engineering Deidre Foley, Wrentham Economic Development Commission Joanna McFarlane, Wrentham Economic Development Commission Jim Lorusso, Property Owner Janet Frye, Member At Large

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MAPC INTRODUCTION

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

Josh Fiala AIA AICP LEED AP

Senior Regional Planner Metropolitan Area Planning Council

Cynthia Wall

Principal Planner Metropolitan Area Planning Council

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MAPC INTRODUCTION

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

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COMMUNITY FORUM Meeting Agenda

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

Welcome! Study Introduction Town Center Zoning

  • Context for Zoning
  • Zoning Goals
  • Example Communities

Feedback and Discussion Next Steps

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  • Building on the community vision
  • Acting proactively to protect its interests and

define the future

  • Examining rezoning for the Town Center
  • Exploration of allowable uses, dimensional

characteristics, and design potential of future investments

  • Framing future investments in the Town Center

STUDY INTRODUCTION

Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

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ZONING CONTEXT

Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

Zoning Process

Planning What is our Vision? Analyses Community Input Zoning Draft Zoning Community Input Finalize Zoning Town Meeting Approve Zoning

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TOWN CENTER ZONING

Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

Context

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

TOWN CENTER ZONING

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

TOWN CENTER ZONING

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Community Vision (2012) ZONING CONTEXT

Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

  • Were you there?
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Community Vision (2012) ZONING CONTEXT

Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

  • Respect our small town character
  • Create a more attractive downtown
  • Tyco/FRM: increase employment and provide
  • pportunities for local businesses and an attraction to

bring people to the site

  • Desired uses include an indoor farmer’s market,

drugstore, bakery; mix of uses, multi-family residential, recreation for youth/YMCA

  • Pedestrian and bicycle connectivity
  • Build new structures with the design. scale and materials
  • f traditional New England architecture
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TOWN CENTER ZONING

Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

Economic Development Analysis Key Findings

  • 86,000 square feet additional retail and food

establishments

  • Could be 30 +/- businesses, varying in size
  • Possibilities include clothing stores, restaurants,

convenience stores

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

TOWN CENTER ZONING

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What Zoning IS and IS NOT

  • Town’s local control over what is or isn’t

allowed to occur on private land

  • Shapes future districts and may create

incentives for market-based redevelopment

  • Zoning sets the framework for future

investment, but does not compel landowners to do anything, current uses may remain as is

ZONING CONTEXT

Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

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Potential Allowable Uses TOWN CENTER ZONING

Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

  • Two sub-areas: traditional village and Tyco site
  • More uses allowed by right, instead of requiring a

special permit: retail store, bank, restaurant,

  • utpatient health care, country inn, business office
  • At Tyco: Hotel, Shopping Center (ltd in size); by SP
  • New definition: “mixed use”, townhouse
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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

TOWN CENTER ZONING

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

TOWN CENTER ZONING

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

TOWN CENTER ZONING

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

GOALS FOR ZONING

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Goal: Preserve and enhance character Addressed by:

  • Define zoning characteristics to reduce

development pressure on developed properties

  • Enhance streetscape and open space

connections

  • Explore façade improvement program
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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

Sweatt Park Common

GOALS FOR ZONING Preservation of Character

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

GOALS FOR ZONING

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Goal: Invite investment and economic development Addressed by:

  • Increase feasibility of redevelopment activity

through density increase

  • Open opportunity with new uses
  • Combine multiple appropriate uses and

building types across large properties

  • Create a framework for high quality investment
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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

GOALS FOR ZONING

Mixed-use Extension of South Street Character

Multiple Appropriate Uses

Common Sweatt Park

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

GOALS FOR ZONING

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Goal: Improve walkability and connections Addressed by:

  • Leverage the unique opportunity to

expand Town Center

  • Use traditional village center principles

to strengthen the Town Center

  • Strengthen walkability and critical mass
  • f activity downtown
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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

GOALS FOR ZONING Extend Walkable Blocks

Common Sweatt Park

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

GOALS FOR ZONING Extend Walkable Blocks

Common Sweatt Park

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

GOALS FOR ZONING Extend Walkable Blocks

Common Sweatt Park

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

GOALS FOR ZONING Extend a network of open spaces

Common Sweatt Park

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

GOALS FOR ZONING

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Goal: Enhance district vitality Addressed by:

  • Promote mixed-use development
  • Use of design standards to define district

characteristics to frame street frontages and improve streetscape conditions

  • Design flexibility into the zoning
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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

GOALS FOR ZONING Strengthen District Vitality

Common Sweatt Park

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

GOALS FOR ZONING Strengthen District Vitality

Common Sweatt Park

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

GOALS FOR ZONING

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Goal: Expand residential base Addressed by:

  • Increase range of housing types in Town
  • Allow smaller unit sizes in mixed-use

redevelopment

  • Provide units that are near walkable

amenities

  • Benefit of adding local activity and spending
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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

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Strengthen Residential Base GOALS FOR ZONING

Common Sweatt Park

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

Strengthen Residential Base GOALS FOR ZONING

Common Sweatt Park

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

GOALS FOR ZONING

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Goal: Strengthen tax base Addressed by:

  • Increasing amount of ground floor

commercial space

  • Increasing density of district housing units
  • Reducing amount of vacant and

underutilized land

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

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GOALS FOR ZONING

Common Sweatt Park

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

GOALS FOR ZONING

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Goal: Strengthen tax base

Potential Property Taxes (not including meal tax or other Town revenue) Zoning Concept Diagram illustrates: Residential (Approx. 100 units at average single family tax bill of $5,920 as of 2016) Commercial (Using 44 South Street at approx. $114

  • f assessed value per net square feet) to

calculate an estimated assessed value of

  • approx. 70,000 SF of commercial)

FY2017 Tax Rate (per $1,000 of assessed value) Potential Estimated Annual Revenue $14.25 $18.75 $592,000 $150,000

$742,000

Estimated TOTAL

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

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GOALS FOR ZONING Goal: Retain Flexibility

Common Sweatt Park

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

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GOALS FOR ZONING Goal: Retain Flexibility

Common Sweatt Park

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

GOALS FOR ZONING

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Goal: Mitigate potential impacts Addressed by:

  • Master plan approvals process
  • Standards for streetscape and public

amenity improvements

  • Requirement for traffic study and

contributions to mitigation

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

Common Sweatt Park

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TOWN CENTER ZONING

Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

Summary of Potential Characteristics

  • Importance of Master Plan approval process
  • Design Standards for block structure and amenities
  • Maximum building height of 2 ½ stories, +/- 40 feet
  • Flexible mixing of uses that will contribute to vitality
  • Integration of parking to reduce visual impact and

reinforce walkability

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ZONING EXAMPLES – WELLESLEY

Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

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ZONING EXAMPLES – WAYLAND

Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

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ZONING EXAMPLES – SOUTH KINGSTOWN

Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

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NEXT STEPS

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Wrentham Town Center Zoning | Community Forum| Town of Wrentham | Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 12/12/17

  • 1. Incorporate community feedback
  • 2. Draft Zoning Bylaw
  • 3. Second Community Forum to review zoning