ARLINGTON, ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENTS LEGAL NOTICE Public Hearing Zoning Bylaw Amendments   In accordance with the provisions of the Town of Arlington, Massachusetts Zoning Bylaw and Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40A, a public hearing will be held by the Arlington Redevelopment Board (ARB) on these Mondays: March 16 and March 23, 2026. The ARB will hear public comments on proposed amendments to the Zoning Bylaw. After receiving public comments, the ARB will deliberate and make recommendations on the proposed amendments on Monday, March 30, 2026, for Annual Town Meeting, which will begin on Monday, April 27, 2026.   The following articles proposing changes to the Zoning Bylaw are the subject of the public hearing scheduled for these Mondays: March 16 and March 23, 2026, beginning at 7:00 PM, in the Arlington Community Center, Main Hall, 27 Maple Street, Arlington, Massachusetts:   ARTICLE 50 (tentatively scheduled, subject to change) ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / HOME OCCUPATIONS To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw, to add, modify, or remove definitions and regulations related to Home Occupations, to create the opportunity for running larger, and more types of Home Occupations; or take any action related thereto.   ARTICLE 51 (tentatively scheduled, subject to change) ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / AMENDMENT TO ARLINGTON ZONING MAP To see if the Town will vote to adopt changes to the Arlington Zoning Map that would rezone a certain parcel in the R-1 District, specifically, a portion of 0 Lot Concord Turnpike, Arlington, Massachusetts, assessor’s parcel identification number 185.0-0001-0005.0, R-6; or take any action related thereto.   ARTICLE 52 (tentatively scheduled, subject to change) ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / AMENDMENT TO ZONING BYLAW TABLE OF DIMENSIONAL AND DENSITY REGULATIONS To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 5.4.2.A Dimensional and Density Regulations, of the Arlington Zoning Bylaw to add the following under R6: “Assisted living residence on more than 20,000 square feet – 50 feet height; 3 stories; 1.2 FAR”; or take any action related thereto.   ARTICLE 53 (tentatively scheduled, subject to change) ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / REZONING OF CERTAIN PARCELS FROM R-1 TO R-2 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Map of the Town of Arlington by rezoning certain parcels presently located in the R-1 One-Family District to the R-2 Two-Family District, specifically parcels located on Norcross Street, North Union Street, Gardner Street, and Granton Park; or take any action related thereto.   ARTICLE 54 (tentatively scheduled, subject to change) ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / ADMINISTRATIVE CLARIFICATION TO BONUS PROVISIONS FOR MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 5.8.4.E.(1) Bonuses, of the Zoning Bylaw, to clarify the definition of the words, “where the ground floor at street level will be at least 60% occupied by eating and drinking establishments, businesses services, childcare, or retail uses,” so as to clarify the proportion of the ground floor that must be occupied by the specified commercial uses in order to qualify for the bonus provision in the Mass Ave/Broadway Multi-Family Housing Overlay District; or take any action related thereto.   ARTICLE 55 (tentatively scheduled, subject to change) ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / TRAFFIC VISIBILITY To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 5.3.12.A of the Town's Zoning Bylaws to permit buildings, structures or vegetation across street corners if it can be shown that they will not restrict visibility in such a way as to hinder the safe transit of a vehicle through the subject intersection; or take any action related thereto.   ARTICLE 56 (tentatively scheduled, subject to change) ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / ADMINISTRATIVE CLARIFICATION TO BONUS PROVISIONS FOR MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 5.8.4.E.(2) Bonuses of the Zoning Bylaw, to clarify language specific to the calculation of the number of affordable units that must be constructed in order to qualify for the 1-floor and 2-floor bonus provisions of this section in the Mass Ave/Broadway Multi-Family Housing Overlay District; or take any action related thereto.   ARTICLE 57 (tentatively scheduled, subject to change) ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS – OFF-STREET PARKING AND BICYCLE PARKING To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 5.8.4 F.(3) Development Standards, Off-Street Parking and Bicycle Parking, as follows: “The bicycle parking requirements and procedures set forth in Section 6.1.12 shall apply in the Mass Ave/Broadway and Neighborhood Multi-Family Housing Overlay Districts; provided however, the Redevelopment Board may allow the reduction of the long-term bicycle parking requirement to 66% of that required in the Multi-Family Housing Overlay Districts for properties in which 100% of new units will be affordable”; or take any action related thereto.   ARTICLE 58 (tentatively scheduled, subject to change) ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS – BONUSES To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 5.8.4 E.(1) Development Standards, Bonuses, to add the following: “In the Mass Ave/Broadway Multi-Family (MBMF) Housing Overlay District for properties abutting Massachusetts Avenue in which 100% of new units will be affordable, where the ground floor at street level will be at least 30% occupied by eating and drinking establishments, business services, including without limitation business services provided to clientele residing in properties in which 100% of new units will be affordable, any non-profit organization for work related to their organizational mission, business, professional or medical services, childcare, or retail uses, the second floor may be at least 40% occupied by eating and drinking establishments, business services, childcare, health, business, professional or medical services, and the frontage on the ground floor is at least 80% occupied by said non-residential uses, the maximum height is 6 stores and 78 feet, and the front yard setback requirement is reduced to 0 feet. In the MBMF Overly District, for properties abutting Broadway in which 100% of new units will be affordable, where the ground floor at street level will be at least 30% occupied by eating and drinking establishments, business services, including without limitation, business services provided to clientele residing in properties in which 100% of new units will be affordable, any non-profit organization for work related to their organizational mission, business, professional or medical services, childcare, or retail uses, and the frontage is at least 80% occupied by said non-residential uses, the maximum height is 5 stories and 65 feet, and the front yard setback requirement is reduced to 0 feet.”; or take any action related thereto.   ARTICLE 59 (tentatively scheduled, subject to change) ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / FRONTAGE (FAÇADE) BUILD-OUT RATIO FOR SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Bylaw to regulate frontage (façade) build-out for single family dwellings to no more than 60% of the width of the frontage, measured along the front lot line within the required setback, in order to address building massing along residential streets, with allowance for relief through the special permit process; or take any action related thereto.   The ARB will deliberate and may vote on the proposed amendments on Monday, March 30, 2026, beginning at 7:00 PM, in the Arlington Community Center, Main Hall, 27 Maple Street, Arlington, Massachusetts.   The draft language of the proposed amendments to the Zoning Bylaw will be available on Thursday, March 5, 2026, and may be viewed at the front counter of the Department of Planning and Community Development at 730 Massachusetts Avenue, at the Robbins Library at 700 Massachusetts Avenue, or viewed and downloaded from the Redevelopment Board webpage of the Town’s website at www.arlingtonma.gov/arb.   Kin Lau, Chair Arlington Redevelopment Board   AD#12105164 Advocate & Star 2/26. 3/5/2026