Legal Notice
Maynard Planning Board
Maynard Town Hall
195 Main Street
Maynard, MA 01754
Hybrid Meeting
Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40A s.5, the Maynard Planning Board will hold a hybrid public hearing on Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. to consider recommending approval of amendments to the Maynard Protective Zoning By- laws to the October 27, 2025 Special Town meeting. To remotely access and participate in the hearing:
Meeting ID: 879 3152 2781
Password: 664803
All meeting materials can be accessed on the Town website under the meeting agenda or provided via email by contacting OMS@townofmaynard.net , by calling 978-897-1302, or by visiting the Town Clerk’s office during regular business hours.
The proposed amendments consist of:
- Downtown Overlay District Parking:
- AMEND SECTION 9.4 OF THE ZONING BY-LAWS “DOWNTOWN MIXED-USE OVERLAY DISTRICT” BY MODIFYING SECTION 9.4.9 “PARKING” as follows (deleted text is
stricken):
9.4.9 Parking. The following Table J shall supersede the schedule identified in Section 6.1:
Table J: DOD District Parking Requirements
Use | Parking Requirement | Dwelling Unit
| 1.5 spaces per unit
| Hotel, motel and bed & breakfast | One Space per sleeping room, plus 1 space per 400 sq. ft. of meeting space | Manufacturing, Industrial | One space per 1,000 sq. ft. of g.f.a. | Medical Office | One space per 400 sq. ft. of g.f.a. | Office | One space per 500 sq. ft. of g.f.a. | Restaurant | One space per 85 sq. ft. of g.f.a. | Retail | One space per 500 sq. ft. of gross floor area (g.f.a.) | Other uses not specifically noted here | See Section 6.1 for parking requirements |
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- Amend Section 2.2 of the Zoning By-laws “OVERLAY DISTRICTS” by adding the following text (new text is underlined):
2.2 Overlay Districts
The Town of Maynard is hereby divided into the following overlay districts:
- Neighborhood Business Overlay District
- Downtown Mixed-Use Overlay District
- Water Supply Protection District
- Powder Mill Overlay District (PMOD)
- BESS: Definition and Prohibition in Water Supply Protection District:
- Amend Section 9.2 of the zoning by-laws “WATER SUPPLY PROTECTION DISTRICT” BY creating section 9.2.5.14 contained UNDER “PROHIBITED USES” by adding the following text:
14. Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) shall not be located within the Water Supply Protection District.
- AMEND SECTION 11 of the zoning by-laws “DEFINITIONS” by adding the following text:
Battery Energy Storage System (BESS): One or more containers or cabinets on a lot containing batteries and related equipment, assembled together, capable of storing electrical energy in order to supply electrical energy to the power grid at a future time. This includes all accessory equipment on said lot necessary for energy storage including but not limited to inverters, transformers, cooling equipment, switching gear, metering equipment, transmission tie-lines, and other power interconnection facilities and/or a project substation, but does not include public utility owned and operated interconnection equipment, regardless of location, or other interconnection equipment to be located on the real property of the public utility or within its right of way, determined to be necessary by the public utility to facilitate the BESS interconnection with the power grid whether for bringing power to the BESS or for returning it to the power grid, a stand-alone 12-volt vehicle battery, or an electric motor vehicle.