Marshfield Planning Board Continues Zoning Hearing to April 6 Before Town Meeting Vote

MARSHFIELD -- March 16, 2026, Marshfield Planning Board defers vote on four zoning articles to April 6, ahead of the April 27 Annual Town Meeting. The board opened a public hearing Monday on the warrant package, which includes two corrections to the town's accessory dwelling unit bylaw, changes required because the Massachusetts Attorney General gave only partial approval to ADU amendments adopted at last spring's town meeting, citing conflicts with state regulations issued after the vote. A third article fixes a residential unit calculation error in the Proprietors Marketplace mixed-use overlay, and a fourth adds a footnote to the B2 district dimensional table allowing conforming redevelopment of nonconforming lots without a Zoning Board of Appeals special permit. Town planner Karen explained that removing a requirement for parking within a half mile of transit stops, including Greenbush line flag stops, was among the state-mandated ADU fixes. The board also unanimously approved the draft decision for the Tanner Hill subdivision at 431 Moraine Street and endorsed an approval-not-required lot split at 125 Commerce Way, dividing a just-under-four-acre industrial park parcel behind Roach Brothers into two conforming lots.