The North Attleborough Planning Board voted unanimously to recommend letting professional offices operate by right in the downtown C7.5 district, ending a special-permit requirement staff said turned away tenants roughly twice a month.
The Mansfield Planning Board revoted three special town meeting warrant articles and approved a cheaper traffic-review contract at its Oct. 28 meeting.
The Seekonk Planning Board declined to recommend a zoning change that would let municipal and recreational buildings, including athletic fields, bypass special permit review townwide.
The Norton Planning Board discussed how to regulate future data centers without taking a formal vote.
The Easton Planning Board elected a new chair and vice chair and recommended approval of three zoning variances. Members voted 4-0 to install Ryan Cook as chair and Chris Lopes as vice chair, filling posts vacant since a prior chair "stepped away" and a successor resigned after one meeting.
Somerset Planning Board approved a stormwater permit for a proposed Taco Bell at 721 GAR Highway and granted two related waivers.
Fall River's Planning Board approved all design waivers for a new roadway off Norwood and Monarch streets, overriding staff advice against waiving street trees, and tabled a developer's surety-reduction request.
The Mansfield Planning Board heard a feasibility study on turning five acres of town-owned land at 35 County Street into housing.
Westport Planning Board approved an after-the-fact stormwater fix for a 40,000-square-foot bus parking lot at 222 State Road.
Rehoboth Planning Board voted 5-0 to open and close a hearing doubling the town's required fire suppression tank size from 10,000 to 20,000 gallons.
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