Zoning Board OKs One Church Street Project

Zoning Board · Meeting of July 28, 2026

NORTHBOROUGH — The Northborough Zoning Board of Appeals voted 5-0 to approve special permits, site plan approval and three zoning waivers for a two-building, roughly 18,189-square-foot mixed-use project at One Church Street. Member Brad Blanchett pushed to keep a crosswalk sight-distance study the applicant wanted dropped, saying "we hired a professional engineering firm to give us advice and their advice is to do the profiles." Tetra Tech traffic consultant Courtney Sudak told the board the applicant's swept-path analysis for trash trucks and vertical sight-distance profiles for the Church Street crosswalk were never submitted despite being requested in a June letter. The applicant agreed to drop painted pavement markings favored by Department of Public Works staffer Lee Barry's objections, keeping only "do not block" signage.

The 34-space, 32,583-square-foot combined lot includes affordable units the board said would count toward the town's Chapter 40B housing inventory. The board also approved minutes from its June 23 meeting unanimously.

In the full story:

• Continued Public Hearing: One Church Street Mixed-Use Development
• Plan Revisions: Entrance Geometry and Signage
• Crosswalk Sight-Distance Profiles
• Trash Truck Access and Pickup Hours
• Conditions on Addressing, Fees and Crosswalk Installation Costs
• High-Turnover Tenant Traffic Condition
• Parking and MassDOT Review
• Closing the Hearing and Formal Votes
• Design Guidelines Update and Administrative Items
• Implications and What Is Next
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,205 words

Source: the Zoning Board meeting of July 28, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.