HOLYOKE PLANNING BOARD

PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2026 @ 5:30 P.M.

IN-PERSON & HYBRID

HOLYOKE MEDIA, ONE COURT PLAZA, HOLYOKE, MA

Zoom.com – Meeting 876 0208 1097: OR CALL IN: 1 646 558 8656

(all meetings are being recorded)

 

1. Special Permit (Sec 6.1.7) Reduction of Parking Requirements – Zachery Scott ~ 956 Dwight St (SP 2026-15)
2. Zone Change, John Borowski, 120 & 0 Pine Street (006-09-018), BL to BH (ZC 2026-9)
3. Zone Change, North Country Production LLC, 12 Crescent Street (030-02-001), IG to DR (ZC 2026-8)

HOLYOKE PLANNING BOARD

PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2026 @ 5:30 P.M.

IN-PERSON & HYBRID

HOLYOKE MEDIA, ONE COURT PLAZA, HOLYOKE, MA

Zoom.com – Meeting 876 0208 1097: OR CALL IN: 1 646 558 8656

(all meetings are being recorded)

 

ZONE CHANGE / SITE PLAN REVIEW/ SUBDIVISION/SPECIAL PERMIT

1. Special Permit (Sec 6.1.7) Reduction of Parking Requirements – Zachery Scott ~ 956 Dwight St (SP 2026-15)
2. Zone Change, John Borowski, 120 & 0 Pine Street (006-09-018), BL to BH (ZC 2026-9)
3. Zone Change, North Country Production LLC, 12 Crescent Street (030-02-001), IG to DR (ZC 2026-8)

 

PLANNING BOARD BUSINESS

• Project Updates/Old Business/New Business:
• Comprehensive Plan Update; final Plan presentation, Agency Landscape + Planning
• ISO, File# 170, NOD #9, 6-mos update (VHB letter)

 

2.) Meeting Schedule (tentative):

Sept 22, 2026 –   cont ZC Comp Plan Zoning Revisions; cont SP Sec 6.1.7, 61-69 Suffolk St (SP 2026-14); cont SP Sec 4.6.3.2, 230-232 Beech St (SP 2026-7); ZC Signs BG (ZC 2026-7); SPR Amendment, 686 Main St, “Stack Storage”; SPR Amendment, n/f “Library Commons”, B,C,D; ANR, Easthampton Road; SP Sec 7.10, review “Red Barn”; SP Sec 7.10, review “Diablo”

Oct 13, 2026 –    ZC cont “Native Plants” (ZC 2026

Oct 27, 2026 –     TBD

Nov 10, 2026 –    TBD

 

3.) Other Business:

4.) Minutes:

06/11/24 ZC Flood Overlay District, SPR Northampton St Residential Development, ZC Short Term Rentals, Planning Meeting

06/25/24 PH ZC Wireless, SP Parking Urbanist Capital, ZC Cannabis Expansion, Planning Meeting

10/22/24 Planning Meeting

4/29/25 Executive Session

7/28/26 PH SP Fence Rafael and Sheila Rivera, SP PH Signs Key foods, ZC BG Signs, Planning Meeting

5.) Adjourn

The Holyoke Planning Board is having a public meeting that will include a presentation of the Comprehensive Plan by Agency and the plan’s adoption by the planning board.

The public is invited to attend.