Politics & Government

Wrentham Town Meeting: Land Near Outlets Rezoned

The meeting agrees to rezone property near the outlets from residential to commercial.

Wrentham residents voted at Tuesday night's Special Town Meeting to rezone a tract of land on South Street from residential to commercial.

The land borders the Wrentham Village Premium Outlets.

Planning Board Chairman Tom Wrynn said the article had been requested by the people living on the properties.

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"Citizens have reported feeling trapped in their homes," he said. "They've been unable to sell due to the commercial nature of the area."

He also noted that non-residential development would likely result in higher tax revenue for the town.

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David Wluka, a Sharon real estate agent, spoke about the article.

"Eight families came to me and said they don't want to live there, that they can't live there," he said, noting a map of the area that showed the residential zone surrounded by commerical land. "You can see the illogic here — all this land is [zoned] C-2, all this land B-2 and then this land is zoned residential."

Wluka said there is no current plan for the property.

"We don't have a developer — there's no one waiting on this," he said. "If anything were to be done on the land in question, it would need its own traffic study and its own mitigation."

The rezoning of several of the properties passed by a 95-18 vote.


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