On the agenda: Charlton meeting — Data center (Oct 7)
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PLANNING BOARD
Planning Board Office
37 Main Street, Charlton, MA 01507
Telephone (508) 248-2237
www.townofcharlton.net/planningboard.htm
Agenda for Charlton Planning Board
October 7, 2026 @ 6:00 p.m.
Call To Order
General public comment to items not on the agenda:
ANRs:
Public Hearings:
Robert E. Hatch, Oxbow Road - Special Permit for a Reduced Frontage Lot to create one (1) reduced
frontage lot for residential use with 101.02 feet of frontage on Oxbow Road. The proposed lot contains
217,808± square feet (5.0± acres). The property is shown on Assessors Map 22A, Block 21.3, Parcel 4 and is
zoned Agricultural (A).
Amazon, 53 Sturbridge Road (continued from 09-02-2026)– Applicant seeks a modification of a previously
issued special permit and site plan approval to add a last-mile delivery/distribution component to the
existing facility, under which independent contract drivers using personal vehicles would pick up packages
on-site for delivery to customers. Assessors Map 962, Block 107, Parcel 2, 3 & 4 and is zoned Business
Enterprise Park (BEP).
Apple Trailer Realty LLC, 253 Worcester Road - Special permit and site plan approval to construct a gravel
vehicle storage and parking area with approximately 695 spaces for company-owned vehicles and
equipment, including clearing, grading, earthen berms, and stormwater detention basins and swales. No
buildings are proposed. The property is shown on Assessors Map 36, Block A, Parcels 1, 1.1, and 1.2 and is
zoned Business Enterprise Park (BEP).
Proposed Amendments to the Charlton Zoning Bylaw - (1) Amend § 200-2.1, Uses and Structures, to add a
definition of “Data center”; (2) amend § 200-3.2B, Use Regulation Schedule, to add new use (7)(k), Data
centers, as not allowed (“N”) in all zoning districts; and (3) add a new § 200-5.23, Data Centers, establishing
an interim prohibition of data centers and directing the Planning Board to study the use and report its
findings and any proposed regulations to Town Meeting no later than the 2028 Annual Town Meeting.
Following the hearing, the Planning Board will vote on its recommendation to Town Meeting as to whether
the proposed amendments should be adopted.
Administrative:
Planning Board Review and Acceptance of the Town of Charlton-Housing Production Plan
Adoption of minutes
Planning Director Report
Other Business-Unknown at time of posting/Adjourn
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