Where

41 Pleasant Street, Methuen, MA 01844

Scheduled until

8:30 PM

Location from the city calendar. The posted agenda is the official notice; check it if the two differ.

What was decided

Minutes haven't been posted on the city's Agenda Center (opens in new tab) yet, 5 days after the meeting. Minutes usually come out after the board approves them at a later meeting.

Agenda

The Community Development Board will hold public hearings on a frontage exception lot special permit at 255 Hampshire Road, and continued hearings for projects at 11 Hampstead Street, 70 Pleasant Valley Street, and 11 Cross Street. The board will also consider a bond release for The Preserve and other new and old business.

Agenda items

• Consent Agenda
• Zoning Issues
• Form A Plans
• Public Hearing: 255 Hampshire Road - Frontage Exception Lot Special Permit
• Continued Public Hearing: 11 Hampstead Street - Affordable Housing Density Bonus Special Permit, Multi-Family Special Permit and Site Plan Approval
• Continued Public Hearing: 70 Pleasant Valley Street - Drive-through Special Permit and Site Plan Approval
• Continued Public Hearing: 11 Cross Street - Cross Street Planned Residential Development District Special Permit and Site Plan Approval
• New Business: Set Public Hearing Date

Show 4 more items

• New Business: Bond Reduction/Release for The Preserve
• New Business: Any other new business
• Old Business: Any other old business
• Correspondence

The full text is in the city's PDF, linked below.

Agenda posted on the city website (PDF, 168 KB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved October 13, 2026.

Terms used here

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act, the federal law on access for people with disabilities.

consent agenda

Routine items, such as minutes and reports, voted on together in one motion without discussion. A member can ask to take any of them up separately.

special permit

Permission from a board the zoning names, such as the Zoning Board of Appeals or the Planning Board, for a use or project the zoning allows only with that board's approval.

All the terms in the glossary

Source

This meeting is listed in more than one place: the same board on the same day, and only one listing gives a time. The listings are shown here as one meeting.

• Community Development Board Meeting (opens in new tab), on the city calendar
• Community Development Board Regular Meeting Agenda Via Zoom (PDF) (opens in new tab), on the city's Agenda Center

First recorded by Methuen Publick on October 13, 2026.