A zoning change that would add a residential property to the commercial zone on State Road was adopted to a second reading but met with some pushback. The Planning Board recommended the change.
Councilors pushed a vote allowing the Planning Board to modify or eliminate front setbacks in the Central Business District by special permit to its first meeting in October.
Starbuck's interest in a corner lot in the city sparked a nearly hourlong discussion on the wisdom of giving the Planning Board the flexibility to change setbacks in the Central Business District.