Lowell launches zoning audit; residents and councilors warn lot-size changes could alter neighborhood character City staff and consultants presented an initial zoning audit and timeline for a potential rewrite; residents and councilors urged caution, citing audit data that many lots are nonconforming and warning that proposed 'rightsizing' could change neighborhood character without careful, site-specific analysis.

Lowell's zoning audit could reshape neighborhoods, but residents and councilors are raising alarms about preserving unique local character amid proposed changes.

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Zoning Board approves variance for family caring for elderly mother Zoning Board grants variance to sell lot for elderly mother's assisted living care.

A family's heartfelt plea for a zoning variance to sell part of their property for their mother's assisted living needs united the Lowell community in an unexpected show of support.

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