Planning Board backs battery, open-space bylaws

Planning Board · Meeting of October 22, 2026

LAKEVILLE — The Lakeville Planning Board voted unanimously to recommend two new zoning bylaws, covering battery energy storage systems and open space residential development, to fall Town Meeting. Chair Michele T. MacEachern and Member Donna J. Guay led review of the 17-section battery-storage bylaw, which bars large systems from flood zones and water-protection areas and allows them only by special permit in industrial districts. The board also voted to fix a drafting error in the open-space bylaw's Section 9.4 on the Town Meeting floor.

Separately, the board voted to ask Town Counsel to meet with members to resolve unanswered questions about the long-pending Lakeville Country Club senior-housing overlay, including building heights up to 50 feet and density of five units per acre. The board approved its September 24 minutes 4-0, with Guay recused on one matter, and signed the Mystic Estates subdivision mylar.

In the full story:

• ANR for Parcels Off Stinson Street and Crooked Lane
• Public Hearing: Battery Energy Storage Systems Bylaw
• Public Hearing: Open Space Residential Development Bylaw
• OSRD Resident Guide Brochure
• Lakeville Country Club Zoning Overlay Draft Bylaw
• Planning Board Goals Review
• Onboarding Process for New Members
• Approval of September 24, 2026 Minutes
• Administrative Updates and Mystic Estates Mylar
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,797 words

Source: the Planning Board meeting of October 22, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.