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Planning Board

The Lowell Planning Board will from time to time conduct careful studies of the resources, possibilities, and needs of the City.  The Board also administers and enforces the provisions and requirements of the Subdivision Control Law (M.G.L. chapter 41, Sections 81K - 81GG).  The Planning Board provides site plan review to development projects as outlined in the zoning ordinance as well as Special Permit review to projects for which the zoning ordinance has defined the Board as the Special Permit granting authority.

BOARD MEMBERS

  • Thomas Linnehan, Chairman
  • Joseph Clermont, Vice Chairman
  • Richard Lockhart, Member
  • Gerard Frechette, Member
  • Stephen Gendron, Member

2010 Planning Board Schedule

MEETINGS

Board meetings are held on the first (1st) and third (3rd) Monday of the month at 6:30pm in the City Council Chambers located on the second floor of Lowell City Hall, 375 Merrimack Street.   Notice of meetings is posted at least one week in advance of the meeting on the bulletin board outside of the City Clerk's Office, and on the City of Lowell's online Event Calendar.

CONTACT

The Planning Board maintains an office at the J.F.K. Civic Center, next to City Hall. Correspondence to this Board may be addressed to: City of Lowell Planning Board, c/o Aaron Clausen, 50 Arcand Drive, Lowell, MA 01852. The Board may also be contacted at 978-446-7200.

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