Some residents said they worried a restaurant on the site would block traffic as trucks made deliveries, or that trash and noise from the restaurant would clutter and disrupt the neighborhood.

Others at the meeting objected to the signage. The Market’s design called for banners and electronically lit signs that are larger than what Cambridge zoning laws permit.

“I have particular objection to that electronic message board,” said Merritt Harrison, who lives on Remington Street, adjacent to the proposed site of the theater, at the meeting. “No exception should be made simply because this is a non-profit operation.”

Many residents, concerned by Cambridge’s parking crunch, spoke against plans for the theater to include only a half-dozen spaces.

Off-site parking for theater patrons would have been provided elsewhere, but some residents said they thought theater-goers would crowd into Cambridge’s few on-street parking spaces.

Carr said these objections will work their way into the revised plan, and that his rethinking on parking is a primary reason for a smaller overall building.

“I am working with my architect now on a redesign that will include parking,” he said.

Carr said he expects to submit revised plans for approval by Cambridge’s committees in the next few months.

He said he expects the building project—with groundbreaking originally anticipated for early spring—to be delayed by “about four months.”

—Staff writer J. Hale Russell can be reached at jrussell@fas.harvard.edu.