3/23/1987 TOWN MEETING Town Meeting

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w THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS DNISION 1350 MAIN STREET MARTHA COAKLEY SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 01103-1629 (413) 784-1240 ATTORNEY GENERAL www.mass.gov/ago January 25, 2010 0 0 o:21f Deborah Dami, Town Clerk 16 Great Neck Road North r%j , Mashpee, MA 02649 y wX RE: Mashpee Special Town Meeting of March 23, 1987 - Case # 5348 o m Warrant Article# 15 (Zoning) T' Dear Ms. Dami: Article 15 - We return with the approval of this Office the amendments to the Town by-laws adopted under this Article on the warrant for the Mashpee Special Town Meeting that convened on March 23, 1987. In approving the amendments adopted under Article 15, we remind the Town of the requirements of G.L. c. 40, § 32. Section 32 pertains to the by-law review process. Specifically, Section 32 provides in pertinent part as follows: Except to the extent that a zoning by-law may take effect as provided in section five of chapter forty A,before a by-law takes effect it shall be approved by the attorney general or ninety days shall have elapsed without action by the attorney general after the clerk of the town in which a by-law has been adopted has submitted to the attorney general a certified copy of such by-law with a request for its approval, a statement clearly explaining the proposed by-law, including maps and plans if necessary, and adequate proof that all of the procedural requirements for the adoption of such by-law have been complied with. Such request and proof shall be submitted by the town clerk within thirty days after final adjournment of the town meetine at which such by-law was adopted. If the town clerk fails to so submit such request and proof within such thirty days,the selectmen, within fifteen days thereafter, may submit a certified copy of such by-law with a request for its approval, a statement explaining the proposed by-law, including maps and plans, if necessary, and adequate proof that all procedural requirements for the adoption of such by-law has been complied with. . . . Before a by-law or an amendment thereto takes effect it shall also be published in a town bulletin or pamphlet, copies of which shall be posted in at least five public places in the town; and if the town is divided into precincts, copies shall be posted in one or more public places in each precinct of the town; or instead of such publishing in a town bulletin or pamphlet and such posting, copies thereof may be published at least twice at least one week apart in a newspaper of general circulation in the town (emphasis added). %J