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The Finance Committee recommends approval by a vote of 4-0. Planning Board voted at a Public Hearing held on September 20, 2006 5-0 to recommend approval. Motion made to dispense with reading of article. If Motion to dispense with readini! of article passes at 8:20pMO Motion made by Selectman George Green. Motion: I move Article 30 be voted as printed in the warrant, except for the phrase "or take any other action relating thereto". Motion passes unanimously at 8:21 PMO Article 31 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-law as follows: Amend the last sentence of Subsection 174-5 I.B. to read as follows: "Except where permitted as part of development for which, a special permit has been issued by the Planning Board, all signs exceeding twenty (20) square feet require a special permit from the Board of Appeals, in ,accordance with Article VI." Amend Subsection 174-55.C. by adding at the beginning of the first sentence the phrase "Except where additional signs are permitted under a special permit issued by the Planning Board" or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by Planning Board Explanation: The sign by-law currently requires that any sign over 20 square feet requires a special permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals, and that, no matter how large a project or how many permitted entrances it has, only one freestanding sign is allowed. This article would remove the requirement for a ,SBA special permit for projects which already require a Planning Board special permit, and allows the Planning Board to permit more than one appropriate freestanding sign for the large projects that come under their jurisdiction. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval. The Finance Committee recommends approval by a vote of 4-0. Planning Board voted at a Public Hearing held on September 20, 2006 5-0 to recommend approval. Motion made by Selectman Wayne Taylor, 30