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• ,n authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept an easement along property identified as Noisy Hole Road for roadway purposes. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS TOWN MEETING APPROVAL OF ARTICLE 20. Article 21. Zoning Board of Appeals Hearing Eligibility. This Article submitted by the Zoning Board of Appeals seeks voter approval of a recent State amendment to the provisions governing hearings before the Zoning and Planning Boards. Prior to this amendment, if a member of the board was absent from a meeting at which testimony was being given on a case before the board, that member had to be disqualified from voting on the final determination of the case. Most cases before the board last a meeting or so. In those cases, a sufficient quorum of the membership would have attended the hearing(s) to vote the board's decision. However, if a particular case becomes protracted, as in the case, for example, of the Mashpee Commons application presently before the Zoning Board, enough members could well have missed a meeting due to personal or business commitments, which could preclude a final vote and decision. This Article would permit members who had missed a meeting to certify in writing that they have heard or read all testimony presented at the meeting at which they were absent, either by listening to an audio or video recording of the hearing or by reading the hearing transcript. Having provided the written certification would continue the member's eligibility to vote on the ,. case before the board. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS TOWN MEETING APPROVAL OF ARTICLE 21. Article 22—31. Planning Amendments. The Planning Board has submitted 10 articles requesting amendments and/or clarifications to existing bylaws, as follows: • Article 22 "grandfathers" lots previously approved by the Planning Board for which subdivision streets were completed within 8 years of approval of the Board. 1 • Article 23 would also "grandfather"building lots approved by the Planning Board under zoning bylaws in-place during the 1970's which allowed cluster subdivisions without the requirement of a Special Permit. " • Article 24 updates the storm water management bylaw adopted in 1999 by specifying additional practices and facilities to reduce nitrogen in runoff and provide additional design criteria regarding the volume of flows required to be treated. • Article 25 expands "laboratory and research facility"uses to permit facilities involved in software development and the assembly of small, hand-held instruments and devices. I 8