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C/ <br /> W 1Ae C/Me <br /> , d <br /> M s�• � � <br /> SCOTT HARSHBARGER <br /> fid , v� 02108-16',98 <br /> ATTORNEYGENERAL <br /> (617)727-2200 <br /> May 16, 1997 <br /> Jane D. Lahute ZY !; <br /> Town Clerk <br /> 16 Great Neck Road North <br /> Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649 <br /> MAY <br /> Til ;i (;IERK <br /> Correction of Town Meeting Date `' ` ` t-WEE` <br /> i <br /> Dear Ms. Labute: <br /> I regret that we must return the amendments to the zoning by-laws adopted under article <br /> 45 of the warrant for the Mashpee special town meeting that first convened on October 7, 1996, <br /> with the enclosed disapproval of this Office. <br /> jl <br /> Article 45 from the same warrant pertains to signs. The warrant notes that it was <br /> submitted by the "Sign Code Study Committee." Zoning by-law amendments may be initiated <br /> only in the manner set forth in G.L. c. 40A, § 5: <br /> by . . . a board of selectmen, a board of appeals, by an individual owning land to j <br /> be affected by change or adoption, by request of registered voters of a town <br /> pursuant to [G.L. c. 39, § 10 (a so-called `petition article')], by a planning board, <br /> by a regional planning agency or by other methods provided by municipal charter. <br /> It is possible that this article was initiated by a petition meeting the requirements of G.L. c. 39, <br /> § 10, or that it was adopted by a vote of the board of selectmen, board of appeals, or planning j <br /> board, as an article officially sponsored by such board, or that the method used is provided in the i <br /> Mashpee charter. However, on December 9, 1996,we requested information from the Town as ! !! <br /> to whether the article was adopted by any method allowed under G.L. c. 40A. No response has j <br /> been received. _ I� <br /> ii <br /> Although we disapprove this by-law, we call your attention to problems with other <br /> Portions of the sign by-law not submitted for review. The by-law requires a permit from the <br /> building inspector for all new signs, including "for sale" signs and signs protected by the First !; j <br /> Amendment to the United States Constitution, such as political signs and"cause" signs. Cause <br /> signs are signs that, for example, are pro- or anti-abortion. Under the Town's current by-law, <br /> !i <br /> li <br /> i' <br />